Camp X-ray still open for bussiness
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Posts tagged "War On Terror"
The failed legacy of 9/11 and the hope of the Arab Spring
Current Affairs | September 11, 2011, 9:56 am |
Ten years is a long time, a time in which people, nations and the world can change dramatically. One single event rarely defines the future but it can shape the proceeding years in a profound manner.
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9/11 to Libya western foreign policy comes full circle
Current Affairs | September 11, 2011, 9:35 am |
Today marks the 10th anniversary of 9/11 and Muslims will once again be under the spotlight.
All major TV channels have got special features marking the event, attempting a decade on to make some sense of the events of 9/11 and what has transpired since. Those in the US and the rest of the Western world will not be unique in wondering how it all came to this; those in Afghanistan, Iraq and many other places will ponder the same.
The image above is of some tourists from sleepy Singapore who were stopped by American police during the policing for the build up to the 9/11 anniversary, more on that later.
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During the many years the Apache leader Geronimo spent protecting his ancient tribal lands from both Mexican and US occupation, he would never of thought that a hundred years after his death the code to summon the end of life for Osama Bin Laden, would be the utterance of his name.
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“And We have already created man and know what his soul whispers to him, and We are closer to him than [his] jugular vein” [TMQ: Surah Qaf: 16]
“Winston wondered how far this falsification would go. Given the inexorable nature of the Party’s project, sooner or later, they would declare that two and two are five and if he, Winston questioned it he would probably be a lunatic and ‘in a minority of one.”.
