Archive for September 27, 2006
John Stewart on CNN/Fox News.
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“[Israeli] Army chief makes it clear that if terror group members continue to demonstrate [on their own territory] and hurl stones at vehicles near fence, IDF will not hesitate to open fire at them.”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Christians: We’ll fight for Israel: Evangelical delegates from around the world arrive at Knesset to express ‘love for Israel”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“What Is Torture? An interactive primer on American interrogation”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
I give Christopher Hitchens a year before he follows in the footsteps of Bernard Lewis and starts engaging in numerological predictions.
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“The Abu Ghraib files”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
” A new WPO poll of the Iraqi public finds that seven in ten Iraqis want US-led forces to commit to withdraw within a year.” (thanks Amer)
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Upon Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, Lerner ostensibly condemned Israel without actually criticizing it.” (thanks Steven)
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“MILITARY COMMISSION BILL WOULD AUTHORIZE THE INDEFINITE DETENTION OF IMMIGRANTS – WITHOUT ANY ACCESS TO COURTS“
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
Latest news from the “beacon of freedom”: “The legislation loosely defines “cruel or inhuman treatment” of detainees, which would constitute a war crime. The administration said the term should apply to techniques resulting in “severe” physical or mental pain, but lawmakers set the standard at “serious.” The abused detainee’s symptoms would have to include “serious [...]
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
Gris, Juan, Landscape with Houses at Ceret, 1913.
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
You have to read the autobiography of the American historian, John Hope Franklin. It is a delightful account by a delightful man.
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
Cruel and unusual: “Inmates executed by lethal injection in California may have been conscious when they were administered a drug that induces suffocation and an “excruciating” experience comparable to drowning or strangulation, an anesthesiologist who has reviewed state execution logs testified today.”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
If you have ever read more insightful analysis than this, please let me know. Michael Husayn Young at his best: “Siniora’s tears began a process of ridding the South of Israeli soldiers.”(Next in Michael Young’s column: a feature on Saniora’s sneezes, and how they will begin a process of solving the Arab-Israeli conflict).
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“Zaha Hadid gets her due in Guggenheim retrospective”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“This week, Newsweek magazine – motto “Our voices. Your voices. Every day” – illustrates that division by offering readers in different parts of the world different cover stories. The international edition of the magazine, on sale in Europe, Asia and Latin America, features a fearsome-looking man wearing a turban and pointing a grenade launcher towards [...]
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“It could take between eight to 14 months to fix a Gaza Strip power plant destroyed in an Israel Air Force strike in late June, and to restore full electrical power to the region. Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has accused the Israel Defense Forces of war crimes for bombing the plant, which has left [...]
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“A public relations company known for its role in a controversial U.S. military program that paid Iraqi newspapers for stories favorable to coalition forces has been awarded another multimillion dollar media contract with American forces in Iraq. Washington-based Lincoln Group won a two-year contract to monitor a number of English and Arabic media outlets and [...]
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
“She also asked why Israel is not cooperating with the UN in assisting civilians in areas where cluster bombs were fired to locate the bombs. A 12-year old boy was killed and three other children wounded Wednesday by the explosion of an Israeli cluster bomb in southern Lebanon. The children were playing in a field [...]
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad
Bush’s Favorite Lebanonese: “IDF presence in Lebanon ‘mother of all ills’”
Posted on September 27, 2006 by As'ad