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December 31, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 31, 2003

Egypt’s ex-Defense Minister, Amin Houwaidi, writes an open letter to Sharon

Sharon's pattern of provocation to destroy peace By Scott Weinstein

Mad Cows and “Downer” George by Mike Whitney

The Occupiers, As Ever, Are Damned Either Way - Especially When The Innocent Die By Robert Fisk

Sharon's resignation, and other reckless predictions Blair and Bush have little to fear in 2004. But what of the rest? By Jonathan Freedland

Canada Park Canadian Complicity in a War Crime By Ismail Zayid.

Armed with the Truth Pro-Palestinian Forces Storm Fortress Israel By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Succession of failures, By Octavius Pinkard

Iraqis Suffer Effects of Bombs Aimed at Americans, Robert Fisk

The Arabs' missed opportunities in 2003, By Rami G. Khouri

A year of fear and confusion Gulf News

An Interesting Year, Arab News

December 30, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 30, 2003

The Pharisee's Role In Gold And The Dollar Crash By Charles E. Carlson

The Padilla Case: The Constitution in the Crosshairs By Mike Whitney.htm

The Palestinian Right of Return An Inalienable Right By Ismail Zayid.htm

US media subservient to the state: Playing piano in the war whorehouse By Nicholas von Hoffman

Yet Another WMD Claim Explodes in Blair’s Face, Linda S. Heard

Managing the news, James J. Zogby

Demography and racism, Hassan A. Barari

Attempts on Musharraf’s Life Should Worry the West, Peter Preston

Building barriers — Israel is 'dancing alone' By Omar Karmi

Arab League overhaul, Jordan Times

Serbian Elections, Arab News

December 29, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 29, 2003

The Appropriate Palestinian 5-Point Response To Sharon's Threat By Ali Al Jarbawi

Dollar, Dollar, Who Has the Dollar? The Fed and the world Government By John Anast 

Christian Zionists: Evangelicals a new lifeline for Israelis By Craig Nelson 

Stand Up to Sharon By Pat Buchanan

Israeli premier makes his move, is it 'checkmate' for Palestinians? By John Bell

Dual Loyalties A Response to the  Christisons By Terry Thurber

The Protest Against an Immoral Regime Is a Categorical Imperative, Uri Avnery

'Satellite or parasite state?' By Naseer Alomari

Fresh-Faced No Longer, Blair Is Now on Trial, Steve Richards

French Decision on Scarf Defies Logic, Essa bin Mohammed Al-Zedjali

Berlusconi’s EU Presidency Disappoints Many, Christian Spillmann

Stop the brain drain from the Arab world By Marwan Asmar

A red herring or a misunderstanding: Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Gulf News

The Spiral of Violence, Arab News

Intervention required, Jordan Times

December 28, 2003

Feelings of US invasion of Iraq hang in the air throughout the Muslim world By Paul-Marie de La Gorce

War in Iraq Reveals the Likely Limits to US Imperial Power, Martin Jacques

The Iraq-Libya-Iran WMD campaign is nothing but cover up for Israel's WMD By Joseph A. Kéchichian

Sharon Bares His Zionist Fangs By Yohannan Chemarapally

Ariel Sharon is buying time By Zev Chafets

Let 'global police' come under UN Gulf News

December 27, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 27, 2003

Iran Earthquake, Arab News

Living by the Fence in Baghdad By Jo Wilding

Anti-Apartheid Wall Fact Sheet: Negligence of International Law By Nabil D. Baddour

The Bush Administration's Dual Loyalties By Kathleen and Bill Christison

Irwin Cotler, MP: Minister of Justice – or Sharon's newest pipeline to America? By Gary Zatzman 

Iraq Through the American Looking Glass, Robert Fisk

Attempts on Musharraf’s Life Raise Security Concerns, Nasim Zehra

Parmalat Scam Has All the Makings of a Great Movie, William Keegan

December 26, 2003

US stock market's bullish reaction to the US Government's Terrorist Warnings By Richard A. Landkamer

