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February 29, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 29, 2004

Important news hushed up by the Washington Post? By Carlo Cristofori

A Call to Democrats; “Dismantle the Military Goliath” By Mike Whitney

Who's Left Among Democrats? By John Anast

U.N. Raped Mid-East Realities

Worried about the future? Stock up on Girl Scout cookies! By Jane Stillwater

Kerry Has Limited Vision By Pat Morrison

Bush, Bremer, And A Misplaced Concern for Iraqi Women By Sarah Whalen

A court case, Walid M. Sadi

French Initiative, Arab News

It’s Not My Fault! Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal

Reforms? What Reforms? Khaled M. Batarfi

Suicide attacks, separation wall, Iran elections make the news in Arabic press, Thamer Abu Baker

'Undoing the damages done' Musa Keilani

February 28, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 27/28, 2004

Maestro; Corporate Concubine by Mike Whitney 

Ralf Nader Is Not An Enemy of the People By John Chuckman

Blind Into Baghdad: The inside story of a historic failure By James Fallows

Kerry Listen: Israel's Brutal Treatment of Palestine is not Upheld by People of Conscience Everywhere By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Kucinich on Palestine By George Karsa

UN Chief Stood In Way Of War Plans By Brian Whitaker

Depleted Uranium The War Crime That Has No End By Paul Rockwell

Bush, Bremer, and a Misplaced Concern for Iraqi Women, Sarah Whalen

Business and Politics in Crucial Battle, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid 

Duplicity and Evasions, but No Answers, Peter Kilfoyle

Neocons With Dual Agendas and Divided Loyalties, Michael Saba

Voice of Moderation, Arab News

February 27, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 27, 2004

Arafat's Gone, but not the Troubles By Mike Whitney

Could Kerry Be The Honest Broker? By Linda S. Heard 

Jihad versus State Terrorism By Yamin Zakaria

The Reason Behind the Iraq War By George M karsa 

'The untold story of the great landgrab' George S. Hishmeh

The writing is on the wall, Daoud Kuttab

Without Lament: The Israeli Wall as an Opportunity, Ramzy Baroud

‘Teflon Tony’ Likely to Weather UN Spy Scandal, Lyndsay Griffiths

We Want to Know What Main Opposition Candidate FPJ Thinks, Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

Migrants, Economics and the Tabloids, William Keegan

Banking on inaction, Jordan Times

State-Sponsored Brigandage, Arab News

February 26, 2004

Beyond bin Laden and future of US 'war on terror' By Farhan Bokhari

An Interview with F W de Klerk: A vendor of peace and negotiation By Anthony Penderis

Walid Jumblatt holds court at lecture in British Parliament By Ashraf Fahim

The Pursuit of Hatemongering, Fawaz Turki

The World Can’t Remain Indifferent to Vanunu’s Fate, Delinda C. Hanley

Not Many Pin High Hopes on North Korean Nuclear Talks, Bill Smith

Dirty Tricks, Arab News

Confident Putin has miles to go Gulf News

February 25, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 25, 2004

America is complicit in illegal wall  By Jeff Halper

Foreign Powers and friendly natives By Jack Lakavich

An Open Letter to President Bush and Members of Congress By Selma Hermez

John Kerrys Words have inflamed the Arab Community throughout the World By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Arab Americans on the Move in Old Dominion State By Karim Al-Awar Smither

Israel's Barrier Tear it down, It's an oppressive grab of Palestinian land By Huwaida Arraf

The dancing bear How Israel's Sharon plays George Bush By Uri Avnery

The rule of law, or lawlessness and terror? Rami G. Khouri

Middle East Peace Requires Outside Intervention, Gabrielle Rifkind

Bush's Prison Bitch Kofi By Mike Whitney

Europe and Japan Have to ReThink Immigration, Jonathan Power

Pushing citizenship, Jordan Times

There is more to life than terrorism John V Whitbeck

Election Gimmicks, Arab News

February 24, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 24, 2004

The French Ban on Islamic Headscarf, an Interview with Hassan El-Najjar, By Paula Montebruno

The Pentagon's Gloomy Climate Report; Here comes the Sun by Mike Whitney

Silencing debate, James J. Zogby

The Crucial Choice Before American Voters, Mariam Al-Oraifi

Bush fails to meet the press in DC, Kerry fails to meet the voters in California By Jane Stillwater

