Month: January 2009

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Those gentle Muslims

Jan. 14, 2009  DENNIS MYERS Against the Grain It was 25 years ago that Congress and President Reagan created the King Day national holiday we mark this week. One hopes that in that quarter century our citizenry learned more about Martin Luther King’s message, which drew heavily on Gandhi’s nonviolent resistance techniques. The two men…
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The War On Terror Is Over

By Mark Juergensmeyer January 15, 2009 Comment Now Email Print Share First of all, the phrase “war on terror” needs to be retired. As a war, it is largely imagined, and as an idea it is ill-conceived. The effect of thinking in terms of global war is to make enemies out of millions of Muslims who…
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U.N. condemns shelling of aid complex, blames Israel

updated 35 minutes ago STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Israeli spokesman says shells may not have been from Israeli forces NEW: Israel uses disputed white phosphorus shells, U.N. spokesman says U.N. relief agency’s Gaza City headquarters, warehouse ablaze after attack Next Article in World »  READ  VIDEO BACKGROUND JERUSALEM (CNN) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned an attack on a…
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UN headquarters in Gaza hit by Israeli ‘white phosphorus’ shells

From Times Online January 15, 2009 Sheera Frenkel, Jerusalem, and Philippe Naughton How The Times broke the story | Photographic evidence | Spent shells prove use | The burn victims | War in Gaza photojournalism The main UN compound in Gaza was in flames today after being struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit by shells…
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From Times Online January 15, 2009 Sheera Frenkel, Jerusalem, and Philippe Naughton How The Times broke the story | Photographic evidence | Spent shells prove use | The burn victims | War in Gaza photojournalism The main UN compound in Gaza was in flames today after being struck by Israeli artillery fire, and a spokesman said that the building had been hit by shells…
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Israel admits using phosphorus bombs during war in Lebanon

  Bookmark to del.icio.us     Digg It!  new   Minister Jacob Edery. (Archives) Last update – 06:42 22/10/2006 Israel admits using phosphorus bombs during war in Lebanon By Meron Rappaport, Haaretz Correspondent Israel has acknowledged for the first time that it attacked Hezbollah targets during the second Lebanon war with phosphorus shells. White phosphorus causes very painful…
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