Archive for October 17, 2004
Flight of the Tortoise, From a Manuscript of the Haft Awrang (Tuhfat al-Ahrar or ”Gift of the Free”) (Iran, Bukhara, 1564-1565).
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Palestinian nationalism amid the rubble of the Jabalya refugee camp.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Brent Scowcroft, a former US national security adviser, said in an interview with London’s Financial Times that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has Bush “wrapped around his little finger.”
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
“Hatred, fear reign after ‘liberation’: Violence, anarchy cutting too close to home for some.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Kebab Terrorism: “Falluja’s most popular kebab restaurant used to be the place to go at the end of the day to break the Ramadan fast – but that was bombed by the Americans this week.”
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Ex-Guantánamo Bay workers claim prisoner abuse was widespread.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
The gun and puppet elections of Afghanistan.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
In the Kuwaiti dictatorship (a favorite US ally), the Ministry of Interior has ruled that you will go to jail and pay a fine if you eat publicly in the month of Ramadan.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
In Iraq, the “peaceful” south gets deadlier with every day.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
From the Jabaliya refugee camp: ‘When we came back they had destroyed all the houses’.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
U.S. Commander in Iraq Faulted Supply Chain.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Israeli soldiers have just shot him.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
“…on the killings, rape, burnings and looting that continue unabated in Darfur…”
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Electoral College is antiquated, undemocratic — and, many fear, impossible to get rid of.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
”This is why George W. Bush is so clear-eyed about Al Qaeda and the Islamic fundamentalist enemy. He believes you have to kill them all. They can’t be persuaded, that they’re extremists, driven by a dark vision. He understands them, because he’s just like them…”
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad
Now he is speaking. Annan: Iraq War Hasn’t Made World Safer.
Posted on October 17, 2004 by As'ad