Wer in Sachen Afghanistan auf dem Laufenden bleiben will, kann sich auf WADI verlassen. Hier geht es zu einem lesenswerten Artikel:
„Tightening the Noose“ von Stephen Brown:
„The much-reported 30 percent increase in violence in Afghanistan this year has also been accompanied with very little context. One publication, Strategy Page.com, pointed out that country-wide violence will cause 6,000 deaths in Afghanistan this year, which averages out to 24 dead per 100,000 people. In contrast, South Africa, a country at peace, will see 50 citizens out of every 100,000 die violently in 2008, mostly because of its high crime rate. Other countries, especially failed states like Somalia, probably have an even higher death rate from violence, but are unable to keep proper statistics. So the Afghan situation, while not laudable, is also not dismal.“
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Was Russland dagegen derzeit für eine Bündnispolitik betreibt, kann gut an der derzeitigen Route eines nuklear angetriebenen Kriegsschiffes nachvollzogen werden: Über Syrien und Libyen geht es ab zum Manöver nach Venezuela: „Russian nuclear missile cruiser to dock at Syrian Port on Yom Kippur Eve„.
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Der Sandmonkey wiederum weiß in „McCain doesn’t want to win“ treffend das Unbehagen über John McCains intellektuellen Breakdown zusammenzufassen, wenngleich er die mehr als abgründige Sarah Palins außen vor lässt:
„I don’t know if you guys have been watching the same McCain campaign that I’ve been watching, but has it been majorly sucking lately or what? I mean, I refrained from commenting on the last debate, simply because I was so angry that I- a measly blogger from egypt- actually had better answers than McCain on the questions he was being asked, well, that’s just not a good indicator is it? And why is he sticking to the mavericky crap? It’s nice being called a Maverick, but calling yourself one time and time again? That’s like Obama calling himself “ the great Hope“ time and time again. It’s hokey, it’s unappealing and it’s unbecoming. And now it’s a national joke. […]
Why do I bother? He is going to lose this debate anyway. Obama just wants it more and it shows. And if he ends up winning it, well, good on him anyway, because he fought harder and committed less mistakes. Although I do have to say that american elections have this fantastic effect of taking two candidates that you liked at the beginning of the race and makes you really fuckin hate them near the end of it. Oh well. One month left to go.“
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In Afrika, besonders um Tansania, kam es jüngst zu einer Welle an Morden an Albinos: Deren Körperteile werden in der Region für besonders magisch potent gehalten. See also: „Vestiges of Barbaric Animalistic Ritual Murders in Ghana„.
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Wer noch 1000-mal lesen will, dass Iran niemals von der Produktion atomwaffenfähigen Materials ablassen wird, kann auf Iran-Focus die zahllosen Bestätigungen einholen.
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