Monthly Archives: August 2006

Most Americans are racists

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Sappho

Accord­ing to this: Amer­i­cans back anti-terrorism racial pro­fil­ing: poll Most Amer­i­cans expect a ter­ror­ist attack on the United States in the next few months and sup­port the screen­ing of peo­ple who look “Mid­dle East­ern” at air­ports and train sta­tions, a poll showed … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Yale!.….Doesn’t mean you’re smart

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Sappho

Grad­u­at­ing from an Ivy League uni­ver­sity doesn’t nec­es­sar­ily mean you’re smart Bril­liant adver­tis­ing! Read it on the BBC Go to the Web­site “yaleshmale”

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Who would win the debate?

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Sappho

Who would win a debate on world issues between Pres­i­dent Bush and Iran­ian Pres­i­dent Ahmadine­jad? Bush 37% — 40540 votes Ahmadine­jad 63% — 68839 votes CNN Poll Full Text of Pres. Ahmadinejad’s Let­ter to Ger­man Chan­cel­lor For some­time I have been think­ing … Con­tinue read­ing →

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US accused of bid to oust Chávez with secret funds

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Sappho

The US gov­ern­ment has been accused of try­ing to under­mine the Chávez gov­ern­ment in Venezuela by fund­ing anony­mous groups via its main inter­na­tional aid agency. Mil­lions of dol­lars have been pro­vided in a “pro-democracy pro­gramme” that Chávez sup­port­ers claim is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The End of Iraq’s Marshes (update)

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Sappho

—–Update—– I don’t think many peo­ple cracked the code of this post and read what I didn’t wrote here: This one pro­pa­ganda set by the US years ago, that the Iraqi gov­ern­ment attempt­ing to dry the marshes, the US claim that … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Journalists blame Israel for war coverage

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Sappho

Inter­na­tional jour­nal­ists dis­cuss Lebanon war cov­er­age; NYT bureau chief: Israel ‘not inter­ested in Lebanese deaths’ Jour­nal­ists blame Israel for war coverage

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Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006): The Man From the Ally

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Sappho

The Arab world also won the Nobel with me. I believe that inter­na­tional doors have opened, and that from now on, lit­er­ate peo­ple will con­sider Arab lit­er­a­ture also. We deserve that recog­ni­tion. Sad News: Mah­fouz died His well known work is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Hush…Listens to Hassan Nasrallah

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Sappho

Sur­pris­ingly, many Arab/Iraqi Blog­gers fall in this trap, sheep­ishly repeat­ing west­ern news­pa­pers head­lines, with­out even read­ing Nas­ral­lah inter­view [the inter­view broad­casted on Mus­taqbal TV, not very pop­u­lar TV, and not received every where]. Never both­ered to read his infor­ma­tive inter­view, they … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Livini: There is no problem between Israel and Lebanon

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Sappho

Livni: There is no con­flict between Israel and Lebanon For­eign Min­is­ter Tzipi Livni said dur­ing her visit to Den­mark that Israel would be inter­ested in peace talks with Lebanon at some point. Kofi Annan, In Israel, Calls Block­ade Against Lebanon A … Con­tinue read­ing →

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S.Africa passes controversial Anti-mercenaries bill

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Sappho

South Africa passed an anti-mercenaries law on Tues­day that could bar thou­sands of its nation­als from work­ing for secu­rity com­pa­nies in global hotspots such as Iraq and in other national armies. S.Africa passes con­tro­ver­sial Anti-mercenaries bill

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