2004 - QeRN

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2004

A collection of 13 posts

Archive: Palestine

Death, Delusion and Democracy (The Independent) by Robert Fisk

From the archive (2004): Robert Fisk on Arafat’s death — a turning point read in real time, preserved as part of the era’s record.

All the Makings of a War Crime by Tony Kevin (Sydney Morning Herald)

From the archive (2004): Tony Kevin in the Sydney Morning Herald on the legality of the Fallujah assault — mainstream legal argument preserved as part of the era’s record.

Knowledge: Scholarship

HIV and Islam: is HIV prevalence lower among Muslims?

AIDS is a disease that is devastating humanity, and every human should do everything to combat it. However, it is becoming more and more obvious that in addition to medical solutions, we need social/cultural solutions. The low prevalence of AIDS in Muslims has been anecdotal so far. Here, a

Archive: War on Terror

Targeting Civilians at Hiroshima and Nagasaki (fff.org)

From the archive (2004): Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the long record of targeting civilians — moral argument grounded in history, preserved.

Institutions: Governance

Illegal suppression of black vote by Bush's party in America

From the archive (2004): vote suppression as administrative friction — a recurring mechanism, answered by organisation: drives, legal funds, observers.

Identity: Community

As QeRN predicted - Turkey trying to find its identity

Sep 4, 2004 – When Europe ran out of excuses, it told Turkey to stay Muslim. Turkey obliged. History is being made. Erdogan defends adultery-law change (courtesy Al-Jazeera) Saturday 04 September 2004, 17:20 Makka Time, 14:20 GMT Erdogan says the stronger the family, the stronger the country Turkish Prime

Theology: Comparative Religion

Humiliation for Turkey - possible end of the Attaturk chapter

From the archive (2004): Turkey’s EU rebuff read as the end of borrowed identity — a case study in anchoring identity in one’s own institutions.

Theology: Comparative Religion

Conservative activist says Bush knows "real score" with Islam

From the archive (2004): the gap between presidential language on Islam and the political base — a gap minorities must learn, institutionally, to read.

Self-Reliance: Economics

A tale of two countries: Senegal and Botswana

courtesy: Reuters Two relatively prosperous African countries: one with an HIV infection rate of 1.4% and the other with 37%. Read on: **DAKAR (AlertNet) **- Senegal is a poor country, yet its HIV rate is one of the lowest in sub-Saharan Africa, as a result of early, bold and

Self-Reliance: Economics

Report on on Pakistan's Economy

4.2pc reduction in poverty, claims Economic Survey Per capita income $652; GDP growth 6.4pc; defence spending Rs 180bn; base year changed from 1980-81 to 1999-2000 By Nadeem Malik ISLAMABAD: The Economic Survey 2003-04, declaring all is well, claims 4.2 per cent reduction in poverty, 652 dollars per

AN ARMY OF SCUM by Ted Rall

From the archive (2004): a Ted Rall column from the Abu Ghraib moment — the register of the era preserved unedited, as a case study of what outrage does and does not build.

Powell's story of lies - nod nod, wink wink

From the archive (2004): Powell’s concession on the UN intelligence — credibility as an institutional asset, spent in an afternoon, rebuilt over decades.

Archive: Pakistan

Assassination of Sheikh Yassin and the 'Spring Offensive'

From the archive (2004): a real-time reading of the Yassin assassination and the ‘Spring Offensive’ — how the moment was analysed as it unfolded.