Archive for March 18th, 2008
Dick Cheney & John McCain celebrate five years of ’significant progress in Iraq’
Dick Cheney: “So if you reflect back on those five years, I think it’s been a difficult, challenging, but nonetheless successful endeavor and that we’ve come a long way in five years and that it’s been well worth the effort… I’m pleased to be able to return next week to Washington and report to the President that we are making significant progress in Iraq.”
Five years after operation invasion Iraqis fighting terror made in America
Source: Reuters
March 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1945 GMT on Monday.* denotes new or updated item
* BAGHDAD - A mortar round killed six children when it landed on their home in the Sawmar district of northern Baghdad, the Iraqi military said.
Tanzania moves to invade Anjouan and remove President Mohamed Bacar
Tanzania has rebuffed attempts by South Africa to halt military action to depose President Mohamed Bacar of tiny Comoros island of Anjouan.
Guyanese must resist attempts to curb freedom of expression
Dear Editor,I respond to Jean Ramroop’s letter in the Guyana Chronicle of Thursday, March 13, 2008 captioned “Teaching hatred and bitterness,” and wish to begin by saying that this is just another unjustified attack on Walter Rodney’s “Groundings,” the WPA and HBTV Channel 9 that is intended to silence views that are critical to developments taking place here in Guyana.
The power of Freddie Kissoon’s pen in Guyana
Dear Editor,The effectiveness of the pen is that it pierces the conscience of those who err. There is no pain from physical assault, the pen inflicts pain to the mind of those who in their palaces are protected by their armies and forces; those who wear the suits, jackets and ties and are of great standing in society. The power of Freddie Kissoon’s pen is unmatched in this context. I am yet to see another columnist in Guyana with the courage, consistency, and passion to tell it like it is.
Latest attacks on Iraqi civillians from Icasualties
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03/18/08 AP: Bomb kills 49 in Iraqi city of Karbala (update) |
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03/17/08 MCT: Three bodies found in Baghdad on Monday |
Cpl. William D. O’Brien sent to heaven
Cpl. William D. O’Brien, 19, of Rice, Texas, died March 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, from wounds inflicted by the Iraqi resistance. He was an occupying soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.
24 Reasons Why You Should Attend These Blog Conferences
I’ve got three blog conferences I’ll be speaking at, and I want to give you 24 good reasons why you should be at each of these.
Guyana will be attending World Travel Market in November 2007!!
this is the lead news story on the Guyana Tourism website ran by the Ministry of Tourism. need we remind you that today is March 18, 2008?
Guyana will be attending the World Travel Market (WTM) in November 2007. WTM is one of the largest and most important travel shows for reaching not only the large UK travel industry
Mastering Your WordPress Theme Hacks and Techniques
This is the first article in the four-part series, “Powerful guide to master Your WordPress”. Throughout this article, we’ll be focus on many WordPress Theme hacks, ideas, tips and useful tutorials you need to have ready in hand when developing WordPress websites.
Guyana Air Traffic Controllers considers total strike over monies owed
Kaieteur News: Air Traffic Controllers (ATCs) are to embark on full strike action from tomorrow if no favourable decision is made about monies owed to them by this evening.
The case against Alan Dershowitz
Editor’s note: This article is a follow-up to Menetrez’s Dershowitz v. Finkelstein: Who’s Right and Who’s Wrong? , which was published by CounterPunch in April 2007. A combined version of the two articles will form the epilogue to the paperback edition of Finkelstein’s Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History, forthcoming in 2008 from the University of California Press.
