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7/20/2012-Too Close To Home
Of course I take the side of the rebels, the people Bashar Assad has called terrorists. Now that people in Assad's inner circle have strapped bombs to their chest, can the war last much longer before he's vaporized? Assad has a weird head and neck. His...
Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Bashar Assad
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Omar Suleiman dies at 76; former head of Egyptian intelligence
CAIRO — Omar Suleiman, Egypt's former spymaster and a confidant of deposed leader Hosni Mubarak, died Thursday in a U.S. hospital, months after his unsuccessful presidential bid to restore the old guard to power after a national revolution, state...
Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Islam, Religion and Belief
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A sequel to a nightmare for Iraqi refugees living in Syria
World NowFor some Iraqi refugees living in Syria, it feels like a sequel to a nightmare. Tens of thousands of Iraqis fled to Syria during the brutal sectarian war that followed the U.S.-led ouster of Saddam Hussein. Syria beckoned as a haven of religious... -
Iraqi ironies
Victor Davis HansonAmid all the stories about the ongoing violence in Syria, the most disturbing is the possibility that Syrian President Bashar Assad could either deploy the arsenal of chemical and biological weapons that his government claims it has, or provide it to...Tags: Hosni Mubarak, Iraq, Elections, Libya, Iraq War (2003-2011)
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Crow delivers perfect folksy bluegrass
Nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow performed at the Pacific Amphitheatre in Costa Mesa Wednesday evening, treating a near-sold out crowd to 80 minutes in folk-rock heaven. Opening act Honey Honey — a cross between KT Tunstall, the Civil Wars,...
Tags: Music, Fatigue, Disneyland Park, KT Tunstall, The Jackson Five (music group)
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Sources: Obama Authorized Secret Support for Syrian Rebels
CNNWASHINGTON, DC -- President Barack Obama has signed a covert directive authorizing U.S. support for Syrian rebels battling President Bashar al-Assad's forces, U.S. officials told CNN on Wednesday. The secret order, referred to as an intelligence...Tags: Australia, Science and Technology, Los Angeles Times, Bombings, Ban Ki-moon
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Theater review: '9 Parts of Desire'
Orlando Sentinel theater criticIs it that daunting to be a woman? As a man, maybe I can't fully grasp the tangled emotions of guilt, courage, exhilaration, cynicism and terror of the nine women of "9 Parts of Desire." But the actresses depicting women who have all been affected by...Tags: Iraq, Metal and Mineral, Celebrities, Building Material
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Syria's turmoil is internal, but meddling could inflame Middle East
William PfaffPARIS -- The unclarified mystery about the struggle in Syria is what it is all about. Did it begin in repercussion to the Arab uprisings elsewhere? Or is there a sinister external explanation? Who began it? The story commonly offered is that children...Tags: William Pfaff, Iraq, Defense Equipment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Saudi Arabia
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Search For Stowaways In Ship Containers Turns Up Nothing
Pix11.com | @jamesfordtvA container on board a ship that cruised through the Middle East and Pakistan before heading to New York Harbor had everyone from Homeland Security to the Port Authority scrambling to make sure there aren't stowaways on board. A grueling day-long...Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, National Security, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Pakistan
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The mess in the Middle East
Had Israel behaved as the Americans and Europeans desired, today Bashar Assad of Syria would be sitting atop the Golan Heights, and would surely start a war with Israel to divert attention from his domestic troubles. The "unintended consequences" of...Tags: The New York Times, Public Finance, Fareed Zakaria, Islam, Religion and Belief
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5/31/2012-Assad's Neck Size
I think it's only a matter of time before Assad meets the same fate as Saddam Hussein, if not from his own people then by the system of international justice. He can't possibly escape it. The world is a different place than it was when former Ugandan...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Idi Amin
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The debt to war fighters
Jules WitcoverWASHINGTON -- When President Obama went to the Vietnam War Memorial for our annual tribute to the nation's fallen veterans, he used the occasion to note the collective injustice shown to those who fought, and many who died, in the war so many Americans...Tags: Iraq, Joe Biden, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Protest, Afghanistan
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Jul 26, 2012
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Jul 26, 2012
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Aug 2, 2012
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Aug 9, 2012
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Jul 24, 2012
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Jun 28, 2012
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Jun 23, 2012
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May 30, 2012
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May 30, 2012
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