[ … and I know it’s not an election issue .., … … but … ] More than 40,000 people have been killed in 20 months of conflict between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and those [ foreign funded forces ] fighting for his overthrow, a violence monitoring group said […]
South West Asia
“Why Is the Arab world so easily offended?” asks the headline atop an article by Fouad Ajami, which the Washington Post published online last Friday to give perspective to the recent anti-American violence in Muslim capitals. “Why Is the Arab world so easily offended?” . Find out why here
Anyone still totally missing the point can still reference The Book : The Film: [youtube]Z4rBDUJTnNU[/youtube] The T-Shirt : … and still be completely and absolutely fully – creeped – out.
[ Hey does anyone else smell ‘Earthquake Weapon’ ? ] Officials say at least 180 dead after twin earthquakes strike near town of Tabriz, officials tell state news agency. . . Articles and maps and later videos and stuff here
It’s our second visit to Salah Eldien ~ the Syrian army has restored order here. Foreign backed armed groups have declared a tactical withdrawl blaming it on their sponsoring countries for shortage of weapons, manpower and ammunition. But there is something different in this visit. [youtube]QTkF287SvSQ[/youtube] We didn’t have to […]
Tensions are as high as ever as high on the Turkish Syrian border as Ankara is heavily increasing its troops along its southern frontiers. This week Turkey threatened Syria with an appropriate retaliation after the Syrian forces shot down a Turkish fighter jet. Syria says it has downed the plane […]
After the US military tried to prevent access, western reporters have been able to interview Afghan Massacre witnesses who report multiple soldiers assisted by helicopter support. The witnesses give first hand accounts saying that a group of 20 soldiers participated in the attack and were assisted by a helicopter that […]
It will be interesting to see how the Israeli government reacts to this announcement, given that their Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has taken quite a hard line on the issue, even going as far as to call renewed nuclear talks with Iran a “trap.” Furthermore, he claimed that the only […]