Excuses and motivation By Bill Henderson

Is Britain Under Blair Suffering From Paranoia? By Linda S. Heard

ENDING OUR PLAGUE Part I Before our children become rats By Charles E. Carlson

Antidote for Serbia? Arab News

Flogging Versus Understanding, Abeer Mishkhas

Israeli apartheid wall versus peace and justice, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh

Let Sharon Tear Down the Wall and Build Bridges Instead, Marouf Zahran

The Arab Channel Still Remains Unfulfilled Dream, Essa bin Mohammed Al-Zedjali

The new satellite TV, Hassan A. Barari

February 23, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 23, 2004

America is complicit in illegal wall  By Jeff Halper

Bush's Prison Bitch Kofi By Mike Whitney

Democrats, Wake Up Before It's Too Late, Kucinich Is More Electable Than Kerry By Mary Jacobs

Europe and Japan Have to ReThink Immigration, Jonathan Power

John Kerry's Words have inflamed the Arab Community throughout the World By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Pushing citizenship, Jordan Times

The dancing bear How Israel's Sharon plays George Bush By Uri Avnery

There is more to life than terrorism John V Whitbeck

Unending Violence, Arab News

February 22, 2004

Hijra: Migration of the Prophet from Makkah to Madina

World Court and the 'Wall Case'  By Ijaz Hussain

Fallacies of the  Zionist Academics: The Controversy of Historical Falsifications and contradictory deductions By Mohammed Salah Al- Attar and Nida Younis

Democracy is Hypocrisy By Yamin Zakaria

Palestinians to Get Their Day in Court By Mustafa Al-Barghouthi

The Cause of Israel is the Cause of America By Senator John Kerry

Arabs: Illusion and Reality By Paul J. Balles

Exposing Bush's talking-points war: An interview with Karen Kwiatkowski By Marc Cooper

February 21, 1965, The Day They Crucified My Lord By Marvin X

Understanding Foreign Policies, a Response to Mohammed Khodr By Michael Sutherland

Zionism: The Exclusivist Ideology of Israel By Norton Mezvinsky

February 21, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 21, 2004

Fallacies of the  Zionist Academics: The Controversy of Historical Falsifications and contradictory deductions By Mohammed Salah Al- Attar and Nida Younis

George Bush, Drug Kingpin By, Mike Whitney

The Politics of Passion By Joachim Martillo

Dennis Kucinich: The only presidential candidate willing to save America from a bloodbath By Jane Stillwater

Coming Soon: The Dirtiest Show On Earth By John Chuckman 

Rules for being a good republican By Charles Beers

If the Iraq War Was Fought on False Pretenses, What About the Casualties? Naomi Klein

The odd couple: Israel and Russia challenge OPEC By Ed Blanche

Watch Out for Those Bent on Destruction, Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

A Voice for Sanity Amid Rising Anti-Immigration Hysteria in Britain, Neil Berry

‘The Article That Almost Wasn’t’ Michael P. Saba

Nationality Question, Arab News

February 20, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 20, 2004

Operation Enduring Misery; the Afghanistan Debacle By Mike Whitney

What scares the establishment in Washington the most? By Abid Ullah Jan

American Empire Shaping in South Asia By Javed Zaheer

Pursuing the Millennium Jewish Fundamentalism in Israel By David Hirst

The Frum-Perle prescription would ensnare America in endless conflict By Patrick J. Buchanan

The Geneva Document  A Flicker of Light in the Dark, Mohammad Daraghmeh

Sharon’s Gaza Concessions: ‘Painful’ to Whom? Ramzy Baroud

West Should Not Try to Determine Mideast Democracy, Adrian Hamilton

Iraq  Democracy Or Doublespeak, Sarah Whalen

It is a capitalist invasion, Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh

One hand does not clap, George S. Hishmeh

The Life and Times of Gift wrapped, Sigmund Siignatuur

The Vile Attempt to Disqualify Poe, Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

Withstanding scrutiny, Jordan Times

Iran Elections Arab News

February 19, 2004

New Century for Elder Statesman of US Foreign Policy, Scott Shane

Pim Fortuyn's legacy surfaces Gulf News

Peace Process in Limbo, Arab News

American academe in trouble By Albadr Al Shateri

The People of India and Pakistan Have More in Common Than They Might Imagine, Kamila Shamsie

