Archive for October 24, 2006

“More than 100 U.S. service members have signed a rare appeal urging Congress to support the “prompt withdrawal” of all American troops and bases from Iraq, organizers said yesterday. “Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home,” reads the statement of a [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

It is not a good sign when you don’t even trust your puppets. US troops today invaded the offices of a TV station owned by the most trusted Shi`ite ally of the US: the Higher Council of the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (is there something ironic that such a council is the closest ally of [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

“Niger orders expulsion of Arabs” (thanks John)

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

“The Taliban were demonstrating their control over a wide region. These are the same Taliban that Brigadier Ed Butler, the commander of British forces in the region, said were “practically defeated” in Helmand.”

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

Iraq war: the video.

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

“Yet one of Young-Bruehl’s chief strategies for showing Arendt’s relevance today is to speculate on what her mentor would have thought about events since her death. As Young-Bruehl dissects The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), a veritable “field manual” for identifying an enemy, we get sentences such as, “She would, for example, have taken the measure [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

“FEAR AND MONEY IN DUBAI” (thanks Maryum)

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

“Asian Workers Trafficked to Build World’s Largest Embassy” (thanks Kathy)

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

`Adnan Abu `Awdah. I forgot to mention this regarding the episode (Part I) on Abu `Awdah on AlJazeera’s Ziyarah Khassah. Abu `Awdah told viewers that he was always different from people around him (he meant better); that he was more skeptical. He attributed that–I am not making this up–to regularly reading Time magazine. For me, [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

A US commander in Iraq said that security could be transferred into Iraqi hands in 12 months or so. Is the transfer of security different from the transfer of sovereignty? Because sovereignty was transferred to Iraqis two years ago as you may remember.

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

Karen Hughes wearing a Persian carpet during a meeting with Muslims for the `Id. Karen Hughes really thinks that she is being very effective in winning “hearts and minds” of Muslims with her gimmicks. Look at this. And what is that on her hair? A Persian carpet? But you have to admire Karen Hughes. She [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

This is hilarious. Iraqi deputy puppet prime minister was in London. He pleaded with the US and UK to not flee Iraq. The clock is ticking. Puppets must already be packing their bags. `Allawi is already building a house in Beirut. Since Barham Salih is scared, I suggest that the occupiers take him away with [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad

“Israel carried out 7,000 air raids and fired 160,000 artillery projectiles into Lebanon, a tiny country. That’s about two air raids and 40 projectiles per square mile. But the punishment was not evenly distributed. Israel’s war was aimed specifically at Lebanon’s Shiite population. Shiite neighborhoods in Beirut were destroyed, but other neighborhoods remained untouched. Shiite [...]

Posted on October 24, 2006 by As'ad