Iraq

U.S. National Shopping Boycott to End Iraq War

by Haitham Sabbah February 19, 2007

A National Committee to Impeach for Peace announced organizing a US corporate shopping boycott April 15 (Tax day) to April 22 (Earth Day) to end the Iraq war and Impeach Bush and Cheney. They are asking people to suspend corporate shopping for one week by delaying major purchases, avoiding chain stores and shopping malls, and [...]

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Did you know?

by Haitham Sabbah February 9, 2007

Did you know that the Israeli farmer who shot Arab “intruder” 3 times in back, freed to “home arrest”? Did you know that Netanyahu uses the words that push US war buttons: “Iran and Holocaust.” Netanyahu knows which strategists and PR people to use to give him the right words (with a little help and [...]

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Keep asking: ‘Why do they hate us?’

by Haitham Sabbah February 6, 2007

Here are some examples from YouTube gives why Iraqis (and other should) have ‘negative’ view of U.S. occupiers. I am not surprised with what I saw in these videos… and you will not miss the soldiers cheering because they are so proud of their behavior!!! Example one: Driving in Baghdad Col. Jack Jacobs explained on [...]

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It’s all about OIL

by Haitham Sabbah January 26, 2007

The New York Times has a cool tool which you can search Bush’s SOTU speeches for any word or phrase and visualize how many times it was said since 2001 until 2007. It is interesting enough tool to make a little search and see where do some ‘Iraq related’ statements stand, especially that I’m talking [...]

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Mattressless American Occupation

by Haitham Sabbah January 26, 2007

This ironic one comes from the infamous Fox News: An American occupier in Iraq had a simple request last week for a Wisconsin mattress company: “send some floor mats to help ease the hardship of sleeping on the cold, bug-infested ground.” What he got, instead, was a swift kick from the company’s Web site, which [...]

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Sectarian war in Iraq?

by Haitham Sabbah January 26, 2007

Sectarian? God forbid… Shia and Sunni love each other! We only have ‘few’ stupid people like these in the video clip below (aka Iraq New Army!!). Some call themselves Shia (Iraq army) and the other call themselves Sunni (occupation resistance -also western media calls them ‘insurgent’). Both kill each other on daily bases and come [...]

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Twice Displaced: The Plight of Palestinians in Iraq

by Haitham Sabbah January 22, 2007

The Washington Post is reporting today that 50,000 refugee are fleeing their homes a month, and they need help. As is so often the case with Iraq, the U.S. administration has been slow to recognize the problem and even slower to respond. The U.S. response has been shockingly small. Though it is spending $8 billion [...]

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Did you know?

by Haitham Sabbah January 20, 2007

[by Carlos Latuff] Did you know that last August, a US Navy sailor, Ariel J. Weinmann, was suspected of spying for Israel and has been held in prison for four months. Last month, the Washington Post reported that the sailor was accused for spying and pleaded guilty, but guess what? They say he is accused [...]

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Saddam Execution!

by Haitham Sabbah December 30, 2006

Copy here: http://blip.tv/file/123466

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Anthem for Someone’s Child

by Haitham Sabbah December 24, 2006

“Anthem for Someone’s Child” (written and recorded in memory of all the children killed in the Middle-East conflicts and forming the centrepiece of the http://www.forsomeoneschild.com/ website) has received the “Best Songwriter” award (France) in the national category in the 2006 Music Aid International Music Awards Contest. The song brought tears to my eyes and I [...]

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IRAQ-The hidden story (The Truth)18+

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2006

Iraq- what media shows about it is not the truth but what media wants people to see. How media is covering in western countries, western people can never see the whole truth. They show what they want people to see only. (SOME HORRIFIC SCENES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ADULTS ONLY) Yesterday was one of the deadliest: [...]

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Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006

by Haitham Sabbah November 2, 2006

In the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index, in between 168 indexed countries, our beloved Arab countries makes sure to be among the worst. Here is the list in order from “best” to “worst”: Kuwait – 73 United Arab Emirates – 77 Mauritania – 77 Qatar – 80 Morocco – 97 Lebanon [...]

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Tactical Nuclear Weapon Detonated In Iraq?

by Haitham Sabbah October 28, 2006

I’ve missed a lot news during Ramadan (trying to catch all the special-new TV series), so today, I managed to go through some, where I came across this interesting story, yet not covered by the mainstream media, and you’ll know why shortly. First, the story at Digg says that Aljazeera claims that a tactical nuke [...]

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No news is a good news?

by Haitham Sabbah October 21, 2006

… or that’s what it’s supposed to be. Things are not as bad as we say? Right… They are much worse. In this BBC Interview with journalist Patrick Cockburn on Iraq: “We don’t report the good news? Tell me where it is and I’ll go there right away.” I thought the American occupation said that [...]

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Did you know?

by Haitham Sabbah October 11, 2006

Did you know that there are few journalists in Washington who can throw the White House off its stride? Bob Woodward is one of them. Woodward’s new book, “State of Denial,” paints a damning picture of White House policy in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion. The White House is now in full damage-control mode [...]

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