Archive for August 11, 2005

The beach at the Movenpick Hotel (owned by Al-Walid Bin Talal) in Beirut.

Posted on August 11, 2005 by As'ad

Downtown Beirut after mid-night.

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Downtown Beirut after mid-night.

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The Saray (seat of the prime ministership) in Beirut (at night).

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“Rumsfeld Predicts Rise in Violence Before Iraqi Vote” (Angry Arab Predicts Rise in Violence Before Iraqi Vote, After Iraqi Vote, and During Iraqi Vote)

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“Iraqis thirst for water and power: Lack of basic services is prompting growing protest aimed at Iraqi officials.”

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Touching news: “A Saudi Arabian prince got an official US Air Force welcome at a southern Nevada base where the Saudi Air Force it taking part in a training exercise for the first time in 25 years. Prince Khalid bin Sultan bin Abd al-Aziz al Saud is his country’s assistant minister of defense and aviation [...]

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“For the first time since the establishment of Israel, the proportion of Jews living in territories under the country’s control has dropped below 50 percent, standing slightly more than 49 percent, according to a probe conducted by Haaretz.”

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(“Withdrawal from Gaza”)

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Peace is at hand in…Iraq.

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So this headline of the article by Martin Peretz (who “spotted” genius in Al Gore while he was his student) says: “When one of its own committed an act of terrorism, Israel was quick to condemn.” I add this: But when two of its own commit acts of terrorism, Israel reward them and celebrate them. [...]

Posted on August 11, 2005 by As'ad

And this is from right-wing William F. Buckley: “We do not have accurate figures for the number of Iraqi civilians who have died in the course of the war. Estimates range from 25,000 to 100,000 or more — this in a population of a mere 26 million. Self-imposed deaths by insurgents are morally finite, like [...]

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A Palestinian child (who will be called a terrorist when she grows up): Her house was destroyed yesterday by Israeli occupation forces.

Posted on August 11, 2005 by As'ad