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Monthly Archives: August, 2006

Lebanon’s Descent into Hell By Mike Whitney

ICH 10 Aug 2006 “I know I will die fighting them, then I will go to my God. But I will go to my God fighting like a lion. I … Continue reading

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It is Lebanon, not Israel, that faces a threat to its existence in this war By Ahmad Samih Khalidi

The Franco-US resolution is an absurdity: it would give Israel immunity while denying Lebanon the right to defend itself Guardian Thur 10 August 2006 As Lebanon is brought to its … Continue reading

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Israeli voice of reason: Regressing a full generation By Meron Benvenisti

Ha’aretz Thur 10 Aug 2006 Now it is already clear that the goal of the war is – how original – to win! And it actually makes no difference what … Continue reading

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Behind the media’s Gazan blind spot By Nigel Parry

The Electronic Intifada, 9 August 2006 A Palestinian woman in front of her house after it was demolished by Israeli troops at Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, 8 … Continue reading

10 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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