Nov 18 2011
Why the West is Demonizing Iran By Stuart Littlewood, November 17, 2011 … When new recruits join British Petroleum (BP) they are fed romantic tales about how the company came into being. William Knox D’Arcy, a Devon man, studied law and, after emigrating to Australia, made a fortune from the Mount Morgan gold-mining operations in …
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Nov 13 2011
A new Israel in the making By Gideon Levy, 02:21 13.11.11 … One day not long from now we will wake up to a different kind of country, the country that’s now in the making. It won’t look like the country we know, which already has its share of flaws, distortions and ills. And when …
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Nov 13 2011
Why do the US media believe the worst about Iran? By Brian Whitaker, Wednesday 9 November 2011 10.36 EST … “One of the oldest tricks in the run-up to a war is to spread terrifying stories of things that the enemy may be about to do. Government officials plant these tales, journalists water them and …
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Nov 12 2011
Rosie the Riveter and the Ironies of Bentonville By Harold Meyerson, November 11, 2011 … When the doors swung open this morning on Alice Walton’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas—funded to the tune of $1.4 billion by the Walton Family Foundation—one of its prize possessions was Norman Rockwell’s iconic World War II-era …
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Nov 05 2011
Shariah Law: The Five Things Every Non-Muslim (and Muslim) Should Know By Qasim Rashid, 11/4/11 10:15 AM ET … 1. What does Shariah mean? Shariah is the law of the Qur’an and literally means “A path to life giving water.” In fact, the word Yarrah (i.e. the root of the Hebrew word Torah) means precisely …
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Nov 05 2011
Do those who flaunt the poppy on their lapels know that they mock the war dead? By Robert Fisk, Saturday 05 November 2011 … I turned on the television in my Damascus hotel room to witness a dreary sight: all the boys and girls of BBC World wearing their little poppies again. Bright red they …
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Nov 05 2011
This time, how about a debate of substance? By George F. Will, November 4 … The Republican presidential candidates, their sinews stiffened and their blood summoned up, may rightly dread Wednesday’s version of what are inexplicably called debates. The candidates have some explaining to do, particularly regarding two subjects that deserve more searching examination than …
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