The New World Order
How social media users are helping NATO fight Gadhafi in Libya: In the past few days, NATO officials have acknowledged that social media reports contribute to their targeting process – but only after...
View ArticleOn the acts of war in Egypt and Libya
About possible responses to acts of war in Libya and Egypt: The people who carry the black flags and murder Americans en masse are Salafists. The people who murdered 3,000 Americans on 9/11 were also...
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Car bomb in the Ashrafieh section of Beirut kills at least 8
Via NBC News: Updated at 9:57 a.m. ET: BEIRUT, Lebanon –At least eight people were killed and 78 wounded by a huge blast that exploded in a street in central Beirut on Friday, a security official told...
View ArticleLebanon’s police intelligence chief reported killed in Beirut bombing
Via the Telegraph: Beirut car bomb: Lebanese police intelligence chief reported dead Wissam al-Hassan, who was in charge of a top intelligence unit, was the brain behind uncovering a recent bomb plot...
View ArticleThe Benghazi Controversy, Obfuscated
Kevin Drum, writing for Mother Jones, tries to downplay UN Ambassador Susan Rice and the administration’s incompetence following the Benghazi attacks. So the video might have played a role. But why did...
View ArticleWar Between the Dictatorship and the Vast Majority of the Population
Via BuisnessInsider: American Citizen and self professed “freedom fighter” Matthew VanDyke was shocked when TV broadcasts in Syria labeled him a ‘terrorist,’ but he wasn’t surprised. “I’m not the first...
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Photos from a visit to a war zone in Israel, 2006
The Syrian government is in deep trouble and they’re doing what they usually do when they’re under stress, stirring up trouble in Lebanon and Israel. Like Assad, and Hezbollah, Hamas is Iran’s flunky,...
View ArticleSirens in Tel Aviv
The last time the sirens went off in Tel Aviv was 20 years ago during Gulf war: From CBS News – Explosion heard in Tel Aviv as Gaza clashes mount: An Israeli Army spokesman says nothing landed on the...
View ArticleThe conflict between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority could have been the...
that set off the current conflict. This occurred on October 29th, before Hamas began lobbing bombs over the Israeli border: IDF busts Hamas cell in Ramallah, arrests 30 members “The affair reveals,...
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What (did) you do?
Since this poster was all over Facebook yesterday, I thought I’d answer the question. What would I do? 1. Try to keep people from panicking because panicking is the worst thing you can do in an...
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Kuwait arrests and trolls Twitter users
Two years after the start of the Arab Spring, the political battle in Kuwait is growing increasingly more tense over Twitter. At the current rate, Kuwait will soon be able to compete with neighboring...
View ArticleAbuse and Exploitation of Workers in Gulf States
Nepla bans women under 20 from working in Persian Gulf States Kathmandu, Nepal (CNN) — Nepal has banned women under the age of 30 from working in Persian Gulf nations amid increasing concerns over...
View ArticleA Reason to Thank the Muslim Brotherhood
Mahmoud Salem describes how the Muslim Brotherhood’s corruption and incompetence are making them political Islam’s enemy On the international level, it is safe to say that what is happening in Egypt is...
View ArticleMoaz al Khatib, Syrian Opposition leader, quits
Syrian Opposition Leader Quits Post Mr. Khatib projected an earnest, unpolished persona and never fit the profile of a politician, sometimes failing to build support for controversial moves before...
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These are the people the Saudi government calls ‘terrorists’
Via Advancing Human Rights The president of the Saudi Civil and Political Rights Association, Fozan Al Harbi, https://twitter.com/fowzanm was summoned today by Riyad’s Bureau of Investigation and...
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Government reacts violently to protests in Turkey
Via Facebook: “Turkish police outdid today in terms of violence and viciousness alongside a shocking media blackout by the docile remnants of the Turkish media. Their behaviour was up there with the...
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Don’t lump Femen together with the Haters and the Murderers
Femen protesting in Tunisia When David Wilkes and Chris Greenwood wrote in today’s Telegraph about the murder of Mohammed Saleem, a defenseless grandfather who was stabbed near a mosque, they also...
View ArticleA Letter from a young Peshmarga
A young Kurdish fighter asked Peter Risdon to put his words into better English. This is what he said: There’s something else I want you to understand. You have given us many things. You are giving us...
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“ISIS Atrocities Started With Saudi Support for Salafi Hate”
In the NY Times Opinion section, Ed Husain writes: Most Sunni Muslims around the world, approximately 90 percent of the Muslim population, are not Salafis. Salafism is seen as too rigid, too...
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