Monthly Archives: October 2006

Corporate Mercenaries (in Iraq)

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Sappho

A new kind of armies, they are the Cor­po­rate Mer­ce­nar­ies, Iraqi con­tracts boosted the annual rev­enue of British PMSCs alone from £320 mil­lion in 2003 to more than £1.8 bil­lion in 2004. One recent reports esti­mates that there are 48,000 … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Discover the world of Ludwig van Beethoven

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Sappho

This is the most pretty thing I ever saw on the inter­net, p[lay every score you like and dis­cover the secrets behind it. Sym­phony No. 3 in E-Flat Major

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Press Freedom Index

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Sappho

There were a few sur­pris­ing find­ings: — The U.S. slipped down to just 53rd. In 2005, they ranked 44th, and in 2004, they ranked 22nd which were not good, any­way; — France also slipped (to 35th), from 30th, in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Today’s Iraq developments: Chalabi resign

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Sappho

Nego­ti­a­tions Almalaf pub­lished detailed infor­ma­tion about Iraq government-Iraqi oppo­si­tion nego­ti­a­tions in Amman yes­ter­day [no pre­cise infor­ma­tion about who are the peo­ple par­tic­i­pat­ing in the nego­ti­a­tions, although there are some hints of the Báth party. A meet­ing held yes­ter­day in Amman between … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Da Vinci Fingerprint Reveals Arab Heritage?

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Sappho

Leonardo da Vinci may have had an Arab her­itage, accord­ing to Ital­ian researchers who have iso­lated and recon­structed the Renais­sance master’s fin­ger­print. The fin­ger­print rep­re­sents the only bio­log­i­cal trace of the Flo­ren­tine genius, said Luigi Capasso, an anthro­pol­o­gist at Chi­eti … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Sun Seems To Be Setting On The Era Of U.S. Power

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Sappho

In fact, it’s hard to name a sin­gle cre­ative pol­icy that has polit­i­cal legs in Wash­ing­ton. Is any­one seri­ous about tack­ling the crazy tort sys­tem, which con­sumes more than a dol­lar in admin­is­tra­tive and legal costs for every dol­lar it … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Posted on October 30, 2006 by Sappho

By this time you all know the story of the miss­ing Iraqi-American sol­dier, that he is miss­ing in Sadr-city and he was mar­ried. The miss­ing link in the story Since we are talk­ing about Sadr-City siege so let’s stay there: Iraqi … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Suez: 50 years ago

Posted on October 30, 2006 by Sappho

50 years since the Suez cri­sis and not much changed. Dif­fer­ent char­ac­ters with dif­fer­ent names but events are the same and repeat­ing itself right now. Nation­al­iz­ing Suez Canal was the spark which started lib­er­a­tion move­ments across Arab world, Iraq fol­lowed Egypt, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Letter from Saddam’s Defence Team to George Bush

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Sappho

This is a let­ter from Chief of Sad­dam Defence team to George Bush, pub­lished yes­ter­day. Let­ter to Bush Mr. George W. Bush Pres­i­dent of the United States of Amer­ica esteemed After the greet­ings.… The impli­ca­tions of mass destruc­tion and sec­tar­ian … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Maggie, the born queen of the desert

Posted on October 29, 2006 by Sappho

Price­less, Mar­garet Thatcher descends from Arab ances­tors, namely ancient Mesopotamia. A lab­o­ra­tory test on a mouth swab taken from Carol Thatcher, daugh­ter of the for­mer prime min­is­ter, shows that 24% of her DNA is Mid­dle East­ern. Mid­dle East­ern is defined … Con­tinue read­ing →

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