Archive for October 21, 2005
“The Scandalous History of the Red Cross“
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
Time magazine justifies the US GI’s burning of two dead Afghan bodies: “Stench Prompted U.S. Troops to Burn Corpses”
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
To stay in power, the regime in Syria will be more than willing to sell Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon and Golan. All to stay in power. Just like any other Arab regime.
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
“Baby who died was fed on a diet of raw vegetables.”
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
“Karzai tries to play down burning of Taliban bodies” (He said, chicken are also burnt and roasted in Afghanistan.)
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
“Lebanon’s cedar revolution withers” (Withered? It withered before it even started).
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
Zizek: “This brings us back to rumours and “reports†about “subjects supposed to loot and rape:†New Orleans is one of those cities within the United States most heavily marked by the internal wall that separates the affluent from ghettoized blacks. And it is about those on the other side of the wall that we [...]
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
My review of the Simpsons (in Norwegian)
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
Israeli occupation soldiers preventing Palestinian women from visiting their lands.
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
“Between the end of the French mandate over Syria after World War II and the 1970 coup by Air Force chief Hafez Assad, Bashar’s father, the country experienced 21 military coups.”
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
My interview with NPR’s On the Media (airing today) (on Ramadan’s TV serials): “ Serial for Dinner”
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
One of those most annoying, and most unwise in the analysis of some in the Arab world who oppose US wars and policies, is their expectations that either Russia or China will abruptly emerge as a new Super Power, which will assume the role of the protector of Arab interests. I heard Najah Wakim the [...]
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
This is what the Lebanese conflict often degenerates into. This fine reporter at As-Safir reports about the gathering near Hariri’s gravesite after the release of the Mehlis report. It was no more than 2000 people (Hassan Fattah will make them 2000000000), he reported, with clear sectarian composition and slogans. The Sunni contingent was chanting this:الله [...]
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
A funny and intelligent piece on the Mehlis report by Khalid Saghiyyah.
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
World Press Freedom Index (ranking): 1Denmark0,50 -Finland0,50 -Iceland0,50 -Ireland0,50 -Netherlands0,50 -Norway0,50 -Switzerland0,50 8Slovakia0,75 9Czech Republic1,00 -Slovenia1,00 11Estonia1,50 12Hungary2,00 -New Zealand2,00 -Sweden2,00 -Trinidad and Tobago2,00 16Austria2,50 -Latvia2,50 18Belgium4,00 -Germany4,00 -Greece4,00 21Canada4,50 -Lithuania4,50 23Portugal4,83 24United Kingdom5,17 25Benin5,50 -Cyprus5,50 -Namibia5,50 28El Salvador5,75 29Cape Verde6,00 30France6,25 31Australia6,50 -South Africa6,50 33Bosnia and Herzegovina7,00 34Jamaica7,50 -Mauritius7,50 -South Korea7,50 37Japan8,00 -Mali8,00 39Hong-Kong8,25 [...]
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
The Syrian Minister of Information, Mahdi Dakhlallah, told Al-Jazeera that while he has not read the Mehlis report, he knows that it is a “biased” and “politicized” report. Similarly, George W. Bush offered opinions on the report. Does anybody really think that George W. has read it when he asks his aides to not give [...]
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad
Today I watched a program on Al-Arabiyya TV on reform in the Arab world featuring Sa`d Ad-Din Ibrahim, and UAE professor `Abdul-Khaliq `Abdullah. I was so delighted to see `Abdul-Khaliq, a friend and colleague from my Washington, DC days. He was one of the first people I met in the US. I have always had [...]
Posted on October 21, 2005 by As'ad