Archive for September 29, 2004

Alanquva and Her Three Sons (from the Chingiznama of Rashid ad-Din, India, 1596). 

Posted on September 29, 2004 by As'ad

The Crying of the Swallow by Syrian poet Muhammad Al-Maghut (my translation): To those who stabbed me in the back while I was leaning over my papers like a Shaykh over his rug The wolf and the serpent will never be two doves under the rain Rain is for me Rain, thunder, wind, and streets [...]

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Putin hurts democracy, petition says.

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Iraqi political cartoon published in Baghdad. 

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Bush’s Top Ten Flip-Flops.

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Growing Pessimism on Iraq: Doubts Increase Within U.S. Security Agencies.

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Sudanese Villagers Attacked in Darfur: Men in Government Uniforms Backed by Aircraft Force Residents From Homes.

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This the kind of oppression that America loves: “Jordan Acts to Curb a Rising Chorus of Critics.”

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In the Bedroom (With Stalin) (review article by Ronald Suny).

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“Continued U.S. Airstrikes in Baghdad Draw Criticism: Sadr City neighborhood is attacked for a second day. Interim [puppet] president of Iraq likens the tactics to Israeli military actions in the Gaza Strip.”

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This is Zionism: “Paramilitary border police detained two Palestinians at a checkpoint and beat them, forced one to drink urine and burned both with cigarettes.”

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Addiction behind the burka: how Afghan women use drugs to cope with legacy of war.

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“America’s moms look for the toughest guy on TV tough guy.”

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Japanese women curl up with the perfect man: “A pillow-shaped man without a head and stuffed full of foam is the latest sleeping aid from Japan.”

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Iraqis, freshly “liberated” by US forces in Baghdad. 

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Iraq insurgency outpaces coalition attempts to restore peace.

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“Al-Azhar is wrong, but the state is the real culprit.”

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Iraqi puppet prime minister/car bomber/former Saddam’s assassin/embezzler-in-Yemen, Iyad `Allawi said that the insurgency is confined to two pockets in two localities in Iraq, but : “Over the past 30 days, more than 2,300 attacks by insurgents have been directed against civilians and military targets in Iraq, in a pattern that sprawls over nearly every major [...]

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In an interview with Fox News, George W. Bush said that he always “prays for wisdom.” This constitutes the strongest evidence that there is indeed no God.

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The fanatical clerics of the House of Saud have ruled: The General Mufti of Saudi Arabia, `Abdul-`Aziz Bin `Abdullah Al Ash-Shaykh (a descendant of Muhammad Ibn `Abdul-Wahab, the founder of Wahhabiyya “doctrine”) has “prohibited the sale and use of cellphones equipped with cameras knowing that most of their use will be to capture images of [...]

Posted on September 29, 2004 by As'ad