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Pakistan

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    2011's Top News Headlines: The Edible Version

    ​There was plenty of news in 2011, and food was involved in almost every story. Here, the year's top ten headlines and the foods with which they'll be forever linked. Dec. 17, 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire Although it was still 2010 when Bouazizi doused himself with paint thinne ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    More Detailed Stories on the Lives and Deaths of These and Other Soldiers

    ​There was plenty of news in 2011, and food was involved in almost every story. Here, the year's top ten headlines and the foods with which they'll be forever linked. Dec. 17, 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire Although it was still 2010 when Bouazizi doused himself with paint thinne ... More >>

  • News

    September 21, 2011

    Afghanistan 2001-2011

    ​There was plenty of news in 2011, and food was involved in almost every story. Here, the year's top ten headlines and the foods with which they'll be forever linked. Dec. 17, 2010 Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire Although it was still 2010 when Bouazizi doused himself with paint thinne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2011

    Osama bin Laden Execution: Obama Completes the Mission that George Bush Fumbled Away

    ​Sen. Patty Murray called it a "great moment." To Rep. Dave Reichert, it was "a milestone." Rep. Adam Smith saw it as a "victory." It was all of those - just ten years late and one needless war too many. The killing of Osama bin Laden came on the near-anniversary of Hitler's death and eigh ... More >>

  • Arts

    April 27, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​Sen. Patty Murray called it a "great moment." To Rep. Dave Reichert, it was "a milestone." Rep. Adam Smith saw it as a "victory." It was all of those - just ten years late and one needless war too many. The killing of Osama bin Laden came on the near-anniversary of Hitler's death and eigh ... More >>

  • Film

    April 20, 2011

    Zero Bridge: Kashmir Is Complicated

    ​Sen. Patty Murray called it a "great moment." To Rep. Dave Reichert, it was "a milestone." Rep. Adam Smith saw it as a "victory." It was all of those - just ten years late and one needless war too many. The killing of Osama bin Laden came on the near-anniversary of Hitler's death and eigh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    Drone Aircraft, Homemade Rockets and Hang Gliders Compete For Oregon Airspace. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

    Image via​What does central Oregon have in common with the tribal areas of Pakistan? Drug cultivation, religious nuts and a rugged, mountainous landscape aside, both places are abuzz (or may be soon) with drone aircraft prowling the skies. And just like the Pakistanis, the locals are up in arm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Bill Gates Asks Government to Aid His Foundation's Vaccine Cause, End Polio

    ​Charities and foundations typically step in to do the work governments can't or won't do. But billionaire Bill Gates thinks "rich world" nations could do much better. Most foreign aid comes to about one percent of a country's budget--as it does in the U.S.- and in his annual letter issued tod ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Narus, Boeing-Owned Company, Is Helping Egyptian Government's Web Crackdown in Cairo

    ​Egyptian police are pulling out all the stops in their attempts to try and squash the mass uprising of protests sweeping through Cairo right now. And besides the high-pressure water cannons, tear gas, and batons, one of the most potent tools being utilized is a crackdown on Internet use. So w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 24, 2010

    Cpl. Sean Collins, Sgt. Jason Peto, Bring State's SW Asia War Toll to More Than 30 This Year

    Collins​Christmas is just something you have to get through for the friends and families of Army Cpl. Sean M. Collins, 25, of Yelm, and Marine Sgt. Jason D. Peto, 31, of Vancouver, who were just added to SW's Facing Our Losses pages, the only full accounting of Washington's Southwest Asia war ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 8, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    Collins​Christmas is just something you have to get through for the friends and families of Army Cpl. Sean M. Collins, 25, of Yelm, and Marine Sgt. Jason D. Peto, 31, of Vancouver, who were just added to SW's Facing Our Losses pages, the only full accounting of Washington's Southwest Asia war ... More >>

  • Calendar

    December 1, 2010

    David Rohde & Kristen Mulvihill

    Collins​Christmas is just something you have to get through for the friends and families of Army Cpl. Sean M. Collins, 25, of Yelm, and Marine Sgt. Jason D. Peto, 31, of Vancouver, who were just added to SW's Facing Our Losses pages, the only full accounting of Washington's Southwest Asia war ... More >>

  • Film

    November 3, 2010

    Four Lions: The Lighter Side of Suicide Bombing

    Collins​Christmas is just something you have to get through for the friends and families of Army Cpl. Sean M. Collins, 25, of Yelm, and Marine Sgt. Jason D. Peto, 31, of Vancouver, who were just added to SW's Facing Our Losses pages, the only full accounting of Washington's Southwest Asia war ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2010

    Molly Norris, "Draw Mohammed Day" Cartoonist, Didn't Mean to Start Controversy

    The cartoon that started it all.​It's a sign of an interconnected world when a Facebook post in Seattle can lead to a court order in Pakistan. It's also a sign that maybe Molly Norris should have thought twice before declaring today, May 20, "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day." Speaking to Monica G ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2010

    Bombing Death of Dane Paresi, Others, Sparks a New Congressional Look at Blackwater-CIA Contracting