Cannon Without Ordnance, Mohammad T. Al-Rasheed

Falling short of a cohesive stance on the nuke row By Farhan Bokhari

China Seeking to Beef Up Its Nonproliferation Credentials, John Ruwitch

Forgotten West Sahara refugees languish in desert, Paul de Bendern

Gyrating singers belie stereotype of cloaked Arab women, Donna Abu-Nasr

Imam Ali's water quenches thirst of pilgrims and vendors alike, Selim Saheb Ettaba

Kashmir Holds Key to South Asian Peace, Nasim Zehra

Liberty, Democracy, Women’s Rights, Whatever, Fawaz Turki

February 18, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 18, 2004

Bremer bares teeth and forgets himself Gulf News

Waiting for the last occupier to leave By M. J. Akbar

Foreign powers and friendly natives should do a joint venture, for once, Rami G. Khouri

Israel’s “Mass Robbery” of Palestine Re-Examined but Still Unresolved By Genevieve Cora Fraser

What Dirty Game Do You Play By Joe Boysen

Which capitalism? By Senhor San

'Save the editorial cartoonists!' By Chris Lamb

High Tides of Hope Between India and Pakistan, Arab News

Iran: Standing on merit, Jordan Times

The tragic missed opportunity of Iran's reformers The Daily Star

February 17, 2004

History repeating itself, James J. Zogby

Bush’s Iraq Strategy; “I Hope They Kill Each Other.”  Mike Whitney

Have the Neocons Killed a Presidency? Patrick J. Buchanan

Arab-Israel conflict hinders democracy in Middle East By Mustapha Karkouti

The Cyprus divide should be bridged Gulf News

National Security and Democracy in Distant Lands Is Not the Same Thing, Maggie Mitchell Salem

The Forgotten Bomb in the Basement, Linda S. Heard

For Our Children’s Sake, Let Us Stop This Folly! Ibtissam Al-Bassam

'Unnecessary meeting' Hassan A. Barari

Failing Students, Abeer Mishkhas

Another Financial Scam, Arab News

February 16, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 16, 2004

The Psychopathology Of Neo-Conservatism A Clinical History by Ross Vachon

‘Slouching Towards Hell’ By Ahmed Bouzid

Don’t Wait to Know the Findings of These Three WMD Inquiries, Uri Avnery

Israel: Democracy or Demographic Jewish State?  By Ed Hollants

The Israeli wall: Who is afraid of the law? By Adel Safty

Despite Everything, Bush Is Favorite to Win in November, Henry Porter

George Bush, John Kerry Blood Brothers By Victor Thorn

WMD A Primer Let's Be Clear On What Is - And Isn't - A Weapon Of Mass Destruction By Eric Margolis

Taiwan Presidential Election Overshadows Hong Kong Democracy Debate, Peter Harmsen

Backtracking on the Mideast, Arab News

Anticipation in Srinagar, Gulf News

February 15, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 15, 2004

Failure in Iraq and the Consequence for America By Andre Berguet

The Long Road to a One Single State Solution  By Mohammad Shtayyeh

Unilaterally Racist  By Azmi Bishara

Anatomy of Terror By John Chuckman

Advice from a Savvy Investor in the Israeli Occupation  By Uri Avnery

Turmoil in Haiti, Arab News

What Should Worry Bush Is Iraqi Nationalism, M.J. Akbar

Foreigners, Justice and Us, Khaled M. Batarfi

Learning from the September 11 Attacks By Mark Weber

Achtung! Are We the New Nazis? By Douglas Herman

Ben Gurion's Scandals How the Haganah and the Mossad Eliminated Jews By Naeim Giladi

February 14, 2004

Iraq Fiasco: Are Washington Neoconservatives on the Run? By Robert Fisk

Erasing the 'optics' of Gaza By Sara Roy

Why Did David Kay ‘Blow the Whistle’ on WMD? By Michael Saba

Acting Over Israel’s Wall: There Is No Time to Lose By Menzies Campbell

Iraq Bombings Reveal Bigger US Problems By James P. Pinkerton

The perpetual mystery of St. Valentine's Day By Daryl Champion

Russian Election Sideshow Arab News

Bush-bashing is the only agenda Gulf News

February 13, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 13, 2004

Solution To The Conflict Between Palestine and Israel By Patrick Johnston

Twisted Morality By Yamin Zakaria

Diversionary actions of Bush and Sharon By George S. Hishmeh

Australian hypocrisy in seeking closer ties with Indonesia's "Kopassus" Special Forces By William Hardiker 

