Maybe back in '90, but not this last time around.Could the same strategy, that worked in Libya, have worked in Iraq? (without the "Arab spring" serving as a catalyst in the region).
Could the same strategy, that worked in Libya, have worked in Iraq? (without the "Arab spring" serving as a catalyst in the region).
Well, they tried their best with Erdogan...I wonder when the first western newspaper will call any muslim party entering the elections "islamist". That would make at least the US Republicans and German CDU (conservatives) "Crusader" partys.
You know why the Christian Democrats score so high in many parts of Berlin? Because the conservative, middle-aged population of turkish descent is all for family values, law and order and business-orientated policy. They could not care less if it's "christian" or "muslim" family values.Well, they tried their best with Erdogan...
Libya: Apparent Execution of 53 Gaddafi Supporters
Bodies Found at Sirte Hotel Used by Anti-Gaddafi Fighters
October 24, 2011
(Sirte) ? Fifty-three people, apparent Gaddafi supporters, seem to have been executed at a hotel in Sirte last week, Human Rights Watch said today. The hotel is in an area of the city that was under the control of anti-Gaddafi fighters from Misrata before the killings took place.
reason for concern:
(Sirte) ? Fifty-three people, apparent Gaddafi supporters, seem to have been executed at a hotel in Sirte last week, Human Rights Watch said today. The hotel is in an area of the city that was under the control of anti-Gaddafi fighters from Misrata before the killings took place.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/9696353.stmAstonishingly, in 21st Century Egypt, the latest figures suggest that more than 90% of the women have been subject to female genital mutilation (FGM).
http://www.suntimes.com/news/washin...gan-brings-ominous-news-from-middle-east.htmlReporter Lara Logan brings ominous news from Middle East
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/vi...shing_major_lie_that_taliban_is_weakened.htmlCBS' Lara Logan Slams Obama Admin For Pushing "Major Lie" That Taliban Is Weakened
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/jim-g...rced-resign/story?id=24266710&singlePage=trueA legendary Special Forces commander was quietly forced to leave the U.S. Army after he admitted to a love affair with a Washington Post war correspondent, who quit her job to secretly live with him for almost a year in one of the most dangerous combat outposts in Afghanistan.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...-funding-the-rise-of-Islamist-extremists.htmlHow Qatar is funding the rise of Islamist extremists
The fabulously wealthy Gulf state, which owns an array of London landmarks and claims to be one of our best friends in the Middle East, is a prime sponsor of violent Islamists
If you ask me, it isn't so much financial support but rather protection money...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...feared-by-us-officials-than-isis-9748404.htmlKhorasan: terror group more feared by US officials than Isis