Monday, June 30, 2008

Summary of June 2008

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As a new monthly feature I will review the past month and try to summarize. The Middle East and Islamist issues predominated. Pakistan has g...

Pakistan Lives Up to Historical Fragmentation

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Pakistan's military reminds me of France, no victories, and I am not optimistic that they will prevail against the Taliban. Recent polls...
Sunday, June 29, 2008

Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War

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Graphic source: Astarte.com Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War, tr. C. Forster Smith. Thucydides is the most important source w...
Saturday, June 28, 2008

Peshawar Chickens Home to Roost

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Peshawar Graphic source: The New York Times In an `I told you so' type of situation, Taliban militants have threatened to envelop a cit...

Italy Gets a Piece of Gas in Iraq

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The Iraqi State Company for Natural Gas has agreed with Omica, an Italian company, to construct Iraq's largest factory for repairing nat...
Friday, June 27, 2008

NASA Discovers Life on Mars

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NASA scientists today announced that Martian soil could support life; now, if we could only find intelligent life on planet earth we'd b...

A Thought for the Saudis Today

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OPEC sells oil for $136.00 a barrel; the Saudis buy U.S. grain at $7.00 a bushel. Solution: sell grain for $136.00 a bushel. Saudi Arabia is...

Note on Ronnie and Nancy

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This is a gossipy and somewhat researched volume by Vanity Fair correspondent Bob Colacello. It is written in the style of a Hollywood tell...
Thursday, June 26, 2008

Obama's Cousin Declares Islam the Only True Religion

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Graphic source: Evangelical Alliance of Kenya Raila Odinga, cousin of Obama, recently signed a published "Declaration of Understanding...

AQ Emir Confirmed Dead

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The U.S. military has confirmed that al Qaeda's leader of Mosul was killed during a targeted raid on June 24. Abu Khalaf was al Qaeda...

Senlis Comments on Iraq

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Graphic source: The Senlis Council The Senlis Council, an international think-tank, released a report entitled, "Iraq: Angry Hearts an...

Mahdi Defeat More Extensive Than First Believed

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The Mahdi Army has suffered a more significant blow during fighting against Iraqi and Coalition forces this year than earlier reported accor...

Released Gitmo Suicide Bomber Update

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One of the released Guantanamo detainees, Abdullah Salih al Ajmi, was behind a March suicide truck bombing at Combat Outpost Inman in Mosul,...
Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Obama’s Communist Mentor

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Frank Marshall Davis Graphic source: Trevor Loudon What is “coalition politics” and what is behind Obama’s rise to power? As recent informa...

Trouble in Jihadist Paradise

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Is it any wonder that ex-Guantanamo prisoners and suicide bombers advocate jihadists to obey al-Baghdadi? A recently released Al-Furqan 38 m...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Web Shattering Politics?

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I've long been skeptical that the Web is making much difference in political campaigns but there may be evidence that the 2008 political...

18 Year Old Faces 38 Years for High School Hack

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Omar Khan, an 18 year old teen faces 38 years in jail for his grade-tampering hack as he was charged with 69 felony counts including 34 for ...

Congress Chips Away at 4th Amendment

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The U.S. House of Representatives has again approved legislation to continue the controversial surveillance program at the U.S. National Sec...

Mars Ice, Ice, Ice Baby

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One of the major developments in the Mars story is that dice-sized pieces of whitish matter dug up in a trench appears to be ice, according...

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In a dramatic situation U.S. Special Operations Forces killed al Qaeda's leader in Mosul. The house of al Qaeda's emir, or leader, w...