] Many stories in recent weeks have told us that the United
] States fights an uphill battle for public support in
] Iraq, partly because of a persistent belief on "the Arab
] street" that the West is intent on erasing Islamic
] culture. How can the United States convince Iraqis that
] it's not true?
]
] Two Middle Eastern specialists at the Library of Congress
] say the answer lies in little-known plans by the
] celebrated American architect Frank Lloyd Wright for
] rebuilding Baghdad into a glittering capital of Islamic
] culture like the one that once dazzled the world.

The Genie in an Architect's Lamp (washingtonpost.com)

] Microsoft Word documents are notorious for containing
] private information in file headers which people would
] sometimes rather not share. The British government of
] Tony Blair just learned this lesson the hard way.

Microsoft Word bytes Tony Blair in the butt

] On 25 April 2003, the newspaper Dagbladet (Norway)
] published photos of armed US soldiers forcing Iraqi
] men to walk naked through a park.

] On the chests of the men had been scrawled an Arabic
] phrase that translates as "Ali Baba - Thief."

] A military officer states that the men are thieves,
] and that this technique will be used again.

The Memory Hole: US Forces Make Iraqis Strip and Walk Naked in Public