A Muslim extremist in Belgium torched a mosque in the capital city of Brussels because the sect of Shiite is not in accordance with his own extreme Wahabbi beliefs. The man whose name has yet to be revealed has only mentioned that he is a “Muslim” that was born in 1978. The tragedy that unfolded on Monday evening claimed the life of the Belgian Mosque Imam Abdallah Dadou who was forty-six. A respected member of [...]
Again Israel has lit the fuse for another possible combustible conflict in Gaza after it launched air raids last Friday. Going on for nigh on four consecutive days, the bombing campaign from the Israelis perspective has been met with “success” having killed a prominent Palestinian resistance leader. On Monday news broke of five more Palestinians being slain by these unnecessary attacks with a father and daughter being caught in the mire. These unprovoked attacks prompted [...]
Is the world destined for a war between the West and Iran? We certainly seem to be heading down that path, but to say war is not in the world’s best interest would be a gross understatement. America and the European Union (EU) have implemented tough economic sanctions on Iran because of the continued refusal of Tehran to answer questions about their nuclear program. Many believe Israel or America will use preemptive air strikes to [...]
The last two days have seen my social networking sites filled with people discussing Uganda (not in the Private Eye sense of the term I hasten to add) and in particular condemning the actions of Joseph Kony, leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). This has come about after the charity Invisible Children released a half hour video entitled “Kony 2012” documenting Kony’s crimes and calling for Western governments to do all they can to [...]
The eyes of the world have been drawn back to Libya today after it was announced that the eastern region of Cyrenaica, of which Benghazi is the capital, is forming its own regional council with the intention of gaining greater autonomy or even splitting away from the rest of the country. The announcement comes on the back of increasing fragmentation in Libya, with local militias spread across the country ruling their own small regions and [...]
On Monday an attempted assassination plot failed to bear fruit in India and in Georgia as Israeli diplomats were targeted. The first attack was aimed at the wife of an Israeli diplomat in New Delhi when a motorcyclist drove alongside her car and threw what appeared to be a magnetic bomb at it during the afternoon. Despite the explosion, the damage was miniscule with the occupants of the car escaping serious injury. Yehoshua-Koren, the ambassador’s [...]
It appears that the hypocrisy of the British doesn’t simply stop at home. Even if Scotland should have a more direct say in their own independence, it is an issue David Cameron and his Conservative cohorts fail to entertain. A rule of thumb in politics should be “practice what you preach.” Now this could not be further from the truth when the logic is applied to foreign policy. In Libya, a disaster looms mainly due [...]
Bashar al-Assad has enjoyed unparalleled support from his Iranian benefactors for a substantial period of time since he succeeded his predecessor in office. Despite being isolated on the international stage by the United States and her western cohorts, Syria has managed to become a reasonable player by aligning itself with Iran and its contingent of proxies, namely Hamas and Hezbollah. But now it is facing a serious epidemic of its own since the Arab uprisings, [...]
In recent years there has been a significant trend in asking people in the public eye their opinions and ideas on a variety of topics no matter what their actual knowledge of the subject is or their life experience. The classic, but trivial example of this was last year when any and all celebrities interviewed by the British media were asked about the Royal Wedding, even though it was of little or no relevance to [...]