Archive for October, 2006
من الخيارات المطروحة للعراق
فيما تصاعَـد معدّل الخسائر في العراق وانهارت ثقة الشعب الأمريكي في استراتيجية بوش وقادته العسكريين، وفيما أصبحت انتخابات التجديد النصفي للكونغرس في أوائل الشهر القادم استفتاءً على كيفية الخروج من المأزق العراقي..
.. بدأ البحث في واشنطن عن خيارات تحفّـظ بعض ماء الوجه أمام الفشل الأمريكي في العراق، الذي ينزلق نحو حرب أهلية دامية.
بدأت موجة الخيارات [...]
Forced labor for Palestinian children in Israeli Labor
Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by “forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,” as reported by the Prisoners Information Center.
One of the children made a statement after his release. “The prison administration has forced all prisoners in Telmond Prison to work eight hours for [...]
Why Arabs won’t assist Palestinians
I found this interesting article by Arthur Mokin where he discusses the reasons why Arab countries do not assist Palestinians in any proper form. Though I do disagree with the author in many aspects, but here is the article:
The Oct. 4 Register-Guard carried a Los Angeles Times report on Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s diplomatic tour [...]
Israel: "Why do they hate us?", "Oops, is it because we are stealing more land?"
Peace Now organization has published a scary report regarding settlers, here is a quick summary:
In the past months the government of Israel has continued to evade its responsibility to evacuate the unauthorized outposts in the West Bank. It appears that the summer of 2006, marked by the fighting in south Lebanon, provided a golden opportunity [...]
Corruption in Iraq is out of imgination
Iraq’s former finance minister alleged in a U.S. television report aired Sunday that up to $800 million meant to equip the Iraqi army had been stolen from the government by former officials through fraudulent arms deals.
The former minister Ali Allawi told CBS’ “60 Minutes” that $1.2 billion had been allocated from the Iraqi treasury [...]
Iraq: The hidden story
This video shows you how the western media waters down the facts of Iraq war and the reality in Iraq’s ground.
Here it is:
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Bush admits: we’ve lost battle for Baghdad
A day after George Bush conceded for the first time that America may have reached the equivalent of a Tet offensive in Iraq, the Pentagon yesterday admitted defeat in its strategy of securing Baghdad.
The admission from President Bush that the US may have arrived at a turning point in this war - the Tet [...]