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Arab Cartoonists Reflect on Politics

Captions may not be exact translations. Neither cartoons nor captions represent Al-Jazeerah's viewpoints. Rather, they represent views of Arab cartoonists.

 

 
The UN, the main casualty of the war (By Yassin Al-Khalil, Teshreen, 4/12/03).

 

A stunning success (By Yassin Al-Khalil, Teshreen, 4/12/03).

 

  

Flags of Arab states on the Arab League building turning white: Surrendering to the US-UK invasion of Iraq (Hamed, Alittihad, 4/6/03).

 

Blair to Bush in their meeting in Northern Ireland: After liberating Iraq and give it back to the Iraqis, we should give France back to the French, Germany to Germans, Russia to Russians ... (Mustafa Rahmeh, Alittihad, 4/6/03).

 

Baghdad ... Baghdad (By Emad Hajjaj, 4/6/03).

 

Media war on Iraq (by Khaldoun Gharaybeh, 4/6/03).

 

  Iraqis regain control over Baghdad Airport. (By Khalil Abu Arafeh, Alquds, 4/6/03).

 

Arab media neglected Palestine while covering the horrors of the war on Iraq  (By Nasser Al-Ja'afari, Alquds, 4/6/03).

 

Flags of Arab states on the Arab League building turning white: Surrendering to the US-UK invasion of Iraq (Hamed, Alittihad, 4/6/03).

 

Blair to Bush in their meeting in Northern Ireland: After liberating Iraq and give it back to the Iraqis, we should give France back to the French, Germany to Germans, Russia to Russians ... (Mustafa Rahmeh, Alittihad, 4/6/03).

 

A US embedded journalist: As the camera shows, there is no F-18 jet wreckage that the Iraqis claimed to have downed (Amjad Rasmi, Ad Dustour, 4/6/03). 

 

A US military spokesperson: With regard to the soldiers who were killed yesterday, it was a traffic accident (Jalal Al-Rifa'i, Ad Dustour, 4/6/03).

 

While the world, including Palestinian officials, is focused on the horrors of war in Iraq, the family of the Palestinian Muhammed Naji suffers after Israelis killed a family member, destroyed their home, took another family member as a prisoner (Omayya, Alhayat Aljadeeda, 4/6/03).

 

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By Stavro Jabra (4/4/03).

 

Lead free gas, but not blood free (Farag Hassan, Al-Ahram, 4/6/03).

 

Collateral damage: Civilian casualties (Yousuf Abedlaki, Al-Khaleej, 4/6/03).

 

 

  

  

Justice committing suicide on Earth. Now, we're waiting for justice from Heavens (Haroon, Al-Khaleej, 4/5/03).

 

Smart bombs looking for Saddam. (By Emad Hajjaj, 4/5/03).

 

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Steadfast Baghdad under US-UK attacks (by Khaldoun Gharaybeh, 4/5/03).

 

 Israeli occupation intensifies its atrocities in Palestine while the world is focusing on Iraq. (By Khalil Abu Arafeh, Alquds, 4/5/03).

 

The Washington Party has started. George Bush: "We captured the Iraqi army." Rumsfeld: "We captured an entire Iraqi division with its commander." General Tommy Franks: "We captured five million Iraqis, Baghdad's residents."  (By Nasser Al-Ja'afari, Alquds, 4/5/03).

 

Allied soldiers taking home their salaries. (Maher Daoud, Al-Ahram, 4/5/03).

 

Iraq, between two fires: the US-UK and their puppet Arab rulers. (By Emad Hajjaj, 4/4/03).

 

 (By Khalil Abu Arafeh, Alquds, 4/4/03).

 

A Palestinian women consoling her husband after the Israelis blew up their house. He replied that he is thinking about Iraq, not about the house. (By Nasser Al-Ja'afari, Alquds, 4/4/03).

 

 Yagog and Magog. (Baha Boukhari, Al-Ayyam, 4/4/03).

 

In many Arab states, anti-protests police is heavily present whenever there is an anti-war demonstrations and usually treats demonstrators harshly. (By Hamed, Alittihad, 4/4/03).

 

The world is sick and tired of wars. (By Mustafa Rahmeh, Alittihad, 4/4/03). 

