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Historic Byblos polluted by war By Hugh Sykes

BBC | Thur 17 August 2006   The conflict in Lebanon has caused devastating damage to the local economy and environment of the ancient port of Byblos. The oil slick … Continue reading

18 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

The real threat we face is Blair By John Pilger

Information Clearing House (/New Statesman) 17 Aug 2006 If the alleged plot to attack airliners flying from London is true – remember the lies that led to the invasion of … Continue reading

18 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Gaza: The disengagement is actually formaldehyde By George Bisharat

Information Clearing House 17 August 2006 With the spotlight on Lebanon, another Middle East milestone is passing largely unnoticed. However, its lessons are just as important. A year ago this … Continue reading

18 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

World Council of Churches: Israel planned to destroy Lebanon By Eliane Engeler

Jerusalem Post | Aug. 17, 2006 1:13 | Updated Aug. 17, 2006 3:12 GENEVA: Israel’s assault on Lebanon was planned even before Hizbullah attacked and was aimed at driving a … Continue reading

18 August, 2006 · Leave a comment

Timely Reminders

"Those who crusade, not for God in themselves, but against the devil in others, never succeed in making the world better, but leave it either as it was, or sometimes perceptibly worse than what it was, before the crusade began. By thinking primarily of evil we tend, however excellent our intentions, to create occasions for evil to manifest itself."
-- Aldous Huxley

"The only war that matters is the war against the imagination. All others are subsumed by it."
-- Diane DiPrima, "Rant", from Pieces of a Song.

"It is difficult
to get the news from poems
yet men die miserably every day
for lack
of what is found there"
-- William Carlos Williams, "Asphodel, That Greeny Flower"


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