Monthly Archives: August 2005

1) Move On’s appeal for Cindy Sheehan: Support Cindy Sheehan MoveOn is taking out an ad in President Bush’s local newspaper in support of Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq who is camped outside Bush’s ranch … Continue reading →

1) While I don’t completely agree with Woollacott’s characterization of the role Sunni-Shi’i relations play in Middle East politics, in general I think this op-ed is one of the few I’ve seen in major publications that actually seems to get … Continue reading →

1) If you’ve got the gumption, ability, and inclination, consider going to Crawford, TX and protesting with Cindy Sheehan. She and her several dozen supporters may be arrested today, and it is time they got more support: http://www.meetwithcindy.org/ [It appears … Continue reading →

1) This is an update on that deceased soldier’s mother who’s determined to wait outside Bush’s ranch throughout his 5 week (!) vacation until he meets with her. Apparently she’s facing Secret Service harassment. This issue merits more attention than … Continue reading →

1) Computer games and politics. Remember Friedman’s objection to computer games last week — here’s more on that topic: The Middle East Conflict on PCShooting Baruch Goldstein, Carpet Bombing Beirut The relentless brutality of the Middle East conflict has inspired … Continue reading →

1) “Abu Tamam” Blog has a wildly variant version of what happened to the Marines who died this week. Whatever’s going on, it’s not going well: http://abutamam.blogspot.com/ The posting includes a link to this video, purportedly showing footage from the … Continue reading →

1) Juan Cole’s analysis of Saudi’s transition from Fahd to Abdullah: http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/08/05/fahd/ 2) Iraq’s Manuscript Collections Report: I draw your attention to the following report, published today on the web site of the MELA Committee on Iraqi Libraries: Indispensable yet … Continue reading →

1) A Republican-affiliated PR firm is now going to convince the US public that Kirkuk is indeed Kurdish (actually, it’s historically mixed between Kurds, Turkmen, Arabs, and other smaller groups and never had a majority population) and that the Kurds … Continue reading →

1) Legal basis of Palestinian claims: “Re-claiming Palestine: The Legal Basis for Rights of Return and Restitution”Summary of Lecture by Susan Akram, Souad Dajani, and Bret ThieleFor the Record No. 230 / 2 August 2005 Palestinians constitute one of the … Continue reading →

1) Here is an announcement for an Iraqi resistance conference, which is interesting if only because a number of people appear to be insufficiently afraid of US retaliation to hold such a conference in public. This is another sign that … Continue reading →