March 30, 2003
Here and There, Mar. 30

Today's must read side-splitting humor, from Jim Treacher:

Garofalo To Be Lowered Into Shredder

Bushington, DB -- In a televised address from somewhere inside one of his 57 palaces, President George W. Bush today issued a fatwa on actress/comedienne Janeane Garofalo, calling for "all noble American people to hunt down the godless dog Garofalo and bring her to me alive."

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Today's must read serious analysis, on the Arab media's coverage of the Iraq war, by Arab journalist and Georgetown lecturer Mamoun Fandy, in today's Washington Post

Reporters and producers know what their viewers want to see: images of empowerment and resistance because of past defeats. They also want to see what Hussein's information minister, Muhammed Said al-Sahaf, calls teaching the Americans a lesson. "We are no less than the Vietnamese. Just make it costly in body bags and the Americans will run," said a general who comments regularly on al-Jazeera. Some Arab journalists say they have little choice but to go along. "The cost of speaking out now -- even to simply say that Saddam is partially responsible for what is taking place -- is very high. It could cost you your job and could even cause you physical harm," said one.
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Religion of Peace: An "Egyptian-American" man and his wife were detained Sunday in Cairo, Egypt after customs agents found two guns and 200 bullets in their luggage, airport officials said.

And speaking of the Religion of Peace, Michelle Malkin reminds us that Kuwait fragger Asan Akbar was not the first MSWA: Muslim Soldier With Attitude

Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at March 30, 2003 08:47 PM
Comments

Stefan, the Guardian just smeared you. You might get some traffic from them soom. See Charles' response.

Posted by: Amos on March 30, 2003 10:50 PM

I hope them Guardian fellers don't get mad at ME. They're a lot smarter over in London and them other countries over there.

Posted by: Jim Treacher on March 31, 2003 06:59 PM
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