Is it ever right for Americans to inflict cruel and degrading treatment on suspected terrorist detainees?
From Joseph Farah’s - Christian wimps:
“We read credible reports - some from FBI agents - that prisoners have been stripped naked, sexually humiliated, chained to the floor and left to defecate on themselves,” he writes. “These and other practices like [...]
Will this stop Nigerian spammers? One has to admit that some of the spam was priceless!
Here us some webcomic sets the imaginary scene for all those Nigerian spam e-mails that have plagued inboxes over the last few years.
Iranian bloggers Farid Modarresi and Hossein Abdollah Pour was tried today for charges of insulting high-ranking officials of the Islamic Republic (two members of the Expediency Council and the former President, Mohammad Khatami) and taking action against the national security. [Hat Tip: Shahram Kholdi]
Invade Iran.. South Korea.. Middle East.. Italy.. France… just name it. Ok, can you locate it on map please? [Hat Tip: Zainab Alkhawaja]
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“Since my democratic election as president of the PA, my government has done all in its power to advance the Road Map..”
Author: Mahmoud Abbas
When I meet in Washington today with President Bush, I will reiterate his own inspiring words: “I believe that God has planted in every heart the desire to live in freedom.” [...]
Pollster Khalil Shikaki, director of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, says there has been a profound shift in the attitudes of Palestinians since the Israeli unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Prior to the Gaza withdrawal, Palestinians overwhelmingly gave the �end to the occupation� as their top priority. Now, the priority is for [...]
As, once again, Israel is asked by the Palestinians to “not jeopardise the peace plan”, Sheridan focuses solely on the Israelis, the major US client state in the Middle East and recipient of large financial and military support.
The Palestinians are mentioned in passing - “of course the human rights of Palestinians should be respected and [...]
Is the New York Times an Israeli Spy Nest? Judy Took Dictation from Some Government. Craig Pyes now works for the LA Times, but in a 2000 memo to the New York Times, he called his colleague Judith Miller “an advocate” (translation: spy) who takes “dictation from [Israeli?] government sources” to fabricate Al-Qaeda stories. Judy [...]
Iran’s authorities have banned imported films promoting secularism, feminism, unethical behaviour, drug abuse, violence or alcoholism. In other words, everything!
Jewish extremists entered Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest shrine, on October 19 escorted by Israeli police. 50 orthodox Jews from a group calling itself the Temple Mount Guardians performed religious rituals inside the mosque’s yard. The Jews entered the mosque compound following an Israeli high court decision, giving Jews the right to perform [...]
Here is a sample of the hate emails, which I waste considerable time on reading lately:
Name: Billiam Mortain
Email: willie21@peoplepc.com
Subject: Israeli Kids sending Palastinians gifts
Message: I think the Israelis,should send you muslim pigs the BIG
GIFT. .A big NUKE. I think you pigs forget what you did to us
Americans on Sept 11TH.A ... EXCLUSIVE-US tax breaks help Jewish settlers in West Bank
Source: Reuters By Adam Entous The United States says Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank threaten any peace between Israel and the Palestinians -- yet it also encourages Americans to help support settlers by offering tax breaks on donations. As Condoleezza Rice flew in on Monday for another round of peace talks, ... Despite truce, still no sign of school supplies in Gaza
Under its truce with Hamas, Israel has permitted shipments of frozen meat, soft drinks, cookies, jam, shampoo, clothing and other items. However, the amounts are insufficient for the entire population. In September 2007 - three months after Hamas took over the Gaza Strip, and after the main cargo crossing, Karni, had ... A Monopoly of Incompetence, Corruption, Failure and Thuggery
Years of silence by Palestinian "Sheiks" and intellectuals led us to where we are now. Arafat ruled the PLO and Fatah with iron fist, using bribery, intimidation even physical liquidation to silence every one. There was never a call for accountability of decisions, failures even financial corruptions. Time for a ... We are running out of time for a two-state solution
By Akiva Eldar, Haaretz Correspondent At the end of my conversation with Sari Nusseibeh at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, the highly respected president of Al-Quds University - and cosignatory of "The People's Choice," a peace plan that he formulated with former Shin Bet chief Ami Ayalon - told ...
