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Kurdistan will you ever arise?

2005-05-20T12:10:00.000-07:00

In the north of Iraq, Kurdish patriotism is on standby, ready for action. Kurds continue to speak for themselves as if they already were a country, and assert territorial integrity. Yet at the same time they are also heavily involved in Iraqi politics too, sending a proportion of their peshmerga with the National Guard, and Talabani to the cabinet. But a little incident this week has shown the

On Turkey and its minorities

2005-03-23T01:15:00.000-08:00

Turkey can, when it wants, organize and concert efforts to manipulate media attention. After all, even with years of Armenian lobbies in various nations, Turkey still stands clear on the issue of the genocide which culminated in 1915, against Armenians, Assyrians and other minorities: “What Genocide?” Yet today the world has changed, and Turkey has only to benefit from an admission to the

Middle Eastern Glorious Democracy Or Inapporpriate crediting

2005-03-09T03:37:00.000-08:00

This week has been the week of optimism about democracy in the middle east. Fair enough. After all, Iraq’s elections did go surprisingly well [apart from the Assyrian voter lock-out], Egypt is promising reform, Syria is about to free Lebanon, Palestinians have an elected political leader, Saudi Arabia held some elections… Lord, could this great change be the effect of Bush’s greater middle east

John “blood? What blood?” Negroponte

2005-02-20T10:00:00.000-08:00

G Dubya appointed Mr. Negroponte as the new National Intelligence chief. Just a few months ago [feels like yesterday] he was made ambassador to Iraq. Why this sudden change?Well let’s trace back to the somber and sinister past of Mr. Negroponte. This is no usual “career diplomat” as the BBC disappointingly claims. Theirs is much blood on Negroponte’s hands.After the Vietnam War, there was a lot

The Jihad culture: not that poor

2005-02-16T13:59:00.000-08:00

It is a major prejudice to say that Jihad fighters are from poor backgrounds, and were underprivileged and so on. A lot of basic research has shown that instead, the average Jihad Moe is not really poor. If he’s a Saudi man especially, chances are he is merely bored, and unemployed. He is not a stupid man at all, but having nothing better to do, he exposes himself to truly extreme and sinister

The Iraqi Election Results: A Bloody Joke

2005-02-13T13:43:00.000-08:00

A Bloody JokeThe Iraqi election results are out, and while as I said before, it is an overall success, the need to respect the minorities is crucial.If this was a country with a huge majority and one tiny minority, I’d have to acknowledge that the minorities would just be crushed and there would be no other way.Iraq has one majority, the Shia, and plenty of not so minor minorities such as the

human rights & hollow government aspirations

2005-02-11T09:16:00.000-08:00

Quite frequently, somewhere in the world, a government does something against human rights, and this causes outrage everywhere. The west often looks at the rest of the world as if it were the guardian of the higher status of “Human Rights Abider”. Apart from their own heavy past, which I need not regurgitate here, I want to mention modern time fiddling with human rights, and the

The Pentagate Claim briefly analysed

2005-02-06T11:40:00.000-08:00

Howdy all, A friend of mine recently sent me a link to a flash animation about how the Pentagon plane crash of 911 never happened. This is my take at what I think is a structurally flawed argument. Just so you kow what I’m talking about, watch it anyway: http://www.pentagonstrike.co.uk/flash.htm#Main That was an interesting flash animation wasn’t it. Back in 2002 when I first

Elections in Iraq: Early Comments

2005-02-02T11:15:00.000-08:00

The elections have concluded, and overall, one can say the outcome should be positive. But huge issues are already pointing their noses, as a number of troubling incidents have occurred. Generally speaking, most Iraqi, and most Arabs, seem to have been overjoyed to see Iraqis finally participate in something resembling of democracy. As I am, too. There were Iraqi celebrating everywhere in

Sudan, Genocide and China

2005-01-28T13:08:00.000-08:00

Sorry to the rare few you’s who actually read this blog! I haven't written for a while. Two stories are of interest to me right now. 1- Sudan, Genocide & China. 2- The vampires in the white house. Seriously. Check out Bush's and Condoleezza's teeth. But anyway I'll stick to the China story for now. There's a book called: "A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide” that claims

The Assyrian Minority & The Iraqi Mosaic

2005-01-17T22:00:00.000-08:00

Here’s an interesting subject I’ve been pondering upon for a while now. Minorities in Iraq. That country is home to a stocky spectrum of populations. The main ones are famous, The Shia’, the Sunni, and the Kurds, having lately marketed themselves very well. But that is not all. There are also Turkomans, Assyrians, Yezedi, Armenians and Shabak. It is fair to say that all of these minorities

American Operations in Iran, Legal Aspects.

