The U.S. blacklisted me. Let’s talk. | csmonitor.com

 
In the summer of 2004, I was poised to start a dual professorship at Notre Dame University and eager for a more concentrated academic and public engagement than was previously allowed by my numerous but brief visits to the United States.
But that was not to happen. My visa was canceled at the last [...]

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How much value do you put on “Mosquitoes”, if that is what you think you are dealing with?U.S. promised Blackwater guards immunity, officials say
WASHINGTON (CNN) — State Department investigators promised Blackwater guards immunity from prosecution for last month’s deadly shooting of 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to officials familiar with the matter.
That could potentially [...]

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Penalties on the Road to War
In the first place, the penal code is unable to bring about any change in the political decision-making if penalties are imposed on regimes that give no weight to either public opinion or to the economic repercussions on people’s standard of living and welfare. If these penalties have made the [...]

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Rein in the rush to a war in Iran :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Commentary: “Americans don’t want to be tricked into another unjustified, unvetted war. We’ve got to clean up our mess in Iraq before we even consider fighting anybody else. That’s why we applaud Sen. Dick Durbin’s bill that would require President Bush, who [...]

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Dar Al Hayat: “Rudy Giuliani is surrounded by some of the vilest and most dangerous enemies of the Arabs and Muslims,” ……….. “However, a more important figure than the ones mentioned above is Stephen Rosen, a university professor and a member of The Project for the New American Century team. Since its launch, he [...]

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Bush heads for miscalculation on Iran
“The thing I find most striking in conversations with western officials is simply how little is known about Iran: about the power balance within the regime, the dynamics of the nuclear programme and, critically, how far that programme has progressed”
George W. Bush warns that Iran’s nuclear ambitions threaten world war [...]

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What no body is talking about “Crocker Sees Signs of Hope in Iran”
Listening to Administration officials in Washington this week, you’d be forgiven for thinking Iran is an incorrigible hegemon, making violent mischief in every corner of the Middle East in order to drive the U.S. out of the region. Iraq is often presented as [...]

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The Culture War Descends on Columbia
Esther Kaplan
In the past few years, the students and faculty of Columbia University have found themselves in the midst of a culture war. They’ve seen their Middle East Studies department targeted as “anti-Israel” by one right-wing organization, the David Project. Two assistant professors, Joseph Massad and Nadia Abu El-Haj, [...]

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The New McCarthyism
Meet Professor Nadia Abu El-Haj, a notorious Barnard College professor now up for tenure who:
§ claims the ancient Israelite kingdoms are a “pure political fabrication,”
§ denies the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in 70 CE and instead blames its destruction on the Jews,
§ does not speak or read Hebrew yet had the temerity to [...]

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“The blood of millions of Iraqis is on your hands”
By Karissa MarcumOctober 24, 2007
The White House reacted harshly Wednesday after a protester at a House hearing got close enough to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to put her dyed hands in Rice’s face.
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino, referencing the incident and calling it “despicable,” said [...]

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