IN THE TOILETS WITH THEIR TAILS BETWEEN THEIR LEGS Critics of the war in Afghanistan are fond of asking: "What would victory look like? How will we know when we’ve won?" In view of the latest events in that war-torn country, it’s fair to stand that question on its head and ask: What would defeat look like? It looks like this: as …
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தமிழீழ விடுதலைப்புலிகளால் LTTE கடந்த 23வருடங்களாக காத்தான்குடி முஸ்லிம்களுக்குஏற்படுத்தப்பட்ட உயிர் மற்றும் பொருளாதார இழப்புக்களின் விபரம். FACT SHEET ON KATTANKUDY Area 1 Square Mile Population 50,000 (Supposed to be most dense of the towns and villages in the whole of South-East Asia) Location Batticaloa-Kalmunai Trunk RoadNorth: Batticaloa South: Araipattai Village East: Batticaloa Lagoon West: Sea (Bay of Bangal) Character Though a village, urban in outlook and character Cottage Industry Handloom, Handicrafts 5A- Number of …
Read More »Tajik Children Banned From Mosques, OnIslam & Newspapers
CAIRO – Bringing back bad memories of the Soviet repression, the Tajik parliament has passed a bill that would ban children and adolescents from attending mosques, drawing sharp criticism from Muslim leaders as a crackdown on religious freedom. "It's a black day for Muslims," prominent Muslim theologist Akbar Turadzhonzoda told Times of India on Saturday, June 18. “Even in …
Read More »Washington Okays Attack on Unarmed U.S. Ship By Stephen Zunes
The Obama administration appears to have given a green light to an Israeli attack on an unarmed flotilla carrying peace and human rights activists — including a vessel with 50 Americans on board — bound for the besieged Gaza Strip. At a press conference on June 24, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized the flotilla organized by the Free Gaza Campaign …
Read More »US Boat to Gaza turns around, heads back to port
ATHENS, Greece (Ma'an) — The US Boat to Gaza left the Athens Port at 4:50 p.m. on Friday, expecting to be stopped by Greek authorities in the country's coastal waters on its way to meet a French ship that had already left port. Shortly after it sailed the US boat was intercepted by Greek officials, at the same time organizers …
Read More »Hindu holy man reveals truth of terror attacks blamed on Muslims By Andrew Buncombe in Delhi
India is being forced to confront disturbing evidence that increasingly suggests a secret Hindu terror network may have been responsible for a wave of deadly attacks previously blamed on radical Muslims. Information contained in a confession given in court by a Hindu holy man, suggests that he and several others linked to a right-wing Hindu organisation, planned and carried …
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