Journal 2010-07-18

Preparations for summer vacation Our summer vacation is coming up quickly, and on Saturday I spent a bit of time making bookings. Things are looking good. We’ll be flying from Amman to Mumbai, then from Mumbai to Chennai. Thereafter we’ll be in Tiruvannamalai and Auroville. The second part of the trip, from Auroville to Mysore …

The Mavi Marmara dead

The Mavi Marmara dead: Cengiz Akyüz 41 Iskandarun, Turkey , married with three children Ali Haydar Bengi 39 Diyarbakir, Turkey, married with four children Ibrahim Bilgen 61 Siirt, Turkey married with six children Furkan Dogan 19 Turkish American. Shot execution style five times in the head at close range Cevdet Kiliçlar 38 Journalist from Kayseri …

moving towards a consensus on the mavi marmara?

Despite the sensational title, the Haaretz article “Probe: Erdogan knew Gaza flotilla would be violent” unlike earlier pieces in the Israeli media that seemed to be more motivated by hasbara than truthful reporting, seems to be moving in a direction that actually makes sense. “In a report published this week, a group of independent investigators …