A student expelled from Parkway High for a year for having Advil, an over-the-counter pain reliever, will not be allowed to return to the school. […]
The committee and the full board voted unanimously to uphold an administrative decision that Stiles be expelled to the alternative school. [emphasis added]
One wonders what kind of drugs the school board is taking.
BAGHDAD — Up to 1,000 Iraqis, including children orphaned by the war that ousted Saddam Hussein, marched through Baghdad yesterday to denounce guerrilla attacks and show support for U.S.-led occupation forces. . . .
Carrying banners blaming Saddam loyalists for terrorism, the demonstrators marched down one of Baghdad’s busiest streets before gathering in Firdos Square, where a statue of Saddam was famously pulled down as U.S. troops drove into the heart of the capital in April.
“We organized this demonstration because the terrorists now kill a lot of people,” said Abdul Aziz Al-Yassiri, coordinator of the Iraqi Democratic Trend, a recently formed social group.
It’s not possible for the USA to give the Iraqis a self ordered society, we can only help while they do it for themselves. This is a good sign.
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More details on the thugs working for the New York Times in Iraq. The money quote from Ghayda Al Ali, the plaintiff:
You may say you have not heard of these concerns. This is quite possible also. Please remember until the united States arrived any claim of injustice, no matter how mild, carried with it the real possibility of a death sentence. When my brother reported this incident at the Al karda police station the place and the judge told him there was nothing they could do against a powerful American newspaper. You see old ideas instilled under the threat of death die hard.
Just to keep the real point in mind here, I’ll quote Ghayda Al Ali again, who nails it:
I feel sure if [you, the NY Times] learned the United States Army was responsible an incident such as this you would feel obligated to publish the story and condemn the act. In this his case I respectfully suggest you have an obligation to do somewhat more.
Remember kids, big corporations are Evil™ — unless they’re big Media corporations.