If you want to be notified the next time I write something, sign up for FREE email alerts or subscribe to the RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Two years after the outbreak of the war in Nahr Al-Bared, the camp's fate remains unclear. the reconstruction of the official camp might start soon, but the army keeps [...]
Tagged Army, Camp, Fateh al-Islam, lebanese, Nahr al-Bared, palestinian, Refugees, video, WarThe three-month-long war between the Lebanese army and Fatah al-Islam militants in the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr al-Bared in northern Lebanon ended on 2 September 2007. While the Lebanese army has allowed displaced residents to return to some parts of the camp, the fate of other parts of the camp still under the army's [...]
Tagged Army, Camp, Lebanon, Nahr al-Bared, Palestine, palestinian, Refugee, Refugees, WarIn may 2007, the battle between Fatah Al-Islam and the Lebanese army broke out in Nahr Al-Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon. Amidst heavy fighting, the Lebanese army had systematically destroyed the entire camp by september 2007. Two years later, nearly all the rubble has been cleared from the "old camp", the core of Nahr [...]
Tagged Camp, Fatah Al-Islam, Fateh al-Islam, lebanese, Lebanon, Palestine, palestinian, Refugee, Refugees, WarBY JOSH RUEBNER
In pledging to trim ineffective spending, President Obama declared that “there will be no sacred cows and no pet projects. All across America, families are making hard choices, and it's time their government did the same."
By asking earlier this month for $2.775 billion in military aid to Israel in his FY2010 budget request, [...]
… So We Get Them into The Kingdom"
Published on Monday, May 4, 2009 by RebelReports
Military officials at Bagram are caught on tape urging US soldiers to evangelize in the Muslim country.
by Jeremy Scahill
New video evidence has surfaced showing that US military forces in Afghanistan have been instructed by the military's top chaplain in the country [...]
Israeli Armsdog-Millionaires Assault Bollywood
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, Israel's armament development authority, has launched a promotional film that was dubbed "the most atrocious defense video of all time" by Wired, the popular technology magazine.
Let's say you're a defense-company marketing executive. And you want to make a splash at the Indian defense ministry's annual air show. Do [...]
Same old story, new president:
U.S. President Barack Obama will not cut the billions of dollars in military aid promised to Israel, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday. The $30 billion in aid promised to Israel over the next decade will not be harmed by the world financial crisis, the official told Israel Radio. He [...]
By Carlos Latuff
"The Israeli Defense Force is the most moral army in the World!"
–Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany bombed, invaded and annexed countries and territories as a prelude to their quest for World Empire. Israel's drive for regional dominance has followed in their footsteps, imitating their style: Indiscriminate aerial bombings [...]
Yedioth [Israel Newspaper] Internet
Gaza war summary
Despite widespread praise, B. Michael unimpressed with military’s performance in Gaza
B. Michael
Did the army draw lessons from its past performance? Unclear. The praise being lavished on the IDF still requires verification. This army participated in two wars: In Lebanon it was fired at and it emerged out of [...]
On Saturday December 27, the latest US-Israeli attack on helpless Palestinians was launched. The attack had been meticulously planned, for over 6 months according to the Israeli press. The planning had two components: military and propaganda. It was based on the lessons of Israel's 2006 invasion of Lebanon, which was considered to be poorly planned [...]
Tagged Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Noam-Chomsky, Palestine, PeaceVery strong insights from Israel:
More of a neighborhood than a country
By Doron Rosenblum
There is certainly a connection between the fact that Israel was involved in two prolonged wars of choice within two years, each of which began with an outburst of anger and ended with government head-scratching - and the fact that it was headed [...]
Also read "Is it Qassams or Gas? (Part 1) here!"
War and Natural Gas: The Israeli Invasion and Gaza's Offshore Gas Fields
by Michel Chossudovsky
The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves.
This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there [...]
By Vittorio Arrigoni
6:05 PM, Marna house, Gaza city
An acrid smell of sulphur fills the air while the sky is shaken by earth-shattering rumbles. My ears are now deaf to the explosions while my eyes are all out of tears from all the corpses. I stand in front of Al Shifa hospital, Gaza's main hospital, and [...]
Mr. Barack Obama, may God/Allah (oops, did I say Allah, sorry) and all deities help you and guide you. You need all of the help you can get, as you assume the leadership of the US on January 20th, 2009. Not only you are taking the helm of a country on the edge of financial [...]
Tagged Barack Obama, economy, Obama
