Archive for May 4, 2006
“New Army documents released by the American Civil Liberties Union today reveal that Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez ordered interrogators to “go to the outer limits†to get information from detainees. The documents also show that senior government officials were aware of abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan before the Abu Ghraib scandal broke.”
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
“The German embassy has warned thousands of Tunisian football fans that a World Cup ticket will not guarantee them visas to travel.” (thaks John)
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Abu Mazen is trying to steal the Fath movement with money.
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Wadi` Haddad ate chocolates. Israeli Mossad, for pure propaganda purposes, always exaggerates its exploits and deeds, and invents “plots” that never occurred. A new book in Israel is “revealing” that Wadi` Haddad was killed by the Mossad, through poisoned chocolates. Not true. Haddad was killed by Saddam’s intelligence service. In fact, the investigation by the [...]
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Hariri is not corrupt! (and I am not Angry; and Abu Mazen is very popular; and Karzai is not a puppet). So I read in Hariri rag, Al-Mustaqbal about this revealing and explosive article on Hariri assassination in Fortune magazine. So I thought that I may take a look. Judge for yourselves. All those cited [...]
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Sweatshops you find “moderate”: “An Ugly Side of Free Trade: Sweatshops in Jordan”
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
“Human rights groups have condemned the “barbaric” murder of a 14-year-old boy, who, according to witnesses, was shot on his doorstep by Iraqi police for the apparent crime of being gay. Ahmed Khalil was shot at point-blank range after being accosted by men in police uniforms, according to his neighbours in the al-Dura area of [...]
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
I knew that this was the case. Fanatic right-wing An-Nahar reporter, Muhammad Abu Samra, was in a group of Arab journalists who interviewed Iraqi president-under-foreign-occupation, Jalal Talbani. But I noticed that Abu Samra’s account about Talbani’s statements on Syria was quite different from the other accounts by Arab journalists present. He made Talbani sound like [...]
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
This is a brief definition of Zionism: “Israel Defense Forces troops shot and killed a Palestinian taxi driver in the West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.”
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
“Cheney: Russia Bullies Europe” (Angry Arab: US Bullies the World)
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
“Niyazov, like Mao or Qaddafi, insists on being his people’s favorite writer. He is the putative author of the “Ruhnama,†a book that is meant to be a spiritual guide, a celebration of the Leader, and a newly contrived history of the Turkmen people. Niyazov has suggested that if one reads the “Ruhnama†one will [...]
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Manifestations of the Bush’s Doctrine (he calls it the “Cedar Revolution”): “Seven Students Injured in Clash between FPM and LF Members.” (thanks Karim)
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
Zionist Hoodlums and the Attacks on Juan Cole; and Hitchens Ate Falafel, and that experience qualified him as a Middle East expert. There is no question that Zionist hoodlums and Middle East war enthusiasts have intensified their war on Juan Cole. Many of them exhibit an obsession with Cole merely because he has, deservedly in [...]
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad
…off to Washington, DC. Back on Saturday night.
Posted on May 4, 2006 by As'ad