Archive for October 8, 2006
I read that Raghd Saddam Husayn, who spends a lot of time shopping in Amman, obtained a loan from a Bank in Jordan to purchase a car. She needed $70,000.00 for her new car.
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“Strife in Samarkand”
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“Human rights: How Guantanamo’s prisoners were sold”
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“Sanctioning Lawlessness:… Taking a page from John Yoo, the author of the Justice Department’s original torture memo, Congress has tortured language in order to clear room for the CIA to torture suspects. Just as Yoo interpreted the criminal torture ban narrowly so as to permit threats of death and infliction of any physical pain short [...]
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“What Will Wal-Mart Do?”
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
I would like, nay insist, that all references to my person be followed with an honorific title as in: “…As`ad, May his sweets taste sweeter always.” Thanks.
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“President Bush has almost doubled the percentage of US foreign-aid dollars going to faith-based groups such as Food for the Hungry, according to a Globe survey of government data. And in seeking to help such groups obtain more contracts, Bush has systematically eliminated or weakened rules designed to enforce the separation of church and state.”
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
News from “liberated” Afghanistan: “Five years into the US-led war in Afghanistan, the country is far from won over, or even safely on the path to stability and democracy. More than 3,000 people have been killed in rising violence this year. Suicide bombers are targeting ordinary Afghans and Western troops. Militants are assassinating key political [...]
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“”You should be thinking of what you should do in the future,” [Nixon] told the 39-year-old Rumsfeld. “Down the road, my view is that you would be a Cabinet officer. . . . [A]nd you can do, as far as I’m concerned, anything in the Cabinet field, except I wouldn’t put you in Defense and [...]
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“The Watchdog” (He was one of the people I wanted to meet when I came to the US in 1983. A great man in person too).
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
How dumb do you have to be to pick a fight with Al-Akhbar? Joseph Samahah, Ibrahim Amin, and Khalid Saghiyyah all on Fatfat.
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
What Hizbullah and Hariri Inc have in common (by Wisam Sa`adah)
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
This child died yesterday in Beirut. He was shot two days ago by Lebanese Internal Security Forces (Hariri militia in Lebanon) during a demonstration. His family did not own a private jet, so Kofi Annan will not order a UNSC investigation.
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
For “liberty” or for cash: “British hire anti-Taliban mercenaries”
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“I am grateful for the generous moments of Alan Wolfe’s review of “What’s Liberal About the Liberal Arts?†(Sept. 10). I was, however, struck by Wolfe’s claim that my book argues “ ‘there is more than a grain of truth’ in the charge that Middle Eastern studies departments are generally biased against Israel.†While I [...]
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
Don’t the media insult our intelligence when they report yet again about a “new” security plan for Baghdad? Please stop, or at least caramelize your propaganda.
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
Bush Doctrine in Palestine: “According to Palestinian sources, Abbas has notified the US, Jordan and Egypt that he is preparing to take action against Hamas. Egypt has already indicated it would support him, the sources claim.”
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
You have to read this: scroll down. Letter from Fadlallah Yasin to George Batal (on the real history of the Lebanese Communist Party, and its Stalinist guard who now poses as a “democrat.”)
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
Prendergast, Maurice, Ponte della Paglia, 1898-99 and 1922.
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad
“Many of the Arab leaders she met share U.S. fears about the region’s future, but there is a growing divide even with Washington’s closest allies over what needs to be done, at what pace, in what order and by whom, according to Arab officials interviewed at each stop.”
Posted on October 8, 2006 by As'ad