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A teddy bear named Mohammed?

Published in December 3rd, 2007
Posted by olewis in World, Politics
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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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Iraq: Blackwater Latest

Published in November 1st, 2007
Posted by olewis in Politics
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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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Barack Obama… America’s Future!

Published in October 30th, 2007
Posted by jrost in Politics
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Barack Obama, a democratic presidential candidate for the 2008 election has shown serious maturity in the past year. Even though Obama is the youngest presidential candidate, he is still a favorite to win the election. If he were to win the election he would be te first African-American president. He is […]

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Afghanistan Wants USA Air Strikes Rolled Back

Published in October 30th, 2007
Posted by lalavian in Politics
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Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai wants the US government to stop the air strikes on his cities, and towns. He claims that the number of innocent civilians killed by the American air strikes is very close to the number of civilians that are being killed by the Taliban. Both sides are killing […]

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Blackwater recieves immunity?!

Published in October 29th, 2007
Posted by olewis in Politics
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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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Dubai, The fastest growing city in the world

Published in October 26th, 2007
Posted by lalavian in Politics
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Dubai is the fastest growing city in the world. It was all desert five years ago, but now it is a very large city. The prime minister of Dubai, Sheikh Al Maktoum, stated that he wanted everything in his country to be the biggest and the best.
In Dubai, there is the biggest indoor skiing arena […]

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Iraqi Suicide Bomber Attacks Suni Insurgents

Published in October 26th, 2007
Posted by olewis in Politics
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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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Blackwater: Counter-terrorists or terrorists?

Published in October 25th, 2007
Posted by olewis in Politics
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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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