Archive for March 2nd, 2004

March 2nd, 2004

Who stands to benefit from civil unrest in Iraq?

AlJazeera Poll: “Who stands to benefit from civil unrest in Iraq?”
Neighbouring Arab country : 13%
Neighbouring non-Arab country : 3%
Israel and the US : 38%
Internal Iraqi groups : 19%
Combination of the above : 12%
Unsure : 15%
Not surprisingly, “terrorists,” “Baathist thugs,” and “Al Jazeera” were not in the list. [...]

March 2nd, 2004

Applied Death Worship 101

A wave of suicide bombings and mortar attacks on vast crowds of Shiite worshippers has killed at least 170 people in Baghdad and Karbala.
...
The near-simultaneous attacks ripped through an annual ritual, banned under Sunni Saddam Hussein, during which Shiites beat their heads and chests and cut their heads with swords to honour a revered figure [...]

March 2nd, 2004

“Topless rights”

Do you support equal topless rights, allowing women to show their breasts openly, just like men?

Choice Votes Percentage of 10465 Votes

Yes 6366 61%

No 3869 37%

In related news, porn = adultery:
DALLAS —This billboard in Dallas on Feb. 2, 2004, is a campaign by Dallas- based nonprofit software company by NetAccountability, a nonprofit software company that [...]