A Chronicle of Gaza, in Kitsch Form
New York Times - 4 minutes agoAt the Chairman Arafat Shop, one of Gaza's oddest commercial outlets, a battery-powered, dancing Osama bin Laden doll occupies a shelf above Barack Obama coffee mugs.
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At the Chairman Arafat Shop, one of Gaza's oddest commercial outlets, a battery-powered, dancing Osama bin Laden doll occupies a shelf above Barack Obama coffee mugs.
A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday. The posting on the Web site for Anwar al Awlaki, who was a...
Pvt. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago, was pregnant and preparing to return to Illinois. A friend of Velez's, Sasha Ramos, described her as a fun-loving person who wrote poetry and loved dancing.
In an attempt to raise awareness and money to defeat what many observers have called a “genocide” in Darfur, a region in Sudan, dozens of celebrities and professional poker players gathered at San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino in Highland on Oct. 29 to participate at the Ante Up for Africa Poker Tournament.
The alleged Fort Hood shooter apparently attended the same Virginia mosque as two Sept. 11 hijackers in 2001, at a time when a radical imam preached there.
Washington (UPI) Nov 9, 2009 - Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the proverbial canary in the mine. Gunning down 12 soldiers and one civilian, and wounding 31 was not a random act of violence by an army psychiatrist who was slated to deploy to Afghanistan, an evil war in his mind, where American infidels are killing good Muslims. As the Virginia-born major told a female neighbor in his apartment complex ...
The only thing that may be more frightening than the possibility of annihilation is the possibility that our society could coast on forever as it is.
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A Look at those Killed, Wounded In Shooting Rampage
Army massacre fiend Nidal Malik Hasan attended a Virginia mosque at the same time as two of the 9/11 hijackers -- and the FBI is now investigating whether there is a connection between the men, an official confirmed yesterday. Maj. Hasan -- the Ar...
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani soldiers attacked militant bases in the main al-Qaida and Taliban stronghold along the Afghan border Saturday as the nuclear-armed country launched its most critical offensive yet against insurgents threatening its stability.
As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship — common courtesies and routines of the departing soldier. Instead, authorities say, he went on the killing spree that left 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, dead.
There is certainly a lot of hand-wringing, chin-rubbing and forceful exhaling going on these days over the increasingly challenging war in Afghanistan, where nearly 70,000 U.S. troops are duking it out with the Taliban, al-Qaida and war lords.
A radical American imam on Yemen's most wanted militant list who had contact with two 9/11 hijackers praised alleged Fort Hood shooter Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as a hero on his personal Web site Monday. Hospital: Ft. Hood shooting suspect awake, talking
Read stories of the 13 shooting victims from Fort Hood, after an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers.
The 13 people killed when an Army psychiatrist allegedly opened fire on fellow soldiers at Fort Hood, Texas, included several people who shared the same profession as the alleged shooter, a father of three with ties to Laos whose family had a history of military service, a civilian who had returned to work a week after suffering a heart attack, ...