February 2006
TomPaine.com - Washington's Iraq Blindness
by mikepower
The Iraq that exists in President Bush’s imagination and the real Iraq, the one in which 160,000 U.S. troops occupy a nation sliding into civil war, have never seemed further apart.
December 2005
Iraq's Death Squads
by mikepower
OF ALL THE bloodshed in Iraq, none may be more disturbing than the campaign of torture and murder being conducted by U.S.-trained government police forces.
August 2005
Prospect - A muslim Journey
by mikepower
British Islam is dominated by culturally and theologically conservative south Asians. But the London bombs may help to make it more open to those who want to engage with the modern world
June 2005
Do you people live on planet earth?
by mikepower
Why is it that we Europeans can no longer understand our own peace and contentment and safety and our extraordinary luxury and our futuristic living standards and our God-like good fortune and our long, wonderful lives?
May 2005
Regime change is illegal: end of debate: Alasdair Palmer
by mikepower
I would never do anything against the advice of the Attorney General: Tony Blair
April 2005
ei: The Case Against Alan Dershowitz: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel vs. Alan Dershowitz
by mikepower
Alan Dershowitz is a well-known lawyer and professor at Harvard Law School, a prolific author, and makes regular appearances in the media
Jonathan Freedland: Reviled as outsiders
by mikepower
"This is so wrong. We should be on the same side."
Jewish MP pelted with eggs at war memorial
by mikepower
The sheer ignorance never mind the lack of respect is shocking. They have no idea where their freedom came from and who gave it to them.
March 2005
A revolution made for TV
by mikepower
Tuesday, half a million people demonstrating in the streets of Beirut, chanting and waving flags. You probably assumed that they were protesting against the Syrian presence in Lebanon. In fact it was a rally organised by Hezbollah in support of Syria
February 2005
Johann Hari: Don't let the Livingstone row blind us to the real and growing threat of anti-Semitism
by mikepower
It seems that human rights abuses committed by Jews provoke more rage than abuses committed by others
Sunday Times: Putting the fear of God into Holland
by mikepower
The Dutch have rejected liberalism in response to Islamic immigration. Some say they are now too hardline. So what can the rest of Europe learn from their crisis?The Dutch have rejected liberalism in response to Islamic immigration. Some say they ar
January 2005
How I became a Jew
by mikepower
What unclean thoughts do I have about Islam and our Arab neighbours? What are my thoughts when I see devout Muslims on our streets in traditional dress, speaking poor English? Am I not looking at myself?
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