Monthly Archives: January 2006

Half of Iraqis Approve of Attacks on US Forces

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Sappho

A new poll of the Iraqi pub­lic finds that a large major­ity of Iraqis think the US plans to main­tain bases in Iraq per­ma­nently, even if the newly elected gov­ern­ment asks the US to leave. A large major­ity favors set­ting … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Holocaust Conference in Iran

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Sappho

Iran said yes­ter­day it would hold a con­fer­ence in a few months time to exam­ine the scale of the Holo­caust, which Pres­i­dent Mah­moud Ahmadine­jad has described as a myth. Asefi accused the West of mak­ing an unnec­es­sary fuss about the pro­posed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Iraq in Fragments

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Sappho

Iraq In Frag­ments illu­mi­nates post-war Iraq in three acts, build­ing a vivid pic­ture of a coun­try pulled in dif­fer­ent direc­tions by reli­gion and eth­nic­ity. Filmed in cin­ema ver­ité style, the film pow­er­fully explores the lives of ordi­nary Iraqis: peo­ple whose … Con­tinue read­ing →

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How to build a pyramid?

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Sappho

Why every­thing reform­ing Arab coun­tries went wrong? This was the last post Salam also wrote his own take on the sub­ject which I agree with that sec­u­lars in Iraq are not the major­ity. Democ­racy failed not only in Iraq but … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Targeted assassinations by Predators break international law

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Sappho

I don’t want to echo stream media but I want to use this to lead you some­where else. Just like me, you heard about Ayman Al-Zawahiri’s new video, specif­i­cally referred to the last Amer­i­can attack on a vil­lage in Pak­istan caused … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Experts Claim Official 9/11 Story is a Hoax

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Sappho

Source Yahoo News Jan­u­ary 30, 2006 — A group of dis­tin­guished experts and schol­ars, includ­ing Robert M. Bow­man, James H. Fet­zer, Wayne Mad­sen, John McMurtry, Mor­gan Reynolds, and Andreas von Buelow, have con­cluded that senior gov­ern­ment offi­cials have cov­ered up … Con­tinue read­ing →

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U.S. climate expert says NASA tries to silence him

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Sappho

A top sci­en­tist at NASA said the Bush admin­is­tra­tion has tried to muz­zle him since he gave a lec­ture in Decem­ber call­ing for prompt reduc­tions in emis­sions of green­house gas, the New York Times said on Sat­ur­day. The sci­en­tist, James … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Churches explosions connected to the Danish cartoon

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Sappho

Every news­pa­per is now con­nect­ing Iraq’s Churches explo­sions Yes­ter­day Elaph pub­lished a report on the front page after few min­utes it dis­ap­peared, I had to search my brows­ing his­tory to find it again. The title says “Iraqi churches explo­sions con­nected to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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This week hidden headlines

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Sappho

1– Pres­i­dent Jonah. by Gore Vidal 2– Is Bush Stu­pid — Or Is Amer­ica?. 3– Venezuela tells McCain “go to hell”. 4– An Amer­i­can Hitler and his Gestapo. 5– The old days when the Gringo could rule the roost in Latin … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Documents Show how U.S. used Iraqi wives for ‘leverage’

Posted on January 28, 2006 by Sappho

Please before you read this you need to read the word “Hoost­age” on Wikipedia A hostage is a per­son (some­times another entity) which is held by a cap­tor (often a crim­i­nal abduc­tor) in order to com­pel another party (rel­a­tive, employer, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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