Jun 10 2011

We wake up empty and frightened

The true spiritual leader of Iran is Rumi

By Melody Moezzi, Friday 10 June 2011 14.30 BST … Iran’s officially recognised “spiritual leader” today may be Ayatollah Khamenei, but for hundreds of years before the current establishment of…  [more]

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Jun 10 2011

It pains me to say this

Texas hoax had the media digging their own grave

By Bob Garfield, Thursday 9 June 2011 13.30 BST … Europe woke up to a tremendous disappointment on Wednesday. Despite the lurid promises of the 11 o’clock news, authorities in…  [more]

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Jun 08 2011

Flag of false allegiance

Worshipping the Irrational Jesus

By Mark Osler, 06/ 8/11 11:42 AM ET … I recently heard a radio preacher explain how it was OK to be rich — that, in fact, it was a mark of being blessed by…  [more]

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Jun 07 2011

Fighting shabiha

The people vs The President

By Robert Fisk, Wednesday, 8 June 2011 … Syria’s revolt against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad is turning into an armed insurrection, with previously peaceful demonstrators taking up arms to fight their own army…  [more]

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Jun 07 2011

Henry, why do you think?

The cynicism of Israeli settlement policy

By Ray Close, Tue 6/7/2011 In case anyone has any doubts about the cynical motivation that has often inspired the Israeli Government’s practice of unofficially encouraging the establishment of settlements in occupied territory as …  [more]

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Jun 06 2011

Take these rogues off our hands

The dumping ground for despots welcomes another

By Robert Fisk, Tuesday, 7 June 2011 … Saudi Arabia is a great dumping ground for despots. Remember Idi Amin? We Brits loved him once, but when he turned against us and started…  [more]

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Jun 06 2011

What we have lost

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Obscenities as words of Torah

By Yossi Sarid, 01:09 07.06.11 … Go to your computer right now and watch the frightening video clip posted on YouTube as a memento of Jerusalem Day (it’s called “Yom Yeru 2011”…  [more]

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