Middle East
Executive Privelege Invoked to Shield Cheney
Quite frankly, this is total crap. The president and his VP should not be immune to legal preceedings because they don’t want their dirty laundry aired out. I mean he already commuted the sentence of Scooter Libby regarding a scandal…
For anyone who doesn’t know, this is regarding who leaked the name of an FBI agent […]
Terrorist Attack in Jerusalem?
It was bound to happen, given these circumstances…
Police say the attacker was a Palestinian who lived in East Jerusalem who held Jerusalem identity papers. Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem have access to Jewish West Jerusalem and carry out nearly all construction work in the city.
Link: VOA News
Strange Happenings in Kuwait
I love the “Kuwait Crime” section of the Arab Times. Alot of the crimes make me laugh. Some of them are just sad, and others are fairly ridiculous. I wish I could find the link to the account of arresting someone for practicing black magic. Anyway, here are two incidents…
A democratic monarchy with no real […]
9/11 “Mastermind” Faces Death Penalty
I just finished reading up on an article about the trial of the surviving 9/11 terrorists. Some of the quotes that struck me.
Their war-crimes tribunal is the highest-profile test yet of the military’s tribunal system, which faces an uncertain future. It also threatens to expose harsh interrogation techniques used on the men, who were in […]
Kuwait FastFax
I was browsing the Safat RSS feed that I have on my iGoogle main page, and came across a link from “Doesn’t play well with others.” It contains a link to the gomideast site, specially the FastFax page on Kuwait. It does seem fairly accurate. I have e-mailed the site to have them update the […]
Marine Discharged for Handing Out “Christian Coins”
The US military are NOT missionaries. This marine had the audacity to hand out Christian coins in an Islamic society. From a security point of view, this is a horrible idea and could provoke violence in the area. From a former Christian point of view, I do admire what he was trying to do. Ministering […]
Americans Need Maps!
“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and I believe that our education like such as in South Africa and Iraq and everywhere like such as and I believe that they should our education over here in the U.S. should […]
A More Effective Ministry of Interior Radio Ad
The current ads on the requirements of having a hands-free headset while driving and talking are rather bland. It sounds like the same voice actors. How many bad things can happen to two people? Seriously, the ads are a joke. The English could have been written a bit better and the actors could sound more […]
McCain Against “Sit Down” With Iran
At least it would appear that way. Obama wants to have a sit down with Iran to discuss matters. It makes perfect sense to me, and like Obama said, we (USA) talked to Russia when they were threatening to wipe us off the face of the earth, and had the means to. McCain doesn’t feel […]
Killers Executed Under Decision From Islamic Court
The father and stepmothers of a 9-year old daughter have been executed via public beheading. Their crime was violently torturing and eventually killing the man’s 9-year old daughter. The man had divorced his first wife, received custody of the daughter, and he then remarried.
I think that in this case, the punishment fits the crime. Executing […]
