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In Flight: June 2006
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Notes from a Barbed Wire World. Monday, June 26, 2006. Like military intelligence, it is an oxymoron, though not devoid of (unintended? Isn't it a wonderfully macho phrase? Staunch. Robust. Muscular. Just look at those rippling core warrior values. Cor. The word choice will have been deliberate. Somebody thought about it, probably more than one somebody. A public relations officer somewhere mulled it over, showed it round the office. Asked their manager, "Hey. What do you think? Warrior. Not Soldier.
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What's up in Jordan?: Human trafficking
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Tuesday, September 02, 2008. Of the Nepalese worker who is suing KBR and a Jordanian partner, Dawood and Co., is making waves here. The story is that KBR allegedly recruited 13 Nepalese workers to come to. And work in local hotels, but on arrival they were forced to go to. And their passports were confiscated here. The interesting part is that Dawood and Co. apparently is partially owned. By Bassem Awadallah, our controversial but beloved head of the.
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What's up in Jordan?: Don't spend it all in one place
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Saturday, August 09, 2008. Don't spend it all in one place. Jordanians have become commodities experts, carefully following the daily fluctuations in oil prices. So, over the past month, as oil prices have fallen precipitously, they have been waiting to see whether the government was honest about letting prices at the pump follow the oil price trends. Of course, the government has rigorously followed the world prices as they rose. Free economy be dammed.
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What's up in Jordan?: A tough crowd
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Sunday, May 11, 2008. Members of parliament were not particularly impressed. By Mullah Nader's explanation. On the land sale issue. Some even called on him to resign. It is possible that they were speaking to the cameras, but still the same this reflects widespread dissolution and skepticism on the management of the economy in general and the land sale issue in particular. Nariman Rousan, who has a penchant for saying embarrassing. He also pointed out t...
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For the Love of Toothpaste | Diary of a Mad Medical Student
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Diary of a Mad Medical Student. For the Love of Toothpaste. August 13, 2006 at 7:15 am ( Islam. I have a message for those self-proclaimed Muslims planning to blow up/ currently blowing up/ have already blown up stuff. I mean honestly, guyswhat is UP with you? After all the hard work Western Muslims are doing to improve the image of Islam and the state of our Ummah you have to go and pull this. You just had to you couldn’t resist. Do you have any idea how diligently we have been working to try to. Yes I ...
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What's up in Jordan?: A giant step back
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Thursday, July 31, 2008. A giant step back. But it looks like we are seeing a change. The Islamists and the government are playing footsie again, with the head of the Mukhabarat (mullah Nader's brother) meeting. With both the heads of the IAF and Hamas. Islamists can't hide their glee. At getting in the good graces of the government again. So, now the government is free to arrest and persecute leftist activists again. They recently arrested. Batterie-or...
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What's up in Jordan?: Prisoners back home
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Thursday, July 05, 2007. After years of deliberations, negotiations and pressure, Israel has released. Into Jordanian custody four prisoners who had been in their jails since before the signing of the peace treaty in 1994. They will continue to serve time in Jordanian jails. Last summer, I mentioned. It is too bad that making political points are more important to our opposition than alleviation of the suffering of the prisoners and their families.
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What's up in Jordan?: Transferred prisoners to be released
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Friday, August 15, 2008. Transferred prisoners to be released. Finally, the government has announced. That Sultan Ajlouni, Amin Sani’ and. And Khaled Abu Ghalyoun are set to be released on August 20, and the Israeli authorities have been notified of this decision. Previously, the government has hinted. That they might not be released, citing objections from. And a desire not to jeopardize talks over release of other prisoners from Israeli jails. He is h...
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I plead not guilty… | Beesh's Bin
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I plead not guilty March 25, 2007. 8212; Beesh @ 8:39 pm. I sat down as the judge explained to me and a few dozen people what we were to do when our names were called. I waited patiently then when I heard my name, I got up, prayed to God as I walked up to the podium and kept telling myself, stay confident, stay confident . I was ready to say that I plead not guilty, but the judge didn’t ask me! What a sigh of relief! Finally, on the way back to my car I stopped at Subway to get a drink because I was so t...
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What's up in Jordan?: There's a sucker born every minute
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What's up in Jordan? Musings of a cynical optimist. Friday, July 18, 2008. There's a sucker born every minute. Over the past few months,. Has seen the proliferation of agents working for bourses ; taking money from people on the promise of 10, 15, 20% or more monthly. Ads are even placed in small advertising newspapers offering incredible rewards for investors interested in cashing in. Another adage says that the law does not protect the gullible. However. And some of these schemes are starting to fall a...
