Bush Affirms Policy of “Preemptive” Attack Bush reaffirmed Thursday his policy of willingness to strike first against states he considers enemies. There is a real problem of definition here. If Bush means that he will strike at terrorists whom he has good reason to suspect of imminently carrying out an attack on the US, then […]
Archives for March 2006
Usiraqi Attack On Samarra Region
US/Iraqi Attack on Samarra Region Parliament Sworn In Saddam Hussein’s call at his trial for Iraqis to unite, stop killing each other on sectarian grounds, and attack US troops instead is likely to be very popular in the Sunni Arab region. The ineptitude of this tribunal is astonishing– the US and its Iraqi allies have […]
Halabja Riot Against America Kurds In
Halabja Riot against America Kurds in Halabja went on a rampage on Thursday, protesting the Kurdistan Regional Government’s inattention to social services. They assaulted the monument to the victims of Saddam’s 1988 gas attack, an attack they said that the local government always used to excuse its ineptitude. Security sources told al-Hayat that a boy […]
Saddam Was Trying To Capture Zarqawi
Saddam Was Trying to Capture Zarqawi The Bush administration repeatedly made the presence in Iraq of Abu Musab Zarqawi a pretext for invading the country and overthrowing Saddam Hussein. They implied that he was a client of Saddam and that Saddam had arranged for hospital care for him. Newly released documents from the captured Iraqi […]
Shiite Pilgrims Us Troops Killed
Shiite Pilgrims, US Troops Killed Parliament Meets to no End Two Shiite pilgrims were shot dead in Baghdad on Wednesday, among other killings and bombings in the capital, in Baqubah and in Anbar province, which include the killing of two US soldiers. It is the season of Arba’in in Iraq, the 40th day commemoration of […]
Harith Al Dhari On Sectarian Conflict
Harith al-Dhari on Sectarian Conflict in Iraq The Open Source Center translates an interview from al-Zaman with hard line Sunni Arab fundamentalist leader Harith al-Dhari. ‘ Al-Zaman: AMS Spokesman on Latest Political, Security Developments in IraqInterview with Association of Muslim Scholars Spokesman Dr Muthanna Harith al-Dari by Mustafa Amarah in Cairo “Recently”: “Association of Muslim […]
Darfur Petition Human Rights First Has
Darfur Petition Human Rights First has put up an important petition on the Darfur genocide. You can see short film about the issue here. Here is the Wikipedia article on the Darfur conflict.
80 Bodies Found Massive Attack On
80 Bodies Found Massive Attack on Green Zone Foiled Al-Hayat reports fighting in Ramadi between guerrillas and US forces. I guess that isn’t news anymore, since I didn’t see it elsewhere. Courtesy KarbalaNews.net Some 80 bodies have been found in Baghdad and environs since Monday. On Tuesday alone, police discovered 46 bodies around the capital. […]
Quran Quote Of Day On Peace Speaking_15
Quran Quote of the Day on Peace Speaking of converts to Islam from other religions, the Quran praises them for their faith, charity and good works. Of course, since they come from another community, they still have friends and relatives who might disapprove of the new religion of Islam. They might insult the Muslims. How […]