Archive for April 20, 2007
“At the close, Moyers mentions some of the chief proponents of the war who refused to speak to him for this program, including Thomas Friedman, Bill Kristol, Roger Ailes, Charles Krauthammer, Judith Miller, and William Safire. But Dan Rather, the former CBS anchor, admits, “I don’t think there is any excuse for, you know, my [...]
Posted on April 20, 2007 by As'ad
This is an actual headline from a leading Israeli newspaper. Don’t be surprised if that headline wins the Pulitzer next year. (thanks Rashid)
Posted on April 20, 2007 by As'ad
When The New York Times feigns concern for Arabs: don’t read further. It is way too touching. The only time the New York Times or the Western press express sympathy for Arabs, is when they are killed by other Arabs, especially if “honor” is invoked. Look at this sentence from the NYT: “So-called honor killings [...]
Posted on April 20, 2007 by As'ad
It figures. AlJazeera interviewed a foreign adviser to fascistic French presidential candidate, Le Pen. The adviser is Lebanese by the name of Elie Hatem: clearly, it seems, a graduate of the Lebanese Forces. He thought that he was intelligently appealing to the Arab masses by sending clear anti-Semitic messages: he even held up illustrations that [...]
Posted on April 20, 2007 by As'ad
From NYT: “Afghans inspect a vehicle peppered by gunfire in a March 4 episode involving marines in Ningarhar Province. A preliminary military inquiry found that the marines killed at least 10 civilians and wounded dozens.”“But almost a year later, marines killed at least 10 civilians in Afghanistan in an episode that bore some striking similarities [...]
Posted on April 20, 2007 by As'ad
“A U.S. military brigade is constructing a 3-mile-long concrete wall to cut off one of the capital’s most restive Sunni Arab districts from the Shiite Muslim neighborhoods that surround it, raising concern about the further Balkanization of Iraq’s most populous and violent city.”
Posted on April 20, 2007 by As'ad