Daily Archives: March 10, 2005

Illegal Immigrants Fight Bill (wtf?)

March 10, 2005 – 5:58 pm

I’m simply amazed by this piece from the Raleigh News and Disturber Observer (reg req’d): The debate is likely to continue for months. But this week, dozens of Hispanic leaders and residents from North Carolina traveled to the nation’s capital, where they hope to persuade senators in meetings scheduled today to oppose legislation that would […]

By William Teach Posted in NC News 8 Comments

Fatwa! Against Bin Laden no less

March 10, 2005 – 5:46 pm

Nice to see that some in Spain get it: Muslim clerics in Spain issued what they called the world’s first fatwa, or Islamic edict, against Osama bin Laden on Thursday, the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, calling him an apostate and urging others of their faith to denounce the al Qaeda leader. The […]

By William Teach Posted in Weblogs 3 Comments

Sgrena the Uniter?

March 10, 2005 – 8:43 am

From the Globe and Mail: ROME — Until very recently, Giuliana Sgrena was an obscure figure on the extreme fringes of Italian journalism, a leathery, wild-haired Communist whose angry reports denounced Silvio Berlusconi’s right-wing government and George W. Bush’s America. During this truly surreal week, Ms. Sgrena took on a strange new role from her […]

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