Archive for December 15, 2004
Grand Canal: from Santa Maria della Caritàto the Bacino di San Marco. Early 1730s. Canaletto. (For those who do not know him, I should state that his full name is Giovanni Antonio Canale, but is known as Canaletto. I love his style, and his forms of “blue” just as I love–really love–the forms of [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Bush Warns Syria, Iran Against Meddling in Iraq. He said only countries that are 10,000 miles away from Iraq are allowed to interfere in and colonize Iraq.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“U.N. Sexual Abuse Alleged in Congo.”
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“A new Pentagon study paints a bleak picture of the prospects for creating democracy in the Middle East, declaring that US attempts to bring free elections to the Muslim world risk stoking internal religious conflicts and giving rise to further anti-American sentiments.” (I will try to obtain a full copy of the report from one [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“People in France, Germany and Spain are more likely to have an unfavorable than favorable view of Americans, a poll found.”
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
US government said some timid things about democracy in the Middle East last year, while still arming its client dicatorships. When those clients asserted their tight to oppress, kill, and torture, the US backed off. And its Middle East reform plan became a mere invitation to open up Middle East markets to greedy multinational corporations. [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Almost every day, Arabic newspapers and TV stations report about demonstrations by the displaced residents of Fallujah. They want to return to their homes. Ostensibly, the US government had surrendered sovereignty in Iraq to an “Iraqi” government. Yet, the US ambassador in Iraq can tour Fallujah, but its own residents cannot go there. Whenever the [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“For faith and country: insurgents fight on; as a US general conceded Iraqi cells are getting more effective.”
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“When you talked to them about an autopsy they would get fits,” says Kurdi. “He [Abbas] said it would disturb relations with France.”” (A long but informative article on Arafat’s death).
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Israeli soldiers killed her son. Israel ostensibly does not have the death penalty. But under Zionist rule, it only means that Israeli forces can kill without trials or due process.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
I owe JON LEE ANDERSON of the New Yorker an apology. I have read and appreciated his articles from Iraq before and after the war in the New Yorker (not to mention his excellent biography of Che Guevara). Yet, I have several weeks ago posted a link to a critical review of his last book [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“”They Laughed at Him and Kicked Him More” Who Killed Baha Mousa?”
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Who is terrorizing whom in Iraq?
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Bloody elections.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
A Saudi news source is reporting that an unpublished Saudi public opinion poll has revealed that Bin Laden is more popular in the kingdom than…King Fahd. Apparently, Bin Laden is admired by 70 % of the Saudi youth. With four more years of Bush and his alliance with the House of Saud, you can expect [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
“A New York City businessman admitted Wednesday to participating in an arms smuggling ring that shipped missile and fighter jet components from the United States to Israel and possibly on to Iran.”
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Registered to vote in…Iraq.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
The Jewish National Fund (JNF) defends its right to be racist.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
I am asked to explain my comment about Marwan Barghuti (not to be confused with Mustafa Barghuti). I am not the only one who has expressed suspicions about Barghuti’s role. He learned politics at the feet of the master unprincipled leader, `Arafat, who can no more send millions to the account of Suha `Arafat in [...]
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad
Grand Canal: the Rialto Bridge from the South, c. 1727. Canaletto.
Posted on December 15, 2004 by As'ad