The Zionist state is accelerating its Hasbara campaign, by forming “Internet Warfare Squads”, their sole remit: to post pro-Israel responses on websites worldwide. This assault on free speech and effectively muzzling any criticism of Israel is a tool which will be used in the public relations war, the Zionist thought police are only a click away.
When young Barack Hussein Obama lived with his American mother and Indonesian stepfather in Jakarta nearly 40 years ago, the Muslims of Southeast Asia were renowned for their moderation. Women may have covered their hair with a light scarf, but almost none veiled their faces. It was the rare Muslim man who grew a beard, and many drank with non-Muslim friends.
The US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect the president and the members of the House and Senate.
The mayhem at Fort Hood in Texas, which has left 13 men and women dead and 30 injured, is a byproduct of the brutal wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. It is a form of “collateral damage” for which the American political and military establishment is ultimately responsible.
Anti-government fighters in northern Yemen claim to have captured a number of Saudi soldiers, amid reports of the kingdom’s increasing involvement in the conflict.Mohammed Abdel-Salam, a spokesman for the Houthis, told Al Jazeera on Friday that the men were seized after Saudi ground forces crossed into Yemeni territory.“We will carry out interviews with them … they will be treated with respect,” he said.Abdel-Salam urged Riyadh to end the “unjust Saudi aggression” and to stop Yemeni forces from using bases inside Saudi territory to attack the Houthis.Saudi Arabia has not commented on the claim, but has previously said that its operations against the Yemeni fighters have been limited to air raids and artillery strikes.The Yemeni government accuses the Houthis of seeking to restore an imamate overthrown in a 1962 coup that sparked eight years of civil war.The Houthis insist they are fighting to defend their community against government aggression and marginalisation.via Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Yemen group ’seizes Saudi troops’.Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Iranian police disperse protestAl Jazeera English in Saudi ArabiaAl Qaeda: Stop The SearchLiverpool Team Has Saudi Suitor
[Note: The cover interview of Rorotoko has an essay by historian of Islamic science George Saliba on his fascinating study entitlted Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance. Here is the start of the essay, the whole of which can be read at Rorotoko.]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France have pledged to enhance cooperation in the trade sector, which grew by 25 percent to more than $4 billion in 2008, WAM news agency reported.UAE Foreign Trade Minister Sheikha Lubna Bint Khalid Al Qasimi and her French counterpart Anne-Marie Idrac met here Thursday to discuss ways to improve trade relations.Idrac said France was willing to tap all opportunities on offer in the UAE.More than 115 French firms were registered in the UAE in addition to 257 trade agencies and 4,419 trademarks, according to the report.via UAE, France seek to boost economic cooperation.
A Tunisian court has sentenced eight men to up to 12 years in jail on charges of belonging to a terrorist cell, a defense lawyer said on Saturday.Three received 12-year terms and five were imprisoned for between three and six years, Anouar Kousri told Reuters.Kousri said the defendants were convicted of belonging to a terrorist group and helping to provide it with weapons. He did not name the group.Government officials were not immediately available to comment.Lawyers say about 2,000 people have been arrested since 2003 on terrorism charges, including recruiting fighters for the Iraqi insurgency. The Justice Ministry says the number does not exceed 400.via Middle East News | Tunisia jails 8 for terrorism links.
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But after Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan allegedly opened fire on soldiers and others at the base, the troops at Fort Hood were forced to face the reality that even the home front can be violent.
