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"Mike and Jon, Jon and Mike—I've known them both for years, and, clearly, one of them is very funny. As for the other: truly one of the great hangers-on of our time."—Steve Bodow, head writer, The Daily Show
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"Who can really judge what's funny? If humor is a subjective medium, then can there be something that is really and truly hilarious? Me. This book."—Daniel Handler, author, Adverbs, and personal representative of Lemony Snicket
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"The good news: I thought Our Kampf was consistently hilarious. The bad news: I’m the guy who wrote Monkeybone."—Sam Hamm, screenwriter, Batman, Batman Returns, and Homecoming
December 08, 2004
Imad Khadduri Online
Go now to visit the new blo... uh, the new thing on the internet of Imad Khadduri. (This site uses the most vile profanity, and lots of it. But it will never use that wrong, wrong word, because I have moral standards.) Khadduri's site is at http://abutamam.blogspot.com -- "Abu Tamam," because his son's name is Tamam.
Khadduri is an Iraqi nuclear physicist who escaped to Canada with his family in 1998. I'm a great admirer of his book Iraq's Nuclear Mirage. It's part autobiography, part relentless criticism of the WMD sham, and all fascinating.
For previous mentions of Khadduri on this site, you can go here, here, here, here, and here. But there's really no reason. Just go to his site, bookmark it, and start reading it regularly.
Be forewarned, though: particularly if you're American, it may be an uncomfortable experience. I don't agree with everything Khadduri says, but certainly hearing his perspective has been bracing and necessary for me. It was his book that made me aware that if you listed the people responsible for killing the most Iraqis, Saddam Hussein would be in SECOND place. Due to the relentless sanctions the US insisted on during the nineties, the honor of Most Iraqis Killed goes to Bill Clinton.
Posted at December 8, 2004 05:13 AM | TrackBackWow, his cartoons are really well-drawn! I especially liked the Two-Face Saddam/Alawi one.
Posted by: Anna in Cairo at December 8, 2004 07:01 AMI was proud to find Clinton's letter to his lawyer regarding the War Crimes Tribunal.
challengedpresident.com/Articles/MyWriting/Clinton_to_TribunalAtty0203.pdf
