Hugo Chavez likes Nationalized Oil… so do Canadians

Huh? Well… a little while ago I mentioned that Chavez has been making offers to export his countries oil to everyone but the US. Asia, Europe, South America, and his neighbours in Central America and the Caribeaan. Today, he took one more step towards creating a “Petrocaribe”. The talks are being attended by representatives of …

Slave trade in Iraq

Saw this disturbing report at a new (to me) Iraqi blog called Baghdad Dweller. The smuggler, a 48-year-old Iraqi man, says that smuggling operations have now become more dangerous then ever, and that the proper attention needs to be given to the phenomenon, because the new generation of smugglers will deal with anything no matter …

Raed on Hurricane Katrina

You may know Raed in the Middle already. If you do, you probably have an opinion on his perspective of things. But you can’t deny that he is there, on the ground, and his opinions are likely those shared, if not by all, then by a large number of others because, in his position and …