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October 31, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 31, 2005

Abbas and the Lame Duck By Uri Avnery 

Bush's Actions and Wounds Deeper Than He and Neo-Cons Admit By Sam Hamod 

Bushspeak in the October 6 Speech By John Chuckman 

Jerusalem Zionist Summit: What Are The Neocons Cooking? By Habib Siddiqui 

Pakistan-Earthquake-Aftermath By Minhaj Qidwai 

Palestine goes to the Olympics: Winning the checkpoint-crossing event By Jane Stillwater 

State of Media: Western bark is much worse than its bite By K Gajendra Singh 

Ali Kazak: Israel's Membership in the UN is Illegal For Its Failure to Implement the Two Conditional Resolutions 184 and 192

October 29, 2005

Global Spinning on Looms of Mortality By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Back to Israeli Provocation By Khaled Amayreh

How to survive 11 years of solitary confinement: Tips from Mordecai Vanunu By Jane Stillwater 

Miers and ‘Specter’ of Abu Ghraib Sarah Whalen

October 28, 2005

Thinking the Unthinkable: Opening Up Negotiations With the Iraqi Resistance By Mike Whitney 

2000 US Soldiers Died in Iraq: Is This the Truth? By Yamin Zakaria 

Fourth Anniversary of the Patriot Act By Abdus Sattar Ghazali 

Judith Miller Lite: Not a Timely Brew for the Times By Ben Tanosborn 

Where is the Grand Inquisitor When You Need Him? Reviewing Chomsky and Barsamian By Jason Miller 

Who's your Daddy: Does Israel pay for Palestine's kindergartens or not? By Jane Stillwater 

October 27, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 27, 2005

Assassinations in Lebanon, and the Mosul-Haifa Oil Pipeline By Mike Whitney 

Flawed Referendum Would Morph Iraq Into Regional Black Hole By K Gajendra Singh 

Bush Increases Pressure on Syria By Timothy Stinson 

The Reconstruction Challenges in AJK By Ershad Mahmud

A Shameful Failure of the Wealthy to Help Quake Victims Arab News 

A Scandal That Goes to the Heart of War in Iraq By Jonathan Freedland

October 26, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 26, 2005

Iraqi Constitution Adopted Despite Two-Third  Rejection in Sunni Provinces ! By Hassan El-Najjar 

Dear Abby: Do Israelis have Christians in their Government? By Terry Thurber

Kashmir Earthquake: God Is Not A Mass Murderer? By Yamin Zakaria 

The Case of Jerusalem, the Holy City By Habib Siddiqui 

US Coalition Complicity in 0.4 Million Drug Deaths By Gideon Polya 

Venezuela: Building socialism, an interview with Marta Harnecker By Federico Fuentes

October 25, 2005

A Dream, a Poem, By Mike Odetalla 

Foreclosing on Gaza: Why Ariel Sharon can't afford the mortgage on his three homes By Jane Stillwater 

Has the Bush Second-Term Slide Begun? By James J. Zogby 

Johnny-Come-Latelies to the Reality That Is Iraq By Ben Tanosborn 

Mapping Out Catastrophe in Palestine By Remi Kanazi

Timeline for the Palestine-Israel Conflict By Mazin Qumsiyeh 

October 24, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 24, 2005

Walls, a Poem, By Mike Odetalla 

The Democrats did NOT support the war in Iraq By Steve Moyer 

Journey from Blind-Faith to Conviction, Part 1 By Yamin Zakaria 

If Implemented in Good Faith, LOC Proposal May Lead to Peace in S. Asia By Nasim Zehra 

Serbians May Reconcile to Kosovo Gaining Independence By Tim Judah 

Shifting Goals: Bush and Palestine Arab News

October 23, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 23, 2005

How US Corporate Media Treated Judith Miller, Saddam Hussain, and Harriet Miers By Raff Ellis 

Mehlis Report: A Political Game By Abdallah Albasha

Secular Holy Wars for Oil and Israel By Frank Scott 

An Open Letter to President Bush Regarding Valerie Palme Leaking Case By  Rajiv Kumar Singh

Global Capitalism: the Myth of a Free Market Economy By Ben Tanosborn

A Radical Lasso Across the Divide By M.J. Akbar

October 22, 2005

Saddam's Mock Trial By Mike Whitney 

Has religion been hijacked? By Barbra-renee Brighenti 

Egyptian Middle East Times: Abbas Basks in US Limelight; Leaves Empty-handed Middle East Times 

How Media Help US Efforts to Hide Ground Realities in War-Torn Iraq By Ramzy Baroud 

Saddam Trial a Sideshow to Shift Focus From Vote Count By Jonathan Steele

October 21, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 20, 2005

Oppression is not eternal By Mike Odetalla 

Marching Judy Miller to the Gallows By Mike Whitney 

Silent Vigils On the Day After the 2,000th Reported U.S. Military Casualty in Iraq By American Friends Service Committee 

Australia: The Howard Government's New Anti-Terror Legislation By William Hardiker 