Talk, Saddam, Talk By Marie-Jose Ragab

Irwin Cotler, MP: Minister of Justice – or Sharon's newest pipeline to America? By Gary Zatzman 

Wanted: A Reawakening Among Palestinians, Ramzy Baroud

Blair Will Not Quit Until His Place in History Is Secure, Donald Macintyre

Why the Embassy Wasn’t Entirely Wrong on Hunger Strikers’ Case, Rasheed Abou Alsamh

Sudan Peace Talks, Arab News

December 25, 2003

Unhappy to Be Home for the Holidays By Molly Moore

'A sad, sorry, tragic story for Baghdadis' Michael Jansen

65 manned roadblocks, 58 trenches, 95 concrete barriers, 464 mounds of earth By Akiva Eldar

2003 — 'another busy year' Gwynne Dyer

Principle of Flux, Mohammad T. Al-Rasheed

Parmalat Scandal, Arab News

December 24, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 24, 2003

For telling the truth, By Norman Solomon

Breaking News at Washington Post and New York By Ghulam Muhammed

Human-Rights Double-Standard, Cotler-Canadian Style  By Hilmi Salem

Events That Will Shape US Politics in 2004, James Zogby

Israel’s WMD Arsenal, Arab News

Merry Christmas, Dubya - Love, the Pathetic Media By W. David Jenkins III

Qaddafi, Not a Victim of Bush Doctrine By Hussain Khan

Bush has thrown open Pandora's box in a paradise for international terrorists By David Hirst

December 23, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 23, 2003

West Can No Longer Turn a Blind Eye to Israel’s Arsenal of N-Weapons, Peter Preston

The capture of Saddam — is it really over? By Ramzy Baroud

A critical week, James J. Zogby

Cherie Blair Displays Cultural Insensitivity, Linda S. Heard

Sharon's unilateralism, Hassan A. Barari

Sharon's Wall a Threat to All Religious Groups By Christopher Bollyn

Growing voices of dissent, Jordan Times

Of Social Ills and Insensible Decisions, Abeer Mishkhas

Serbia Clings to Its Past as Elections Loom, Boris Babic

The Athena: A Case of Peter and the Wolf? Jack Grady

Who Is to Blame? Arab News

December 22, 2003

Uri Avnery on Saddam capture, trial, and the war

The Saddam Hussein Capture, A Hoax? By Maisoon Rice

No WMDs + Illegal War = Crime War George Bush By Michael Durocher

As Warlords Squabble, Afghan Violence Is on the Rise, James Astill

Hiding Big Issues Under a Headscarf, Sawsan Al-Abtah

America  Bartimeaus O say cant you see By John Anast

A crude attempt to equate anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism By Jean Shaoul

Putin’s Problem: He Can’t Find a Tame Rival to Oppose Him, Mary Dejevsky

Recipe for Violence, Arab News

The Making of an African Parliament, Hassan Tahsin

December 21, 2003

Has Saddam Been Caught Too Soon for Bush’s Comfort? M.J. Akbar

Bethlehem to be encircled in steel as ‘security fence’ snakes its way around holy city By Justin Huggler

Kamla Sawalha: Her final journey By Gideon Levy

Qaddafi Came in From the Cold Brian Whitaker

Libya and WMD Arab News

Musharraf caught in the political siege Nasim Zehra

December 20, 2003

Bush Has Prejudiced Saddam Trial Linda S. Heard

New Israeli Ruse, Arab News

The Eternal Arab Division Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

US May Curb Sharon Only If Israeli Actions Complicate Iraq Alistair Lyon

Within the Compound Walls Tariq A. Al-Maeena

December 19, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 17, 2003

Saddam and Palestine By Daoud Kuttab

How Israeli Intelligence led the US and the UK to launch on Iraq By Richard H. Curtiss

The world will still remain an increasingly dangerous place By William Hardiker

Afghanistan's Highway to Nowhere by Mike Whitney

The Musharraf Bold Move Arab News

Infringing on human rights of French Muslims Jordan Times

Secularism Gone Mad: French Determination to Ban Headscarves By Madeleine Bunting

