Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"It is easy to create this confusion when one does not differentiate between “Jewish” and “Israeli”. Everything becomes mixed up: anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism, criticism of Israel, criticism of Sharon. Such a mix-up is convenient for those interested in manipulations, but it not good for the Jews. “Jew” and “Israeli” are not the same."

"Liberation of Afghanistan has never been a bed of roses. When in 1747 the state of Afghanistan was formed and liberated from Empire of Great Moguls, Ahmad Shah Durrani established his rule from Mashad to Kashmir and Delhi. The second Anglo-Afghan war (1878-80), that brings Amir Abdur Rahman to the throne, a British protectorate in 1881. The British retain effective control over Kabul's foreign affairs, but after third Anglo Afghan War in 1919, the Treaty of Rawalpindi gave full independence to Afghanistan."

"In America, the obsession with Islam as a symbol of all that runs counter to Western ideals and Western ambitions did not begin with September 11. It began almost a decade ago, when Samuel Huntington wrote a book in which he argued that the "clash of civilizations" -- namely Islam and the West -- was inevitable."

"Countering concerted pressure from the United States and its allies, the fourteen Justices, five from the European Union, have decided to apply the universal principles of justice to the actions of an Occupation that in its malicious intent, its devastating effects, its lengthening history, and its potential for fueling wars has no parallels in recent times."

While a student at Harvard, George W. Bush, Jr., said, “People are poor because they are lazy!” He also revealed to Professor Yoshi Tsurumi, how he hated “labor unions, social security, environmental protection, Medicare and public schools.” Since seizing office, Bush’s policies - “Bushonomics 101” -have created an America, that resembles Argentina or Mexico, with a widening income gap, between a few “haves” and many “have-nots.”

"It is even more disgusting to see those Arabs/Muslims ignoring all the facts and many no doubt driven by personal ambitions have adopted the line that US intervention in Iraq was for humanitarian reasons. Those people are either in the new Iraqi government or in distant lands. They should try and convince the relatives of the victims of the recent war if they are really convinced of their claims."

"Pragmatically, if the American people are to be made really safer, the US Government will have to address the causes of terrorism—with Palestine and Kashmir—atop, which are Muslim world’s bleeding wounds."

"Ask yourself a few simple questions. Does your government consider you less of an American than you were four years ago? Did you personally do anything to deserve a demotion to second class citizenship? Did the Democrats stand up for you when your civil rights were assaulted? Did Kerry or Edwards utter a word in your defense?"

"If a terrorist attack occurs between now and Nov. 2, the administration would be much more likely to postpone the election if the Republican ticket is behind in the polls. That kind of unprecedented manipulation of the U.S. presidential election system should be strictly off-limits."

"Indeed, the disbelievers of our time are determined not to abandon their "religion" because their ancestors, Darwin, Lenin, Stalin and Mao, had put their faith in it and worshipped its gods. Their ancestors believed that life came into existence from lifeless matter, that living beings evolved from one another as a result of mutations, and that there is no Creator who created everything from nothing.."

"It is unfortunate that the foreign secretaries of both the countries could not find a common leveling play ground on the issue of cross-border road links between Jammu and Sialkot, and Muzaffarabad and Srinagar."

"Jamali’s exit could have been better orchestrated to ensure Shaukat does not get the rough-ride he has started to get in our political quagmire, this will become far worse as time goes by. Shaukat Aziz should have been elevated to Deputy PM and then taken the election route he is now taking."

"The word “transfer” evokes the collective memory of trucks arriving in the middle of the night to transport Palestinian villagers across the border, which happened in a number of places in 1948."

"We have a treasure called America. It is a beautiful country. It is a rich country. It is abundant in natural beauty and resources. The people of America are hardworking, good and mostly fair minded people."

"A socio-economic equilibrium may save India from falling into sea of poverty and unemployment."

"Even today, the vast majority of Americans don't have a clue about Bantustans. If Americans only knew that George Bush was financing Bantustans, they would still do nothing about it. Because all the fuss about 'Bantustans' is a conversation spoken in a foreign language as alien as Albanian."

"Those suffering in Darfur, along with reputation of the 'Sunday Times' and foreign affairs journalism in general, would be best served if Mr Gill perhaps confined his journalism to restaurant reviews and literary criticism."

"Modern, state sponsored genocide is, perhaps, the least obvious because it is always shrouded in patriotic covers and obscured with nationalistic platitudes and slogans. The mass media of nations that systematically erode the humanity of others, is usually engaged to simplify the process and to reduce the targeted people into objects."

"Someone who does not live by the values of religion, on the contrary, always behaves as his own interests demand. This is exactly what leads the way to every kind of wickedness."

"Considering America's history of *cough* justice, it would make complete sense that the world's foremost economic super power would help the impoverished victims of an occupation that is 56 years old, providing them with funding for food, medicine, infrastructure renewal projects, construction of homes, and generating more employment opportunities..."