Fort Hood shooting on Guy Fawkes Day - City of Brass
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It is significant that the Fort Hood shootings took place on Guy Fawkes Day?
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"collateral shahadat" - too good, yaar - City of Brass
Rated • 1 review • humor, satire, terrorism • beliefnet.com
a satirical new term - "collateral shahadat" - in invented. The sad part is that satire aside, this probably is how Al Qaeda actually thinks.
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Did the GOP win or lose in NY-23? - City of Brass
Rated • 1 review • politics, republicans, conservatism • beliefnet.com
What does the outcome of the election in NY-23 teach us about conservatism, ideological purity, and the Republican Party? Better yet, what do we think that conservatives have learned from it? Good news for Democrats all around.
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Abdullah runs off; Karzai certified - City of Brass
Rated • 1 review • politics, afghanistan, foreign policy • beliefnet.com
I am I am really disappointed in Abdullah Abdullah's decision to withdraw from the run-off election. I think the whole thing shows the need for constitutional reform in Afghanistan; the current one gives the President too much power to appoint regional governors and thus leads to cronyism - poisoning the democratic process.
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Karzai vs Abdullah, round 2 - run-off in Afghanistan to...
Rated • 1 review • politics, afghanistan, obama • beliefnet.com
momentous news: Karzai agrees to run-off election. I predict Obama will approve all the troops requested by Gen. McChrystal as a result, having already taken troop reductions off the table (He already approved a non-combat troop increase, without any PR fanfare).
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Is Ayatollah Khamenei dead or in a coma? - City of Brass
Rated • 1 review • politics, middle east, green revolution • beliefnet.com
the rumor is that Ayatollah Khamenei is dead - but the source seems to be the old neocon cabal. Still, the rumor is gaining traction in Tehran...
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Liberté, fraternité, but not égalité: a note from...
Rated • 1 review • politics, turkey, religion • beliefnet.com
How secularism has created an identity paradox in Turkey, and the implications for religious tolerance and freedom.
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Obama takes troop reduction in Afghanistan off the...
Rated • 1 review • politics, afghanistan, foreign policy • beliefnet.com
Obama's challenge in Afghanistan is to do more with less. But what's wrong with muddling through?
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Deserve this! The Nobel Peace Prize Agenda for Obama -...
Rated • 1 review • politics, nobel • beliefnet.com
Asking of President Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize is the wrong question. The intention isn't to reward him, but lobby him, especially on Afghanistan, non-proliferation, and Israel.
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the economic Stimulus: behind the curtain - City of Brass
Rated • 1 review • economics, politics, obama • beliefnet.com
A look behind the scenes of how the economic decisions are made in the Obama White House.