A Two-Speed Europe Is Just a Throwback to an Impossible Past By Adrian Hamilton

Triple bluff over Taiwan By Gwynne Dyer

December 18, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 18, 2003

US has already lost Iraq By Michael Jansen

The Trial of Saddam: Bush's Unwavering Support for the Rule of Law By Mike Whitney

Baghdad and Islamic democracy By Jonathan Power

Fischer points out the obvious: Israel’s choice is clear The Daily Star

US media acquiescence of the Sharon Wall is not a journalistic virtue By Ahmed Bouzid

Hang together on American civil liberties despite Aschcroft's policies By Marwan Kreidie

Israel Knows It Can Always Say No and Get Away With It By Essa Al-Zedjali

Mideast Peace Initiatives Arab News

The Irish Peace Process May Be Stalled but It Is Far From Being Derailed By David McKittrick

Which politics for Arab poetry? By Rana F. Sweis

December 17, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 17, 2003 (Now working)

The Israelification of Occupation in Iraq By Ira Chernus

Hubbert's Oil Peak and Petropolitics By Bill Gibsons

France's unholy fuss about Islamic scarves The Toronto Star

The Gore Endorsement By James J. Zogby

A Good Day for the Iraqi People? May be, but not for the American people By Pete Wirth

Blair the Liar, Then and Now, By Hasan Suroor

Jessica Lynch Captures Saddam, Who Demands Back Pay From Baker by Greg Palast

December 16, 2003

Letters to the Editor,December 16, 2003

Saddam or the Occupation: The Reasons for Insurgency By Mike Whitney

Cheering for Fascism By Terry Thurber

Saddam Be Gone: Guaranteed by Thomas McCullock

The Myth of Tiny, Little Israel: Zionist Tentacles Everywhere Sam Hamod

"We got him," The War Trophy, that is By Hichem Karoui

December 15, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 15, 2003

Palestinian right to self-determination By Lia Syed

Israel: a racist apartheid state By Leila Farsakh

We Got Him - What Now? By W. David Jenkins III

Saddam Arrested By Ghulam Muhammed

The Capture of Saddam: the winner - TIMELY  by Lisa Walsh Thomas

Why Hopes of an End to Violence Are Doomed Robert Fisk

What next? Jordan Times

The Third Temple's Holy of Holies: Israel's Nuclear Weapons (a military paper) By Warner D Farr

The Myth of Tiny, Little Israel: Zionist Tentacles Everywhere By Sam Hamod

Iraqi Democracy; Cluster Bombs, Assassinations and Dead Children by Mike Whitney

Palestinian Peace Activist Mustafa Barghouthi Campaigns for a New Government through Open Elections By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Bush's 'forward strategy' — democracy and paradox By Ramzy Baroud

Jobs to be finished before withdrawal Fahed Fanek

December 14, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 14, 2003

2003 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture By Shirin Ebadi

How to help the Palestinians? By John Mikietyn

The ugly fight to share the spoils of war in Iraq By Ghulam Muhammed

To negotiate, Palestinians need free polls By Mustafa Barghouthi

Dream Sequence, M.J. Akbar

We Are Witnessing the Same Old Racket in Iraq, Tariq Ali

With Sharon at the helm... Musa Keilani

Is There a Guantanamo Bay on British Soil? Mark Seddon

Monsters Made in America, Khaled M. Batarfi

Peekaboo, I See You! Amr Mohammed Al-Faisal

Kosovo as a Model, Arab News

December 13, 2003

Reconstruction of Iraq, Mafia Style by Mike Whitney

Baradei deserves thanks for shaking Israel’s nuclear tree The Daily Star

Headscarf Ban in France, Arab News

No Season for Thanks Tariq A. Al-Maeena

The Dilemma Facing US Democrats Over Iraq Michael Kinsley

Why Is Washington Privileging Iraq’s Religious Leaders? Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid

Turkeys on the Moon... from Michael Moore

Bush's run-up for poll: Three 'Q's and no 'A's By Paul Marie de la Gorce

December 12, 2003

The Jewish Problem in America II: A response and a rebuttal By John Anast and David Gordon

