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Israel’s Strangulation of Gaza by the Numbers
Informed Comment: The Israeli navy illegally interfered with Gaza aid ships on the high seas, Friday, kidnapping the people on the two vessels and sending the ships involuntarily to an Israeli port. The Geneva Convention of 1949 on people in … Continue reading
Syria and Occupy Wall Street vs. Kim Kardashian
Look at the news coming out of Syria: Video. Qaddafi’s capture and execution will ultimately prove disastrous for the Assad regime as the Syrian revolt is now getting more and more attention and the revolutionaries have been emboldened with the fall of … Continue reading
Posted in Occupy Movement, Syria
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Iraq rejects US request to maintain bases after troop withdrawal
The Guardian: The US suffered a major diplomatic and military rebuff on Friday when Iraq finally rejected its pleas to maintain bases in the country beyond this year. Barack Obama announced at a White House press conference that all American … Continue reading
Thoughts on Qaddafi’s Death
I woke up this morning to texts and phone calls alerting me to the historic news. With the death of Qaddafi, the end of his 42-year tyranny is now complete. As footage has shown, much of Libya is engulfed in … Continue reading
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Imagine this headline…Two Iranian Americans Elected to Run Law Enforcement Agencies in a Major U.S. Metropolitan Area!
**Forwarded Message: Did you ever imagine that such a Headline would be possible? With less than a month to Election Day, two Iranian American candidates are on the verge of making history by winning their respective elections for District Attorney … Continue reading
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Scrapping Presidential Elections in Iran
Today, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei announced the possibility of scrapping presidential elections in the “distant future” in favor of a parliamentary system which will be responsible for appointing its own president (much the same way pre-revolutionary Iran’s parliament elected its … Continue reading
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The Iranian “conspiracy” to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US
I don’t buy it one bit, not for a second. For all its pretenses about ideology, the Iranian regime has been incredibly pragmatic since the Iranian Revolution. I mean, they even bought US weapons from Israel during the Iran-Iraq war, … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Saudi Arabia
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Live Stream from Occupy Wall Street Movement
This is amazing. The protesters have set up a live stream broadcasting live footage from protests and events in New York interspersed with political messages and clips from movies, which they’ve ingenuously used instead of commercials. Follow it here.
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Recommended Reading
So a number of the blog’s viewers have emailed me to inquire about further reading related to the Middle East. In response, I was finally able to set up a recommended reading tab at the top of the blog to … Continue reading
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Rumsfeld in the Hot Seat (Video)
Look at this interview. Rumsfeld is clearly upset about the type of questions that are being posed. It’s comical to see him act like a baby and attempt to make the interviewer into the issue as opposed to answer the … Continue reading
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Protests in eastern Saudi Arabia (Video)
This is major, especially since the Saudi demonstrators carried the Bahraini flag in solidarity with the protesters in neighboring Bahrain and in opposition to the Saudi state and its military support for the Bahraini regime’s crackdown of the pro-democracy protests. … Continue reading
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The Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki
The grilling and sauteing of the White House spokesperson here pretty much summarizes the issue behind the extra-judicial killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, which is even more problematic since he’s an American citizen.
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10 Year Anniversary of the Afghan War
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of Afghanistan. But to be sure, the Afghan people have been enduring war for much longer than 10 years if you include the 10 years of war with the Soviets in … Continue reading
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The Demands of the Wall Streets Protesters (Video)
Keith Olbermann reads them aloud verbatim here.
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Steve Jobs’ Tribute
This is a really good al-Jazeera video summarizing his life, success, and how he changed the world. This quote, I feel, effectively captures the impact of this one person: “3 apples changed the world: The 1st one seduced Eve, the … Continue reading
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