U.S. troops in Afghanistan are having a hard time understanding what is a strange Afghan cultural practice to them. The practice can be summed up in the ages old Afghan phrase, “women are for children, boys are for pleasure.” for more click here
Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, a close ally of President Ahmadinejad, presents a religious justification for killing opponents of the government. for more click here
PARIS — French Prime Minister Francois Fillon on Friday asked France’s top court to help the government draft a law banning the full Islamic veil, his office said.
The government’s move comes three days after a French parliament report called for a ban on the burqa and niqab, saying Muslim women who fully cover their heads and faces pose an “unacceptable” challenge to French values. for more click here
At a London gathering, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai details a peace initiative aimed at reconciling with the insurgency’s top echelon. The U.S. approach is more limited. for more click here
This took place in NYC in front of the UN to show solidarity with Coptic Christians in Egypt and ask for a cessation of violence against Copts. There are estimates of over tens of thousands who showed up that day. for more click here
Kenneth Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, releases the organization’s . For more information and to access the report, see: http://www.hrw.org/en/world-report-2010/news-release. for more click here
As the tumbrels and the bounty hunters converge on the Chilcot inquiry for Friday’s climactic appearance by Tony Blair it may be worth a backward glance at what’s going on in Iraq nearly seven years after the fateful US-UK invasion. for more click here
Washington, 28 January (WashingtonTV)—Five human rights advocacy groups in five Western countries on Thursday launched a campaign to exert pressure on Iran to end what they described as a routine pattern of “arbitrary” and “inhumane” executions. for more click here
Scientists hope to exhume the remains of Leonardo da Vinci so they can reconstruct his face to discover whether the Mona Lisa is a disguised self-portrait. for more click here
Lt. Col. Allen West (US Army, Ret.) speaks to the Center for Security Policy’s National Security Group on Capital Hill. Col. West was a senior advisor, Combined Security Transition Command – Afghanistan, U.S. Central Command. He is running for Congress in South Florida. for more click here