Archive for August 7, 2005
Unfortunately, I am a vegetarian. But I am curious about the newly advertised Burger King’s Chicken Fries. Has anybody tried them? Let me know. They look deliciously intriguing. (No, this is NOT a paid advertisement–I just saw them on TV).
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
This is a view from Ba`alshmayy (I think).
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
An old house in Zahlah.
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
Lebanonese nationalists are very proud of this Bardawni “river” in Zahlah.
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
A view in Zahlah.
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
I was looking for the oldest house in the old section in Zahlah. This man stopped me and asked why I would not take his picture. I said: “You are right. Why would I not take your picture.” And there was this picture. (Notice the baladi eggplants to his immediate right).
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“Why America Is More Dependent Than Ever on Saudi Arabia”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
Saudi Says Ties with U.S. ‘Couldn’t Be Better’
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
Bush’s Islamic Republic: “The Iraqi prime minister said Friday that the country’s leading Shiite Muslim cleric hopes the constitution being drawn up will enshrine Islam as the main source of legislation.”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“CIA Commander: We Let bin Laden Slip Away”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“Media Flagstones Along a Path to War on Iran”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“In Finland’s Footsteps: If We’re So Rich and Smart, Why Aren’t We More Like Them? Finns have one of the world’s most generous systems of state-funded educational, medical and welfare services, from pregnancy to the end of life. They pay nothing for education at any level, including medical school or law school. Their medical care, [...]
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
US government must be so pleased with Al-Arabiyya TV. The other day, Al-Arabiyya repeatedly aired training footage by Al-Qa`idah, in which trainees railed against the US, and threatened violence. If Al-Jazeera had aired that tape, Rumsfeld would have publicly denounced it. I would argue that Israel must also be so pleased with Al-Arabiyya. On the [...]
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
It is another day. US occupation soldiers in Iraq must have arrested yet another “senior aide” to Zarqawi. This would make him the senior aide number 50000th.
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
The “liberation” of Iraqi women: “Fighting to Preserve Women’s Rights in Iraq: After seeing an erosion of their freedoms, activists are battling a push to replace civil law with Islamic Sharia in the draft constitution.”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“Sixty years and 242,437 lives later, Hiroshima remembers”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“Liberation” never stops: American occupation soldiers…still “liberating” Iraqis.
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
My article on King Fahd in Taiwan News.
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad
“Flashy, raucous, sad: the Jimi Hendrix experience”
Posted on August 7, 2005 by As'ad