tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69810842024-03-07T13:22:54.129-05:00The Moderate ObserverCollection of News & Opinion articles.Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.comBlogger174125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1154734581822521472006-08-04T18:34:00.000-05:002006-08-04T18:36:21.850-05:00Blogger RecessI am testing out Wordpress for a little while. Please see the following for link for daily updates:The Moderate Observerhttp://moderate.wordpress.comSohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1154137303179473622006-07-28T20:39:00.000-05:002006-07-28T20:41:43.193-05:00Oil from bombed plant covers Lebanon shore By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press WriterFri Jul 28, 5:57 PM ET A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago. Fishermen say hundreds of oil-coated fish have been washed ashore in what is the country's worst ever environmental Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153707543926154122006-07-23T21:14:00.000-05:002006-07-23T21:19:04.083-05:00Lebanon and Israel Facts that the Media Isn't Telling You Here are some background the facts about Lebanon, Israel, Gaza Hezbollah and the PalestiniansNoam Chomsky reveals facts like the abduction of the two Gaza civilians June 24, BEFORE the Israeli soldiers were captured. Learn the background that the mainstream media doesn't report.Help get the word out http://www.representativepress.org/Tags: Lebanon Israel Gaza Hamas Hezbollah ChomskySohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153673825946447232006-07-23T11:55:00.000-05:002006-07-23T11:57:05.950-05:00Rice will back demands for ceasefire - after a few more days of carnageSimon TisdallWednesday July 19, 2006The Guardian The US game plan for Lebanon, if game plan is not too distasteful a word amid such daily carnage, is becoming clear: Israel has a few more days, possibly up to a week, to inflict maximum damage on Hizbullah. After that, and assuming there is no new major escalation involving Syria, Washington will begin to swing Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153673053587103982006-07-23T11:38:00.000-05:002006-07-23T11:44:13.590-05:00U.S. Speeds Up Bomb Delivery for the Israelis By DAVID S. CLOUD and HELENE COOPER July 22, 2006 WASHINGTON, July 21 — The Bush administration is rushing a delivery of precision-guided bombs to Israel, which requested the expedited shipment last week after beginning its air campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, American officials said Friday. The decision to quickly ship the weapons to Israel was made with Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153672580852141742006-07-23T11:34:00.000-05:002006-07-23T11:55:31.296-05:00Israel set war plan more than a year ago<!-- START WRITER CREDIT-->Strategy was put in motion as Hezbollah began increasing its military strengthMatthew Kalman, Chronicle Foreign ServiceFriday, July 21, 2006<!-- END WRITER CREDIT--> <!-- end #contentheader --><!-- now part of stylesheet --> <!-- START STORY --> <!-- START OBJECT THUMBS AREA-->(07-21) 04:00 PDT Jerusalem -- Israel's military Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153611956181165092006-07-22T18:41:00.000-05:002006-07-22T18:45:56.236-05:00‘Christians, Muslims, we're all together now because of the war . . . we're all Lebanese' MARK MACKINNONFrom Saturday's Globe and Mail <!-- dateline -->ZGHARTA, LEBANON<!-- /dateline --> — When Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153523823306325872006-07-21T17:54:00.000-05:002006-07-21T18:17:03.330-05:002006 Israel Lebanon conflict - Action Alertvia www.saveleb.orgSohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153437623549098502006-07-20T18:18:00.000-05:002006-07-20T18:20:28.183-05:00A protracted colonial warWith US support, Israel is hoping to isolate and topple Syria by holding sway over Lebanon Tariq AliThursday July 20, 2006The Guardian In his last interview - after the 1967 six-day war - the historian Isaac Deutscher, whose next-of-kin had died in the Nazi camps and whose surviving relations lived in Israel, said: Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153437386575660832006-07-20T18:15:00.000-05:002006-07-20T18:17:56.540-05:00Mission impossiblePast experience indicates that any UN force in south Lebanon will struggle to keep the peace, writes Ian Black Thursday July 20, 2006Guardian Unlimited "If you think you understand Lebanon, you haven't been properly briefed." This wise but slightly despairing advice used to hang in the office of the spokesman for the Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1153371080262139392006-07-19T23:49:00.000-05:002006-07-19T23:51:20.286-05:00Srifa was a bustling hillside village. Then yesterday the Israeli jets cameClancy Chassay outside SrifaThursday July 20, 2006The Guardian A Lebanese woman cries in front of a destroyed truck in southern Beirut. Photograph: Mohamed Messara/EPA Aliyah, 30, lay on a life support machine in the Jabal Amal hospital in a coma. She was one of a handful of survivors who made it out of Srifa, a village in south-east Lebanon. The man treating her Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152984540731124502006-07-15T12:05:00.000-05:002006-07-16T21:48:09.620-05:00Unbelievable!So if you are still among those skeptical of American media having a bias favoring Israel, the current situation should shed some light on this phenomena for you.In the ongoing assault (4 days continous as of now) on Lebannon by Israel, more than 100 civilians have been killed by the Israeli army and two Israeli soliders have died in the conflict. (Sources: 1 - 2).It is appalling, more than usualSohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152923707037855382006-07-14T19:33:00.000-05:002006-07-14T19:35:07.060-05:00Zidane treated outrageously: Gosper14th July 2006, 8:20 WST International Olympic Committee members, described Zidane's straight red card as "outrageous" as it failed to consider Materazzi's role in the incident.Kevan Gosper, one of Australia's top Olympic officials, has hit out at soccer's world governing body FIFA over Zinedine Zidane's dismissal in the World Cup final for failing to take into account the effect of Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152880677117968572006-07-14T07:33:00.000-05:002006-07-14T07:37:57.133-05:00The