Here’s that rare thing; a Western reporter, New York Times‘ James Glanz, writing about working with Iraqis in the war-torn country and the ultimate price many have paid. A beautifully moving piece of work: On my last afternoon in Iraq, in December 2008, I drove to a graveyard in Baghdad to have a conversation with…
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MSM can barely focus on Iraqis for too long
So America is “leaving” Iraq. Fat chance but for the briefest of moments in the mainstream media Iraqis are asked what they think of the development. Here, here and here. OK, that’s enough. Back to normal programming (aka American generals and embedded Western journalists in the Green Zone).
Who knew Iraq could be a bloodbath? Many people
Salon’s Glenn Greenwald on the mainstream media’s refusal to take responsibility for the carnage in Iraq.
Abunimah says without Hamas talks are pointless
Ali Abunimah in the New York Times – what, a Palestinian in the Times, get rid of him immediately! – on America’s apparent determination to fail at upcoming “peace talks” between Israel and the Palestinian Authority: George J. Mitchell, the United States Middle East envoy, tried to counter low expectations for renewed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations…
Israel is always run by the Bush administration
A handy reminder of the Zionist mindset, from the New York Times on 12 September 2001: Asked tonight what the attack meant for relations between the United States and Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, the former prime minister, replied, ”It’s very good.” Then he edited himself: ”Well, not very good, but it will generate immediate sympathy.” He…
Murdoch loves spreading bile; nice little earner
Frank Rich in the New York Times: How do you win Muslim hearts and minds in Kandahar when you are calling Muslims every filthy name in the book in New York? … In the five months after The Times’s initial account there were no newspaper articles on the project at all. It was only in…
Israel still considering bombing Iran no matter the evidence
Hard to tell if this New York Times story is supposed to calm nerves or simply give neo-cons the excuse to bomb Iran sooner: The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete…
Muslims aren’t all the same (pass onto the clueless)
William Dalrymple in the New York Times talks some sense about Islam and the “war on terror”, a message singularly ignored by many politicians and media hacks: President Obama’s eloquent endorsement on Friday of a planned Islamic cultural center near the World Trade Center, followed by his apparent retreat the next day, was just one…
Judt could see past Zionist tribalism
The death of Tony Judt is a monumental loss and the New York Times obituary provides a wonderful quote that beautifully captures his inspiring journey: His views on Israel made Mr. Judt an increasingly polarizing figure. He placed himself in the midst of a bitter debate when, in 2003, he outlined a one-state solution to…
Why should Iran bow to America when it’s treated like a dog?
Nobody reads the New York Times without their irony gene being firmly removed. Here’s today’s editorial on Iran and the Obama administration. It wonders what Washington is really offering Tehran to somehow induce the Islamic Republic back into polite company but the tone is one of hectoring; “we” have the right to bully Iran. Australia…