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by Sirocco
From my blog.
However much Israel's war of choice is sold to its Jewish majority as a war of necessity, this doesn't work with Arabs. Least of all with Israel's own 1.3 million Arab citizens, many of whom are also victims of the increasingly savage missile attacks, and nearly all of whom watch Arabic TV stations. Read more... (5 comments, 681 words in story) by Sirocco
Nearly three out of four Americans think Iraqis are better off now than before the invasion, a survey shows.
Iraqi blogger Riverbend might beg to differ. She describes how Baghdad's middle class is being expelled by Mahdist goons: Read more... (6 comments, 1033 words in story) by Sirocco
Crossposted from my blog.
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When the dust has settled, the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon will commence. It will soon become the IDF's waking nightmare, to be inherited by any international stabilization force dumb enough to venture in.
Why? The short answer is that occupation of a hostile territory always is hell. The somewhat longer answer can be couched in terms of order and chaos. From my blog. Read more... (3 comments, 526 words in story) by Sirocco
From my blog.
What is the crossbreed of the IDF and post-structuralism? Oppression you can't comprehend. A chilling article by Eyal Weizman reveals an unlikely migration of ideas from the Left Bank of the Seine to the West Bank of the Jordan: Read more... (5 comments, 571 words in story) by Sirocco
While Lebanon's death by thousand cuts fills the news, the Israeli ravaging of Gaza continues unabated:
The United Nations has called on world leaders not to forget the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying it is at least as serious as that in southern Lebanon. [snip] Thirty aid agencies backed the appeal, and one charity spoke of a sense among aid agencies that Gaza's population was being terrorised. Read more... (3 comments, 779 words in story) by Sirocco
From my blog.
Israel, I have argued, is aptly viewed as a modern hybrid of ancient Athens and Sparta, and debate typically turns on which aspect to stress. However, something is missing in this characterization. Consider how a major Israeli daily wants the PM to address the world: Read more... (6 comments, 1133 words in story) by Sirocco
From my blog.
What sort of country revels in murder and oppression but cries to high heavens about cartoons? Saudi Arabia? Check. Syria? Check. Libya? Check. Iran? Check.
Israel? Check: Read more... (5 comments, 959 words in story) by Sirocco
Israel defends its destruction of Lebanon with reference to UN Security Council Resolution 1391, calling on Lebanon to seize control of its entire territory. In this context it is interesting to consider Israel's own record when it comes to UN resolutions.
From my blog. Read more... (9 comments, 1540 words in story) by Sirocco
From my blog.
A fresh NYT/CBS poll finds ample support for Israeli war crimes in the only demographic that matters: Read more... (10 comments, 693 words in story) by Sirocco
As spiderleaf notes in another entry, Israel is indignant that Kofi Annan points out the apparent deliberateness of the attack on a UNIFIL compound, killing four and barely missing the rescuers. But only ten years ago, the IDF carried out a far more deadly onslaught on another UNIFIL camp, slaughtering 102 Lebanese civilians taking shelter there. This attack almost certainly was intentional.
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The United States of America has no problem with Israel burning the skin off children's bodies with incendiary weapons, reducing cities to rubble, targeting UN positions and Red Cross ambulances, forcing 900,000 civilians to flee, and generally bombing a sovereign, democratic state a generation back in time. On the contrary, it provides munitions, diplomatic support, and moral encouragement for these war crimes, financed in no small part with US tax money, to go on. This is not without implications.
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STARRY NIGHT (excerpt)
A minimalistic improvisation by:
Recorded by Mazen Kerbaj on the balcony of his Beirut flat on the night of July 15 to 16 2006. Click here to listen. Alternate mp3 here. Read more... (2 comments, 115 words in story) by Sirocco
John Bolton, buffoon extraordinaire and recess appointed mouthpiece of madness at the United Nations, has received unexpected support for his reappointment. Only a year ago, Senator George Voinovich (R-Ohio) wept on the Senate floor as he declared that he owed his grandchildren a vote against Bolton's nomination. This act of conscience lead to his vilification in vicious attack ads as a 'traitor to the Republican party'.
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