Monthly Archives: February 2006

Kuwait Liberated—And Then What?

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Sappho

By Eliz­a­beth D. Hoover What is per­haps most sur­pris­ing is that all the epochal events of the past 15 years, includ­ing the whole cur­rent war so far, have done so lit­tle to resolve the ques­tion. We can only hope that … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The human cattle

Posted on February 28, 2006 by Sappho

“For far too long the accu­sa­tion of anti-semitism has been used against any­body who is crit­i­cal of the poli­cies of the Israeli gov­ern­ment,“ Thank you Mr Liv­ing­stone, If I say it, they will call me A ter­ror­ists, Al-Qaida, sui­cide bomber, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Hypocrisy of the West when It Comes to Free Speech: The Cartoonist who Joked about Jews–and went to Jail

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Sappho

By Mark Far­rell It was about 25 years ago when the head­lines about Free Speech’s death in Eng­land began mak­ing their rounds. A gifted car­toon­ist, Robert Edwards, had done the unthink­able: He dared to laugh at Jews. You can laugh … Con­tinue read­ing →

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This week hidden headlines

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Sappho

Human Devel­op­ments 1– Solv­ing the global refugee cri­sis (PDF) (Angelina Jolie). 2– Free and fair trade (PDF) (Noam Chom­sky and Maria Ahmed). Pol­i­tics 3– Ori­en­tal­ism ver­sus Occi­den­tal­ism (Faik Bulut). 4– Bangladesh, New Play­ground of Jihad (Sreeram Chau­lia). 5– A Dan­ish … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Ignorant Bush awoke the old horrible History of sectarian violence

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Sappho

Update Sadr ordered his sup­port­ers not to wear all-black clothes, because it’s been used by other groups attack­ing Sun­nis claim­ing they are Sadr sup­port­ers. End Update With his stu­pid plan, Bush doesn’t know what he brought up from inside the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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For Whom The Bell Tolls

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Sappho

David Irv­ing was sent to jail for deny­ing Jew­ish supe­ri­or­ity. His doom seals the reign of free­dom that began with the fall of the Bastille. By Israel Shamir

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Mosque Bombing Shows Bush Strategy Is Working in Iraq

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Sappho

This morn­ing I wrote: There will be many US pro­pa­ganda TV pro­grams and arti­cles to pre­pare the Amer­i­cans for the Iraq civil war. Read it here Now, it’s not 24 hours yet when I said that and we get this on the CNN: … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Morrissey investigated for criticising Bush

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Sappho

ROCK star Mor­ris­sey has revealed he was quizzed by the FBI and Spe­cial Branch over his crit­i­cism of the US and Britain. Mor­ris­sey, 46, has pre­vi­ously branded George Bush a ter­ror­ist and blasted the Iraq war. The ex-Smiths singer, who lives … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Attack on Attwar’s funeral

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Sappho

Upadte They are safe now, at last the gov­ern­ment reacted (I bet because it was live send­ing), but the repoter said it again the Amer­i­cans didn’t want to help them. End Upadte I was watch­ing Alara­biya online live send­ing Attawar funeral … Con­tinue read­ing →

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“Civil War in Iraq” is a good thing

Posted on February 25, 2006 by Sappho

Stage two of the Amer­i­can plan in Iraq is just started. Now it’s the time to pre­pare the Amer­i­can pub­lic to accept the fact that a civil Iraq war is an Amer­i­can inter­est. In the com­ing days, Amer­i­cans will see … Con­tinue read­ing →

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