Tag archive for ‘Al Qaida’
Why “Georgia” matters…
While the recent events in Russian invading Georgia are not exactly the same as the invasion in Poland in 1939, unfortunately, there are too many similarities. Russia is bullying Georgia and attempting to reconstitute its empire of satellite states. Georgia matters to the United States because, put simply, as the only world’s Super Power, how [...]
What would Iran’s nuclear weapons mean for the United States?
I am sure that my readers have all been watching this week Iran’s missile tests. Iran launched a series of missiles to demonstrate its capability to deliver warheads at medium-range distances (2000 km). While there is some dispute as to how many missiles it has launched over the last three days - the message from [...]
Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Detainees at GTMO
By a 5 to 4 vote that brought strongly worded and remorseful dissents from the Court’s conservative justices, the majority held that an alternative procedure designed by the Administration and Congress was inadequate to insure that the detainees “receive their day in court”. While all Supreme Court cases are necessarily historic - as they become [...]
Al Qaida issues new message - targets Arab leaders
Cairo, Egypt (Indiatimes.com): Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has lashed out at Arab leaders for “sacrificing” the Palestinians in a new message and called on Muslim militants in Egypt to help break the blockade of Gaza.
Bin Laden called Arab leaders “agents of the crusaders” and “wolves” in the audio message posted on an Islamic militant [...]
Remember Beirut - April 18, 1983
Washington, D.C. (Rightcommentary.com): Twenty-five years ago today a late model GMC truck packed with explosives slammed into the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and crashing through the lobby door.
Often overshadowed by the bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut only six months later (as well as the many suicide vehicle bombs since), the Embassy bombing was [...]
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