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12 countries face egypt-inspired protest movements

February 14th, 2011 · 3 Comments

When all this first started with Tunisia, I didn’t think there was any way the people could oust their president after some 24 years in power. I’d spent just a couple of weeks there in 2008, and people seemed more or less willing to accept the corruption of a government that was at least […]

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Tags: africa · darn tootin' · do something · government · holy crap · iran · iraq · law and order · middle east · news · politics

bush shoe-thrower gets 3 years in prison

March 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Remember Muntadhar al-Zeidi, the Iraqi reporter who last December threw his shoes at George W. Bush, yellng “this is from the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq”? That gesture just earned him three years in prison, and something tells me that if he’d been a white guy tossing shoes at Bush […]

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Tags: crazy · darn tootin' · dumb · iraq · law and order · middle east · news · opinion

on the bush shoe thing…

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Muntadhar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Cairo-based Al-Baghdadia television, threw both his shoes at President Bush at a press conference in Iraq yesterday. He called Bush a “dog,” and as the shoes sailed harmlessly by Bush’s head, al-Zeidi yelled that “this is from the widows […]

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Tags: iraq · middle east · news · usa

cnn: “puppy stays in iraq, army tells soldier”

October 14th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Apparently tired of covering the election, the war and Iceland’s emergence as a terrorist state, the “Most Trusted Name in News” is apparently also looking to become the Most Trusted Name in Not-News:
From CNN:

More than 10,000 people have signed an online petition urging the Army to let an Iraqi puppy come home with a Minnesota […]

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iraq banned from 2008 olympics

July 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments

The CBC reports that the International Olympic Committee has blocked Iraq from participating in the Beijing Olympics two weeks from now because “the country’s government dismissed officials in favour of its own appointees, who weren’t recognized by the IOC.”
A similar ban was imposed in May — and then repealed — by FIFA, soccer’s governing body, […]

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Tags: dumb · iraq · middle east · news · olympics · politics · sad · sport

canada may welcome u.s. army deserters

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Canada, already home to many thousands of former U.S. soldiers who wanted no part of the Vietnam War, may continue its tradition of harbouring conscientious objectors by allowing Iraq War opponents to settle north of the border. The three opposition parties in Canada’s four-party minority government joined forces today to pass a non-binding motion […]

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pro- and anti-war groups cast spells on each other

May 10th, 2008 · No Comments

From FOX News, unfortunately:

Code Pink members unfurled a pink banner reading “Troops Home Now” and waved signs as they began the protest, which they promised would include incantations and pointy hats for a “witches, crones and sirens” day.
“Women are coming to cast spells and do rituals and to impart wisdom to figure out how we’re […]

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saddam and other iraqi leaders autographed u.s. soldier’s playing cards

May 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

After the American-led invasion of Iraq, the army superimposed photos of Saddam Hussein and other “most wanted” Iraqi officials onto playing cards, and distributed the images to the media. As a result, the media would occasionally report the arrest of the “Ace of Diamonds,” or the “Five of Hearts,” essentially allowing the armed forces […]

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Tags: curio · iraq · middle east · usa

more abu ghraib photos come to light

March 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Wired has just published new, apparently never-before-released pictures of the horrible brutality and abuse at the American-run Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. I’m not going to post them here, because they churn my stomach and I almost wish I hadn’t seen them myself, but in the interest of creating public awareness of some of […]

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