August 2006

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• Photography

  Boiler Room

  08.23.06 | Permalink | Comments Off |

  Large yellow pipes from a boiler room at Concordia University in Montreal.
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• Middle East, Photography

  Photo Friday: Friends - Peeking Out

  08.21.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  My entry for this week’s Photo Friday challenge, Friend. The image is of two Palestinian children peeking out from behind police barricades in Bethlehem.

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• Middle East

  Blame the UN: No Suprise as Israel Violates Lopsided Ceasefire

  08.21.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Condemnation was quick this past weekend as Israel broke the UN-brokered ceasefire with Hezbollah by launching a commando raid in eastern Lebanon. While it is easy to understand why the international community in deeply concerned about the violation, it is more difficult to comprehend why they are suprised by Israel’s actions. When a [...]

• Middle East, Photography, Politics

  Colin Powell Lands in Montreal to Support Israeli Invasion

  08.17.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  Protestors demonstrate outside of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal where former US Secretary of State Colin Powell was giving a speech on “Building a Stronger Israel”. Powell was the featured guest of a Jewish National Fund gala, an organization that is “deeply tainted by Israel’s ethnic cleansing war crimes”, according the the Jewish [...]

• Et Cetera

  Bombing of Lebanon was Test Run for Iran: Bush Insiders

  08.16.06 | Permalink | Comment? |

  The New Yorker has just published a revealing article by vetern investigative journalist Seymour Hersh highlighting the extent to which the US was aware of Israel’s war plans, and how the conflict was seen as a test run for a larger war with Iran. Given Israel’s failure to win the conlict, I wouldn’t [...]