Archive for the 'Syria' Category
Gearing up for war III, this time WW3?
Thursday, October 25th, 2007Referring to president Bush’ statement that allowing Iran to have nuclear weapons might lead to world war 3, Dennis Kucinich, congressman from Ohio said: ‘the White House rodeo cowboy has gone dangerously too far and precipitously too close to igniting the war he claims to be trying to avoid.’
You might have noticed a small news […]
Gearing up for war II
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007From Syriacomment
“Policy Brief” by Alistair Crooke, circulated by the U.S./Middle East Project, of which Henry Siegman is the Director
TICKING CLOCKS AND ‘ACCIDENTAL’ WAR
BY ALASTAIR CROOKE *
9 October 2007
Editor: Robert Malley
In an article in Salon.com on 19 September, Steven Clemons describes a debate at a recent Washington dinner party attended by eighteen persons at which […]
Gearing up for war?
Saturday, September 15th, 2007I don’t know if this case has made much of an appearance in the Norwegian media, but the Israeli bombing of something in eastern Syria last week and the speculation of what actually happened later is not a good sign for the Middle East or peaceful resolutions of any of the numerous conflicts in the […]
Fear and Resistance: The Construction of Alawi Identity in Syria
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007My Master’s thesis on the Alawis of Syria was finished in February. It is fieldwork-based and focuses on ‘normal’ Alawis and how they express their identity through their construction of Syria’s other sects (abstract).
It can be found here.
EDIT: The thesis sparked some feedback on Joshua Landis’ Syriacomment blog: http://joshualandis.com/blog/?p=287
Feature article in Dagbladet
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006about demonising Syria (in Norwegian obviously)
http://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/2006/09/18/477018.html
Konspirasjoner og politikk -kun seriost for en gangs skyld
Saturday, December 10th, 2005Heisann
Siste livstegn fra meg for jeg begynner aa ringe og mase om fyll om en uke. Her har klimaforandringene slaatt til og manglende golfstrom er ikke et problem. Paa denne tiden av aaret skal det regne og vaere kaldt (les 10-15 grader), men i stedet har det naa i ukesvis vaert sol og 20 grader […]