Tag Archives: Iraq
links for 2009-12-02: recursive shoe throwing
Man throws shoe at Iraqi shoe-thrower | World news | guardian.co.uk How long before the shoe throwing reaches critical mass, and the world goes barefoot? (tags: recursion Iraq Muntazer-al-Zaidi shoe-throwing)
links for 2007-12-11: inshallah
The American Scholar – Inshallah – By Cullen Murphy “The phrase ‘inshallah,’ or ‘God willing,’ has permeated all ranks of the Army. When you talk to U.S. soldiers about the possible success of ‘the surge,’ you’d be surprised how many … more…
Al-Jazari’s Automata
Ibn Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (1136-1206) inventor and technological visionary author of The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, also known simply as Automata. I’m not about to pretend to wax knowledgable about a person I was only vaguely … more…
links for 2007-08-30: del.icio.us, corruption
Del.icio.us Is The Recommendation Service For The Internet informed and detailed appreciation of del.icio.us, found via my del.icio.us network, now reposted to my del.icio.us bookmarks. Meta or what. (tags: del.icio.us recommendations bookmarking) The Great Iraq Swindle: : Rolling Stone How … more…
links for 2007-01-08: farewell Saddam
Thanks for the Memories A brief history of Saddam Hussein (tags: History politics Saddam iraq)
Top Choons in the Zone
I’m long averse to the Guardian’s arts pages, especially the music reviews, but I happened to find myself at the bottom of a workmanlike but deeply uninteresting music column just now, and there was this: A survey of Last FM … more…
The paper trail grows a little longer
CHINA’S claim to have invented paper was strengthened yesterday when archaeologists announced a discovery that suggests it was in use at least 100 years earlier than thought. A scrap of paper made from linen fibre was found by archaeologists picking … more…
Pinter’s Nobel speech
“How many people do you have to kill before you qualify to be described as a mass murderer and a war criminal? One hundred thousand? More than enough, I would have thought. Therefore it is just that Bush and Blair … more…
Iraq is not America’s to sell
“According to a growing number of international legal experts [...] if the next Iraqi government decides it doesn’t want to be a wholly owned subsidiary of Bechtel and Halliburton, it will have powerful legal grounds to renationalise assets that were … more…
Can You Please Do Better Than a Rose Bush?
You see, George, it’s not the lying and the doctoring of intelligence that has me all upset. It’s that you’ve had control of Iraq for over two months now ? and you couldn’t even find the time to plant just … more…