Downtown Bar Owners Face Federal Drug Charges

Yassine Enterprises, in a Roial mess, forced to cover its Hyde

"...by Yassine Enterprises and arrested 10 people, including owner Hussein "Mike" Ali Yassine and his brothers Hadi and Moham­med...."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

'There To Tell the Truth'

Seymour Hersh on journalism, politics, presidents, and war

"...the culture. We think we're there to stop Saddam Hussein from having nuclear weapons that he does not have...."

March 30, 2012 News Feature by Michael King

Point Austin: Journalism and Memory

What we fail to remember, we will tragically repeat

"...the culture. We think we're there to stop Sad­dam Hussein from having nuclear weapons that he does not have...."

March 30, 2012 News Column by Michael King

APD Looking at Mike Yassine in Cold Case

Club owner named as person of interest in 2000 disappearance

"...government attorneys made a brief and oblique reference to Hussein "Mike" Ali Yassine being connected to a cold case..."

March 28, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

From Sixth Street to Beirut

Yassine brothers detained as fed case emerges

"...The Feds then say that Steve's brother Hussein "Mike" Ali Yassine and his executive assistant Marisse Marthe..."

March 27, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Feds Raid Sixth Street Bars

Indictment against club boss includes money laundering, drugs

"...enforcement raided four downtown venues. The FBI alleges that Hussein Ali "Mike" Yassine, his brothers Hadi and Mohammed, and..."

March 22, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Paul Only Pro-Peace Candidate

"...Editor, I remember when the president declared that Saddam Hussein had 2,000 gallons of anthrax, 5,000 gallons of botulinum,..."

Nov. 16, 2011 Postmarks

The Devil's Double

Saddam Hussein's decadent and monstrous eldest son Uday forced Latif Yahia to serve as his body double, and this movie recounts his experience.

"...Nasser Memarzia. The devil in this story is Uday Hussein, the notoriously decadent and monstrous elder son of Iraqi..."

Aug. 12, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Pocket Fishrmen

Squawk Box

"..."One Blowjob" peak in a spastic go-go ("Go Saddam Hussein"), Howitzer recoil ("Amy Carter"), and crack ("Go Out Smoking")...."

Aug. 5, 2011 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

Growing Up in War Zones

The magic of cinema inspires kids in a Kurdish village to take camera in hand

"...is that kids whose families were gassed by Saddam Hussein in the late Eighties' al-Anfal campaign today laugh at..."

July 8, 2011 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Right Snuff

Savage survivor and Sex Pistols witness Artly Snuff isn't just another face in Austin's eccentric crowd

"...the Gulf War, he made up anagrams for Saddam Hussein. You never see Artly get mad. He's the happy..."

July 8, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

John Bolton for Paxton

Speaker hopeful gets the mustache vote from ex-UN ambassador

"...implicated in the 1991 Kurdish massacres ordered by Saddam Hussein, it has been regularly classified as a terrorist organization..."

Jan. 3, 2011 News Post by Richard Whittaker

SBOE: Reading, Writing, and Fighting Socialism

SBOE passes new education standards along party lines

"...standards only with the inclusion of his middle name, Hussein. That kind of snideness was too much even for..."

May 28, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Green Zone

With Matt Damon's Bourne director at the helm, the actor plays an officer in Iraq who's mystified by why he's unable to uncover any WMDs.

"...the Coalition Provisional Authority's so-called Green Zone (formerly Saddam Hussein's Republican Palace), Miller and his men encounter one case..."

March 19, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Page Two: Masters and Commanders

Meditations on moving forces

"...the notion this was because they all truly believed Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. After 9/11, in order..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: Haters and Promises

Whether it's in or it's out, the right twists reality to suit its own views

"..."every intelligence agency" is just untrue. Still, even if Hussein had such weapons, yet there was no indication of..."

Oct. 16, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Page Two: A Higher Court

Rash judgment and vitriol don't validate simplistic morality

"...failings." "Iraq did have weapons of mass desctruction." "Saddam Hussein was such an evil force, he had to go."..."

June 5, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Tokyo!

This triptych of short films by directors Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho is a gorgeous, sprawling mess.

"...the Rape of Nanking to the hanging of Saddam Hussein. Gondry's segment, “Interior Design,” is more whimsical and in..."

April 10, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Operation Iraqi... What?

Murders of Iraqi homosexuals on a terrifying rise.

"...Homosexuality was legal in Iraq under Saddam Hussein's regime until 2001...."

April 5, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Steve Rivas

SXSW Film

Reviews and interviews

"...country, avenging the September 11 attacks, and seeking Saddam Hussein's confirmed weapons of mass destruction. This film, composed almost..."

March 20, 2009 Screens Feature by Michael King

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

Starbucks in church, Brits tortured Obama's grandfather, and more

"...Hussein Onyango Obama, Barack Obama's grandfather, was a British soldier..."

March 13, 2009 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Letters at 3am

Everyone knows there's something extraordinary in the air, and everyone wants it to mean what they want it to mean

"...George H.W. Bush for "the effort to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait in 1991." So now I'm not surprised..."

Jan. 16, 2009 Column by Michael Ventura

12 More Days of ECM

12 More Days of vintage ECM jazz Touchstones

"...saxist Jan Garbarek, and Bombay-born percussion holy men Zakir Hussein and Trilok Gurtu. Song for Everyone isn’t, but with..."

Dec. 19, 2008 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

All Governments Rule Through Fear

"...his golden opportunity to paint our former ally Saddam Hussein as the next Hitler. Bush II recognized that a..."

Dec. 17, 2008 Postmarks

Bush's Real Strategy

"...his golden opportunity to paint our former ally Saddam Hussein as the next Hitler. Bush II recognized that a..."

Dec. 16, 2008 Postmarks

Letters at 3am

Obama won the election through a uniquely American combination of inspiration and cash

"...reservations, it was a pleasure to vote for Barack Hussein Obama. Voting, for me, has always been a solemn..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura

Iraq Comes Home

Wounded Warriors return to the Thin Blue Line

"...room. Constant explosions were a given in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown – in fact, says William­son, "people got nervous..."

Sept. 19, 2008 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Administration, at the Very Least, Exploited Anthrax Episode

"...and the media were quick to point to Saddam Hussein as a source. ABC News repeatedly stated that the..."

Aug. 7, 2008 Postmarks

Quote of the week

"..."His middle name will not be Hussein. It will be Piñata." – Green for All founder/President..."

July 25, 2008 News Feature

Dimassi's Mediterranean Buffet

The new Austin outpost of a Houston chain brings more than just hummus to North Austin

"...hatched 4-month-old offspring here in Austin owned by Altaf Hussein and Masood Khan. It's located just east of the..."

July 11, 2008 Food Review by Mick Vann

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10     NEXT ›    12 »