Category Archives: RagBlog

Globalization Making the West More IntolerantMartin Jacques, The Guardian LONDON, 18 April 2006 — I have just read Ruth Benedict’s The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. It is a classic. Published in 1947, it analyses the nature of Japanese culture. Almost … Continue reading →

The Shi‘a in the Arab WorldMER 242 — Spring 2007Editorial Twin specters hang over the Middle East of the American imagination — the perceived rise in the geopolitical power of the region’s Shi‘i Muslims and the dark shadow cast by … Continue reading →

We forgot to post these on Thursday and Friday as promised. 3. PNAC/Neocon Crusades – Pin 9/11 on Iraq 4. PNAC/ White House CIA Leak – Story of Joseph Wilson

The Confession BackfiredBy Paul Craig Roberts 03/17/07 “ICH” — The first confession released by the Bush regime’s Military Tribunals–that of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed–has discredited the entire process. Writing in Jurist, Northwestern University law professor Anthony D’Amato likens Mohammed’s confession to … Continue reading →

Citizens against additional funding for Iraq war arrested outside the doors of the Appropriations Committee hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives Rayburn Building. Iraq War Protest Turns To Arrests on Capitol Hill

March Madness The seeding at the Big Dance is usually pretty accurate. In the last ten years, 34 of 40 teams in the Final Four have been one through four seeds. Seventeen have been number one seeds. Lowest seed to … Continue reading →

President Bush’s Trip to Latin America Is All About Denialby Mark WeisbrotMarch 17, 2007Center for Economic and Policy Research “State of Denial” is the title of Bob Woodward’s famous book on the Bush team’s road to disaster in Iraq, but … Continue reading →

U.S.-Occupied Iraq: Women suffer untold violenceMarch 16, 2007 The radio news magazine “Between The Lines” interviewed Yifat Susskind, communications director with MADRE, an an international women’s human rights organisation based in New York City. Yifat is also author of a … Continue reading →

U.S. Expects Iraq Prison Growth: Crackdown Likely to Mean More Inmates at 2 Detention CentersBy Walter PincusWashington Post Staff WriterWednesday, March 14, 2007; Page A10 The United States is expanding its two major detention centers in Iraq with the expectation … Continue reading →

Palestinian refugees in Iraq stuck in “Catch 22”16 Mar 2007 15:32:27 GMTSource: ReutersBy Ammar Alwan TANAF, Iraq, March 16 (Reuters) – Hameda Um Firas has lived most of her 70-odd years as a refugee — now she is stranded in … Continue reading →

Iran Is Playing a Growing Role in Iraq EconomyBy EDWARD WONGPublished: March 17, 2007 NAJAF, Iraq — While the Bush administration works to stop Iran from meddling in Iraq, Iranian air-conditioners fill Iraqi appliance stores, Iranian tomatoes ripen on the … Continue reading →