India and the contemplated regime change in Zimbabwi By Ghulam Muhammed

'The devil in the details?' George S. Hishmeh

America's intention and plans for Iraq unclear, Ahmad Y. Majdoubeh

'Human rights are universal, Jordan Times

Russia’s Game in Georgia, Arab News

Playing a risky game with China, Jonathan Power

December 11, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 11, 2003

The 55th anniversary of Resolution 194 By Gary Zatzman

Nobel Peace Prize winner's acceptance speech - a surprise to London and Washington By Ghulam Muhammed

A Genuine Chance to Rebuild Afghanistan Is Being Squandered, Conor Foley, Mark Lattimer

War in Afghanistan: The Minority Opinion by Mike Whitney

The Parable of Samarra By John Chuckman

An invaluable precedent, Michael Jansen

Bush Again Stirs the Pot on Taiwan, Stephen Collinson

Election Results Show It’s Too Early to Write Off Reformism in Russia, Mary Dejevsky

It Is Time to Wake Up, Mohammad T. Al-Rasheed

New distribution of wealth, Gwynne Dyer

Referring and deferring, Jordan Times

The Relevance of Alternative Culture, Fawaz Turki

Unfriendly Move, Arab News

December 10, 2003

Rumsfeld’s Trip: Securing Assets for the Empire by Mike Whitney

Truth is the casualty in this war too By Mushaid Hussain

Reassessing Iraq and other handiwork of colonial statecrafters, Rami G. Khouri

Pakistan and Commonwealth, Arab News

December 9, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 9, 2003

The Afghanistan Failure US Policies of Force and Self-Aggrandizement by Mike Whitney

Brussels Summit Unlikely to Solve the Thorny Issue of EU Constitution, Ian Black

Syria wins a match in a rigged game Linda S. Heard

The Geneva Storm By James J Zogby

Don’t Criticize Bush Too Much: It May Help Him Win a 2nd Term, Bruce Anderson

Human Rights Declaration and Palestinians, Ramzy Baroud

Israel's options, Hassan A. Barari

Of Prying Eyes and Segregation of Women, Abeer Mishkhas

'The battle against world hunger is being lost', Jonathan Power

Two faces of India By Ghulam Muhammed.htm

December 8, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 8, 2003

The bombing raid in Afghanistan By Mike Whitney

The Israeli tactics of collective punishment are being imposed on US military planners in Iraq By Ghulam Muhammed

Hanan Ashrawi's Peace Prize and Australian Zionists By William Hardiker

"Not about oil? Who do they think they are fooling?" Prepared By Brian Mitchell.

Geneva Initiative: The Weathercocks Are Turning, Uri Avnery

Iraqis Find US Zone in Baghdad a Parallel Universe, Phil Reeves

Middle East Undertow, Arab News

Ethnic cleansing on the Jordan River By Doug Bandow

December 7, 2003

Justice Denied: The Fate of Muslims in the World’s Greatest Democracy By Mike Whitney

Interview with Khaled Mishaal (1) By Ghassan Charbel

The Sharon Wall: A Palestinian Humanitarian Crisis By Christianaid

Hudna For The Wall By Abdulwahab Badrakhan

The Myth of Condoleezza Versus the Reality of Occupation BY Raghida Dergham

Syria is the next America's enemy, Mama Israel said so By Khaled M. Batarfi

Last Wrongs, M.J. Akbar

Russian Elections, Arab News

December 6, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 6, 2003

The Jewish Problem in America By John Anast

Questioning Iraq’s Arabism And Emphasizing Israel’s Jewish ness By Azmi Bishara

The 55th anniversary of Resolution 194 By Gary Zatzman

Krauthammer, Sharon and Israel’s Demographic Crossroads by Mike Whitney

Oh Little Town of Bethlehem By Mike Odetalla

Ethnic cleansing on the Jordan River By Doug Bandow

A Sea of Black By Tariq Al-Maeena

It's a December With a Difference in Subcontinent By Nasim Zehra

Indian Elections Arab News

Election Results Have a Message for Indian Women By Elizabeth Roche

Indian Elections By Ghulam Muhammed

December 5, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 5, 2003

Bush's global democratic revolution is Trotsky’s revenge By Amir Butler

Noam Chomsky: United States will control the world permanently by force, Interview by Simon Mars.

