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2005 02 28 Haitham Sabbah News You Can Do Without Comments (3)

The American (Zionist) Media and "Relative Calm"

The fact is, however, that the truce and this "calm" were shattered long before this. The last suicide bombing against Israeli civilians was Nov. 1, 2004. It took three Israeli lives. Since that time, while Israelis have basked in "relative calm," 170 Palestinian men, women, and children have been killed.

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2005 02 27 Haitham Sabbah Bleeding Edge
Failures
Israel
Media
USA Comments (5)

The Children of Iraq

Much more here…

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2005 02 26 Haitham Sabbah Bleeding Edge
Iraq
USA Comments (9)

Pet Birds

A Chinese bird trainer feeds seeds to his pet at a bird market in Shanghai February 22, 2005. Pet ownership was once banned in China during the Communist heydays, but is fast becoming popular again as the country opens up and disposable income increases, though raising birds has been a popular pastime in China since [...]

2005 02 26 Haitham Sabbah News You Can Do Without
Too Much Free Time Comments (0)

Mosaic TV

Link TV has a unique streaming Mosaic broadcasts program. It features daily news clips from stations in North Africa and the Middle East. Even better, you don't need a satellite to see it, you can watch the segments on the internet here.

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2005 02 26 Haitham Sabbah Internet 'n Computers Comments (0)

Simpsons The Jew: Now The Simpsteins on JewTV

In case you missed it: “It’s just too much effort to hide it any longer. We spend so many countless hours trying to make characters that are so obviously Jewish seem gentile. It’s just not cost effective anymore,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg.
“What a relief,” said James L. Brooks (Jew), producer of “The Simpsons.” “Now we can [...]

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2005 02 25 Haitham Sabbah Bleeding Edge
Cartoon
Culture
Say That Again Comments (1)

Frank Weltner: The Wikipedia (i.e., Jewish) Biography

Commentary — http://www.jewwatch.com/jew-history-jewwatch-frank-weltner.html
Frank Weltner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Frank Weltner, known on WGNU radio as "Couch Potato" since 1992, is a scholar of Jewish history and organizations who has been openly castigated by many persons of Jewish descent, especially in the press, because of his openness and honesty.
Frank Weltner is an activist who is committed to [...]

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2005 02 24 Haitham Sabbah Bleeding Edge
Internet 'n Computers
Israel
Media Comments (2)

Jordan FM

2005 02 24 Haitham Sabbah Culture
Jordan Comments (1)

Dubai Settlements in Gaza

Via: PalestineBlogs.com
Billionaire Mohammad al-Abbar said he would pay $56m for the 21 settlements, earmarked for evacuation this year.
al-Abbar (chairman of Dubai-based Emaar Properties) met Ariel Sharon and Shimon Peres in the highest-level contact between the two countries. Emaar is the right hand of Dubai government and owns nearly everything in Dubai. Although we know that [...]

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2005 02 19 Haitham Sabbah Palestine
Politics
Say That Again Comments (1)

Jordanian-American's Case Facing Saudi-American Injustice

The U.S. Department of Justice may make legal history in seeking to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of a U.S. citizen Ahmed Abu Ali, a 23-year-old student who was arrested in Saudi Arabia in June 2003 while taking an exam at the University of Medina, and has since been held in a Saudi prison without [...]

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2005 02 15 Haitham Sabbah Bleeding Edge
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
USA Comments (1)

Valentine Wishes: Jordanian Style

Dear Beloved's
Wishing you a Happy Valentine with the one you love!
Cartoon: Abu Mahjoob

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2005 02 13 Haitham Sabbah Cartoon
Jordan
News You Can Do Without
Too Much Free Time Comments (5)

World Press Photo of the Year 2004

Arko Datta, India, Reuters.
Woman mourns relative killed in tsunami, Cuddalore, India, Tamil Nadu, 28 December.
Update: There are so many winning photos related to the Arab world. Mostly Palestine and Iraq. I could not resist but posting some of them here.

People in the News: 1st prize singles
Sniper victim in morgue, Gaza
Kristen Ashburn, USA, Contact Press Images.

General [...]

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2005 02 12 Haitham Sabbah Bleeding Edge
Photos Comments (3)

Jordan resigns after controversial remarks

CNN chief news executive Eason Jordan resigned Friday, saying the controversy over his remarks about the deaths of journalists in Iraq threatened to tarnish the network he helped build.
What was his confession? Jordan told the audience at World Economic Forum on January 27 that U.S. forces had deliberately targeted journalists — a charge he later [...]

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2005 02 12 Haitham Sabbah Iraq
Media Comments (9)

Bahrain: "An incident amounts to a real terrorist act"

"This unprecedented strange incident amounts to a real terrorist act."
This is how Col. Al Musallam described what happened last night when "Masked gang sets shop ablaze." GDN, Bahrain Tribune and Akhbar Al Khaleej; all published the story with more or less the same vague description. It makes you feel worried that this attack really amounts [...]

2005 02 10 Haitham Sabbah Bahrain
Bleeding Edge Comments (1)

Arab Bank to shut down New York branch

AMMAN (JT) — The Arab Bank on Monday decided to “gradually” close its New York branch, saying that the current operation environment in the US is not in line with the financial institution's strategy.
The Jordan News Agency, Petra, quoted an Arab Bank statement as saying that the vision and strategy of the group are now [...]

2005 02 08 Haitham Sabbah Failures
Jordan
Palestine
USA Comments (0)