Media Monitors Network (MMN)

"Hatred of Israel makes up, indeed, the principal fuel for the growth of Hamas, but there is real concern that no one will be left to pluck the fruits of radical Islam. Time is working against both societies."

"Have you ever noticed how many of those odd people, the American neo-cons, use the rhetoric of nineteenth century European radicals? You'd be hard put to count all the references to "revolutionary," "radical," and "manifesto" in the American Right's industrial-scale output of pamphlets and tracts."

"The Beijing Olympics are around the corner and the PRC is proclaiming itself the "New China". Markets are opening up, US/Sino relations have never been better but the Chinese have one small problem. The "Uygur Question?" What to do with a 7.5 million strong Turkic Muslim minority resident in their strategic north west? Perhaps the time is right for a resolution of this 2,000 year old question."

"The fact is that the Kashmir issue has remained unresolved primarily due to the Indian intransigence and belligerence. Time has, however, come when there is no escape from seeking settlement of this dispute—preferably in a peaceful mode."

"In a short 20-year period, the community has grown in size, organization and recognition. It has become a key participant in the electoral process. The community has overcome the painful exclusion of the 1980s when candidates returned contributions and endorsements. Today they are actively being sought out and courted for their support."

"Supporters of the ban also say that it is used by Muslim men to impose oppression on women. This argument is effectively countered by the thousands of Muslimahs in France who have taken to the streets to protest against the ban."

"The result of this slick and well-funded multi-layer machine is that cause and effect are reversed and Israel’s ethnic cleansing becomes less visible in America. The occupation and colonization become identified as a response to the violence."

"There is no doubt or question that the parties themselves bear the primary responsibility for the death of the Road Map. Both sides have done remarkably little of what they promised President Bush directly that they would do. There are no good guys here. But where are the Americans? Where are Bush’s promises? Where is the cavalry?"

"The good news is that the Plame games can still come to an abrupt conclusion if one solitary journalist decides to come clean with the identity of the two White House felons. Novak could wake up on any fine morning between now and next November and decide to do the right thing."

"Take any politically volatile issue — nuclear tests, the Babri mosque, TADA or the anti-Muslim pogroms engineered and backed by the government — in each the Congress Party has sown the seeds and the BJP has reaped the hideous harvest. The Congress has done hypocritically what BJP does proudly."

"The political history of the two countries shows that in the past the issues between the two countries were being vocalized by the ruling heads and political gurus only to gain or maintain the support from the public."

"India’s proposal of a Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service is a step in the right direction. The next logical step would be to create an open border in Kashmir. Let Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC see how life is on the other side. The final step would lie in creating a blueprint for a plebiscite. The plebiscite would have to be conducted under UN supervision and only when there is a complete end to violence."

"As an American, I am proud and very grateful to live in a country where something as simple as taking a sick child to an emergency room, can be done so easily and without any thought or hindrances. Yet, also as an American, I am also ashamed and disgusted that my government supports and bankrolls such an abusive and racist country as Israel, whereby something as simple as taking a sick child to seek medical attention, becomes a humiliating and oppressive experience."

"Muslims are especially vulnerable for their names would be considered a travel risk. Since Osama bin Laden has not been captured yet, it is certain that persons bearing his name and dressed in the attire made famous by constant TV footage of bin Laden would face repeated interrogation at international airports."

"The January-4/6 SAARC Summit is-thus-the best forum to avert all types of risks to the regional peace-if held-with a straight-thinking agenda, backed by a realistic mindset."

"Canada is turning into another Colombia, where defence lawyers either disappear or are killed. He could add Egypt, Tunisia and a number of other pro-Western countries to the list as well."

"Nowhere else in a post-colonial Third World is the psychological and intellectual legacy of colonial domination as manifestly alive or as compelling as it is in today's Arab region."

"There is ample evidence that the US’s main aim is to secure and plunder Iraq’s economic resources; see for example, the speed with which the US moved to privatise the Iraqi economy, just weeks into the occupation, allowing 100 percent foreign ownership of almost all industry and the removal of profits from the country."

"The United States today is a country where, because of the widespread collapse of education and the debasement of television and press, huge numbers of people will believe anything, and huge numbers of people at the top are prepared to tell them anything, or even believe in themselves."

"...the U.S. has a doctrine of avoiding collateral damage when it comes to use of high explosives. But when a U.S. convoy in Humvees or Bradley fighting vehicles comes under fire, all concern over collateral damage goes right out the window!"