2005-01-17T18:01:00.000-08:00

Well A few weeks ago the Iranians claimed to have caught a few spies [read “Iran and Nukes” further below] and I’m sure some people in the States chuckled. But the latest news have reinforced their claim. New Yorker Magazine ‘investigator’ Seymour Hersh has written an extensive article at www.newyorker.com in which he lays out, briefly, the bits and pieces of ‘evidence’, most of it anonymous,

2005-01-14T13:24:00.000-08:00

They're gonna make a Star Wars copycat starring Osama.

"The Power Of Nightmares" ATTENTION ALL BBC VIEWERS

2005-01-13T11:20:00.000-08:00

Attention All BBC Viewers! One of the greatest and most thrilling documentaries on terrorism is to show again on the BBC network. It's called "the power of nightmares", and it will be on next week, on BBC2, Tuesday the 18th at 23:50, then part two the next day and part 3 on thursday 20th, same time. This program initially just dwelved into the root causes of both neo-conservatism and islamism,

WHAT TO EXPECT AFTER JAN 30th IN IRAQ

2005-01-06T09:14:00.000-08:00

In spite of the daily violence, the US and Iraqi interim government maintain that elections should and will be held as promised, this January 30th. In theory, it is indeed a very good thing to stick to your promises. But it seems many feel these elections should not be held as scheduled. I think they should, and here's why. The US came to Iraq with a -forgive my bluntness-

Iran And Nukes

2004-12-23T15:27:00.000-08:00

I went on the BBC site recently and there's an article on "Iran 'will defend nuclear sites'", http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4118545.stm Quite interesting. Apparently, the US has been looking into how an assault on the nuclear sites in Iran would go. Well I suspect it would go just about fine. the US, number 1 airforce in the world, now with on-ground air bases just next door, can

All The Shah's Men

2004-12-18T16:10:00.000-08:00

"All the shah's men: an American coup and the roots of middle easte terror" is a pretty good book by Stephen Kinzer, ISBN 0-471-67878-3. The book talks about the CIA and its involvement in the 1953 coup d'Etat in Iran against premier Mossadegh. This is relevant because 1- it is a reckognised fact that this happen, the CIA acknoledges it. 2- it was the first CIA coup operation 3- it shows that

A Great BBC series!

2004-12-12T16:02:00.000-08:00

A few weeks ago the BBC showed a great program called "The Power of Nighmares". Though i do not endorse its conclusions it is certainly the type of thought-provoking stuff i love to see on mainstream broadcasts. Basically the gist of it is, after the 50s, people everywhere in the world got disillusioned with politicians. Out of this disillusion, 2 things came out: in the west, neo-conservatism, a

Dreaming Of Power Sharing in Israel

2004-11-22T15:35:00.000-08:00

A system in which jerusalem and surrounding area come under UN jurisdiction. the political control is as follows. 15 parlementarians, out of which 5 represent muslims, 6 represent jews, and 1 represents christians. in addition to this, 3 represent the UN. out of these 15, one is mayor, and one is vice mayor. they must be representatives of different entities, unless they are both from the UN.

In Iraq, It Has Come To This. (Oh Dude!)

2004-10-31T15:28:00.000-08:00

Iraq is burning. There are terrorists roaming the nation on the ground. And in the sky, there is “the other” terrorist. On Tuesday [10/06/04] night, Channel 4 News showed a 30-second footage from an F-16 cockpit, flying over an urban location, in Iraq, last April. In brief, the pilot observes a crowd of people, asks CentCom for permission to “take them out”, and is given the go-ahead signal

What We Don't Get About America

2004-10-25T15:32:00.000-07:00

People who know me think I hate Americans and their country, and because it amuses them I often play along to it. This is an attempt to explain that they’re wrong, but it’s more complex than that. The problem with America is, it's not just any country. I can tell you many bad things about many countries. Almost anyone can say bad things about America however, because it's more than a

Turkey Joins EU (well, in 20 years)

2004-09-14T17:01:00.000-07:00

Indeed, already from next year on, the EU will begin accession talks with Turkey. I think this is great. Many people in Europe will grumble, and complain about the islamisation of Europe. and this is a worthy fear: everyone needs to know they have a safe home, and a unique and own identity, so there might be some trouble. But people must also recognize 2 things. The EU's population is not