Category Archives: Troops
Yemen: 60 killed in suicide bombing
SMH A SUICIDE bomber killed dozens of people including soliders in Yemen’s capital yesterday at a military parade rehearsal near the presidential palace, a police official said. At least 60 soldiers died and about 120 people were injured in Sana’a, … Continue reading
Iraq: Business as usual…
UPI.com At least 17 people were injured by a car bomb in northern Mosul, Iraq, a security source told KUNA Tuesday. Three police officers were among the injured during the Monday bombing, the news agency said. A security blockade was … Continue reading
Israel: ‘Messianic’ leaders mislead public
The recently retired chief of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency has described the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, as men driven by ”messianic feelings” and said that he had ”no faith” in them to lead a … Continue reading
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Middle East: Misogyny, thy name is Islam
Why Do They Hate Us? – By Mona Eltahawy | Foreign Policy But let’s put aside what the United States does or doesn’t do to women. Name me an Arab country, and I’ll recite a litany of abuses fueled by … Continue reading
Afghanistan: 47 dead, 65 wounded
SMH And as the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, made clear major Australian combat operations in Afghanistan would end next year, the man who commanded Australian troops in Afghanistan in 2010, Major-General John Cantwell, expressed his doubt about the war. Talking … Continue reading
UK: Labour Lord alleged to have offered bounty for capture of Obama
SMH A senior British Labour figure has been suspended by the party while it investigates reports that he offered a £10 million ($15.4 million) “bounty” for the capture of US President Barack Obama. Labour peer Nazir Ahmed is said to … Continue reading
Iraq: Religious differences more important than preventing mayhem and death
Co-operation? What’s that mean? SMH Sunni Muslim rulers have largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq, illustrating how powerfully the sectarian split and the rivalry with Iran define Middle Eastern politics in the era of the Arab … Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Two NATO troops killed — by treachery?
Telegraph NATO said in a statement that an individual wearing an Afghan soldier’s uniform turned his weapon against international troops. Coalition forces then returned fire. “The gunman was shot and killed,” said NATO spokesman Maj. Jason Waggoner. He declined to … Continue reading
Filed under Islamicism, Religious wars, Stupidity, Troops
France: Armed siege to catch psychopathic ‘Islamic warrior’
Officials said suspect Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old Frenchman of Algerian descent who has visited Afghanistan and Pakistan, bragged of being an al-Qaeda member and said he had killed to avenge the deaths of Palestinian children. SMH If you want to … Continue reading
Filed under Children, Islamicism, Non-believers, Religious wars, Threats and exploitation, Troops
Iraq: Death, blood, bodies, children, innocent bystanders, etc…
…in other words, business as usual. Reuters [Islamic] Bombers struck five times in a province north of Baghdad on Monday evening, killing at least three people and wounding more than 30, police said. I get so tired of posting stories … Continue reading
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