Archive for September 19, 2007
One of my students came crying today. She told me that her dad, who is 60, will be doing his 3rd tour of duty in Afghanistan with the US Army.
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“In his meetings, Welch told his counterparts that efforts must be made to bolster the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, suggesting that any Israeli operations may bolster Siniora’s rivals, the pro-Syrian factions in Lebanon.”
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“Nearly two million Iraqis have become refugees in their own land in the past year, redrawing the ethnic and sectarian map of Baghdad and other cities, a report by the Iraqi Red Crescent said yesterday. In Baghdad alone, nearly a million people have fled their homes.”
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“But he also never left the party and wore a Swastika in his lapel even when abroad—including a visit to Löwith’s apartment in Rome a few years later. Some compared him to Plato in Syracuse, the philosopher a prisoner to the tyrant; some suggested that his naiveté was still greater and that, like Thales, he [...]
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
Comrade Fawwaz makes the point that Islamist or Islamic fundamentalist organizations share the economic policies of George W. Bush.
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
Pictures like this one confirm my atheism.
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“‘A few days ago, me and a journalist friend drove up to Bcharre in an effort to check rumours about the Lebanese Forces and the Kata’ib rearming and organizing training camps again – we didn’t actually get anywhere (none of the people we wanted to speak to was ‘home’ or ‘available for comment’), but we [...]
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
Searching food in a garbage dump in the Somali capital. (AP)
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“On Academic Freedom” (thanks Ahmad)
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“New York Rep. Peter King, a prominent House Republican, said there are “too many mosques in this country†in a recent interview with Politico.”
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
Somebody needs to tell the sons of Mansur Rahbani and the son of Ilyas Rahbani this: the fact that Ziyad Rahbani is very talented does not mean that there is a genetic Rahbani gift. They need to know that they are not talented. Their music and shows are rather laughable–and not in a funny way.
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
In all those heinous car bombs in Beirut, innocent Lebanese, Syrians, and Sri Lankans (all civilians) get killed and injured and the media forget about them. Nobody even remembers their names.
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
I just finished reading the memoirs of Shafiq Al-Hut, published in 2007 by Riyad Ar-Rayyis. This is an interesting man with a long experience in Palestinian national politics. There are so many important information in this book: it has the best inside portrayal of Arafat, of his conceit, of his kooky fatalism (especially in later [...]
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad
“Baghdad revealed as bank robbery capital of the world”
Posted on September 19, 2007 by As'ad