Archive for November 25, 2004

Parc Monceau, Monet. 

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

The Faith Factor.

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

“Liberation.” 

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

“…officials said the death toll from the this month’s massive operation in Fallujah was more than 2,000.” Now the New York Times has quoted US military sources as claiming that they have killed “1000 insurgents.” You do the math.

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

Reconstruction efforts continue in Iraq. 

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

” “Violence against women is global in reach, and takes place in all societies and cultures,” he said in a statement marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. “It affects women no matter what their race, ethnicity, social origin, birth or other status may be.” “

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

“President Bush’s re-election insures that more federal money will flow to abstinence education that precludes discussion of birth control, even as the administration awaits evidence that the approach gets kids to refrain from sex. Congress last weekend included more than $131 million for abstinence programs.”

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

I saw an article on the same Bin Ladenite website from which MEMRI (the unprofessional and highly unreliable service founded by “former” Israel intelligence officials) selectively picked an article days before the US election to claim that Al-Qa`idah was supporting Kerry. The article confirms what I had written here before: that Al-Q`aidah had endorsed Bush. [...]

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

Behind Barbie’s Smile: Sweat, Fear, Resignation. Thousands of workers suffer in sweatshops.

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

This is an outrage: what goes in in the classrooms at Columbia University is now the business of Israel.

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

For me, worse than those who supported the Iraq war, are those like Thomas Friedman of NYTimes and Noah Feldman of NYU who supported the war, and yet now want to identify themselves with the critics of the war. They should say (in the Bill Clington’s demagogic fashion who said that he likes both Kerry [...]

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad

A sample of Pentagon’s propagandist (Jackie Spinner of the Washington Post)’s prose: ” “Capt. John Fernas, 29, poured sparkling juice into brown coffee cups and raised his glass in a toast. “We don’t have family here, but we are with good friends,” Fernas said.”

Posted on November 25, 2004 by As'ad