Topic: Saudia Arabia
Tonight I watched a bit of Anderson Cooper and saw Eliot Spitzer remind us that we are a nation of tolerance. It's one of the great things about America, the country that we (my parents) sought refuge ... moreAs DBDP points out, the Obama administration's concern about a planned September 11 Koran burning by the Dove World Outreach Center, in Gainesville, Florida, by Pastor Terry Jones. However, somehow ko ... more
In Saudi Arabia, women join fight against terror ... more
Whats funny is that despite being into the 21st century for a decade now, some issues prevail which might confuse aliens from Mars to think residents of the Earth (aka us), still belong in the 15th Ce ... more
Assafir (My translation. Hover for Arabic): The significance of [Hariri's] double confession, even if late, lies in what further steps could be taken to complement it, politically and legally, and in ... more
Europe now waking up. And just as the Ground Zero mosque is an "in your face, preferably in your eye" show of Moslem force, these street prayers (also found in Londonistan and in some American citie ... more
Al Qaeda using civilians as human shields would only make sense if the Yemeni government or al Qaeda had any respect for civilian immunity, which neither does. How did they #8220;escape #8221; Lauder ... more
One of the most striking first impressions of the city of Beirut is its modern, almost Western appearance. Sure, traffic is chaotic and traffic signs are not more than friendly suggestions, but that i ... more
#8220;Bahrain says it plans to charge 23 people for plotting to overthrow the government and for belonging to what officials described as a sophisticated terrorist network, the Bahrain News Agency (B ... more
Newt Gingrich distinguished himself last month by arguing that we should look to Saudi Arabia in determining the religious freedoms of Muslims in the United States, and by equating Islam with Nazism. ... more