Category Archives: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan

Following events in the Middle East

Outrageous: McClatchy Praises Terrorist's 'Charity Work'

“Sadr City’s main humanitarian organization”? This is Muqtada al Sadr we are talking about here. He is 100% backed by one of our biggest enemies in the world, Iran. Yet, here is McClatchy acting as if the Sadrists are a legitimate “humanitarian aid”
But, McClatchy had their hearts go aflutter over Sadr’s “humanitarian aid” imagining […]

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Iran, Tajikistan reach a deal on insurance co-op

The 7th meeting Iran-Tajikistan Joint Economic Cooperation Commission ended in Tehran, IRNA reported. via IranMania News
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Israel to explode from within: Iran’s Rafsanjani

“That is firstly because the discrimination observed inside Israel has always been deadly high, and that is not only for the Arab Israelis, that have always been leading very bad lives.”
Expediency Council Chairman said on the 60th establishment anniversary of Israel and occupation of Palestine that Israel will explode from within, as justice is […]

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Situation unsatisfactory in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan - Rafsanjani

“The occupiers are the root cause for the ongoing troubles in Iraq, but they resort to accusing the others in order to save their reputation. Assistance of Iraq’s neighbors is necessary in order to solve those foreign-made problems.”
Rafsanjani - Region - Oppression Provisional Friday Prayer Leader of Tehran said here Friday current situation in […]

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Car carrying explosives intercepted outside Kandahar; three arrested

“They were giving bombs from Pakistani Taliban to Afghan Taliban”
- Afghan security forces foiled two improvised explosive attacks after arresting at least three people and intercepting two vehicles - one of them laden with explosives - on Saturday in Kandahar.
Provincial police Chief Sayed Aka Sakib says the seizure of the cars resulted in information […]

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Calgary soldier’s final journey home

“All I knew was that it was a patrol and I knew what component it was coming from and I knew Mike was part of that component, but I did not know that it was his platoon in particular. When I was watching it I had an inkling.”
The body of a Calgary paramedic, killed […]

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Militants die in Afghanistan clash

Dozens of protesters blocked a road Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, claiming U.S.-led coalition forces killed three civilians, and a local official said police fatally shot one of the protesters and injured three of them.
Villagers from the area carried three bodies to a major highway during the protest. Police allegedly opened fire, killing one and […]

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Obama Advisor Resigns Over Ties to Hamas

“He has no formal role in the campaign and he will not play any role in the future.”
An informal Middle East advsior to Barack Obama q uit the campaign yesterday as the advisor’s ties to Hamas were about to become more publicized. via TalkLeft
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Real Madrid to play friendly against Al Nasr in Saudi Arabia in May

Spanish champion Real Madrid will play Al Nasr in a friendly in Saudi Arabia. The game in Riyadh on May 20 will honor the Saudi team’s international striker Majed Abdullah, a three-time Asian player of the year … via PR-inside.com
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A defense of air strikes in Iraq

U.S. forces have killed 25 militants in just two days in Baghdad’s Sadr City with the help of air power. via Reuters
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