Monday, October 6th, 2008
The Taliban Seek Peace Through Saudi Diplomacy
Say what you will about negotiation with terrorists, but it appears that diplomacy is finally yielding a breakthrough in the War on Terror.
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According to a CNN report, on September 24-27, the final days of Ramadan, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia held talks with 11 Taliban delegates, two Afghan government officials, a representative of former [...]
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Sunday, September 21st, 2008
The Target: Hotels
According to Fox News, 60 people died and more than 100 hundred were injured in a blast yesterday at a Marriott hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. The attack was carried out by a huge truck bomb that ran into the hotel. The massive explosion created severe devastation to the hotel infrastructure and resulted in a fierce [...]
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Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
Time of the Iron Women
In the Middle-East, where the climate is generally hot year-round and conflicts divide nations for generations, time is a very needed resource. These nations find a way to reach out to the west, often individually, by forming trade relations. In addition, countries which establish a relation with the empires overseas often use these contacts to [...]
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Sunday, June 22nd, 2008
The Danger of Peace
“They were fighting for the last 2000 years, they can’t go on for more long” Adam Sandler’s mom, in the Zohan (www.dontmesswiththezohan.com) while the movie producer presents a happy-ending, the reality of current events does not. It seems like somebody, somewhere (actually, here) saw the danger of peace, and took some actions to destroy it. [...]
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
Iran’s new Mission of Conflict
Tension in Lebanon between Hezbollah and its rivals mounted yesterday with the Shiite faction’s leader threatening “war”. Militants of Hezbollah entered rival Sunnis’ neighborhoods and took control of key strategic points. They cut off local TV channels and destroyed a newspaper publishing office, which happens to be owned by Coalition members according to reports from [...]
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