Archive for November 14, 2005
The official newspapers of the US Empire. Look at this from the Washington Post: “The U.S. military broadened its offensive in western Iraq on Monday, launching a major attack on insurgent positions in the town of Ubaydi near the Syrian border and killing about 50 insurgents in precision airstrikes and house-to-house street fighting, according to [...]
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“Abuse Included Use of Lions, Iraqis Allege: Ex-Detainees Say Troops Also Used Mock Executions”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“EXCLUSIVE: Former Iraqi Detainees Allege Torture by U.S. Troops: Men Say Repeated Beatings, Mock Execution, Sexual Humiliation Were Prevalent”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“‘I treated people who had their skin melted’” (“LBC would not show tapes he submitted to them”)
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“The fog of war: white phosphorus, Fallujah and some burning questions”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
The puppet PA authority has agreed to an Israeli request for a live video broadcast of the Gaza crossing. Israeli soldiers will be able to watch on video monitors every single person entering Gaza.
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“Afghanistan: The war with no end”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
So how is Bush doing in the Middle East? “The Cheney name, associated with the Iraq invasion, has negative connotations on the Arab street. Ms Hughes’s recent goodwill tour was widely ridiculed. Ms Rice’s call for international monitoring of Egypt’s presidential election last June was rejected.”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
I was thinking. The wise Dalai Lama said that you can eliminate ignorance through prayer. Now I am ignorant of the Chinese language. Does that mean that I can through prayer acquire knowledge of Chinese? Help me here.
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
The vigilant Lebanonese police, which retains a talented sketch artist, arrested 8 Iraqis who “infiltrated sneakily” into Lebanon, according to the official report. Wait. I am so confused now. I thought that Arabs were infiltrating into Iraq, and now we have to worry about Iraqi infiltrators? Which is which? By the way, the US (and [...]
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“The US used chemical weapons in Iraq – and then lied about it”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
The “liberators”: “More than 35,000 Iraqis have been detained by American troops since the invasion of the country but only a tiny fraction have been convicted of wrongdoing, the Guardian has learned. About 21,000 have been released without ever being charged or tried. Of the 1,300 who have been charged, only half have been found [...]
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
Chirac, taking time off from his busy time dealing with the Hariri assassination, pinpoints the culprits in the riots in France: “Irresponsible parents.”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
Hélène Carrère d’Encausse finds the causes for the riots in France: “beaucoup de ces Africains, je vous le dis, sont polygames. Dans un appartement, il y a trois ou quatre femmes et 25 enfants.”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“Voltaire Almighty”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“May God Preserve for US the [Jordanian] General Intelligence [Service]“: Sahar Mandur of As-Safir noted that the Jordanian anchor who covered the statements of the Iraqi suicide bomber, ended the broadcast with this: “May God preserve for us Jordan, may God preserve for us the King” and “May God preserve for us the General Intelligence [...]
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
Let the Lebanonese people vent out their bigotries and animosities. You have to admit this: under Syrian political control, there was no politics in Lebanon, or politics was too regulated to be considered politics by the definition of Hannah Arendt. Conflits were under control and management, to the benefit of Syrian control. Conflicts were suppressed [...]
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“Get out of your classes. You are being “liberated.”” School students from Fallujah being detained by US occupation forces.
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
“Riots are a class act – and often they’re the only alternative”
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad
This was buried in a must pass spending bill: ” TITLE II—IMPROVED SECURITY FOR DRIVERS’ LICENSES AND PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CARDS… 119 STAT. 312 PUBLIC LAW 109–13—MAY 11, 2005 (1) DRIVER’S LICENSE.—The term ‘‘driver’s license’’ means a motor vehicle operator’s license, as defined in section 30301 of title 49, United States Code. (2) IDENTIFICATION CARD.—The term [...]
Posted on November 14, 2005 by As'ad