Archive for December 7, 2004
La Fête villageoise, 1639. Claude Gellée. (Click on picture to enlarge).
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
“We consider the root cause of the sexual assault problems at the Air Force Academy to be the failure of successive chains of command over the last 10 years to acknowledge the severity of the problem,” said the report by Pentagon Inspector General Joseph Schmitz.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
“U.S. military prosecutors alleged Monday that American soldiers shot to death two unarmed Iraqi men in their homes, then tried to cover up their crimes by claiming that the Iraqis had reached for guns.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
This is for American patriots only: “The flight attendant investigated and found out three soldiers would be boarding. They were flying home for a short leave and then were returning to Iraq. A heavy rainstorm had already delayed our takeoff three hours, and you’d think people would have been tired and grumpy. But no. When [...]
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
“Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean dictator, received multimillion-dollar payments from the governments of several countries, including the United States, during his 25-year tenure as Chile’s ruler and military chief.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
Peace advocates versus Israeli soldiers.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
“It was No. 2 of 100 recommended books for US commanders in Iraq. The list was compiled in a survey of officers by the Inside the Pentagon newsletter last month.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
Desperate to get US support for his political dynasty (given its unpopularity among the Egyptian people), Mubarak keeps trying to please Israel.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
That’s what Israeli soldiers do…when they are not killing Palestinians that is.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
In Mali, villagers have to walk miles to fetch water. And then drinking it may kill them.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
Unfree under Saddam; unfree under Bush. Not in the US press: Iraqi puppet government shut down an Iraqi newspaper and arrested its editor. In “liberated” Iraq, liberty is scarce.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
For those who care, I can be heard live at 5:00PM Pacific Time on KPFA’s Flashpoints. You may listen live (or taped). I talk about Saudi Arabia, Palestine, and Iraq. I will also appear live (really live this time), on KPFA’s LA station at the same time. I do not know the name of the [...]
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
I get upset when I see this Iraqi puppet president dressed in the traditional Arab garb. Not that I do not like it. I own one like it, although I never wear it (and the brown cover is really good to protect you from cold weather although it looks thin. My father put it on [...]
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
I was so bad on Democracy Now (my apologies to the folks there). Read the rush transcript. I went to sleep at 1:00AM, and then was awakened at 5:00AM. I was so sleepy, that my eyes hurt. Read my very first sentence. It does not make sense. My syntax is similar to Bush’s. But I [...]
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
Musharraf: Iraq war has made world ‘less safe’.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
“Prosecutors, soldiers describe how 2 U.S. servicemen casually executed 2 unarmed Iraqis.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
“The CIA’s tough task in recruiting spies.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
Broad Landscape, about 1862. Monet.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
They “liberate” Iraqis, one-by-one.
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad
Classical Zionism: “The Israel Defense Forces is investigating charges that troops who killed a wanted Islamic Jihad man in the West Bank over the weekend shot him to death while he was lying on the ground, wounded and unarmed.”
Posted on December 7, 2004 by As'ad