How the Navy SEALS Killed Bin Laden
Awesome read from the New Yorker, and detailed reconstruction of the US Navy SEALS raid in Pakistan during which they killed Osama bin Laden. The planning and execution of the raid was incredible. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/08/08/110808fa_fact_schmidle?currentPage=all Also, some SEALS from the unit that killed Bin Laden were among the victims of a US military [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Osama Bin Laden Killed by American Forces in Pakistan
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8488436/WikiLeaks-Osama-bin-Laden-killed-after-tip-offs-from-Guantanamo.html http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/osama-bin-laden-hid-wives-firefight-counter-terrorism/story?id=13507836
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )President Barack Obama’s Birth Certificate
Surprise, surprise – the President of the USA is actually….American! His birth certificate is below: birth-certificate-long-form
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )The “Palestine Papers”: The Israeli and Palestinian Peace Process
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbsI2DVqTPM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIoPJRX18T0&feature=channel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhT80hXf2f8&feature=channel New revelations about the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Newspapers have unearthed thousands of documents cataloging the negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians between 1999 and 2010. Apparently the Palestinians offered far reaching concessions such as agreeing to Israel’s annexation of all but one settlements in East Jerusalem. Palestinian negotiator Saeb [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Israel and Barack Obama
Are the Israelis misjudging the American President Barack Obama? http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/03/29/100329taco_talk_remnick
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process
TThe Israelis and Palestinians are talking again. President Barack Obama of the USA brought Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas together in Washington to restart peace talks to end the decades long conflict between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Obama is taking a big risk here. American Presidents usually steer [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Nigeria to be Removed from U.S. Terror Watchlist?
The Daily Independent is reporting that America might remove Nigeria from the list of 14 countries on its terror watchlist. Apparently the Americans have promised to “revisit the issue” and might remove Nigeria from the list as a “goodwill gesture’ to Acting President Goodluck Jonathan when he visits President Barack Obama later this month. Nigeria [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Obama’s Speech in Ghana
President Barack Obama has made his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa. Not to the self declared “Giant of Africa” Nigeria, or even to its biggest economy South Africa, but to Ghana. The Ghanaians are obviously very proud, and Nigerians are smarting – asking themselves why he did not visit Nigeria also/instead. He made a speech [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
