Archive for April 7, 2007
When the esteemed secretary-general of the UN was visiting Lebanon, the UNIFIL informed him that since the end of the Israeli war on Lebanon, Hizbullah violated the Blue Line not once, while Israel violated the Blue Line 1000 times. The secretary-general was not pleased, and did not reveal the information to the media.
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“Among those on the trip were two other California Democrats, Representatives Tom Lantos, a Holocaust survivor, and Henry A. Waxman, an advocate of Israel; as well as Representative Keith Ellison of Minnesota, a Democrat who is the first Muslim elected to Congress. During the interview, Ms. Pelosi said that while Congress was breaking with the [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
I live in Modesto, California. The city is served by a lousy newspaper, the Modesto Bee. The Modesto Bee is considered “liberal” in the context of the central valley of California. He is a letter to the editor from today’s paper: “It is my opinion that Nancy Pelosi will be the cause of the destruction [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“In 2003, when Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq, a woman named Hamdiyah al-Dulaimi had three handsome sons. They had grown into good men with wives and families. They were the shining accomplishments of her life. In hindsight, it was a much better life than she realized at the time. Most certainly better than it is now, [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“Recently unearthed police logs reveal a secret FBI intelligence unit helped detain a group of war protesters in a downtown Washington parking garage in April 2002 and interrogated some of them on videotape about their political and religious beliefs. The protesters were targeted largely because they were wearing the color black and perceived by police [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“The World Bank rank and file were most upset by our recent column noting that Shaha Riza, linked romantically with bank President Paul Wolfowitz, got some curiously hefty raises upon being detailed to work at the State Department — but remaining on the bank’s payroll. “Since publication of the . . . column,” a bank-wide [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“But the law in the United States requires that virtually all its donated food be grown in America and shipped at great expense across oceans, mostly on vessels that fly American flags and employ American crews — a process that typically takes four to six months. For a third year, the Bush administration, which has [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
Today, the brave British sailors revealed more information on their torture in Iran. They said that they were not served focaccia bread in captivity, unlike the captives of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo.
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
Riyad Qubaysi is a talented reporter for New TV. Today, he did an excellent report comparing the farce of the Orange Revolution with the farce of the Potato Revolution in Lebanon.
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“King: Sometimes it’s easier for management to take the easy way. If you want to do a show on the Middle East you will not get good numbers. Even though you can certainly say that the Middle East is certainly more important than Anna Nicole Smith. Who would deny that?” I would rather you stick [...]
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
Bush Doctrine Update: “America’s high-security prisons in Iraq have become “terrorist academies†for the most dangerous militant groups, according to former inmates and Iraqi government officials.”
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
“”If it were up to him he would allow much more freedom in the country than we have now,” says a Khamenei associate who, like all Iranians asked to comment on the Supreme Leader, would speak only anonymously.” That is bogus. It is up to him.
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad
This does not get the attention that some `Ashurah rituals get in the West.
Posted on April 7, 2007 by As'ad