from Toronto, Canada I don’t give a toss what happens to Saddam. To me, he just symbolises the archaic, cruel, backward and inflexible 22 regimes constituting the Arab world. He has fallen. His last abode was fox-hole from which the coward was dug out of, that is the picture I will treasure for the rest …
In a surprise move, the US handed over sovereignty to Iraq two days before the previously announced date of June 30th! The US has formally handed over power in Iraq, two days ahead of schedule. In a low-key ceremony in Baghdad, US administrator Paul Bremer gave legal documents to an Iraqi judge at 1026 local …
I’m now officially on holiday, the first one since 1986! So expect email replies and posts to be intermittent at best until my return on Aug 8th! arrivederci 🙂 woohooooo!!
Seven Bahrainis detained and later released on suspicion of plotting terrorism yesterday denied any links to Al Qaeda or any other terrorist organisation. The seven said they did not know why the Interior Ministry suspected them because they spent their spare time on charity work, teaching Quran and similar activities. Speaking at a Press conference …
It’s reported on the front page of Al-Ayam today that whoever wishes to marry a second wife must now prove that he can take care of the first wife and her children before he will be allowed to marry a second, and only after approval from the higher casation shari’a court! This is a major …