April 4th, 20070
WASHINGTON (IPS) — With U.S. President George W. Bush reiterating his threat to veto legislation that makes funding for the Iraq war conditional on a deadline for withdrawing at least some U.S. troops, Washington moved rapidly this week toward a major confrontation between the White House and Democrats in Congress.
The latter won...
April 3rd, 20070
General shaking hands with Imad HamadDearborn — A senior U.S. military official reached out to the Arab American community on Monday, March 26, with a visit to Dearborn and a luncheon meeting with the editorial board of The Arab American News. Guests at the meeting from the community represented a variety of ethnic and religious...
March 17th, 20070Comedian Dean Obeidallah has only been an Arab for five years, but he's pretty good at it.
"I went to bed on September 10 (2001) a white guy, and I woke up on September 11 an Arab," said Obeidallah, of New York, who's performed around the country and on Comedy Central as part of the Axis of Evil Comedy tour.
New York...
January 1st, 20000Without a doubt, the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq will be remembered as shameful and devastating events in our nation’s history. One would have hoped that the worldwide criticism of the U.S. for entering these wars would prevent the same mistakes from happening again. However, that is clearly not the case, as the U.S. government...
Without a doubt, the wars on Afghanistan and Iraq will be remembered as shameful and devastating events in our nation’s history. One would have hoped that the worldwide criticism of the U.S. for entering these wars would prevent the same mistakes from happening again. However, that is clearly not the case, as the U.S. government...