arrogance of powerBy Stavros Lygeros The developments we have witnessed in Gaza and Lebanon over the past few days merely serve to confirm, in the most dramatic fashion, that the maxim “might is right” still applies. It has become quite clear that Israel is much more than a small state armed to the teeth. Not even the US enjoys such tolerance.The governments of the West and those who shape its public opinion are, Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152847229450263312006-07-13T22:19:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:20:41.023-05:00Paralyzed man moves computer cursor through thought By Patricia Reaney Wed Jul 12, 1:46 PM ET LONDON (Reuters) - A Paralyzed man using a new brain sensor has been able to move a computer cursor, open e-mail and control a robotic device simply by thinking about doing it, a team of scientists said on Wednesday. They believe the BrainGate sensor, which involves implanting electrodes in the brain, could offer new hope to people ParalyzedSohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152847067453489852006-07-13T22:16:00.000-05:002006-07-13T22:17:47.470-05:00Bollywood star hails Mumbai resilience By Aamir Khan Bollywood actor <!-- E IBYL --> <!-- S IIMA --> Khan was anxious about his Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152689945432738802006-07-12T02:38:00.000-05:002006-07-12T02:39:05.456-05:00Mongolians mark 800th anniversary of Khan<!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --> By CHARLES HUTZLER, Associated Press WriterTue Jul 11, 4:30 PM ET Mongolians celebrated the 800th anniversary of Genghis Khan's march to world conquest on Tuesday with festivities that mixed commercialism with appeals to nationalism. In the capital's Central Stadium, men dressed like warriors in Genghis Khan's 13th-century horde Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152552232640405212006-07-10T12:22:00.000-05:002006-07-10T12:23:52.663-05:00India's test launch of new missile fails<!-- BEGIN STORY BODY --> By GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press Writer2 hours, 24 minutes ago India's first test-firing of a new missile designed to carry nuclear warheads across much of Asia and the Middle East was unsuccessful, the defense minister said. Although initially reported as a success by officials, the Agni III missile plunged into the Bay of Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152462826687085492006-07-09T11:29:00.000-05:002006-07-09T11:33:46.710-05:00Gaza death toll mounts as Israel rejects ceasefirePress Trust of IndiaGaza City, July 9, 2006Three Palestinian family members, including a six-year-old girl, were killed on Sunday in an air strike in Gaza City as Israel rejected a call by Hamas premier Ismail Haniya for a mutual ceasefire.The girl, her elder brother and her mother were killed in the air raid which according to an army spokesman targeted a group of militants east of Gaza Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152292332134804572006-07-07T12:11:00.000-05:002006-07-07T12:12:12.156-05:00EU warns Israel on Gaza attacks <!-- S BO --> <!-- S IIMA --><!-- E IIMA --> <!-- S SF --> The EU has accused Israel of using "disproportionate" force and making a humanitarian crisis worse during operations in the Gaza Strip. On Friday Israel consolidated its hold on northern Gaza, as air strikes killed at least three Palestinian militants. It followed the worst day of violence since Israeli forces entered Gaza over Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152265898807589132006-07-07T04:43:00.000-05:002006-07-07T04:51:38.826-05:00'It is never anti-Semitic to oppose injustice'The Israeli narrative adopted and cobbled from Bush's war on terrorism states that Israel is heroically engaged in its own war on terror. This is utterly misleading.by Ted SchmidtJuly 6, 2006There is a splendid Talmudic saying that a single life is a universe. How absolutely wonderful in its insistence on the dignity of each human being, a reminder that no child of God should be forgotten, abusedSohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1152229027361913502006-07-06T18:35:00.000-05:002006-07-06T18:37:07.376-05:00Ex-Soldier Steven D. Green Enters Not-Guilty Plea in Iraq Rape, Killings Charges07-06-2006 7:05 PMBy ELIZABETH DUNBAR, Associated Press WriterLOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A former Army private charged with raping an Iraqi woman and killing her and her family entered a plea of not guilty through his public defenders Thursday.Steven D. Green also waived a detention hearing and a preliminary hearing, and agreed that his case would be prosecuted in the Western District of Kentucky.U.S. Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1151959079565123312006-07-03T15:36:00.000-05:002006-07-03T15:37:59.590-05:00A Love For Humanity July 1, 2006 By FRANCES GRANDY TAYLOR, Courant Staff Writer Muslims in America deal with many of the same issues that affect other American families, but also contend with racial and ethnic profiling in an atmosphere of fear.Finding ways to cope with the challenges of being Muslim in the United States brought hundreds of Muslim families to the Connecticut Convention CenterSohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1151772923249441252006-07-01T11:54:00.000-05:002006-07-01T11:56:22.113-05:00Human Tragedy in Gaza By Cihan News Agency, Anadolu News Agency (aa), Jerusalem, Gaza Published: Saturday, July 01, 2006 zaman.com The United Nations (UN) has warned that a human tragedy is emerging in Gaza; the target of attacks by Israel.UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland asked Israel to refurnish electricity and fuel to the Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6981084.post-1151614865306181592006-06-29T15:54:00.000-05:002006-06-29T16:32:36.293-05:00Israel Engineers Another Cover-UpIsrael Engineers Another Cover-Up Leaving the Truth Buried in Gaza's Sands By JONATHAN COOK If you keep lying long enough and with enough conviction, people start to believe you -- or at least doubt the evidence in front of their own eyes. And so it has been with the Israeli army’s Sohailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05685861807360613084noreply@blogger.com0