Bombing of Shia Mosque in Iraq : Three Views

From an Iraqi: As if we didn’t have enough problems already! From where I’m sitting now I can hear both Sunni and Shia mosques are condemning the attack through their loudspeakers. Things look scary here in Baghdad… Head of the Sunni endowment sheikh Ahmed al-Samarra’I announces that he will allocate 2 billion dinars (~1.4 million …

Want to keep cheap gas? Fight for Nigerian human rights!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably adjusted, however begrudgingly, to the current price of gasoline, diesel, heating oil, and/or natural gas. Today.. the price of Oil continues to hover around $61 for both the NY and London Brent markets. However, the security of that ever-present stream of oil is, as always, under threat. Whether …

The Social impact of the next Terror Attack on North America.

John Robb, of Global Guerrilas, has a warning. Osama bin Laden offered a truce to America last month. This is a religiously mandated action prior to an attack. We should anticipate that new attacks on US targets will occur soon. Robb studies International Terrorism and seems to have a very good grasp of how terrorists …