Monthly Archives: December 2009

9/11 Suicide Hijackers. Risen from the dead

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 30, 2009

by Rahnuma Ahmed “Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (1865) It’s old news. So, why bother writing about … Continue reading →

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The West’s Immortal `Terrorist’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed Who else…, but Osama bin Laden? He’s alive. Not only in the western imagination which needs an unlimited supply of bogeymen as its alter. To create and re-create myths of its innocence which serve to justify the … Continue reading →

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In response to `Smoking gun abused for smokescreen’

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 22, 2009

By Rahnuma Ahmed As a New Age columnist, I was thinking of writing about the controversy surrounding the Tibet exhibition (Into Exile. Tibet 1949 – 2009, November 1-7) for my next column. My dear Maobadi friend, Tarek Chowdhury’s piece, which … Continue reading →

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IMPERIAL COWARDICE: Remote control killing in Pakistan

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 9, 2009

by Rahnuma Ahmed WAR is, said Major General Smedley Butler, twice-recipient of the Medal of Honour (1914, 1915), ‘a racket’. He had seen it from close(st) quarters and had turned into an outspoken critic of the US military-industrial complex. Describing what … Continue reading →

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