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Kurdish, Arab Leaders Accuse Each other of Terrorism over Ninevah Attacks; 12 Killed, 52 Wounded in Iraq Attacks;
In Baghdad, two bombs went off near a falafel stand and killed 8 and wounded 21 persons Al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] reports in Arabic […]
No Health Reform for Gaza; But Death Panels they Have
While Americans are debating their own health system, they are unindicted co-conspirators in an effort to degrade the health, mental and physical, and to half-starve […]
Hamas Crushes Islamist Group in Gaza
Some 22 militants died in fighting in Gaza between Hamas and the Army of God’s Helpers on Friday, the latter being a radical fundamentalist cult […]
American Grassroots Diplomacy in Damascus
Check out this blog of an interesting experiment in American public diplomacy in Syria: “The American MidEast Leadership Network’s (AMLN’s) Virtual Scrapbook is an online […]
7 Killed, 91 Wounded in Suicide Bombing at NATO HQ in Kabul
A suicide bomber penetrated several rings of security in Kabul and detonated his payload outside NATO headquarters next to the American Embassy, killing 7 persons […]
Epic Fail: Time Magazine on Uselessness of Exercise for Weight Loss
I am sure they are smart people, but every once in a while the journalists working for the mainstream media deliver themselves of the opinion […]
Twin Bombings Kill 21 Yazidis; Al-Maliki Seeking ‘Nationalist’ Coalition
Two suicide bombers hit a cafe in the Yazidi town of Sinjar, Iraq, on Thursday, killing at least 21 persons and wounded many more. The […]
Cheney shoots W. in the Face with Memoirs
Former VP Richard Bruce Cheney says he will air his dissatisfactions with George W. Bush’s policies, especially in the second term when Cheney feels he […]
4 NATO Troops Killed; Assassination attempt on Rabbani Fails; 50,000 Greet Abdullah in Mazar
Four NATO troops, including one American and three Britons, were killed in Afghanistan on Thursday. The American was killed by small arms fire. The three […]