Opposition Fielding Too Many Candidates, Rasheed Abou-Alsamh

Peacemakers are threatened with death By Louise Miller

The enemies of peace must be defeated By Patrick Seale

Sharon's pathetic attempts, Jordan Times

December 4, 2003

An Occupation Not Fit for Humans, a poem, By Genevieve Cora Fraser

Letters to the Editor, December 4, 2003

Does your vote count in America? By John Anast

Free history lesson for Thomas Friedman By Firas Al-Atraqchi

US-imposed regimes like Karzai's have their weaknesses Farhan Bokhari

US paying a high price by supporting Israel George S. Hishmeh

Latest progress report of the  9-11Commission By Charles A. Beers

The U.S. in Iraq By Hamid Ansari

No, anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism By Brian Klug

The Geneva Accord Endows Spurious Legitimacy to an Apartheid Bantustan Palestine By Iqbal Jassat

When Truth is the first casualty of War By Mushahid Hussain

Canadian government double standard when it comes to Arabs and Muslims By Mordecai Briemberg

December 3, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 3, 2003

Does your vote count in America? By John Anast

Zionazis on our payroll By Edward W. Miller.htm

Georgia in Turmoil: A Gambit in Eurasian Great Game. By K. Gajendra Singh

For the young Australians, a storm of dissent lies just beneath the calm By William Hardiker

French banning of headscarves a violation of religious, cultural right By Hj S. M. Mohamed Idris

Incident in Lisbon by Uri Avnery

Iraq War Critics Sue After Winding Up on 'No Fly' List By Nicholas F. Benton

Restore Iraq's Constitution By Lyndon H. LaRouche

US Justice Dept. Programs Harmed Muslim Immigrants, James Zogby

American Political Divide Thrives on Rhetoric, Not Issues, Gary Younge

Attacks on American Troops in Iraq Bear Al-Qaeda Hallmarks, Adrienne McPhail

A modern conflict waged in biblical time, Rami G. Khouri

Geneva Pact and Peace Hopes, Arab News

December 2, 2003

The Geneva Accord: A critical assessment By Marwan Bishara

US featherweight pressure makes no difference to Israel By Mustapha Karkouti

Guantanamo's scales of 'justice' are loaded By Linda S. Heard

The Feith memorandum still cooks the books By David Ignatius

First U.S. Memorial to Deir Yassin Dedicated in New York State By Janet McMahon

Sharon's bluff, Hassan A. Barari

A Syrian perspective on the Arab peace initiative, Murhaf Jouejati

The Boykin affair still simmers, James J. Zogby

The Geneva Initiative Reignites Political Scene in Israel, Sharon Sadeh

Opportunity in N. Ireland, Arab News

NATO: Sitting on Defence Gulf News

December 1, 2003

Letters to the Editor, December 1, 2003

An Accord to Remember By Yossi Beilin and Yasir Abed Rabbo

World Domination, Inc. By Sherif Hetata

The World Awakens Up As Zionism Collapses Hilmi Salem 

Unappreciated Americans By Ralph Peters

Difficult to predict outcome of polls By Marwan Asmar

The Bush Presidency: Guilty of Exacerbating of Terrorism By William Hardiker

Hanan Ashrawi: Palestinians Won’t Emigrate or Evaporate By Pat McDonnell Twair

America's First Thanksgiving in Iraq By Gary Zatzman

Against a Stone Wall, Arab News

Israeli Threats Against Egypt, Hassan Tahsin

The Geneva Accord: The Way Forward, John V. Whitbeck

The Other Side of Saudi Tariq A. Al-Maeena

 

 
Earth, a planet hungry for peace

 

The Israeli apartheid (security) wall around Palestinian population centers (Ran Cohen, pmc, 5/24/03).

 

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

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