Monthly Archives: May 2010

Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part IV

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 31, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed “History cannot be permanently falsified; the myth cannot stand up to the scrutiny of research; the sinister web will be brought into the light and torn to pieces, however artfully it has been spun.” – … Continue reading →

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Give photography a chance

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 31, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Giedre Steikunaite A photograph’s story is not only the one told in the image. Who took a picture, and why, also matters. Now who takes pictures of the developing world, and why? “The vast majority of … Continue reading →

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Israeli troops kill flotilla activists

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 31, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews At least 16 dead as Israeli troops storm Gaza aid flotilla Israeli commandoes have stormed a flotilla of ships carrying activists and aid supplies to the blockaded Palestinian enclave of Gaza, killing as many as as 16 … Continue reading →

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A Class Above

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 30, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Jeevani Fernando We sat nervously huddled on the wooden bench of the Haputale Railway Station at 8pm last night, clutching our precious collections from the trip – kithul jaggery from Badulla and jars of orange marmalade, guava … Continue reading →

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews HAIDAR EID – AN OPEN LETTER TO MR. JACOB ZUMA, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH AFRICA 10 September, 2009 — Palestine Chronicle Dear Mr. President, I am writing to express my dismay and disappointment with both your attendance at the … Continue reading →

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Soulscapes

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews The soul in question Amirul Rajiv Curator & Editor Soulscapes Today, we are threatened by a drive towards a rigid social conformity and the struggle between differing conceptions of public morality and individual freedom. In this battleground … Continue reading →

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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part III

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 24, 2010

Rahnuma Ahmed “Investigators within the DEA [Drug Enforcement Administration], INS [Immigration and Naturalization Service], and FBI have all told Fox News that to pursue or even suggest Israeli spying…  is considered career suicide.” Carl Cameron, investigative reporter, Fox News Cameron made this … Continue reading →

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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part II

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 17, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality,” an unnamed Bush official told reporter Ron Suskind, quoted by Eric Alterman, Bush’s War on the Press, The Nation (2005) Even when the US … Continue reading →

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Anti-semitism, and the 9/11, Israel-Mossad Connection Part I

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 10, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed We Jews should never, ever become like our tormentors — not even to save our lives. Even at Auschwitz, I sensed that such a moral downfall would render my survival meaningless. – Hajo Meyer, An Ethical Tradition … Continue reading →

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9/11, Mossad, and a super 9-11 in the offing

by Shahidul Alam Posted on May 3, 2010

By Rahnuma Ahmed Anti-Semite, Jew hater, Holocaust denier are the epithets one is bound to gather if one voices criticism of Israel. Of Zionism. Historian Tony Judt, of Jewish background himself, had written on Israel’s 58th birthday, Israel is like … Continue reading →

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