Archive for January 28, 2005
Bush’s Mentor (oh, and Bush has read a book, according to his aides). The mentor is none other than the fanatical right-wing Israeli demagogic leader, Natan Sharansky. He has a new silly book that apparently (and according to press accounts) influenced Bush’s “thinking” and discourse. He met with Cheney and Bush, and others. His book [...]
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
A Letter to the Village by Syrian poet Muhammad Al-Maghut (my translation): “With the chanting of nightingales and birds I plead by god with you my father: Let go of the gathering of wood and information about me and come and pick up my pieces from the streets before I get buried by wind or [...]
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897. Henri Rousseau.
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
From the German press: “RANCOR IN THE US RANKS: US Military Personnel Growing Critical of the War in Iraq.”
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
“Researchers Who Rushed Into Print a Study of Iraqi Civilian Deaths Now Wonder Why It Was Ignored” (via buzzflash)
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
“UN rights expert accuses Israel of war crimes over house demolitions”
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
“Cut in U.S. Housing Aid Raises Concerns for Poor”
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
U.S. Apparently Underestimated Size of Insurgency, Top Commander Says (and only slightly exaggerated the size of the stockpiles of Iraqi WMDs)
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad
This is Zionism: ‘Palestinian corpse used for IDF anatomy lesson’.
Posted on January 28, 2005 by As'ad