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Afghanistan Beyond 2014
03-07-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has announced that the United States will maintain troops in Afghanistan beyond the year 2014, a major setback for those who elected President Barack Obama to get us out of the longest war in American history. The Afghan government of Hamid Karzai has asked that [...]
Libyan Rebels Ask For No-Fly Zone
03-07-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Following two days of airstrikes on the rebel positions around the oil center of Ras Lanouf, some rebel leaders are sending clear signals to the West. “We don’t want a foreign military intervention, but we do want a no-fly zone,” said Ali Suleiman. He stated that the rebels can deal [...]
Iran’s Sensitivity
03-07-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Pity poor Iran. First they had to endure Hollywood’s disdain for accuracy in Oliver Stone’s film Alexander. Stone’s costume and prop designers screwed up the armor and weaponry in the movie. Gee, I just thought it was a bad movie. Then, Iran was subjected to the horrific historical misrepresentation of [...]
Julian Assange’s Bad Year
03-07-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Julian Assange is having a bad year, and it’s only March. First, the New York Times published the memoirs of the editors and reporters who dealt with Assange during the dump of the data provided by PFC Bradley Manning. Then, his challenge to the extradition request from Sweden was denied. [...]
Options in Libya
03-06-2011 by L. S. Carbonell Michael O’Hanlon is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and the author of The Science of War. He has written an opinion piece for Politico that deserves some exploration. He asks the question “Should Washington’s response to this crisis [in Libya] include the use of military force, and if [...]
Libya on Saturday
03-05-2011 by L. S. Carbonell There are very few things certain in Libya today. America has joined the effort to provide aid for the refugees who have flooded into Tunisia, and a major ammunition dump in Benghazi was blown up. In the absence of any testimony of airplanes overhead before the explosion, the rebels who [...]
NYC LGBT Center To Be Site Of Protest Over Canceled Israel Protest Party
03/04/11-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire The problems of Catch-22′s. Tomorrow, the NYC LGBT Center will be the site of a protest by Siege Busters to protest the decision by Glennda Testone, the executive director of the center, to cancel the “Party to End Apartheid!” event that was planned. Testone pulled the event after Michael Lucas, a [...]
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Interview with Mr. Gay South Africa on his Way to Manila for Mr. Gay World
Melanie Nathan – March 07-2011 – VOTE at www.mrgayworld.org CAPE TOWN – Francois Nel has a face that could launch a thousand gay bars – and a body that makes the Trojan horse look like a Shetland pony! His is one you will see headlines this week in many a gay publication and if you [...]