Archive for April 29, 2007
“WASHINGTON, D.C. – area commuters will be inundated with a controversial poster-ad campaign when they take the city’s subway system next month. Starting May 13 for four weeks, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) has ordered 20 of its subway stations to place posters advertising a June 10 rally to end “Israel’s illegal military [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“A department of the Iraqi prime minister’s office is playing a leading role in the arrest and removal of senior Iraqi army and national police officers, some of whom had apparently worked too aggressively to combat violent Shiite militias, according to U.S. military officials in Baghdad. Since March 1, at least 16 army and national [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“A direct rocket strike on a reservist staging ground at Kfar Giladi, which killed 12 soldiers on August 6, was the breaking point in public support for Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz during the Second Lebanon War and support continued decreasing until the war ended, a series of surveys conducted during [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Totalitarian Islam’s Threat to the West”
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
You ask and Grant (not at all) Ayatullah Sistani answers:Question: What are the kind of TV programs and films that parents are not permitted to let their children watch?Answer: All that which contradicts their good religious upbringing–including commanding the good–and prohibiting evil, and the spread of destructive ideas and the erotic pictures that stimulate satanic [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
The Israeli factor in US presidential campaigns (thanks Zitta)
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“On whether Blackwater is a private army:We have no private army. What we do have is a team of military and law enforcement veterans and other motivated, capable Americans who protect diplomats, provide training and offer logistic services, and we do those things in support of friendly-nation peace operations around the world, including support of [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
Today, I woke up to find that my garbage disposal is not working. Given the deep interest that Ban Ki-Moon and the UN Security Council have been showing toward Lebanon, I plan to submit an official letter to the Secretary-general. I also would like that the UN team that is investigating the Hariri assassination, add [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
Alas, Kristof did not select me. “I’ve chosen the two winners of my second annual “win-a-trip contest.†One is Leana Wen, a medical student at Washington University in St. Louis. The second is Will Okun, who teaches at Westside Alternative High School in Chicago and dabbles in photography and writing. Leana, Will and I will [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“U.S. launches artillery barrage in Baghdad”. So is “liberation” still not complete?
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“It’s our country’s bitter fortune that while David Halberstam is gone, too many Joe Alsops still hold sway. Take the current dean of the Washington press corps, David Broder, who is leading the charge in ridiculing Harry Reid for saying the obvious — that “this war is lost†(as it is militarily, unless we stay [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“Iranian police have warned barbers against offering Western-style hair cuts or plucking the eyebrows of their male customers, Iranian media said on Sunday.” (Is this true or is this another invention by Amir Taheri? But then again, I would not be surprised if Khamenei was behind this).
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
Recent speeches by Libyan dicatator, Mu`ammar Qadhdhafi, clearly points to some conflict in his relationship with Western governments. Somebody should write an investigative article about the background and current state of Libya’s foreign policy transformation, and the causes of Qadhdhafi’s disillusionment.
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
More doubts in my head about the claims by House of Saud of Al-Qa`idah plot: “Al-Thayedi did not rule out the possibility of the militants having received outside assistance by governments that have alliances with Al-Qaeda. He cited “countries such as Iran and Libya, who both have a history in meddling in the affairs of [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
In `Ayn Al-Hilwah refugee camp, more than 100,000 people live in 1 square kilometer. (Read about my visit to the camp here).
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
Read the names on page B-4 (thanks Narrima)
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
“widows of Iraq’s torn-apart society”
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
I assumed that Afghanistan was already “liberated”: “Aircrews say they have been told to show no mercy, but to press home their advantage until all their targets have been destroyed. The Apache attack was one of five in three days in -Helmand, where British troops operate alongside a much smaller contingent of American infantry and [...]
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
As Mr. Bush continues to make “modest progress”: “As British draw down, violence in Basra is up.”
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad
I find the flirtatious dance between Hizbullah and Walid Jumblat to be nauseating. I wish that they would do it behind closed doors. It is highly likely that Jumblat will succeed yet again in snookering Hizbullah.
Posted on April 29, 2007 by As'ad