Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’
Honor Killing – Arab Fathers Just Don’t Get It »
By: Sister Fatima Muhammad Over a year ago, ChocolateCity.cc created a category on their blog called – Justice/Honor Killing which was dedicated to the dishonorable killing of young Arab females by their senseless and selfish fathers, brothers or relatives who feel they have some sort of ownership over them. (more...)
Calling Bush a dog, journalist threw his shoes at him »
During a press conference today in Baghdad, Iraq, an Iraqi reporter called U.S. President George W. Bush a dog in Arabic while throwing his size 10 shoes at the president. The Iraqi security officers and U.S. secret service agents eventually leaped at the man and dragged him struggling and screaming out of the room where Bush was giving a news [...]
Did McCain campaign lied about Palin Iraq visit? »
A Palin aide in Alaska had previously reported that the Republican vice presidential nominee visited Iraq as one of her military stops. The campaign is now retracting the statement by saying that Gov. Palin was never in Iraq. Sarah Palin did not visit troops in Iraq, a spokesperson for Palin confirmed Saturday, as new details emerged [...]
High Army suicide rate, another negative effect of »
CNN's Pentagon producer, Mike Mount, reported today that the rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year's numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to U.S. Army officials. It’s no secret that some of the toughest battles our [...]
In error, WH released al-Maliki’s support for »
Yes, it is true that the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said: “U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes,” al-Maliki told the magazine Der Spiegel. He said he wants U.S. troops to leave “as soon as [...]
Bush pardons himself against possible war crime »
U.S. President George W. Bush has given himself and members of his administration immunity against possible war crimes. Why would George W. Bush grant himself immunity if he did not do any thing wrong, one might ask? Well, the American-led occupation of Iraq after the 2003 invasion was negligent at best and criminal at worst, directly [...]
Rep. Kucinich wants Pres. Bush impeach »
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, the Ohio Congressman and former Democratic presidential candidate, introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on Tuesday to impeach President Bush. Rep. Kucinich announced his intention to seek Bush's impeachment Monday night, when he read the lengthy document into the record. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has [...]
