Why Would Israeli Officials Insult The United States?
US Vice President Joe Biden has strongly condemned Israeli plan to build 1,600 more homes in East-Jerusalem. To add insult to injury, the plan was announced in the middle of Biden’s visit to the region to help revive the moribund peace talks with the Palestinians. “I condemn the decision by the government of Israel to […]
Is Rahmbo Soon To Be A Dead Fish In The White House Fish Bowl?
Rahm Emanuel doesn’t have the reputation of being Mr. Nice Guy. Some have likened his character disposition to the one of a mobster. With the Eric Massa incident just revealed to the press, the White House’s Chief of Staff is in the spotlight again, and it could complicate the already difficult challenges and hurdles facing […]
Nigeria: Barbaric Killing Of 500 Women And Children In Tribal Violence
The attack took place in Jos, in the Plateau area of Nigeria, over 500 people, mostly women and children were murdered in the early hours of Sunday. Once again this troubled area of Nigeria is up in flame. It is the second times in a few months that the town is engulfed in ethnic-religious violence […]
Iraq Elections: Ballots And Bombs
Today Iraqi voters are going to the polls despite deadly bomb attacks on polling stations which already killed at least 38 people and dozens were wounded. Most of the attacks took place in Baghdad. The 2010 elections are the second parliamentary elections since the toppling of Saddam Hussein following the US invasion in 2003. Around […]
40 Years Later US Bombs Still Kill In Laos
A Legacy Of The Vietnam War It is one of the legacies of the war in Vietnam. Even so the conflict in Vietnam ended in 1975 countries such as Laos and Cambodia are still paying an heavy price as the authorities still struggle to get rid of a massive quantity of unexploded bombs. Between 1964 […]
