Archive for October 12, 2004
Abraham Amid the Flames (Shiraz, 1410).
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
Afghanistan: Saturday’s Elections Were A “Farce”.
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
This is Zionism: “An 11-year-old Palestinian girl was shot in the stomach and critically wounded by Israeli gunfire as she sat inside a United Nations school in a Gaza refugee camp yesterday, UN officials said…Last month, a 10-year-old girl was killed by Israeli gunfire while sitting at her desk at the same school.”
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
L’Oréal profited from victims of Nazis.
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
Scandalous: “President Bush’s special envoy, James Baker, who has been trying to persuade the world to forgive Iraq’s crushing debts, is simultaneously working for a commercial concern that is trying to recover money from Iraq, according to confidential documents. Mr Baker’s Carlyle Group is in a consortium secretly proposing to try to collect $27bn (£15bn) [...]
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
(thanks to Musa for taking the picture, and to Paul for sending it).
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
I bet that US taxpayers money paid the bribes: “Main Afghan Challenger Drops Election Boycott: Candidates Accept Probe Into Vote Irregularities.”
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
(thanks to Paul and Musa for the picture).
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
Outsourcing torture: “The Central Intelligence Agency runs a top secret interrogation facility in Jordan, where at least 11 detainees who are considered Al-Qaida’s most senior cadre are being held, Haaretz has learned from international intelligence sources.”
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
In the race between John Bush and George Kerry, this Kerry’s advisor weighs in: (“When I asked one Kerry adviser what it was that voters needed to know about Kerry and terrorism, he replied without hesitation. ”That he’s strong and tough,” he said. ”In the case of John Kerry, unlike Dick Cheney and George W. [...]
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
The “liberated” Iraqis speak out: ‘The Americans cannot provide security we need’.
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
I saw part of an interview with civic leader Mustafa Barghuti from Palestine on Al-Mustaqbal TV. I have admired this person who has been very courageous in opposing Israeli occupation and crimes, and `Arafat’s corrupt “leadership.” He spoke about the suffering of the Palestinians, but also reminded us that there is another side to Palestinian [...]
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
The other side of “liberation”: Iraq faces soaring toll of deadly disease.
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
Iraq Disaster Will Haunt Future Generations: Unforgivable Betrayals and Broken Promises (by Robert Fisk).
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad
Courtyard of the Sultan Bayazid Mosque (European engraving, 1840).
Posted on October 12, 2004 by As'ad