The Israeli army and the Bolsheviks By Sigmund Siignatuur

Bridging the digital divide — nontraditional alternatives By Daoud Kuttab

Torah True Jews Criticizes Edgar Bronfman, President of World Jewish Congress

A Look at The 'Powerful Jewish Lobby' By Mark Weber

The US public diplomacy hoax: Why do they keep insulting us? By Rami G. Khouri

WMD Scandal: The Arab Silence Perplexing, Ramzy Baroud

Why Hasn’t Ricardo Manapat Been Charged? Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

Cyprus Problem: What Prevents a Settlement? - Rauf Denktash and Turkey! By Leandros Polyviou

Philippines: Long Road for Peace With Mindanao Separatists, Stuart Grudgings

February 12, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 12, 2004

I Saw WMDs in Iraq, Art Bishop

Consider Islam Karimov, the Bush Administration's Man in Central Asia,  Bill Henderson

Dealing with Jewish Self-Absorption,  Kathleen Christison

The need to think through the impact of sanctions, Jonathan Power

What the PA Has Wrought, Fawaz Turki

The Age of ‘Bleeding’ Mohammad T. Al-Rasheed

Ducks and Democracy: A Parable of Our Time, Sarah Whalen

Saudi-US Ties: Victim of Neocon Intrigues? Hani Emam

Iran — 'facing its greatest ever crisis' Michael Jansen

Haiti: Civil War Looks a Distinct Possibility, Gary Younge

February 11, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 11, 2004

The Unbelievable Bush Telephone Call to Sharon That May Lead to Instant Middle East Peace By Larry W Starr

George W. Meets the Press By Mike Whitney

Mr. Electability and other By Robert Shule

Join the call for Congress to censure President Bush now By Charles A. Beers

Break the Barriers: French Ban on Headscarves By Nilofar Suhrawardy 

Ownership of Nuclear Weapons: Whose Prerogative? By Yamin Zakaria

Oxford University Law Professors Condemn Israel's Separation Barrier for Violating International Law on 18 Counts

The New Sanhedrin and the  Mel Gibson's Passion By Mark Glenn

February 10, 2004

Does Kerry have 'what it takes'? James J. Zogby

'Only justice brings peace' Mazin Qumsiyeh

Time Could Be Running Out for the ‘Endless War’ Brigade, Linda S. Heard

Selling N-Technology Does Not Make One a Fundamentalist, Huda Al-Husseini

'Settlements and security are not compatible' Hassan A. Barari

Tales From Haj, Abeer Mishkhas

Cyprus Problem: What Prevents a Settlement, Rihan A. Y. Akhtar

Unenviable Choice, Arab News

February 9, 2004

The Grand Strategy Behind the Gaza Offer, Uri Avnery

The price of remaining in Iraq, Fahed Fanek

Why Japan Even Before the Arabs, Essa bin Mohammed Al Zedjali

David Frum and Richard Perle: Blatantly anti-Arab two US 'intellectuals' By Joseph A. Kéchichian

The Missing Component in Geneva By B. Michael

Intelligence gathering and due process are at odds in the US, Rima Merriman

A policy going nowhere, Jordan Times

Settlement Card Arab News

The worrying realities of Iraq, and the Arab League The Daily Star

February 8, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 8, 2004

Background information about NATO security conference no-nato.de

Ya'alon's 70 Virgins: The failure of the Israeli occupation By Uri Avnery

Tony's Tangled Web: The Hutton Inquiry By Mike Whitney

Cynthia McKinney is running again defying pro-Israel lobby’s efforts to control Black agenda By Jeff Blankfort

''Objectivity on violence'' By Mazin B. Qumsiyeh

Nations take note of China's growing role By Paul-Marie de La Gorce

'As long as justice eludes the Palestinians, security will elude the Israelis' Musa Keilani

