Usama bin Ladin speaks

UPDATED Just saw this on the BBC and AlJazeera… apparently there is a new video from him. Definitely current because he makes comments on the US election. Will this have an affect on the US election? Very hard to say. The Candidates may choose to ignore it (quite understandably)… we’ll see. AlJazeera was provided with …

Weapon of Mass Destruction

As is so often the case… political and social upheaval is often accompanied by popular music. This song has been playing on our local Top-20 radio station over the past few months. His lyrics resonate to both “sides”. (Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether you’re …

100,000 Iraqi Deaths

A report published in the highly respected British medical Journal The Lancet states this: Findings: The risk of death was estimated to be 2·5-fold (95% CI 1·6–4·2) higher after the invasion when compared with the preinvasion period. Two-thirds of all violent deaths were reported in one cluster in the city of Falluja. If we exclude …