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South West Asia
“There are some scandals that refuse to die either because they are never fully investigated or because those responsible for them never paid the price they should have” – Gideon Levy. ISSUES that should concern everyone, but especially in America have been subverted, degraded, perverted, retracted, eradicated, expunged, obscured, obliterated, […]
[youtube]A6YU2n81erQ[/youtube] Hamza Yusuf
Israel tries to hide the fact that there is dissent here … lots of it ! There are Israelis against the occupation, against illegal settlements, against apartheid and racism … You can see them here
Somehow, the job that we’re doing in Afghanistan is so crucial that it is worth our SAS soldiers dying for – but only until 31st March 2012. Come the dawning of April 1st 2012 that sacrifice will somehow become no longer necessary. ( At which point Prime Minister John Key […]
A legendary Russian military helicopter which has been in service for decades is coming back to the frontline in Afghanistan. The US has bought over a dozen Mil Mi-17s from Russia for the Afghan security forces. [ -what- ? ] [youtube]Vjcp2oCM_zY[/youtube]
As a late-July heat wave rolls up Israel from the Sinai desert, the country has been seized by a different kind of Egyptian fever: massive and unrelenting social protests taking over almost every last inch of public space. What started as two unrelated social actions over a month ago — […]
Ossur Skarphedinsson, Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, and his entourage had their trip to Gaza interrupted yesterday when Israeli soldiers obstructed the path of their cars with large rocks. The Icelandic FM’s visit to Palestine has now drawn to a close with one of the biggest headlines being Skarphedinsson’s declaration […]
Global B.D.S. (Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions) has been Flash Mobbing in stores and streets around the world, teaching shoppers how the purchase of things made in Israel supports Apartheid and the Oppression of the Palestinian People. Here are a few videos of BDS Flash Mobs in U.S. Cities: Portand, St. Louis, Emerville, […]
It is clear that the United States and its Western European allies were caught completely unprepared for the revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, and Bahrain, as well as the upheavals throughout the Arab world. On the other hand, many of us in the region have been repeatedly and explicitly […]