Category Archives: Middle East

64 Days

February 20, 2012 – 7:01 pm

Khader Adnan has entered the 64th day of his hunger strike. The 33 year-old has lost a third of his body weight and remains chained to his hospital bed. Israeli authorities insist that the Palestinian spokesman for the Islamic Jihad posed a clear and present threat to their nation. The Israeli courts have yet to […]

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Eight And Out Of Iraq

December 18, 2011 – 5:08 am

On September 11, 2001 the United States was assaulted by three hijacked commercial airliners. A fourth jet crashed into a Pennsylvania field. 9/11 shocked the nation and its populace sought revenge. The President, CIA, and FBI laid the blame on supporters of Osama Bin Ladin. The Al-Quada leader was living in Afghanistan and the Pentagon […]

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Oh Yoko

December 5, 2011 – 6:54 am
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A Spade Calling A Spade A Spade

November 18, 2011 – 7:18 am

At last week’s G-20 meeting in Nice the French President Nicolas Sarkozy was overheard saying to President Obama, “”I cannot bear Netanyahu, he’s a liar.” Obama was quick to defend his position with the Israeli PM. “You’re fed up with him, but I have to deal with him even more often than you.” The off-the-cuff […]

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Ding Dong Gaddafi’s Dead

October 25, 2011 – 3:49 am

Muammar Gaddafi’s decades long reign in Libya came to a bloody end last week. NATO airplanes attacked a convoy of vehicles fleeing Sirte, his last stronghold. Gaddafi ran for cover, as local militia surrounded the area. Finding refuge in a drainage pipe, the colonel fought for his life, but NTC fighters pounded the concrete tube […]

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