Okay - so if anyone’s been following the news in Saudi Arabia lately, you’ll know that a British woman teaching in a school in Sudan called Unity High School has been imprisoned just for naming a teddy bear, Mohammed. The whole ordeal took place in Khartoum (capital of Sudan), and has been a surprisingly LARGE […]

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So far, Blackwater has been at the mercy of the US State Department, and the Iraqi government. As I stated before, Blackwater was involved in the massacre of 17 Iraqi civilians. Back in the states, Blackwater guards were “reviewed” in secret by State Department investigators. No blanket immunity from prosecution has been granted, but a […]

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As I stated before, Blackwater USA (a private branch of security contractors operating in Iraq) were accused of slaughtering seventeen Iraqi civilians while escorting a convoy US official vehicles to Baghdad.

Today, the State Department granted Blackwater immunity from prosecution for the incident. That’s right…Blackwater isn’t going to be seeing any type of punishment. A senior […]

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Saturday, tens of thousands of demonstrators joined anti-war movements in cities all over the country. They demanded an end to the war in Iraq. Television stations showed protesters marching peacefully through the streets of New York, Los Angeles, and others.
Some banners were held high, reading, “End the war now,” “Stop Bush,” and “Worst president ever.” […]

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Earlier this morning, a suicide bomber on a bicycle detonated his explosives near a police base in Northern Baghdad. The bomber entered the police base  in the violent Diyala province, and blew up himself and 28 rapid reaction police force members.
A shopkeeper, Ali Shahine, had tragically seen the bike bomber a moment before hand, and […]

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About four hours ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up close to the headquarters of a Suni insurgent group in Muqdadiyah, 60 miles north of Baghdad. The bomber detonated his explosives belt when he could not gain entry through the main gate to the 1920’s Revolution Brigades, where the insurgents are located.
The group of […]

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Well, as we all know the war in Iraq hasn’t been going so well lately…or at all. First of all, there are many sides, opinions, and feelings towards the conflict in the Middle East.
Some people think that the invasion of Iraq was justified, and claim that Iraq posed and still does pose, a threat towards […]

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