Archive for November 11, 2004
The White Water Lilies, 1899. Monet.
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
“Panel Says Census Move on Arab-Americans Recalls World War II Internments.”
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
Falluja ‘humanitarian crisis’, say aid workers.
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
“”Yeah,” he yelled. “Battle Damage Assessment – nothing. Building’s gone. I got my kills, I’m coming down. I just love my job.” “
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
My comments on the Arab media in Salon.
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
The brilliance of US plans for Iraq: “Violence Erupts Across Iraq at Sites Far From Fallujah.” (And this from the US government’s paper, Washington Post).
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
The US Propaganda Services Award should go to Jackie Spinner of the Washington Post. She is the best Pentagon’s mouthpiece in the US press. Read this transcript. Here she relies on the account of ONE PERSON to maintain that “most civilians [in Fallujah] welcomed the Amerian and Iraqi forces to get rid of the foreign [...]
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
Fallujah burning.
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“New rebel tactics emerge in Fallujah: Marines faced a tough fight Thursday as insurgents began a counterattack timed with an Islamic holy night.”
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
“Soon afterwards, an Israeli hit-team assassinated half his high command, thus giving a chance to the young ones coming up. Perhaps the boy was one of them. There will always be more boys.” [and girls, if I may add].
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
The “liberators” are busy “liberating.”
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
“New insurgency confronts US forces: Kurds come under attack as rebels rampage in city.”
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
“The president is putting his own counsel, Alberto Gonzales, who wrote the famous memo defending torture, in charge of our civil liberties. Torture Guy, who blithely threw off 75 years of international law and set the stage for the grotesque abuses at Abu Ghraib and dubious detentions at Guantánamo, seems to have a good grasp [...]
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
Will somebody keep a record of cumulative US war crimes in Iraq? Against one Iraqi insurgent, “American marines called in two airstrikes on the pair of dingy three-story buildings squatting along Highway 10 on Wednesday, dropping 500-pound bombs each time. They fired 35 or so 155-millimeter artillery shells, 10 shots from the muzzles of Abrams [...]
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
If you want to get an idea about New York Times’ ignorance, read this article. Their report about Arab public opinion is the opposite of what I get from closely following Arabic print and visual media. But when the government is at war, this newspaper has to do its best to offer propaganda support.
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
CIA agent publicly chides White House for terror war.
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Rev. Falwell forms new political group to cash in on ‘values vote’.
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
…As for Palestine, it will never die* After Arafat: The Death of the Two-State Solution. I am certain that there is no Palestinian leader who would be able to, as Arafat would have been able to, push for a two-state solution anymore. I, of course, do not mind that because I favor the one binational [...]
Posted on November 11, 2004 by As'ad
Storm, Coast at Belle-Ile, 1886. Monet.
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