Archive for March 19, 2006

“Left to Rot in Gaza: The main trade passage between the Gaza Strip and Israel has been closed for much of the year, despite an agreement brokered by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in November that required Israel to “ensure the continued opportunity to export.”

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

So…does Bush plan any “liberation” soon? “In Iraq, US influence wanes as full-scale civil war looms.”

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

Bush’s Inebriation of Iraq: “Death squads on the prowl in a nation paralysed by fear”

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

“In memory of those who have died in Iraq: No official organisation has collated the Iraqi dead. Here we list the 3,000 people known to have died – just one tenth of the most conservative estimates”

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

Classmates of Akabir Zaydan (8) place a picture of her at her desk. She was killed by Israeli occupation troops. (See below)

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

News from inebriated Afghanistan: “Christian convert faces death penalty in Afghanistan“

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

“‘Iraq was awash in cash. We played football with bricks of $100 bills’ : At the beginning of the Iraq war, the UN entrusted $23bn of Iraqi money to the US-led coalition to redevelop the country. With the infrastructure of the country still in ruins, where has all that money gone?“

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

“At least 150,000 Algerians have died in a 15-year Islamist insurgency, the head of the government human rights body said Saturday, the highest official estimate ever given.”

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

“American officials still speak of creating a national army and police force that they say will represent all Iraqis, but the facts on the ground tell a different story. The Interior Ministry forces are basically the Badr Brigade, a Shiite militia, in national uniform; the Shiite political coalition needs the support of radical cleric Muqtada [...]

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad

I was notified by an employee of Saudi Aramco in Saudi Arabia that the company has blocked my site.

Posted on March 19, 2006 by As'ad