ing Afghan civilians in two shifts qualifies Sgt. Robert Bales as a serial killer.
Sgt. Bales: Is Further Proof Needed That Multiple Tours Are a Recipe for Disaster?
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Europe & Central Asia
Three Killings
The note left next to the bloodied body of Shaima Alawadi read “go back to your country, you terrorist.” Alawadi, who died on Saturday after being taken off life support, was an Iraqi-born mother of five living outside of San Diego. Someone had delivered a similar note to the family earlier in the month. It was likely the same person who returned with a tire iron and struck her repeatedly on the head. Alawadi had lived in the United States for 17 years. Several family members reportedly provided cultural training to U.S. soldiers deployed to the Middle East. In a very sad coda, Alawadi is indeed going back to her country – to be buried.
The Secret to Islam’s Rapid Expansion: Free Love (?)
Christians characterized the coming of Islam as “a punishment without pity” for the world.
Irish Try to Wriggle Free of Mother Merkel’s Hair Shirt of Debt
Saints will not preserve Ireland from an invasion of the austerity snakes: the Irish people will have to do that.
Sanctifying the Killing of Muslims
Before the first crusade, Christianity killing in war was but a necessary evil.
Unlocking the Holocaust’s Hidden History
The United Nations War Crimes Commission’s records must be declassified and opened immediately.
America’s Image Problem
It’s not that Afghans are inherently untrustworthy. Rather, the United States has put them in an untenable position. They must choose between supporting unpalatable insiders and unpalatable outsiders.
But it’s actually worse than this.
Qur’an Burning an Arson Attack on Islam
Nearly a decade into the Afghanistan war, foreign forces continue to demonstrate a fundamental lack of understanding of Islamic culture.
As Always, Good News About Nukes Soon Eclipsed by the Bad
Important as preventing nuclear proliferation is, it’s second to nuclear risk.
Georgia: NATO Membership in Exchange for Use as a Base for War With Iran?
New hospitals and air bases built in Georgia have led to speculation they’re to support U.S. attack on Iran.