January 19, 2005 | 8 Dhu-l-Hijjah 1425 Hijriah
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Sinking to our enemies' level
Yet Gonzales' position reveals something more disturbing about the assumptions of the administration: their very pragmatic focus upon the letter, as opposed to the spirit, of the law. Arguably, one could have recognized in the third Convention an attempt, in...
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Reflections of a straight shooter
And Armitage's disappointments? Not a lugubrious person, Armitage doesn't nominate disappointments spontaneously. But he'll answer a question honestly: "I'm disappointed that Iraq hasn't turned out better. And that we weren't able to move forward more meaningfully in the Middle East...
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World fears new Bush era
One of the organisers of the poll, Steven Kull, the director of the Programme on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland, said: "This is quite a grim picture for the US." Another of the organisers, Doug Miller, president...
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A Quranic Journal
Surah at-Tahrim ayah 9
Ya ayyuha an-nabiyyu jahidi al-kuffara wa al-munafiqina wa ughluth 'alayhim wa mawahum jahannamu wa bisa al-masiru O Prophet, strive against the rejectors and hypocrites and be firm against them. And their abode is Hell, an evil journey's end The...
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The Eve of Destruction
You might wonder—were you someone unfamiliar with or in denial about the ways of the Karl Rove Mafia—how George W. Bush could blunder into nominating someone as attorney general so obviously implicated in the most legally questionable and morally indefensible...
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Disaster Squared: Iran Is Next
But it's a fight that the United States may wish it never started. The Iranian people are more opposed to a U.S. invasion than the Iraqis were, and the Iranian military is much stronger than Saddam's. In the December issue...
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veiled4allah
Brass Crescent results
Well, I didn't win any of the awards, but I did get honorable mention in two categories: Best Blog and Best Commenter. The latter I think is funny because I don't do as much commenting on other blogs as I...