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NB: For those of you who send me clippings, please try to send them in such a way that they’re easy to cut and paste when they get to me…unlike the last posting at the bottom here… Cheers, Nabil 1) … Continue reading →

1) Margaret Hassan I: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1352957,00.html Relief worker who dedicated her life to helping the Iraqi people Jason Burke Wednesday November 17 2004 The Guardian Margaret Hassan, who has been reported killed at the age of 59, was Care International’s director … Continue reading →

Nabil’s Margaret Hassan op-ed got posted on Richmond’s Indymedia site (thanks James): http://richmond.indymedia.org/newswire/index.php 2) An Iraqi Blog: http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ Baghdad Burning … I’ll meet you ’round the bend my friend, where hearts can heal and souls can mend… Saturday, November 13, … Continue reading →

http://truthtalkz.blogspot.com/ http://truthtalkziraq.blogspot.com/ 1) Arafat Obituary: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1348450,00.html Obituary Yasser Arafat David Hirst Thursday November 11, 2004 >From an early age, Muhammad Abdul Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini, the sixth child of a Palestinian spice, incense and grocery merchant, sensed that a high … Continue reading →

So much is to be posted, this will save load time on the blog. Click the link to go to a web page where you can read all the postings– most recent first. http://loyno.edu/~poet/nov11.html

1) It’s quite obvious that Americans are heartbroken, and shocked, about all the Iraqi deaths brought about due to the US/UK invasion of Iraq in 2003. The sense of communal shame and regret has been truly heartwarming, rivalled in scale … Continue reading →

1) In a peer-reviewed, scientific survey of post-invasion Iraq mortality rates, a team estimates approximately 100,000 additional deaths since the US/UK invasion. Although the estimate may be a bit high, it is a credible estimate. It is quite a bit … Continue reading →

1) Eminem leads the Revolution at the polls. This video is outstanding — and may gain in prominence if next week devolves into a fiasco: http://boss.streamos.com/qtime/interscope/eminem/encore/video/mosh-rev/300_mosh-rev.mov 2) This is a letter I wrote to Columbia University’s president, in support of … Continue reading →

By Arianna Huffington This is my last column before Election Day. With less than a week to go, I plan on doing everything in my power to defeat George W. Bush (need a ride to the polls?). Then I’m going … Continue reading →

The Tragedy of Margaret Hassan I first met Margaret Hassan in 1991 while a young relief administrator with Catholic Relief Services in Baghdad. At the time, Margaret had just been hired as an office assistant for CARE Australia. Although her … Continue reading →