'A risky business' Walid M. Sadi

Gaza settlements, Iraqi Kurds in the Arab media, Thamer Abu Baker

Our Servants and the Absence of Justice, Khaled M. Batarfi

Where On Earth Is the Second Front? M.J. Akbar

Wrong Questions, Arab News

February 7, 2004

An awesome pregnant silence about Saddam Hussain and other Iraqi leaders Gulf News

Bluff or reality? Jordan Times

Moscow Blast Arab News

The Ethnic Cleansing Of Rafah By Mustafa Barghouthi

New Hampshire's Arab American Powerhouse, William Shaheen By Rebecca Abou-Chedid

Muslim- and Arab-Americans Seek a Presidential Peacemaker to Support in 2004 By Delinda C. Hanley

The Great Arab American Voter Revolt by Kareem Fahim

Sticks and Stones May Break My Bones’ Michael Saba

Averting the Clash of Civilizations By Jyotirmaya Sharma

Canada woos immigrants with new vigour By Nihal Kaneira

'Mideast peace damaged beyond repair' Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh

Heart and mind By George S. Hishmeh

Iraq — a new twist, Sigmund Siignatuur

February 6, 2004

A Dark Five-Cent Synthesis By Lisa Walsh Thomas

A Dark Five-Cent Synthesis By Lisa Walsh Thomas

Lying Is Good Government - Blair's New WMD Inquiry Chief By Michael James

Is There a Hidden Agenda Behind Gaza Pullout Plan? Chris McGreal

The EU core needs a clean up By Borut Grgic

Settling accounts between spies and politicians By Patrick Seale

The sound of one hand clapping Gulf News

Khan’s N-Confession, Arab News

Wagging the ‘Kawal Pilipino’ Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

Nigeria and Perils of African Oil, Jonathan Power

February 5, 2004

N-Proliferation Crisis: Pakistan Crosses the Rubicon, Nasim Zehra

The Unselling of WMDs, Fawaz Turki

Beware of Israelis bearing gifts Gulf News

Arabs must now get their point across George S. Hishmeh

No need to start from scratch By Anthony C. Zinni

February 4, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 4, 2004

Is the Apartheid Wall an Israeli Roadmap to Palestinian Annihilation? By Genevieve Cora Fraser

An Open Letter to Mr. Bush and the Administration: Can you kill your guilt? By Michael Sutherland

The Public Diplomacy Debate, Again By James J. Zogby

Islam: The Next American Religion? By Michael Wolfe

"Out Of The Intelligence Loop" Top Four Reasons Bush And Media Can't Claim They Were "Misled" Sean Gonsalves

WMD Fiasco: Blame the Masters, Not the Servants, Richard Norton-Taylor

Beyond Walls and Propaganda, Ramzy Baroud

Headscarf Law Reveals Fissures in France’s Body Politic, Siegfried Mortkowitz

The Questions Raised by the Jamrat Tragedy, Raid Qusti

Stampede at Holy Sites, Arab News

February 3, 2004

Prisoner Swap: A Practice Dating Back to the Napoleonic Wars, Derek Brown

The Fat Lady Sang but It’s Still Not Over, Linda S. Heard

The WMD Probe, Arab News

February 2, 2004

Letters to the Editor, February 2, 2004

Israel Again Says No, Arab News

Reheating the Cold War By Mike Whitney

 In Defense Of George Tenet By John Anast

Of Benny Morris and ethnic cleansing By Mike Odetalla

The Scandal Of The Shambolic Search For Saddam's WMD By Raymond Whitaker

A Scandal Greater Than Watergate By Eric Margolis

Six Steps To Winning The White House By Norma Sherry

The Public Guilty of Taking the Hutton Report Too Seriously, Deborah Orr

The BBC Perceived As an Ally of the LTTE By Chandrika Iriyagolle

Iran set for a battle of political wills Gulf News

WMD or not, what is the difference? By Adel Safty

February 1, 2004

WMD Row Gathering Political Momentum, Pat Reber

A Gandhian Maneuver in Kashmir, M.J. Akbar

In the course of reelection, Walid M. Sadi

Our New History, Khaled M. Batarfi

US Media Support Muslim Women's Rights By Alaa Bayoumi

Top cleric teaches US lessons on elections By Robert A. Pastor

Still holding us back, Jordan Times

The Verdict on Juppé, Arab News

Bush Kay-oed on WMD Gulf News

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers in the West Bank, like a Python. (Alquds,10/25/03).

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