Dear Abby: Why did Bush Win the Elections? By Terry Thurber 

Mordechai Vanunu Interviewed By Hesham Tillawi 

Blogging in Asia: Ain't Safe No More By Zafar Anjum 

War is a State of Mind By Uri Avnery 

Oil: Price and Taxes Arab News

October 20, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 20, 2005

Saddam Trial: Another Western Kangroo Court, to Justify the US-UK Invasion By K Gajendra Singh 

Alice in Wonderland: The World As It Is Today By Sam Hamod 

Myths About Iraq Must Be Dispelled for War to End By Ramzy Baroud

 The True Colors of Israel's Palestine Policy By Ali Kazak

Remind Bush of the Palestine Pledge By Marwan Bishara

October 19, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 19, 2005

An Open Letter from the Council for the National Interest to President Bush By Eugene H. Bird 

Surrender is not an Option By Jason Miller 

When in the Course of Human Events By Jim Kirwan 

The Vanishing Culture of Falafel By Hassan Elkhalil 

Egypt and the Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza, Al-Siyassa Al-Dawliya 

Reflections on Harold Pinter By Fawaz Turki 

October 18, 2005

Miller's Confession: The Last Gasp Before the Indictments By Mike Whitney 

Impressions From a Trip to Palestine of1948 By Khaled Mouammar 

A list of US Wars and Military Involvements By Amir Ali 

Are High Level Zionists Being Targeted? By Terry Thurber 

Miers: Another Bad Break For Bush? By James J. Zogby 

Things Ain't What They Used to Be in Britain By Linda Heard 

Treat Detainees at Camp Bagong Diwa in a Humane Way and  as Innocent Until Proven Guilty By Muhamadiya Hamja 

Families of Muslim Detainees Decry Maltreatment in Camp Bagong Diwa By Aima Ahalul 

Chinese Orbital Mission Shenzhou VI Arab News

October 17, 2005

What Awaits Samira? By Uri Avnery 

Arab League Initiative for Peace in Iraq By Murad Batal Al-Shishani 

Philosophy Saved Me By Steven Moyer

October 16, 2005

A modern Mask of Anarchy: Basra, 19th September 2005, a Poem, By Helen Pender 

The Iraqi Constitution: A Cynical Cover for Partition By Mike Whitney 

Diary of a Palestinian American in the Occupied West Bank By Jamal Dajani

Barbara Walter's interview with King Abdullah: More Negative Images of Arabs in US Media By Tim Stinson 

Daniel Ortega: A victim of U.S. Power By Leigh Saavedra 

Get Ready for G W Bush's Next Big Job By Sam Hamod 

Harold Pinter Blew Fresh Air Into the Attic of British Literature By David Hare 

Hope Lingers in the City of Death By Tariq A. Al-Maeena 

Pakistan Jolted By Minhaj Qidwai 

Revisiting Turkey's EU membership By Walid M. Sadi 

The Great Depression: What will we do when we no longer have Bush to kick around? By Jane Stillwater 

US Veterans Affairs Department Seeks to Punish Iraq War Veterans By Gene C. Gerard

October 14, 2005

Can Attacks on Oil Facilities lead to Peace? By Mike Whitney 

Christian Prophetic Voices Face Many Battles By Rami G. Khouri 

October 13, 2005

The Narrow Gate to the Israeli-Palestinian Peace By Jeff Halper

A Big NO to Arab states' normalization with Zionist Israel By Hilmi Salem 

Comments that Make my Skin Crawl By Barbra-Renee Brighenti 

Constitutional Chaos Designed to Disintegrate Iraq By Abbas J. Ali 

Earthquake Must Teach India Pakistan a Lesson By Mustafa Kamal Sherwani

October 12, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 12, 2005

Ramadan: Islam's Secret Weapon By Jane Stillwater 

Global Capitalism: Definitely Not a Vaccine against Social Injustice By Ben Tanosborn 

Isolating Iran By Abid Mustafa 

Torture Is a Blight on America's image By Linda S. Heard 

BUSH'S MAJOR SPEECH By James J. Zogby 

October 11, 2005

Foreshadowing During Ramadan: A Prophecy, a Poem, By Sam Hamod 

George Bush and the Four Horsemen by Mike Whitney 

Real Sharon's Disengagement Plan Now at Work By Ramzy Baroud

War On Terra By John Bayldon 

Blame the Cook (Republicans) By Steven Moyer 

The Simpsons: Who will Homer and Marge vote for in 2006? By Jane Stillwater

Much Ado About Harriet Miers By Linda Heard 

Turkey, Europe and the Clash of Civilizations By Gwynne Dyer 

Where's the Outcry About Britain's Police State? By Yasmin Alibhai-Brown 

October 10, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 10, 2005

Pakistan and New Orleans Victims: Is God angry with them? By Hassan El-Najjar 

When Torture Becomes Policy By Mike Whitney 

Muslims and the Nobel Peace Prize By Minhaj Qidwai 

An Open Letter to Amnesty International, Regarding the Availability of treatment for Acute Leukaemia in Palestinians By David A. Leighton 

