Syrian expert Joshua Landis comments on the latest news from Lebanon (and the apparent withdrawal of Hizbollah troops from the streets of Beirut):
By pulling back from the city it so easily conquered and by turning over its strategic centers to the Lebanese army, Hizbullah has been gracious in victory. Read more »
Damn.
U.S. military says man held is not Iraq al Qaeda leader
It’s so hard to tell these bloody Islamofascists apart. Still I bet he’s a leader of something. A bit of enhanced interrogation will soon get the truth. Read more »
My following article appears in today’s ABC Unleashed:
The fifth anniversary in March of the Iraq war should have given the political and media elite time to reflect on their actions since 2003. Virtually ignored by the mainstream media were stories such as life in Fallujah, where citizens remain mired in poverty and resentment. Read more »
The unfolding mass human tragedy that is the Burmese cyclone (the specifics of which I don’t have anything except that a) I hope that the junta stops putting up barriers to international assistance, and b) that it’s going to make the global food crunch worse) reminds us of the awesome power of nature to inflict death and destruction. Read more »
Australians Fear Terrorism Less Now They're Not Being Bombarded With Ads Telling Them To Fear TerrorismThe former Howard government's generous publicity campaign for Al Qaeda and terrorism fell off our TV screens and out of the newspaper ads some weeks before John Howard became the former prime minister of Australia. Read more »
Robert Fisk in the London Independent on the current crisis in Lebanon:
Another American humiliation. The Shia gunmen who drove past my apartment in west Beirut yesterday afternoon were hooting their horns, making V-signs, leaning out of the windows of SUVs with their rifles in the air, proving to the Muslims of the capital that the elected government of Lebanon has lost. Read more »
CNN provides a priceless headline that perfectly articulates the brainlessness of Republican presidential nominee John McCain:
McCain promises to fight ‘evil’ if president.
Eight years of George W. Bush fighting “evil” has been an amazing success. Clearly McCain is keen to follow in his mentor’s path. Read more »
My following article appears in today’s edition of Crikey:
Antony Loewenstein, author of My Israel Question and the co-founder of Independent Australian Jewish Voices, writes:
“I am not a Jew”, said an Arab radio journalist in Jerusalem to the New York Times. Read more »
How the US government welcomes an anti-Castro terrorist into its midst.
After all, it’s only terrorism when “they” do it to “us”.
Raw Story provides necessary context to the latest missive from US Vice President Dick Cheney:
George W. Bush has made the world a more hopeful place.
This from Vice President Dick Cheney, who spoke to a crowd of Oklahoma Republicans Friday evening. Read more »
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