Archive for January 2, 2005
View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836. Thomas Cole.
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
Weapons of mass financial destruction.
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
“Israeli army is launching a program to have lieutenant colonels interact with high school students.”
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
When I see Dennis Ross pontificating on TV on the Middle East, I reach for the remote control. Here, he wants you to know that the entire Palestinian political culture has changed because Arafat died.
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
The US is now mending fences with…THE TALIBAN. Where is the outrage? Where are the “liberal” feminists who lobbied for war in Afghanistan?
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
“Seventeen police and fire departments in 12 cities and towns around Massachusetts fall short of the race-based hiring goals ordered 30 years ago by the federal courts.”
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
Blame the “liberator” Bush for their plight: “Iraq’s Christians have become ideal victims for gangsters and extremists.”
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
“Two British organisations set up to help the Palestinian people have had their bank accounts abruptly closed without explanation.”
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
This is Zionism. His house was destroyed by Israeli forces.
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
“Beacon of Freedom” makes a decision: US plans permanent Guantanamo jails.
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
So Iraq has sold some $30 billion worth of oil since the American invasion and occupation. What has that money gone for? Who will account for it? How much of that money has gone for occupation expenditure? Also, Iraqi puppet Minister of Planning, Mahdi Al-Hafidh has complained that only one $ billion of the money [...]
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
AlJazeera hosted the Libyan dictator Mu`ammar Al-Qadhdhafi on the last day of the year. Now I know that there is a tendency in the US to dismiss all those Middle East leaders who oppose the US as “crazy.” But this fellow is really close to being crazy. He still rambles about his silly Green Book [...]
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
For a long time, the US government castigated AlJazeera and AlArabiyya TV alike. They declared both as enemies of the US. Now, the US is taking note of AlArabiyya’s attempt (and Saudi Arabia behind it) to please US, and further its interests, especially in Iraq. In a year-end review, AlArabiyya reviewed developments in Iraq, without [...]
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
$2bn pledged, but will the world keep its promises?
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
Their house was destroyed by US bombing in Fallujah.
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
View on the Catskill–Early Autumn, 1836–37. Thomas Cole.
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AP: “By key measures of the level of insurgent violence against American forces in Iraq — numbers of dead, wounded and insurgent attacks — the situation has grown worse since summer.”
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
Long-Term Plan Sought For Terror Suspects.
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Top Ten War Profiteers of 2004 (via Buzzflash).
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad
BBC: “In 2004, Iraq went badly wrong – except for supporters of the insurgency, in which case it went grimly well.”
Posted on January 2, 2005 by As'ad