Archive for November 10, 2007
“A U.S. soldier has been acquitted of three murder charges after investigations into the killings of three Iraqis earlier this year, the U.S. military said Saturday. A court-martial, however, did find Staff Sgt. Michael Hensley, a sniper from the 1st Battalion, 501st Airborne, guilty of wrongfully placing an AK-47 rifle beside the body of an [...]
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“A trial opening in Baghdad today will shed new light on a secret Pentagon programme in which US snipers allegedly planted fake weapons as ‘bait’ to lure their Iraqi enemies to their deaths.”
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
Today, Abu Mazen commemorated the anniversary of Arafat’s death. They even opened a special ugly museum. Will they museum have special sections for deception, autocracy, bombast, demagoguery, flattery, dishonesty, corruption, hypocrisy, bragging, and all the other symptoms of Arafat’s leadership? Also, will the museum mention that it was Arafat, for whom Abu Mazen was paying [...]
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
Today, AlJazeera Arabic aired a report about a whole area in Afghanistan in which the Taliban rule, and they roam the streets freely and impose their typically horrific system of (in)justice. I am also reporting this for those who keep saying that Afghanistan has been “liberated.”
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
News from Cedars and Potatoes Homeland. First, there was an attack on Kurds in Lebanon, and then an Ethiopian maid committed suicide and Ethiopian citizens in Lebanon demonstrated to protest lack of investigation.
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“Guantánamo by the Numbers”
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
““It’s the ultimate life issue,” said Rick Scarborough, president of the Texas-based conservative Christian group Vision America. “If radical Islam succeeds in its ultimate goals, Christianity ceases to exist.””
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“Meet Abu Abed: the US’s new ally against al-Qaida”
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“US to purchase $700m worth of arms from Israel” (thanks Sellam)
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
Senator: Are you, or have you ever been, a Muslim? ““You have e-mails saying that I’m a Muslim plant that’s trying to take over America,†Mr. Obama told voters the other day at a rally in eastern Iowa. “If you get this e-mail from someone you know, set the record straight. “One of the stupidest things [...]
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“By his own account, Mr. Kerik’s first sojourn to Saudi Arabia in 1978 was formative.”
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“There are also new elements to the indictment that was unsealed yesterday, including charges that Mr. Kerik failed to disclose a $250,000 loan financed by an unnamed Israeli businessman…”
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
“Yahoo! and Microsoft have removed Iran from the country lists of their webmail services as stronger US sanctions against the Islamic republic begin to bite.” (thanks Laleh)
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad
1000 fatwawawawas…a day. “Egypt’s highest authority on Islamic law said on Thursday that drivers cannot be blamed for killing people who stand in front of their vehicles, just days after a police van ran over a woman who tried to stop it. Dar al-Iftaa, the government agency which issues around 1,000 fatwas a day, denies [...]
Posted on November 10, 2007 by As'ad