Harun Rashid

Rather than blindly accepting conclusions reached by the CIA's voice analysis equipment, simply consulting an Arabic speaker may shed some light on the authenticity of controversial documentaries

The hard truth of the matter is that over 5.5 billion of the world's six billion people are opposed to the policy of the US, Britain, Australia and Israel.

It is election year in the United States. HARUN RASHID casts a weary eye over the facts that do not figure, and suggests the honourable way out for Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan.

The question facing the world today, says HARUN RASHID, is whether the United States and Britain are prepared to use military force in order to get the essential oil for their economies.

The US Defence Secretary has asked his military officers to "think the unthinkable". But as the US projects its economic and military dominance to maintain the fiction of its strength and invincibility, doing that is unthinkable, says HARUN RASHID.

The US dollar is a dying dinosaur, argues HARUN RASHID, who outlines six reasons for his doomsday scenario of the world's most powerful currency.

In what he calls a stranger theatrical production, HARUN RASHID relates a story of Bush and the Americans going after an unidentifiable white whale.

'Shock and awe' may be replaced with 'surprise and mobility', the longer the war o­n Iraq goes o­n - except that it will be the invaders who are at the receiving end of attacks, writes HARUN RASHID.

While the rest of the world obsess with the US aggression o­n Iraq, a young woman remembers the real injustice that has been going o­n for decades in the Middle East, and pays a terrible price for having the courage of her conviction. HARUN RASHID pays tribute to Rachel Corrie.

The US will have to reap what it sows as it demands impertinently to be let loose to trample o­n Iraq. HARUN RASHID looks to the past for an idea of global balance of power in future.

The US is peddling a snake oil war. Any takers out there besides the UK? HARUN RASHID casts a disbelieving eye o­n these "men of middling mentality" and says, "no thanks".

Inspired by the swift police action upon receiving a sedition complaint from the leading political youth movement in the country, HARUN RASHID puts o­n his humorist cap to explore a scene at a fictitious balai...

A war on Iraq is something the US and the world can ill-afford, yet the US is adamant in believing it will find a resolution in the destruction of Iraq, even if it is leading the world economy to its present morass, writes HARUN RASHID.

The most reliable path to an informed and intelligent citizenry is through informed discussion. How are any of us to be active participants in the daily affairs of the country when the fundamental facts are forbidden to be discussed? HARUN RASHID mulls the situation.

Bank Negara has just announced that the economy is on track to grow between four to five percent this year. But HARUN RASHID sees a few niggling negatives that might delay or depress the slope of that sure-to-come economic recovery.

It looks like a done deal, but HARUN RASHID takes a last look at the new policy on the English language by referring to the past for an idea of how second languages were acquired.

Has a sniper prowling the streets of Washington brought about changes that great armies, suicide bombers and explosives, have failed to? HARUN RASHID looks at the sniper and compares him with Saddam and Osama.

Recent catastrophes like flooding and drought in various parts of the world point to neglect of Earth's most precious resource — fresh water. HARUN RASHID expresses concern that attention to global pollution is even less apparent than the water table.

When a father says he has failed to raise his children to be hardworking, smart and grateful, does that mean he, too, has failed in his job? HARUN RASHID certainly thinks so and analyses how the prime minister has gone wrong in bringing up the Malays.