KEXP (Seattle) interview on Afghanistan, Iraq, journalism, etc.
I’m just catching up to this interview done in August. Forgot it was available as an embed. Thanks to Mike McCormick, who does a great job for KEXP and the Seattle community.
Posts tagged: Larry Johnson
Iraq’s deadly legacy
Seven years after the invasion of Baghdad, the Iraqi people are experiencing a devastating legacy. Babies are being born with severe deformities and the cancer rate is skyrocketing. The following video from Australian Special Broadcasting Service’s Dateline program offers a visually disturbing look at this legacy. Please be warned, journalist Fouad Hady, an Iraqi who […]
Guest blog: Open letter to wounded Israeli soldiers visiting Seattle
(The background on this letter is that the Seattle-based group, Living Judaism, is bringing wounded Israeli soldiers to Seattle in May as part of an ongoing “Hope for Heroism” program.) I don’t know much but I know this . . . if the cause is not good, then all these guys with their arms and […]
Seattle-area man offers a personal, upbeat version of Iran news
With all of the bad news about Iran-U.S. relations these days, it was nice to get an email from Abdi Sami, a Seattle-area Iranian-American who leads tours to Iran (among many other things) and who always seems to be in an upbeat mood. Dear Larry, I hope you are well. Here I am in Iran […]
Library, curator reach pact that will put Gaza art exhibit back on display
There is good news. The University of Washington’s Odegaard Undergraduate Library and Amineh Ayyad, the curator of the “Global to Local: Narratives of War, Resilience and Peace” exhibit, have come to an agreement on getting it back up on the library walls starting Wed., April 21st. Also, I’m happy to report that there was nothing […]
University of Washington library removes art exhibit on Gaza
The art exhibit I wrote about on Wednesday that is, for the most part, about Gaza has been abruptly removed from the University of Washington Odegaard Undergraduate Library. The exhibit curator, Amineh Ayyad, wrote me in an email this afternoon: “Confirming that the UW library has taken down the entire exhibition… . I will be […]
University of Washington art exhibit focuses on war, peace and resilience
An art exhibit featuring photos about the Gaza war and blockade by award-winning Palestinian photojournalists, paintings from refugee children of different countries and Jewish & Palestinian artists, a photo-essay about medical relief and peace building efforts in Palestine, and a sculpture created by an Iraqi-American artist is now on display at the University of Washington’s […]
Wednesday April 14th, 2010 in , Amineh Ayyad, Gaza, Israel, Larry Johnson, Middle East, Mideast | 2 Comments »
Guantanamo prisoner may face torture if U.S. returns him to Algeria
A British nonprofit group working to help prisoners – from death row to Guantanamo – sent out the following press release. It speaks for itself. Reprieve April 6, 2010 Reprieve launches emergency legal action for Guantánamo prisoner Ahmed Belbacha as US government makes worrying deal with Algeria Lawyers for former British resident Ahmed Belbacha yesterday […]
Wednesday April 7th, 2010 in , Algeria, Guantanamo, Larry Johnson, Obama, War on Terror | 2 Comments »
‘Wikileaks’ releases classified U.S. military video showing indiscriminate slayings in Iraq
An Institute for Public Accuracy email brought a link to a chilling video, released today by Wikileaks – a “classified U.S. military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad – including two Reuters news staff. Reuters has been trying to obtain the video through the […]
Torture is feared in arrest of Iraqi woman blogger in Baghdad
This email just in from the BRussells Tribunal: A blogger in Baghdad, Hiba Al-Shamaree, has been arrested by Iraqi security forces. The email included a post from another blogger, Layla Anwar. “Following my previous post here (on the tribunal site), I just received fresh information regarding Hiba Al-Shamaree, the fellow Iraqi woman writer/blogger who has […]
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