Torture and killing of innocent Iraqi gays and lesbians has reached a critical state, and Iraqi militia have found an efficient way to target innocent gays - the Internet -, with no intervention from the Iraqi or...
Originally posted on MonkeyPundit.com In what may be the most ironic example of national trauma bonding, Israel's government has policies that have become morbidly reminiscent of Nazi Germany's. For example: According to an article on Haaretz.com, The Israeli government has...
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The Nigerian military scored a major victory against Boko Haram, the extremist Islamist sect it is in conflict with, when its leader Mohammad Yusuf was captured and arrested. "A BBC reporter in Maiduguri said Mohammed Yusuf had been paraded before journalists with no apparent...
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Iran has accused the US of an involvement in a recent mosque bombing that killed many in the south-eastern volatile region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. " An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday...
Almost eleven years ago I was angry and cried like an infant as Islamists were celebrating outside the Seaview Apartments on the Arabian sea in Karachi, rejoicing Pakistan's testing of nuclear weapons in my ancestral...
Taliban fighters were hit in Swat Valley today by Pakistani helicopter gunships and warplanes, but civilians in the area were not allowed to flee due to the curfew. The fighting has continued in this area, this northwestern valley, about 130 km from Islamabad, and is part of...
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Where has all the sanity gone? "Pakistan recently gave in to the pressure of Islamist militants. Indeed to buy off peace, Pakistani authorities allowed the imposition of Shari'a (Islamic law) in the Swat Valley. ...
It is difficult to get anything done when there is no none to talk to. "Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday any unity government with Hamas would have to agree to a two-state solution with Israel,...
This is todays editorial from the Jerusalem Post regarding Amnesty International. " Yesterday, Amnesty International, the world's premier "human rights" brand, called for the destruction of Israel. We're overdramatizing? Were AI to get its way, the UN Security Council would...
This is a good look at what the future could be in the Middle East in the next 2 generations. "If the Palestinian cause is permanently lost to the Islamist movement, theocratic reactionaries across the...
" "We promised you to be martyrs or victors," Hayya told supporters. "Today we and you are victors." 1,300 Palestinians were killed, 4,000 wounded Israel lost 10 soldiers in the fighting and three civilians were...
There is a new struggle within the Hamas organization between the so-called moderates and those that want to destroy the State of Israel. Who will come out on top remains to be seen. But this is a bit encouraging...
..Hamas has many faces and voices but the leadership's main goal is to eliminate Israel. "The armed struggle Many Palestinians cheered the wave of Hamas suicide attacks (and those of fellow militants Islamic...
" Egypt aired its grievances against Iran, the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and the Lebanese Shi'ite group Hezbollah, saying they worked together in the fighting over Gaza to provoke conflict in...
.Somalia may be a lost cause for anyone. With Ethiopia withdrawing likely no one else will try." Islamist insurgents took over the city that houses Somalia’s Parliament on Monday, just hours after Ethiopian...