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Ari and Mohammed are now friends

March 7, 2010 – 4:04 am

The Israeli military cancelled a planned raid on a Palestinian village after one of its soldiers posted details of the operation on Facebook.
The unnamed soldier revealed the time and place of the raid and the name of his unit on the social networking site. He said on his status update that his unit planned a [...]

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‘For War is a Drug’

March 2, 2010 – 11:34 am

O wad some Power the gift tae gie us 
To see oursels as ithers see us! 
It wad frae mony a blunder free us, 
An foolish notion.
From Robert Burns, To a Louse
The course Burns commends has, of late, become unfashionable. Instead of observing others unlike ourselves and reporting back, we have been enjoined to comment on things within our [...]

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The Bart Simpson School of International Relations

February 18, 2010 – 2:53 am

Israel’s Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said there is no proof the Mossad spy agency carried out the killing of a Hamas commander in Dubai. But he did not fully deny that Israel carried out the killing, citing its “policy of ambiguity” on such matters.
Dubai believes 11 “agents with European passports” killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Seven foreign-born [...]

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Amnesty’s slow burn

February 15, 2010 – 6:30 am

This story has been something of a slow burn over here, but it’s starting to gain a bit of momentum now, to the stage where the implications are actually pretty awful:
A SENIOR official at Amnesty International has accused the charity of putting the human rights of Al-Qaeda terror suspects above those of their victims.
Gita Sahgal, [...]

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BLiar: Warmonger by his own admission

December 12, 2009 – 9:15 pm

It would have been right to remove Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein even without evidence that he had weapons of mass destruction, Tony Blair has said.
The former UK prime minister said it was the “notion” of Saddam as a threat to the region which tilted him in favour of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. [...]

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What Would Jesus Say?

August 30, 2009 – 4:48 am

FBI director Robert Mueller has launched a scathing attack on Scottish Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill over the release of the Lockerbie bomber. In a letter, dated 21 August, Mr Mueller said the decision makes “a mockery of justice” and gives comfort to terrorists around the world…
The Scottish Government said it had consulted widely in the [...]

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Catch and release

August 23, 2009 – 5:03 am

The convicted Lockerbie bomber has been flown home to Libya after being freed from a Scottish prison on compassionate grounds.
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, 57, was jailed in 2001 for the atrocity which claimed 270 lives in 1988. The decision to release Megrahi, who has terminal prostate cancer, was made by the Scottish Government.
US president Barack Obama [...]

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MONDAY FUNNIE: Pope Alone

May 12, 2009 – 12:12 am

The Pope will spend the next five days visiting various holy sites in Israel and the West Bank. See the link below for details on their location and his itinerary.
- BBC News

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Queen visits Iraq

April 9, 2009 – 6:00 am

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson is leading the first British business delegation to Iraq in over 20 years.
Representatives from 23 companies are accompanying the business secretary on a one-day trip to Baghdad and Basra. The group will meet Iraqi government ministers to discuss how they can contribute to the economic reconstruction of the country…
Lord Mandelson [...]

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Have we met?

April 5, 2009 – 6:00 am

British forces have begun their official withdrawal from Iraq after the UK’s commander in the south of the country handed over to a US general.
Major General Andy Salmon has transferred authority for what will become Multi-National Division South to US Major General Michael Oates. The generals’ pennants were raised and lowered in a handover ceremony.
Most [...]

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