Word: anti
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...THIS ARABIAN LIFE News channel Al-Jazeera English debuts in the U.S., prompting howls from some conservatives over its "anti-American propaganda." We agree - it's bad enough to be critical of the American government, but to do so without even offering a tote bag? We're totally ignoring the pledge drive...
...terror is likely to attract more attention in the months ahead. There has always been more support in Congress for bringing al-Qaeda and its Taliban hosts to justice than for waging war in Iraq. And that tendency is sure to grow even stronger given the tide of anti-Iraq-war lawmakers elected to office earlier this month and the arrival of new leadership at the Pentagon...
George W. Bush's first state visit to Indonesia on Nov. 20 is expected to last only half a day. But the brief sojourn has elicited an outsized response in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. Over the past few days, anti-Bush rallies have broken out across the 7,000-island nation, culminating Sunday in the capital Jakarta, where thousands of protesters flooded the streets, some holding banners labeling Bush a "war criminal" for U.S. actions in the Middle East...
...hate Bush because he is an American or because he is a Christian," says Sobri Lubis, spokesman for the Islamic Defenders Front, which helped organize Sunday's anti-Bush rally and is infamous in Indonesia for sending thuggish vice squads to nightclubs and bars to expose lax Muslims. "We hate him because we think he is a war criminal and he has made the lives of Muslims miserable...
...from its vociferous opposition to U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East. Although Indonesia desperately needs to attract foreign investment, which has lagged since the bombing campaign started, President Bush remains uniformly unpopular. The U.S. is expected to roll out tens of millions of dollars in funding for health, anti-poverty and education schemes during Bush's Monday visit. But such handouts may do little to convince many Indonesians of American goodwill. "I do not trust Bush," says Mizram, a 20-year-old student who joined Sunday's rallies. "He says he wants freedom, but all he brings is trouble...