November 2010
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Google Earth finds Star of David on roof of Iran...
I can’t stop laughing. Thanks Alarabiya.
September 2010
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Italians cop 7 tons of Iranian explosives bound...
Italy has taken time out from its busy schedule of eating, screwing and watching the Silvio Berlusconi comedy hour to commandeer 7 tons of T4 explosives headed from Iran to Syria. The weapons were hidden in shipping containers on a boat docked at the port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria.
Gotcha bitch!
Italian anti-mafia police, who made the seizure, are not sure whether or not the boat was stopped...
August 2010
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Dudes, this guy just burned us: Japan v. America...
This is what I live for. CBS News reports that former Japanese Democratic party leader Ichiro Ozawa just called us all morons. To put that in perspective to you, its like John McCain saying everyone in France walks like a gay duck.
“I like Americans, but they are somewhat monocellular, When I talk with Americans, I often wonder why they are so simple-minded…” Ozawa said.
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July 2010
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France sacks up against al-Qaeda in Africa. World...
I like to keep an eye on the baddies of this world so that real Amuricanz can sleep well at night. Today we take a look at Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). They like to hang out in North African countries (like Mauritania, Mali and Algeria) and hold AQIM fund-raisers (kidnapping foreigners and running drugs)… because how else is Al-Qaeda going to by killings machines and what not?
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Italian PM Berlusconi says he is not a "play-boy"... →
I’m not making fun of him, I’m just quoting. Not even my genius mind can make this nonsense up.
This during a speech to diplomats encouraging them to bring pretty women to Italy as Latin men know how to appreciate them. Again, this is hilarious, but its not a joke.
May 2010
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Check it: The New York Times interviews American... →
emga asked: Hi! I'm a high school junior and I've been working on a documentary with a group of three others for the National History Day competition. The project requires us to research, analyze, and present an innovation in history, and we chose Al Qaeda's use of the internet as our innovation. I came across your blog one day when I was searching "jihad" on tumblr (I figured there...
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Times Square Bomber Analysis? Pakistani Taliban...
It is not yet clear whether the Pakistani Taliban had anything to do with Faisal Shahzad’s attempt to bomb Times Square, but either way, experts say the group is getting to big for its britches.
Let’s say that the Pakistani Taliban was, in fact, behind the plot. This would be a tremendous advancement for the group, once thought to have no capacity to do violence outside of its home...
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On this day, Cinco de Mayo, lets honor all the...
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Kuwait is totally pissed at Iran →
And for good reason (allegedly)! This weekend Kuwait arrested a bunch of Iranians for spying all OVER them! One Kuwaiti politician, Mohammed Hayef, even wants to expel the Iranian ambassador.
“We hope that the government releases a statement on the issue and if it is true, the government must act decisively by asking the Iranian ambassador to leave Kuwait,” he said.
The two countries...
April 2010
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“The international community went in together, and we will pull out together. If...”
– German Chancellor Angela Merkel in an address to Parliament today. (Dawn.com)
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Saudi Expert: Arabs Spend 5 Billion Dollars... →
Which is probably about 1 trillion times less than Americans spend on junk food.
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Chechen President Kadyrov celebrates the 1 year... →
Is this guy f***king serious?!
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Russian Black Widows strike again: A woman blew... →
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Somali Minister of Parliament says Al-Qaeda... →
Treasury Minister Abdirahman Omar Osman says that the Somali government has received credible information that 12 senior Al-Qaeda members arrived in the country through Yemen and Eritrea with the hope of relocating their bases, under pressure in Iraq and Afghanistan, to Somalia. While Somali media was not provided with information as to the national origin of these Al-Qaeda members, Yemen has...
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“Obama made these latest remarks because he is inexperienced and an amateur...”
– Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, being particularly catty because Obama included Iran and North Korea as exceptions to the new U.S. “nukes in defense only” rule.
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“In a certain sense every nation that fights against terrorism must determine...”
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Russia’s Medvedev in a meeting with leaders from the North Caucuasus. Full transcript of his speech here.
March 2010
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Doku Umarov tells Kavka Center that he ordered the... →
There is a link to the video but its in Russian. Basically, Umarov explains that he ordered the bombs in retaliation for the killing of innocent civilians by Russian forces in the Caucasus region.
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“In February, Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov warned in an interview on a...”
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America, meet the thorn in Russia’s Caucasus. Umarov, also known by his Arabized name Dokka Abu Usman, is the #1 suspect in the double suicide bombing that killed dozens in Moscow today. (NPR)
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Alarabiya reports fighting in Gaza that left 2... →
Because the Israelis didn’t go crazy enough when they took this soldier, Gilad Shalit.
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“MK Nachman Shai (Kadima) responded to reports that Foreign Minister Avigdor...”
– Finally! Someone talking some sense on the Israeli domestic front. Y-net news.
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Russia and US reach agreement to reduce nukes,... →
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CS Monitor: Dubai assassination puts tough-talking... →
Middle Eastern Wyatt Erp? You decide.
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Google gets lip from China, of course, but Brazil...
A popular Chinese newspaper, as expected, blasted Google again today by saying that the company is a spy for the U.S. in an “internet war.” That is some incendiary propaganda, and quite insulting, but did they have to call Google a slut too?
“For Chinese people, Google is not god, and even if it puts on a full-on show about politics and values, it is still not god,”...
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“Google has violated its written promise it made when entering the Chinese market...”
– -A Chinese official from the State Council Information Office, as reported in Shanghai Daily. Below, David Drummond, Google’s chief legal officer who challenged China to stop censoring the site on his blog. Badass.
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Oh. Hell. Yes. Hugo Chavez is starting a blog! →
“At the Miraflofles presidential palace, I could set up a computer, [launch an Internet] page and communicate with millions not only in Venezuela but throughout the world. I could have a foxhole on the Internet, a foxhole for battles in the global network,” Chavez said.
Shouts to Gizmodo for the image.
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Pakistani editorial warns against radicalized... →
Last week the University of Pehawar closed after a student was attacked and killed by members of an Islamist student group for playing music in his hostel room. The editorial above argues that as long as militant students feel they can “guard the morality of their peers” with impunity, groups like this will continue to divide young people and ignite violence. The group in question is...
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“The parties that support these ideas will suffer adversities, and the same ideas...”
– - Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on countries supporting terrorism (Read: Eritrea) in an interview with Saudi leaning Pan-Arab Daily Asharq al Awsat P.S. he denies the rumor that U.S. ground troops will take part in a major Somali offensive in the near future.
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“The enduring hostilities between Israel and some of its neighbors present...”
– In case you didn’t think Israel v. Palestine matters to Americans- General Patraeus testifying to Congress. (Jerusalem Post)
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Spanish newspaper El País refers to "The problem... →
After the Venezuelan and Spanish governments signed an agreement this weekend, only time will tell if Chavez is willing to settle questions about his collusion with terrorists.
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“The filibuster has been abused. I believe that... →
-Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) on playing hard-ball with Republicans in the Senate
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CS Monitor: alleged Eritrean member of al Shabaab... →
According to US prosecutors, Ahmed is a bomb-maker trained in Somalia by the al Qaeda affiliated terrorist group, al Shabaab. He was detained in Nigera and is suspected of being from Eritrea, a government that has a history of supporting al Shabaab to upset its pro-Western neighbor, Ethiopia.
During her trip to Africa in August, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned Eritrea saying, ”It...
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