The effects filter down all the way to the bottom, even to our children, who are asked to a-critically salute “heroes of peace” armed to the teeth in Afghanistan and Iraq. It seems that Orwell had gotten it right after all. Fighting the empty rhetoric, deconstructing the lies one by ...
Again, Italian public opinion, upon the release of hostages, always tends toward the vicious and nasty when a young woman is concerned and where the crimes committed against her take place in a country where Islam is the dominant or state religion, particularly if there are terrorist organisation...
What is the religion of most Kurds? Which countries use the Coptic calendar? What are the national symbols of Pakistan? What culture built Stonehenge? What is the Persian calendar based on? What is the main religion in Lebanon? What is the main religion in Turkey?
Project Upheaval in the Persian Gulf and con- researchers have also analyzed the content of ethnic tinued warfare in Iraq (in the early newspapers and broadcast media to gain a better 1990s and again from 2003 onwards), understanding of why ethnic media, in certain for example, have ...
President Obama: Well, what I'm saying is that we are assisting Iraq in a very real battle that's taking place on their soil, with their troops. But we are providing air support. And it is in our interest to do that because ISIL represents sort of a hybrid of not just the terrorist...
It is surrounded by countries that make up the Arabian Peninsula, including the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran and has served as an integral part of trade and oil production in the region. This body of water is approximately 615 miles long and anywhere ...
The Jews of Kurdistan largely spoke Aramaic and Kurdish dialects, in particular the Kurmanji dialect in Iraqi Kurdistan (and are probably doing their part in Mossad and/or Shin Bet, and Israeli military intelligence among the Kurds as well, because many still speak Kurdish and Aramaic). ...
The U.S.-led occupation of Iraq has been a watershed within the Middle East. Reformists inside Syria are encouraged by the events that transpired in Iraq, even if some are loathe to admit it. While they do not want foreign troops to occupy Syria, they do welcome the Bush administration'...
To send a message to Ankara that the Syrian Kurds - especially the PKK which would have had relations with the Russians when the country was the Soviet Union - had powerful anti-Turkish friends so not to mess with them as they consolidate power in the provinces closest to the Turkish border...
Especially given the Ganges is holy in the Hindu religion. You literally can’t say that the Ganges is polluted — instead you have to say that Mother Ganges is “neglected” or “mistreated” or “disrespected.” Mess with the Ganges and expect to have millions of very pissed-off and ver...