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IOF Uses Brother of Murdered Victim As Human Shield
by: umkahlil
On Thursday at dawn, 29 September 2005, IOF killed 3 [...]
Pollution, Apartheid and Protest in Occupied Palestine
by: Ethan Ganor
From the Jordan River Valley and Dead Sea Basin, through the central highlands comprising the West Bank's populated core to the fertile western hills bordering Israel, recent reports from occupied Palestine reveal a worsening environmental crisis. A labyrinth of settlements, industrial zones, dumps, military camps, fortified roads, [...]
Honestly, I never heard of the Jordanian - Al Anbat daily newspaper (Arabic) before. Howevere, while going through Jordan Times online edition, I read that Al Anbat was attacked by anonymous assailants yesterday.
An investigation is currently under way by the security services into a complaint by Al Anbat daily newspaper that it was attacked [...]
Over a month ago, I wrote about the "Cooked Iraqi" photos in the forum which is providing free access to its pornographic content in exchange for pictures of war in Iraq and Afghanistan. The "Cooked Iraqi" photo(s) finally reached the US Army officials. Thanks to the power of blogging.
Today, NYTimes (credit to cecile for the [...]
The Ban:
Officials at the Kuwaiti Information Ministry have confirmed that its �Censorship Department� has refused a request for a concert during the Muslim holiday Eid Al Fitr for Lebanese singer Nancy Ajram.
A committee member stated that Nancy should not be allowed to sing at public celebrations in Kuwait and supported the Ministry�s decision to [...]
Marwa from Lebanon is considered as one of the most famous Arabic pop music artists in the Middle East, characterized by an exceptional appearance on stage and on our Arab Music TV channels!!! (pic via Waleg)
In an unexpected move from within Dubai, Lt-Gen. Dhahi Khalfan (Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police) inaugurating an awareness campaign [...]
Tagged Dubai, Music, Spam, TVGood news for Arab woman. It seems that the Kuwaiti women activists, who demonstrated outside parliament to grant women political rights until they got it are moving in the right direct:
Women politicians from 15 Arab countries are in Kuwait learning how to campaign for elected office. A special campaign school opened (in Kuwait) Sunday, focusing [...]
Zed al-Rifai, the first Arab to climb and reach the summit of Mount Everest is now officially the first Arab to climb and reach the summit of Cho Oyo Mountain. Rifai, announced last Thursday at 1:50 p.m. Beijing time his successful climb to mount Cho Oyo from altitude 8,201 meters.
Rifai is a Kuwaiti national [...]
Sorry, no good news this week!
Lebanese Journalist, May Shidyak, a television journalist critical of Syria was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded inside her car north of Beirut, security sources and her LBC television station said on Sunday. Shidyak (aka. Chidiac), a Christian news anchor well known in Lebanon, was taken to hospital and was [...]
Tagged Blast, Chidiac, Crime, Journalist, LBC, Lebanon, Shidyak, SyriaSo the Israelis launched the "crushing" attack early today in Gaza with deadly air strikes. The Israeli leaders gave last night a "license to kill" for their army (as if they need one). Of course, they are retaliating to Hamas militants firing 35 rockets at Israeli towns, which were in retaliation to Israeli massacre of [...]
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Updated
Timeline:
23 Sep 2005 00:39:08 GMT: The three fighters from al-Quds Brigades were killed early on Friday just hours after Israeli soldiers evacuated an army base.
23 Sep 2005 13:56:26 GMT: The Islamic Jihad militant faction said it launched rockets at Israel from north Gaza to avenge the killing of three of its gunmen by Israeli troops [...]
Robert Fisk
Originally published in The Independent
In an age when Lord Blair of Kut al-Amara can identify �evil ideologies� and al-Qa�ida can call the suicide bombing of 156 Iraqi Shias �good news� for the �nation of Islam�, thank heaven for our readers, in particular John Shepherd, principal lecturer in religious studies at St Martin�s College, Lancaster.
Responding [...]
A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition: www.ANSWERcoalition.org
On Saturday, September 24, 2005 all the major antiwar groups will come together for the massive rally at the White House and march, but it is the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition that has the full responsibility for the costs of the stage, sound, and setup at the joint rally, where the major speakers will appear.
Please [...]
Today, Reporters Without Borders published a Handbook for Bloggers and Cyber-Dissidents (in English, French, Chinese, Arabic and Persian), in which experts and bloggers from all over the world advise Internet users, especially those in repressive countries, how to set up their own blogs and get them known, while preserving their personal anonymity.
Why is it important? [...]
