Archive for May 16, 2005
Gardanne, 1885-86. Cézanne.
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
“Witnesses Describe Uzbek Bloodshed: Hundreds Reported Dead After Soldiers Fire on Protesters”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
“Iraq Violence Taking a Sectarian Twist”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
Ideological labels in the Hummus Homeland: I read that right-wing fanatic (a fascist by Western standards really) publisher Jubran Tuwayni (who has to be interviewed by all those conservative correspondents who write on Lebanon especially Hassan Fattah) defined his ideology yesterday as “right-wing liberal.” I kid you not. Was Karl Mark a left-wing conservative, I [...]
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
Former Iraqi puppet prime minister/car bomber/former Saddam henchman/embezzler-in-Yemen, Iyad `Allawi has been vacationing in Beirut. I noticed that he visited Hariri family yesterday (he was the last foreign puppet leader who met Hariri before his assassination), and had a lengthy meeting with Amin Gemayyel. Amin Gemayyel’s son-in-law was once caught smuggling millions of dollars (in [...]
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
Women in Kuwait attained voting rights. Shall I celebrate? Not really. This is like givig equal “rights” under an unequal and unfree system. Voting rights in a non-democracy is to be demanded, but it is far from being the end of the road. Once the voting rights (by men and women in Kuwait) can end [...]
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
I received many angry emails from people mad at the ADC (American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee) for inviting Prince Al-Walid Bin Talal to serve as the keynote speaker at their annual convention. I never was a fan of the ADC–or of any Arab or Muslim organization in the US; early when I came to the US, I [...]
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
I have said this before, and I say this again. The Saudi-funded media (notably Al-Hayat, Al-Arabiyya, Elaph, and Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) are no more than blantant propaganda mouthpieces for the US government–I say this without meaning to offend the many fine reporters and anchorpeople who work there, and under tight conditions from what I hear. The [...]
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
Holding the keys to the house in Palestine from which he was evicted by Zionist forces in 1948.
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
“Egyptian police ‘too forceful’”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
“US ‘backed illegal Iraqi oil deals’”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
“Liberation” does not end: those lucky Iraqis. Even though Fallujah had been “liberated” twice before, “US airplanes destroy insurgent command center near Fallujah.”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
The Downing Street Memo.
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
Now they are saying, and contrary to early celebrations, “Elections [in Iraq] may have made things worse, not better.”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
It seems that Bush is making progress in Iraq AND in Afghanistan too: “Clerics threaten holy war over alleged Quran desecrations.”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
“Next year, reports Jane’s Defense Industry, the United States will spend as much on defense as the rest of the world combined.”
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad
For those who care, I will speak on Iraq tomorrow (Tuesday) at World Affairs Council in San Francisco.
Posted on May 16, 2005 by As'ad