    Dane Paresi, shielded others in blast​The December suicide-bombing by an Al Qaeda double agent that killed former Fort Lewis green beret Dane Paresi and six others at a CIA office in Afghanistan has led to yet another congressional review of Paresi's civilian employer, Xe, formerly known as Bl ... More >>

  • Arts

    December 9, 2009

    The Weekly Wire: The Week’s Recommended Events

    Dane Paresi, shielded others in blast​The December suicide-bombing by an Al Qaeda double agent that killed former Fort Lewis green beret Dane Paresi and six others at a CIA office in Afghanistan has led to yet another congressional review of Paresi's civilian employer, Xe, formerly known as Bl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2008

    New Gitmo Pleas

     Mohammed It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks ago. Now, apparently in revolt against their own attorneys, alleged 9/11 p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 30, 2008

    Afghanistan's 500th

     Mohammed It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks ago. Now, apparently in revolt against their own attorneys, alleged 9/11 p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2007

    101 Widows

     Mohammed It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks ago. Now, apparently in revolt against their own attorneys, alleged 9/11 p ... More >>

  • Diversions

    May 30, 2007

    Cheetos for Children

     Mohammed It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks ago. Now, apparently in revolt against their own attorneys, alleged 9/11 p ... More >>

  • Music

    November 1, 2006

    Notable Shows

     Mohammed It was the wise trial work of Seattle attorneys Harry Schneider and Joe McMillan that got Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Ahmed Hamdan, released from Guantanamo Bay a few weeks ago. Now, apparently in revolt against their own attorneys, alleged 9/11 p ... More >>

  • Film

    September 27, 2006

    Sept. 27-Oct. 4, 2006

    Who's more noble—Gregory Peck or Harry Dean Stanton?

  • Diversions

    August 2, 2006

    Raj Manhas

    Best Centered Public Official

  • Film

    July 5, 2006

    Seattle Weekly PickThe Road to Guantánamo

    Opens at Pacific Place, Fri., July 7. Rated R. 95 minutes.

  • News

    June 14, 2006

    Foiled Again!

    Opens at Pacific Place, Fri., July 7. Rated R. 95 minutes.

  • Arts

    March 1, 2006

    Crescent Over Puget Sound

    A local writer puts the jihadis in control of Seattle—and most of the remaining former U.S.A.

  • News

    February 8, 2006

    The Muhammad Cartoon War

    It ain't so funny when fundamentalism is in your face.

  • News

    January 25, 2006

    We Aren't Making This Up

    News events of note for the week of Jan. 25-31.

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    Transitory Vision

    As Allied Arts contemplates the waterfront, the focus is cars and the gas tax, not urban planning.

  • Film

    October 12, 2005

    The War Within

    Opens Fri., Oct. 14, at Metro.

  • News

    May 25, 2005

    Retraction Distraction

    Opens Fri., Oct. 14, at Metro.

  • News

    April 20, 2005

    Our Toll Reaches 100

    That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • News

    January 26, 2005

    Report From Indonesia

    That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • News

    March 24, 2004

    Buzz

    That's the total of soldiers with Washington state connections killed in Afghanistan and Iraq.

  • News

    December 17, 2003

    Facing Our Losses

    Here's one measure of the cost of fighting terrorism and liberating Iraq and Afghanistan: 395 with Washington state connections are dead.

  • Music

    September 17, 2003

    Refugee Blues

    A grim but worthwhile docudrama about Afghan teens struggling to go West.

  • Food

    August 27, 2003

    Food Events Around Town

    A grim but worthwhile docudrama about Afghan teens struggling to go West.

  • Arts

    August 27, 2003

    VISUAL ARTS CALENDAR

    A grim but worthwhile docudrama about Afghan teens struggling to go West.

  • Food

    August 13, 2003

    Food Events Around town

    A grim but worthwhile docudrama about Afghan teens struggling to go West.

  • Food

    July 16, 2003

    Ask Dr. Food

    "I lived in England recently and loved going to balti houses. Why can't I find balti here in the U.S.?"

  • Arts

    April 16, 2003

    This Week's Reads

    Ed Viesturs, Caroline Hwang, Nathan Gebhard & Mike Marriner, John Banville, and Nadine Gordimer.

  • News

    August 28, 2002

    The War Against Saddam

    Ed Viesturs, Caroline Hwang, Nathan Gebhard & Mike Marriner, John Banville, and Nadine Gordimer.

  • Arts

    December 12, 2001

    The Rest of the Stories

    Web sources for what's missing from network news.

  • News

    November 14, 2001

    Strange board fellows

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    "...if we drop one bomb on Afghanistan, we will ourselves have finally become the world's most bloody terrorist."

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • Music

    June 27, 2001

    CD Reviews

    From Unocal to United for Seattle's Jack Creighton—with the Taliban between.

  • Film

    December 6, 2000

    False summit

    Melodrama ascends to the death zone.

  • News

    September 27, 2000

    ". . . it seems totally weird that kids can see endless streams of unedited violence in movies, yet a bare breast is censored, as are various expletives."

    Melodrama ascends to the death zone.

  • Film

    April 19, 2000

    East is East

    This father doesn't know best.

  • News

    March 15, 2000

    Silicon peaks

    Are mountain sports dot-coms and their sponsored athletes climbing too high?

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