A Rather Large Canal
No, not Suez, the Panama widening or even the one proposed for Nicaragua. This one is in the Middle East. The 950km long Salman Canal will link the Arabian Gulf…
The Management of Savagery
The Management of Savagery” is much more than the A-Z of how to establish a caliphate, it is an Islamist justification for the use of violence and in particular of exemplary violence for political (religious) ends. If Afghanistan was about Armed Politics according to Emile Simpson then what we are looking at with “The Management of Savagery” is as much Armed Evangelisation as it is caliphate building according to Abu Bakr Naji.
The Ancient Art of Pilfering
Seems like the ancient art of pilfering is alive and well in the Middle East
UK Aid Destined for Iraq
A collection of images from Brize Norton showing humanitarian aid being loaded onto RAF C130 Hercules aircraft in preparation for air dropping over Iraq. Included in the package are; Supplies include…
A World in Turmoil
With news that the US will be going to war in Iraq, again, I am reminded of this clip from the Godfather III http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU Whilst the Twittersphere has gone into…