Kunstler and Chomsky: Iraq and Peak Oil By Bill Henderson 

We Can't Let Tyranny Happen Here in the USA By Jason Miller 

Salaam or Salami: Israeli Unilateralism and Peace By Uri Avnery 

Scandals Take Toll on Republicans By David Dumke 

Who Fabricated Evidence for Iraq's Niger Deal? By Norman Dombey

October 9, 2005

Free Market Oil , a poem, By Deepak Sarkar 

Bunker-Days with Reichsfuehrer George By Mike Whitney 

The Arabs... It's No Use: How Hijacked US Foreign Policy Works for Israel By Jihad Khazen

Rachel Made Us Realize the Plight of Palestinians By Cindy and Craig Corrie 

Hughes' Visit Beneficial for Americans and for Saudis By Hassan Bin Yousef Yassin 

Earthquake: Challenge and Opportunity Arab News 

October 8, 2005

Edging Towards Disaster with Iran By Mike Whitney

From Palestinian to Arab Cause By Azmi Bishara

Why is ANTARCTICA the only continent whose residents are not furious with the Bush bureaucracy? By Jane Stillwater 

American Attitude on Promoting Democracy Gets a Thumbs-down By Habib Siddiqui 

IAEA Wins Nobel Peace Prize: Only giving it to the DOE, the NRC, or the nuclear industry itself would be more ridiculous! By Russell Hoffman 

An Appeal for a just and humane treatment of Camp Bagong Diwa Detainees By Camp Bagong Diwa Detainees

October 7, 2005

Martial Law and the Advent of the Supreme Executive By Mike Whitney 

Hughes Takes a Swing By George S. Hishmeh 

End Closures of the Gaza Strip By GCMHP 

Political Drama Can Save Gaza Withdrawal By Rami G. Khouri

October 6, 2005

Letters to the Editor, October 6, 2005

A 3-Step Plan for Democracy in America By Steve Moyer 

Bush's Choice: America or the Empire By Ramzy Baroud 

Jerusalem: The Fallen City By Mahdi Abdul Hadi 

Stealing Palestinian History By Kevin Chamberlain

The Way to a Two-State Solution By Ra'afat Dajani 

Turkey's EU Dream Would Remain a Chimera By K Gajendra Singh 

Viewing Terrorism through a Different Lens By Jason Miller 

Daniel Ortega: The Washington Post's Target of the Week By Leigh Saavedra 

David Irving and the World Government  By Srinidhi Anantharamiah 

October 5, 2005

Angelic Remonstration: Para Al-Tin (The Fig Tree), a Poem, By Kaleem Hussain 

My Ramadan Prayer, a Poem, By Mike Odetalla

Ramadan Begins for World's Muslims By Sam Hamod and Asim Khan 

The Slow Enmeshing of Iran By Linda S. Heard

Ontario Police Trip to Israel: Propaganda Strategy by Pro-Israel Lobby By Susan Howard-Azzeh 

Bombs from Blind Faith Inc. By Phil Hong 

Friday Night Lights: Game Time in Gaza By Remi Kanazi

October 4, 2005

Iraq: “A right rollicking cock-up” By Mike Whitney 

What the Gruesome Images Say By John Chuckman 

Dear Mr. Tom DeLay: An Open Letter By Mike Odetalla 

“DELAY”ED JUSTICE By James J. Zogby 

Destroying What Is Left of the U.S. Supreme Court By Sam Hamod 

Muslim Americans: Patriotic or Fifth Columnists? By Habib Siddiqui 

Turkey-EU deadlock By Minhaj Qidwai

The Palestinian People Must Have the Right of Return By Richard Becker 

October 3, 2005

THIS KILLING WILL NEVER DIE, a Poem, By Sam Hamod 

The Occupation of New Orleans By Mike Whitney 

Who are Responsible For All Beheading, Killings and Abuses In IRAQ and Afghanistan By Deepak Sarkar 

Tony Blair and the Ghost of Margaret Thatcher By Alan Watkins

October 2, 2005

Why Not Torture Judith Miller? By Mike Whitney 

The Gladiators: Sharon and Netanyahu By Uri Avnery 

How Does it Feel?" Bob Dylan Was Right, We Are on our Own By Jane Stillwater 

Is Time Running Out for Iran? By Abid Mustafa 

Karen Hughes Proselytizing: Behind the Veil and Beyond the Hijab By Ben Tanosborn 

In Gaza, a Medical Doctor Works as a Taxi Driver By Rami Almeghari 

October 1, 2005

Muslims in America: Four Years After 9/11 By Dr. Habib Siddiqui

The Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza: One Down, Many to Go By Mustafa Barghouthi

President Ahmadi NeJad Says Iran May Use Oil as a Weapon, in an Interview By Nihal Kamel

Of Gaza, the U.S. Empire, and Sources of Hope By Ziyad Zaitoun

Algerian Peace Charter Arab News

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 Apartheid Wall

   
The Israeli Land-Grab Apartheid Wall built inside the Palestinian territories, here separating Abu Dis from occupied East Jerusalem. (IPC, 7/4/04).

 

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

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