Iraq is not the Real Target - courtesy Al-Ahram

Bush says Iraq is a threat. Arab leaders warn of chaos in the region in the event of a strike against the Gulf country. Heikal says something else altogether. Amira Howeidy listened in. Despite US President George W Bush’s attempts, including his speech on Monday, to convince the American

The Social Wars (courtesy Le Monde Diplomatique)

Ignacio Ramonet is Editor of the prestigious French publication, “Le Monde Diplomatique.” In this op-ed piece for LeMonde, Ramonet debunks conventional wisdom that since 9/11, a new kind of violence is sweeping the planet. The French writer claims that compared to the last 25 years “almost all the radical

Islam attracts Rwanda survivors (courtesy MSNBC)

RUHENGERI, Rwanda, Sept. 23 – The villagers with their forest green head wraps and forest green Korans arrived at the mosque on a rainy Sunday afternoon for a lecture for new converts. There was one main topic: jihad. THEY FOUND their seats and flipped to the right page. Hands flew in

Bush: U.S. strikes first from now on (courtesy MSNBC.com)

Defining a sad turn in World History, the US government has spelled out what we have feared for so long. Read on — WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 – Discarding fundamental principles that dominated U.S. foreign policy for more than half a century, President Bush declared a new military doctrine Friday that shifts

Waiting for the barbarians (Morris Berman courtesy The Guardian)

A once-great empire, Rome fell into catastrophic cultural and economic decline. Morris Berman on chilling parallels with modern America — Saturday October 6, 2001 –The Guardian When I wrote my recent book, The Twilight of American Culture, my focus was on what might be called “inner” barbarism, the structural factors endemic

Foreign Investors Turning Cautious on Spending in U.S.

Foreign investors, who once joined with confident Americans in a wave of spectacular acquisitions and business spending that helped power the 1990’s economic boom, are now turning cautious about the United States economy. That is compounding the current weakness and making it harder to achieve a robust recovery from

S. Africa Buries Remains of 'Sarah'

With a solemn burial ceremony Friday, South Africa sought to restore dignity to an indigenous woman who had been displayed like a circus freak in Europe two centuries ago. Saartjie Baartman, an indigenous Khoisan, known as Sarah, died in 1816, was treated as a circus animal by the English, Dutch

U.S. Ties Military Aid to Peacekeepers' Immunity

The Bush administration, making use of a provision of the new antiterrorism law, warned foreign diplomats this week that their nations could lose all American military assistance if they became members of the International Criminal Court without pledging to protect Americans serving in their countries from its reach. The threat

No moral equivalence - the failure of words

**How dare the boy be angry! – courtesy AP — **War is not war. Occupation is not occupation. Terrorizing millions of civilians for political objectives is not terrorism. When words are hijacked, brutalized, twisted and bent into strange shapes, they will come back to fall on those that erect them. There is

Technology

Secure encrypted E-Mail

Assalamu Alaikum Secure encrypted e-mail is possible using gnupg – the Open Source alternative to pgp – for details of gnupg see http://www.gnupg.org/ This allows keys of 2048 (and above) bits, which are unbreakable even by Imperialist (Amrika!) intelligence agencies. Note that the current 1024 bit gnupg key is

Cultivators of evil

Hitler and his associates had a desire to rule the world, found Jews as the first hurdle and tried to eliminate them. We condemn Hitler. Bush and his mates have a similar ill-desire; find Islam being the only system that challenges them and therefore harm Muslims and Islamic countries under

April 20, 2002 - March on Ottawa

20 April 2002 – March on Ottawa -11 a.m. – Parliament Hill More than 200 anti-war organizations in the U.S. are going to march on Washington April 20th. Canadians have more at stake. Our very identity and values are at stake as our government blindly follows a belligerent power with

MS Windows, the FBI and Open Source

MSNBC – Nov. 20, 2001 The FBI is developing software capable of inserting a computer virus onto a suspect’s machine and obtaining encryption keys, a source familiar with the project told MSNBC.com. The software, known as "Magic Lantern," enables agents to read data that had been scrambled,

Assassination of Leaders who did good for their Nations

In a chain of covert actions in the 21st century, Americans and Europeans have ended up killing, or attempting to kill, or deposing, leaders that did anything in the interest of their nation and against the interests of the West. In the 1970’s, when the U.S. received worldwide

Israeli Army Chief to Punish Conscientious Objectors

Israel’s army chief indicated tough action would be taken against a group of reserve soldiers and officers who refused to serve in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, saying Friday that their refusal is an incitement to rebellion. Last week, 52 reservists from front-line combat units published a petition

The many US definition of war

There is a war on “terrorism” going on. The US congress has not declared war! And when those whom the US attacks defend themselves, they are “unlawful combatants.” If the US arrests them, they are not prisoners of war. What is this Orwellian nightmare?

Picket Outside The Waldorf , Barbara Garson

The WEF (World Economic Forum is meeting at the Waldorf in New York from Jan 31 to Feb 5. Barbara Garson adds some perspective on why some decisions made there will force other people to drink unhealthy water. I own shares in a few companies that are members of the

How Bush stole it - BBC

here is a great link that explains how bush stole the election.. it is from the BBC and for some reason the US media never carried it. http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/cta/progs/newsnight/palast.ram make sure you pass it to everyone you know

american frustration

So the thorns in american eyes are plucked, shaved (perhaps in the same spirit as Hitler’s officers cleaned jews before facing the Furness), chained, transported from Afghanistan and caged in an island surrounded by sharks. These events, proudly reported by the jewish-financed media, remind fair-minded people of Roman arenas,

Technology

Debian Operating System

Assalamu Alaikum. The Debian GNU/Linux computer operating system is a completely free, and secure, robust operating system for personal PC’s, workstations and servers, and is maintained by volunteers who are in principle opposed to a capitalist IT monopoly. It is available for several platforms, including i386, ppc (mac)

Which madrassa did young Bishop go to?

The action by this courageous american youth, Charles Bishop, clearly indicates that Jihad need not to be taught. Bush must be very worried man. It would be interesting to see how he is going to deal with ever growing pro Osama and Taliban feelings within his own people.

Open Letter to President Bush

Open Letter to President Bush by Sheikh Safar Al-Hawali (Arabian Peninsula) [http://www.qern.org/afghanfatawahome.htm] 15 October, 2001 Mr. President: I am writing this letter to you in hope that it will be taken into account without regard to the faith of its writer, or the color of

Documentary: Mulla Umer, Amir-ul-Momineen

I watched this interesting documentary on Mulla Umer, Amir-ul-Momineen, on the ARY television last night (4th January 02). The commentators described Umer as tall and handsome, polite, calm, well composed, God-fearing and a dedicated Muslim with tremendous leadership qualities. The gist of the documentary was that Taliban is a short-term

Hampshire College Condemns War

Hampshire College Condemns War in All-Community Vote: Amherst, MA – The students, faculty, and staff of Hampshire College have voted to condemn the “War on Terrorism” and propose alternative solutions. The vote, which was won by a margin of 693-121 (with 11 abstaining or ambiguous votes), is believed to the first

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Nothing Happened -- Parry

America says “Nothing Happened” Richard Parry The village where nothing happened is reached by a steep climb at the end of a rattling three-hour drive along a stony road. Until nothing happened here, early on the morning of Saturday and again the following day, it was a large village with