Archive for August 21, 2004

For those who care, I will be speaking about my book on LA’s KPFK on Monday at 8:00AM (Pacific Time). You may listen live.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Gypsies say Olympic hosts pushing them aside.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

‘You are slaves, die like slaves’: Darfur refugees tell of Janjaweed killing spree.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

US forces do not seem to be able to stop “liberating” Iraqi people. This group of Iraqis was “liberated” in Najaf.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Our Country is a Graveyard by Palestinian poet Mahmud Darwish (my translation): Gentlemen, you have transformed our country into a graveyard You have planted bullets in our heads, and organized massacres Gentlemen, nothing passes like that without account All what you have done to our people is registered in notebooks

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Stuck in an airport…for 16 years.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Egyptian cleric warns US of Najaf

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Iraqi civilians killed in latest clashes.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

There is nothing better for a wild administration than an ignorant populace (or 54 % of them at least): More than half of Americans, 54%, continue to believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or a programme to develop them before the United States invaded last year.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Hizbullah and Al-Qaeda: Friends or foes? (thanks Haytham)

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

…and now this clown: “Amend International Law To Allow Preemptive Strike on Iran,” by ALAN DERSHOWITZ. (thanks Nader)

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Iraqi footballers’ fury at Bush: Iraq’s successful Olympic football team has launched an outspoken attack on US President George W Bush.

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

A Princely Hawking Party in the Mountains ( ca. 1575)

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Israeli soldiers kill a 60-year- old Palestinian

Posted on August 21, 2004 by As'ad

Relatives of Palestinian Ahmad AlHams who was killed by Israeli soldiers yesterday.