Archive for September 9, 2006
For those who don’t care: I will not be on AlJazeera on Sunday morning (Pacific Time) for technical reasons.
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
Inness, George, Early Autumn, Montclair, 1888.
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“In all, between 167 million and 188 million people died because of organized violence in the twentieth century — as many as one in every 22 deaths in that period.”
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
Bush means no harm. “On a C-130 transport plane, Ajami is so impressed by the bookish earnestness of a nineteen-year-old American soldier that he hands over his personal copy of Graham Greene’s The Quiet American (“I had always loved a passage in it about American innocence roaming the world like a leper without a bell, [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“When Saddam was overthrown three years ago, Sudani thought his workload would ease. But now he is busier than ever and can barely imagine the suffering of those whose grisly remains are being tipped into new mass graves reminiscent of the old tyranny. In July, which saw the worst sectarian slaughter so far in Baghdad, [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
If only they can have more troops. They would do wonders.
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
The Infinite Wisdom of John Kerry. John Kerry has easy answers to America’s global problems. While running for president, he urged more firepower in Iraq. Today, he is urging that more US occupation troops be sent into Afghanistan. Did you really vote for that man? (or the other man?)
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
Finally. The US military finally locates Bin Laden. He “is hiding in some of the most formidable terrain in one of the most remote parts of the world surrounded by people he trusts implicitly,” said T. McCreary, spokesman for the National Counterterrorism Center.”
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
What am I? A fact checker for the correspondents of the New York Times and Washington Post? Look at this dispatch by Edward Cody (which contains a fawning praise for the Gemayyel family). I will summarize thrust of the article for you. It basically laments the demographic decline of the advanced, Westernized Christians, and expresses [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
For those who ask me why I dislike Galloway. From George Galloway to a Saddam’s henchman: ” “I have thought of you and of the long days and nights we spent in each other’s company …”
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“The “war on terror” – and by terrorists – has directly killed a minimum of 62,006 people, created 4.5 million refugees and cost the US more than the sum needed to pay off the debts of every poor nation on earth. If estimates of other, unquantified, deaths – of insurgents, the Iraq military during the [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“Poisonous clouds of pollution spread after Israel air strike: Lebanese minister says damage was deliberate, causing ‘an even bigger disaster than the war itself’”
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“Dramatic evidence that America is involved in illegal mercenary operations in east Africa has emerged in a string of confidential emails seen by The Observer. The leaked communications between US private military companies suggest the CIA had knowledge of the plans to run covert military operations inside Somalia – against UN rulings – and they [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“Five years after the World Trade Centre fell, a highly lucrative industry has been born in America – homeland security. There has been a goldrush as companies scoop up government contracts and peddle products that they say are designed to make America safe. The figures are stunning. Seven years ago there were nine companies with [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“Meanwhile, A 70-year-old man was in critical condition after he was wounded Saturday when a cluster bomb left over from I[sraeli occupation] operations against Hezbollah militants exploded outside his south Lebanon home, security officials said.”
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“On American television, leading journalists, such as CNN’s star presenters Anderson Cooper and John Roberts, regularly referred to Hezbollah as “terrorists” or a “terrorist militia,” without bothering to attribute the label to Israeli or U.S. sources. But on the news broadcasts of the Arab world’s dominant all-news channels, Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, such polarizing language was [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
Stories of “Gentle” Usamah on Saudi TV. AlArabiya TV invited a childhood friend and neighbor (and a House of Saud reporter who is now editor-in-chief of Al-Madinah newspaper) to talk about his memories of Usamah bin Laden. He told the House of Saud station that he was “gentle” and really avoided problems. Have you noticed [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
Tourist in France. Muhammad Zuhayr As-Siddiq (the “witness” in the Hariri investigation case) was on Al-Arabiya TV today–a sign that Saudi-Syrian relations have reached a new low. He said that he was in Saudi Arabia but then “asked” that he be relocated to France because the French justice is most fair, according to him. He [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
“There is already evidence that President Bush either exaggerated or misspoke with respect to that torture evidence. He claimed that harsh interrogation of one of the CIA’s detainees led to the identification and capture of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in part by revealing that his nickname was “Mukhtar.” But according to intelligence officials, the government paid [...]
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad
Well-known Egyptian writer, Anis Mansur, began his column in Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat with this: “Prince `Abdul-`Aziz bin Fahd warned me about mistakes that occur in this column.”
Posted on September 9, 2006 by As'ad