Iraqi cities are being sieged and bombed

2004-04-08 Thread soula avramidis
Here are some clippings from occupation watch on the gorunds...It seems to be awful Thanks again for your great help. I cordially appreciate it. Eman ps Falloja people sent a call to Kofi Annan and intel orgs, also doctors of Falloja sent a mesage asking for help bc people are dying from

A map of Russia's new (commercial) empires

2004-04-08 Thread Chris Doss
Financial Times (UK) April 7, 2004 A map of Russia's new empires By Andrew Jack Russia's business tycoons first concentrated on accumulating their vast wealth, then boasted about it, and have since tried to downplay it as they fear a political clampdown against them under President Vladimir

Re: liberals

2004-04-08 Thread Chris Doss
conservative are right (wing and correct), liberals are bleeding hearts... michael hoover -- These words mean something completely different in this part of the world: conservative = communist. Don't even get me started on how inappropriate the left/right political dichotomy a la the West is

Mark Jones was right

2004-04-08 Thread Louis Proyect
NY Times, April 8, 2004 Oman's Oil Yield Long in Decline, Shell Data Show By JEFF GERTH and STEPHEN LABATON The Royal Dutch/Shell Group's oil production in Oman has been declining for years, belying the company's optimistic reports and raising doubts about a vital question in the Middle East:

Spinozist communists favor Empire over imperialism

2004-04-08 Thread Louis Proyect
Why we need a multilateral Magna Carta Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri It is becoming increasingly clear that a unilateral or monarchical arrangement of the global order centred on the military, political and economic dictation of the United States is undesirable and unsustainable. The crisis

Morning smile

2004-04-08 Thread k hanly
This is a quote from Dan Senor Sr. Adviser CPA at a press briefing April 7 In the interim, however, it would be irresponsible to thrust upon this country direct elections before the country has the requisite electoral infrastructure in place, because without the requisite electoral

US doesnt inform Minister of Information

2004-04-08 Thread k hanly
In an interview on Monday, Iraq=92s Minister of Communication, Haider Al-Abadi blasted the act that started the current wave of violence: the closing of al-Sadr=92s newspaper, Al-Hawzah. =93It was completely wrong,=94 he told me. =93Is this how we are going to run the country in the future sending

Valentin

2004-04-08 Thread Louis Proyect
When I received an announcement from a Miramax publicist that started as follows, In a world of adults who dont quite seem to know what theyre doing, eight year-old Valentin (Rodrigo Noya) sets out on a series of extraordinary missions to make his life a little better, becoming an unexpected

Sunni-Shiite Cooperation Grows, Worrying U.S. Officials

2004-04-08 Thread joanna bujes
Sunni-Shiite Cooperation Grows, Worrying U.S. Officials April 8, 2004 By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN According to several militia members, many Shiite fighters are streaming into Falluja to help Sunni insurgents defend their city against a punishing Marine assault.

Opening the gates of helll

2004-04-08 Thread joanna bujes
Some actual facts in here about the sequence of events in Falluja. Joanna Link to this Story : Opening The Gates Of Hell http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20040408fname=mahajansid=1 In Iraq, these gates are

Re: Valentin

2004-04-08 Thread joanna bujes
This sounds great. Thanks for the review. Joanna Louis Proyect wrote: When I received an announcement from a Miramax publicist that started as follows, In a world of adults who dont quite seem to know what theyre doing, eight year-old Valentin (Rodrigo Noya) sets out on a series of

Save My Son's Life -- Japan PM in a Tight Spot

2004-04-08 Thread Yoshie Furuhashi
* Save my son's life, pleads teen hostage's mother April 9, 2004 Japanese civilian detainees are seen at an undisclosed location in this image made from video released on Thursday. Photo: AP: http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2004/04/09/main_hostage.jpg Families of three Japanese nationals

unsubscribing...

2004-04-08 Thread joanna bujes
Unsubcribing for a week while in NYC. Michael? Can you please do that? I don't know how. Thanks, Joanna

Re: unsubscribing...

2004-04-08 Thread paul phillips
Michael, Perhaps you could post all the standard commands for unsubbing, or postponing mail, and for resubbing etc. since many of us will be wanting to postpone or unsub due to summer and conference travel, etc. and given our state of academic dementia, our memories of how to do that are somewhat