 

Arabian horses are not easy to tame. (Nabil Tag, Al-Ahram, 4/4/03).

 

 

  

Prisoners of War: Viewers (By Emad Hajjaj, 4/3/03).

 

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US action and Iraqi reaction (by Khaldoun Gharaybeh, 4/3/03).

 

  (By Khalil Abu Arafeh, Alquds, 4/3/03).

 

The oil spill reads: Democracy. (By Nasser Al-Ja'afari, Alquds, 4/3/03).

 

There is no way the Bush administration would fulfill its promises towards the "Road Map" to Palestinian independence. The same people who support Sharon cannot do anything to upset him. (Baha Boukhari, Al-Ayyam, 4/3/03).

 

Under pressure from the US and their people, Arab rulers have adopted a balanced position towards the war on Iraq. It says: "We are WITHAGAINST the war." (Amjad Rasmi, 4/3/03).

 

The US did not announce the names of 15 countries among the "Coalition of the Willing." An (Arab) official in one of these countries tells a journalist not to mention his name or his country because this is not allowed by the United States. (By Hamed, Alittihad, 4/3/03).

 

An incompetent Arab ruler looking at himself in the mirror. He sees a little puppet happy dwarf. (By Mustafa Rahmeh, Alittihad, 4/3/03). 

 

Tanks, flowers, and civilian casualties (By Jalal Al-Rifa'i, Ad Dustour, 4/3/03).

 

 

 

 

  

Victims/martyrs of Iraq war (By Emad Hajjaj, 4/2/03).

 

Al-Najaf Bus, which was destroyed by US-UK forces. It turned to be full of Iraqi women and children, even the driver was a woman. (By Khalil Abu Arafeh, Alquds, 4/2/03).

 

The US-UK war on Iraq: One missile on the UN and the other on the Iraqi people. (By Nasser Al-Ja'afari, Alquds, 4/2/03).

 

Cactus, the surviving desert plant (By Haroun, Al-Khaleej, 4/2/03).

 

The blood bath in Baghdad (Amjad Rasmi, 4/2/03).

 

The UN sends a message of sympathy to the Arab League for becoming obsolete, just like the UN, in the new JUNGLE world order (By Hamed, Alittihad, 4/2/03).

 

Probably this is how aggressive men will be fighting after the war on Iraq is over, particularly if weapons of mass destruction are used. (By Mustafa Rahmeh, Alittihad, 4/2/03). 

 

This is not a cakewalk (By Jalal Al-Rifa'i, Ad Dustour, 4/2/03).

 

Military briefings: Look at how precise our weapons are. These are civilians before shooting (right), and look at what happened to them after. (Sa'ad Eddin, Al-Ahram, 4/2/03).

 

 

  
The military suit has these words written as a decoy to disguise the real motive (oil): Human rights, freedom, liberty, democracy, Iraq freedom. (By Emad Hajjaj, 4/1/03).

 

The UN Charter is destroyed under the chains of US tanks (Khaldoun Gharaybeh, 4/1/03).

 

Bush: This is Day 13, you said it would take only three day. Cheney: No, I said 100 days. (By Khalil Abu Arafeh, Alquds, 4/1/03).

 

Expressing the feelings of Americans, British and Arabs that the "friendly fire" explanation is overblown. The first picture is for a soldier who was killed by friendly fire, the second killed by a "friendly vehicle," the third by drowning in a "friendly river,' the fourth by playing with a "friendly gun," the fifth by a "friendly gas cylinder", and the sixth by friendly shock and awe. (By Nasser Al-Ja'afari, Alquds, 4/1/03).

 

A husband beaten by his wife in a fight tells the police that it was OK, just "friendly friendly." (By Haroun, Al-Khaleej, 4/1/03).

 

Killing civilians backfires (By Baha Boukhari, 4/1/03).

 

The road to Baghdad (Amjad Rasmi, 4/1/03).

 

An incompetent puppet Arab ruler and his master (By Mustafa Rahmeh (Alittihad, 4/1/03). 

 

Embedded journalists, closed mouths and receipt of ready made military news. Where is the FREE US-UK press? (By Jalal Al-Rifa'i, Ad Dustour, 4/1/03).

 


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