Posts Tagged ‘Racism’
Muslim Woman, Raped by IMF’s French Chief, Abandoned by U.S. Prosecutors, Speaks Out
Newsweek | 24 July 2011 The Maid's Tale She was paid to clean up after the rich and powerful. Then she walked into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's room—and a global scandal. Now she tells her story. See also (in French, Opens in New Window): Nafissatou Diallo : "Je n'ai pas le choix, je dois me montrer en public" “Hello? [...]
Vietnam’s Karzai dies at 80, in Malaysia
Associated Press | 23 July 2011 Nguyen Cao Ky dies at 80; wartime leader of South Vietnam The former general, who sometimes took ruthless action, lived in Southern California after Saigon fell to North Vietnam. Nguyen Cao Ky, the flamboyant former air force general who ruled South Vietnam with an iron fist for two years during the Vietnam [...]
Memoirs of Mulla Abdul Salam Zaeef
Reuters | By Myra MacDonald | 10 Feb 2010 “My Life with the Taliban” – on study and Islamic values In “My Life with the Taliban”, Abdul Salam Zaeef — who fought with the mujahideen against the Soviets in Afghanistan and later served in the Taliban government before it was ousted in 2001 — writes of how he longed [...]
Wikileaks: The folly that is Afghanistan
Guardian | By Simon Jenkins | 27 July 2010 A history of folly, from the Trojan horse to Afghanistan By recording failure in meticulous detail, the leaked war logs bear devastating witness to our incompetence Is it the death of war? In Vietnam the horror of fighting was brought to TV screens in real time. Such was the reaction that American [...]
US/NATO “Hunters” Killed Hundreds of Civilians
Pravda.ru | By Lisa Karpova | 27 July 2010 Troops in Afghanistan Had Special Group to Exterminate "Terrorists" Hundreds of civilians were killed without public and official knowledge by coalition troops in Afghanistan. Secret plans to kill leaders of the extremist Taliban and Al Qaeda and the discussion of the alleged involvement of Iran and [...]
Open Letter from Prominent Afghans to Obama: Discrimination Against Pashtuns
Dawat Independent Media Centre | 1 July 2010 To: Mr. Obama, President, United States ofAmerica From: Dr. Misdaq, Dr. Zirakyar, Dr. Miraki and Dr. Burhani This letter was sent to U.S. President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chairman of Senate Foreign Relations Committee John Kerry and Ranking Member Richard Lugar, [...]
Americans to hold “Burn a Koran Day” on 11 September 2010
Southern Poverty Law Center | By Alexander Zaitchik | 22 July 2010 Coming Soon: 'International Burn a Koran Day' After years of having the field all to himself, Westboro Baptist Church leader and gay-basher extraordinaire Fred Phelps might finally have some competition for the title of America’s most media-hungry hate-church [...]
The arrogance of Israeli Hebraism
YNet | By Amnon Shmosh | 23 July 2010 The tragedy of arrogance Israel’s troubles are rooted in belief that we are better, wiser than Arabs, gentiles Each person and every nation cultivate their pride. This is a natural human need, yet not everyone can distinguish between pride and arrogance. This requires intelligence, wisdom, and [...]
Psy-Op? American said to edit alleged online Al Qaeda magazine (that can’t be found)
Colbert Report | 1 July 2010 Al Qaeda Starts Inspire Magazine Is this some twisted American Psy-Op -- sorry, MISO (Military Information Support Operation), as it is now called -- or just some disaffected American Muslim hounded as a terrorist, who lost his job, and decided to live up to his tormentor's expectations? It is hard to say. An [...]
White Racist Gouges Out Eyes of Indian Roommate in New York
Decan Chrinicle | 21 July 2010 NRI’s eyes gouged out in racial abuse New York/Melbourne, July 20: In a bizarre hate-crime, a man has gouged out his roommate’s eyes in New York and threatened to kill him saying I hate Indian people. Latchman Ramnarine, a Queensman who is being treated for depression at a group residence, was blinded by a [...]
