Philippines police name 161 massacre suspects

Dramatic, political and let me say now about 65% of the suspects may be innocent. The problem is people will point to people they do not like, the police will be looking at local criminals that have nothing to do with the crime. Presure from the president will at first...

Tens of thousands protest in Iran, battle police

Tens of thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Tehran and at a half a dozen other cities across Iran in the largest demonstrations since the disputed elections in June. Shots have been fired in the...

Tehran's streets erupt after a key cleric speaks

Protests in Iran will accomplish little or nothing but Rafsanjani is a power in Iran.  When he speaks people in Iran, including the government and clerics.  His words can not be dismissed like...

Suicide bomber kills 9 Sunni militiamen in Iraq

Bombing in Iraq is not so important until any foreigner is killed in the incident.Last day they killed five US soldiers in the bombing incident, and today a suicide bomber blew himself to kill Sunni people, in this incident he killed 9 Sunni militiamen.How Obama is going to...

Hamas moves on Fatah 'collaborators'

Hamas seems to be intenton establishing a one party-Hamas- state in Gaza.  This is not the actions of a democratically elected government which supports civil  human rights." Fatah officials in Ramallah...

Secret deal kept British Army out of battle for Basra

Reports today in British papers are claiming that a secret deal between the al-Mahdi militia in Basra prevented British forces from entering Basrea for nearly a week while US forces were bogged down there. At the time, there was great confusion and speculation about why the...

Why the military keep this ageing dictator in power

" President Mugabe has not acted alone in bringing Zimbabwe to its knees. He has a band of willing accomplices, many of whom fought alongside him in the guerrilla war against white rule and have benefited...

Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws

"Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws Compiled by Daily Star staff Monday, August 27, 2007 Iraq's Shiite, Sunni, Kurdish leaders reach consensus on key laws Iraq's top Shiite, Sunni...

Survivors mark Rwandan genocide in Montreal - CBC Montreal

" Last Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2007 | 6:40 PM ET CBC News About 50 people, some still bearing the emotional and physical scars inflicted by Hutu militiamen, gathered in a Montreal church Saturday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Odile Sanabaso, here...

Survivors mark Rwandan genocide in Montreal - CBC Montreal

" Last Updated: Saturday, April 14, 2007 | 6:40 PM ET CBC News About 50 people, some still bearing the emotional and physical scars inflicted by Hutu militiamen, gathered in a Montreal church Saturday to mark the 13th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. Odile Sanabaso, here...

US navy helps trap fleeing Islamist fighters in Somalia

"Somali and Ethiopian soldiers on land and United States troops at sea were reported to have surrounded hundreds of Islamist militiamen on the southern tip of Somalia yesterday. A senior US diplomat, meanwhile,...

"6-Sunnis Burned Alive" is likely untrue

" "Sunnis Burned Alive in Revenge Attacks" This headline was blared with authority and gleeful revulsion across every newspaper in the U.S. Even Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper overseas, declared this in 2-inch letters on its front page. And why not? It is...

Mosques torched after worst Iraq bombing

"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen bent on revenge burned mosques and homes in a Sunni enclave of Baghdad on Friday as Iraq's leaders pleaded for calm, a day after the worst bomb attack since the U.S. invasion raised the specter of civil war. Some 30 people were killed, police...

Ibn Alrafidain [blog]

"The Son of The Two Rivers" writes about Iraq.

Where Date Palms Grow [blog]

by Zappy, Baghdad, Iraq.

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