Archive for September 9, 2004
Dara Shikoh seated before his teacher, Miyan Mir, the great Sufi mystic from Lahore, and his successor, Mulla Shah (Indian, 1635)
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Awacs project gets green signal in India.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
This is Zionism: Israel Locks Out Palestinians During Jewish Holidays.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Damage caused by a US air strike on Fallujah.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Iraqi children killed in US strikes.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
This is from the city where I live: “Some Central Valley mothers and fathers of soldiers have mixed feelings of patriotism and disillusionment over the Iraq war.” (I have refused to talk to the Modesto Bee for several years now, not that they care).
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
“Lawyers for two of three Americans on trial for running a vigilante counter-terror operation in Afghanistan played videos showing the trio being met at Kabul airport by the Afghan police chief.”
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
This, I do not understand about American politics: Why can’t the Democrats find an interesting person to run for president, and why can’t the Republicans find a qualified person to run for president?
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
News from “liberated” Afghanistan: Afghan Leader May Be Chosen in Backrooms, Not Voting Booths.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Pentagon investigators believe the CIA has held as many as 100 “ghost detainees” in Iraq without disclosing their identities or locations.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
For Sudan refugees, a long hot wait for world action.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
The Likud doctrine: First Bush, and now Putin, have picked up lessons for their wars on terror from Israel’s campaign against the Palestinians.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Nuha al-Radi, Iraqi Artist and Chronicler, Dies at 63. (thanks Maryam) I recommend her book.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Massacre Draws Self-Criticism in Muslim Press.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Pentagon Says Guantanamo Prisoner Incorrectly Detained.
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Lewis of Arabia.(thanks Sami)
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad
Since 9/11, Rich Arabs Again Frolic in Lebanon. (thanks Michele and Walter). But the article contains this ignorant line that you characteristically see in New York Times: “Lebanon’s billionaire prime minister, Rafik Hariri, almost single-handedly rebuilt the shattered downtown in the late 90′s with his own company.” That is utterly false. Downtown Beirut was constructed [...]
Posted on September 9, 2004 by As'ad