Archive for February 5, 2007
“The revolutionary potential of the Internet is far from self-evident”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Nightmare of Afghan Women”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Afghanistan remains the forgotten war and yet, in an eerie lockstep with Iraq, it seems to be following a distinctly Bush administration-style path toward “the gates of hell.””
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Deprived of love, play and hope, the 250,000 children still fighting”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
Guess what this story in London Times is about? Hint: White Man Obsession.
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
A conservative tribute to the man who so grossly inflated the figures of Soviet victims. (His biography of Stalin was an interesting read, despite the serious political and methodological problems).
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Egypt’s Grand Mufti: Women Can Become Heads of State” (Al-Azhar said it is “unrealistic”)
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Bush’s Defense Budget Biggest Since Reagan Era”
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“The death toll of 31 days in Iraq”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“A group of prominent Jewish artists, intellectuals and academics Monday launched a movement aimed at challenging the dominance of Britain’s long-established main Jewish organization and opening debate over the conflict in the Middle East. The group, Independent Jewish Voices (IJV), announced its establishment in ads in The Times and the Jewish Chronicle, and in an [...]
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“These moderates are in fact fanatics, torturers and killers”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
Do you notice that US media, and even US officials, speak less of “liberation” of Iraq? “Children of war: the generation traumatised by violence in Iraq”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
For fans of the “Cedar Revolution”: “”There is a reappearance of arms in the hands of almost every political group; we are sitting on a powder keg, tension is increasing every day,” said a prominent security analyst. “They don’t know what they are doing, they are going to destroy this country.”…The sense of instability has [...]
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
American democracy at work: “Senate votes not to debate Iraq proposal”
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
For those who asked me, no, I am not taking part in the debate on the Israeli lobby in San Francisco, although an invitation has gone out with my name. I have sent my disagreement with the latest phrasing of the debate statement; I do think that the Israeli lobby is dominant. I never said [...]
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
To throw the shoe, or not to throw the shoe: a cultural dilemma. Don’t you love it when Western reporters explain to their readers differences between their culture and Arab culture? I don’t know about you, but I really love it. Here is from the New York Times: “During the argument, heated words were exchanged [...]
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“The impression that a bloodless battle has been won in Libya rests on an inflated notion of the threat the country, even with its rusty weapons of mass destruction, ever posed to the West. It misreads an act of diplomatic negligence toward the rights of the Libyan people as a victory for world peace. Colonel [...]
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
“Après avoir axé son sermon dominical sur la famille, condamnant autant l’homosexualité que l’avortement, lors de la messe qu’il a présidée àBkerké, le patriarche Sfeir a observé que « ce qui se passe sur notre terre n’a rien de rassurant ».” Taking time from his busy schedule of arranging his vast collection of hats, [...]
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad
A Saudi court forces a divorce on a Saudi couple due to “inequity of lineage”. In other news, Rice continues to praise “reform in Saudi Arabia.” (thanks anonymous)
Posted on February 5, 2007 by As'ad