Archive for September 22, 2006
I am so glad that the “Day of Anger” against the Pope’s speech that was announced by tele-Islamist demagogue, Yusuf Al-Qaradawi, was a flop. His call was largely ignored, and the news of Hizbullah’s rally in Beirut dominated the Arab and international media. Qaradawi is a man who was never angry at Arab or Muslim [...]
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“There is a sense among residents that the U.N. force was designed to protect Israel, a notion reinforced by German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s comments last week that her country’s participation in the U.N. force was designed to bring peace to the region, and in view of Germany’s responsibility for “Israel’s right to exist.””
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“Bush made no mention of the dramatic events on Tuesday and left New York yesterday without ever seeing the deposed prime minister, much less offering any public support for a onetime strong ally of the United States. The president’s spokesman later provided a strikingly mild response only after being asked by a reporter, pronouncing the [...]
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
This is how the coalition of Jumblat, Gemayyel, Sham`un, mini-Hariri (and the other sectarian crooks and warlords) is referrred to in the New York Times: “the American-backed pro-democracy movement.” But at least they noted that Jumblat’s “conversation [is] punctuated by heavy sighs and bitter chuckles”.
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
Chomsky is very much alive and…kicking.
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
Tamayo, Rufino, Animals, 1941.
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“The Super-Rich Get Richer: Forbes 400 Are All Billionaires”
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“The chief education officer of the IDF, Ilan Harari, told a conference of senior IDF officers that he believes Israel lost the war – making Harari the first senior officer to state openly what other officers have been saying privately.”
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
” The republic of fear is born again. The state of terror now gripping Iraq is as bad as it was under Saddam Hussein. Torture in the country may even be worse than it was during his rule, the United Nation’s special investigator on torture said yesterday.”
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“Three years on, Guantánamo detainee, 78, goes home”
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“The Bush administration threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the stone age” after the September 11 attacks if the country did not cooperate with America’s war on Afghanistan, it emerged yesterday. In an interview to be aired on CBS television this weekend Pakistan’s president, General Pervez Musharraf, said the threat was delivered by the assistant [...]
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad
“Nearly 7,000 civilians were killed in Iraq in the past two months, according to a UN report just released – a record high that is far greater than initial estimates had suggested. As American generals in Baghdad warned that the violence could worsen in the run up to Ramadan next Monday, the UN spoke of [...]
Posted on September 22, 2006 by As'ad