Category Archives: Islam and war

Where Islam goes, deserts follow.

Next stop on the Obama War tour – Sirte

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Art Stone

Also known as Sert, Serte, Surt…. A few weeks ago, I stressed the point that people will fight much harder when defending their home, than taking over someone else’s turf. Surt is Qadaffi’s home town, and his people. There is … Continue reading →

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Democracy? Suckers!

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Art Stone

The top priority of the brand new government in Egypt is to make participation in a protest a crime punishable by a year in prison. http://en.trend.az/regions/met/arabicr/1849903.html http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/374819 Weird, the Western press don’t seem to know or care.

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Petra, Jordan

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Art Stone

Part of wisdom is realizing just how much you don’t know. Behold the “lost city” of Petra, located in Jordan. This city was carved into the rocks in the first century AD, by the Nabataean  kingdom – a pre-Islamic Arab civilization which … Continue reading →

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Never fear, NATO is in charge now!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

“When everyone is in charge, nobody is in charge.” U.S. Rep. Gene Taylor, concerning the Gulf Oil cleanup Turkey is more than a bit angry with France about ignoring them during the decision making process to expand the scope of … Continue reading →

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African Union to hold peace talks

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

The AU is going to meet with represenatives of the Qadaffi government and the rebels to see if there is a way to stop this Libya thing. http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Coalition-Forces-Pound-Libya-as-African-Union-Brokers-Talks-118608614.html The AU had refused to be the proxy to give the US … Continue reading →

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France shoots down airplane over Misrata

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

You have to get pretty far into the story to learn it was a G2 – a probably unarmed training aircraft made in Yugoslavia with no pressurized cockpit and top speed of around 440 mph. The “Rebels” captured 4 G2s in … Continue reading →

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If women ran the world…

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

there would be no more wars.  So goes the myth.   Ignore Queen Elizabeth sinking the Spanish Armada, Katherine the Great of Russia’s wars with the Ottoman empire, Margaret Thatcher kicking Argentina’s butt over an island full of sheep… So now … Continue reading →

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In the batter’s box – Jordan

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110324/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_jordan Protestors taking to the streets in Jordan. Jordan – Cease Fire!

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Gingrich Turns

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

He was for the war in Libya before he was against it. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/gingrich-calls-for-no-fly-zone-then-attacks-it/?partner=rss&emc=rss Time for some ‘splaining.

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Da Nile is a river in Egypt

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

and Sudan and Ethopia want it back. Egypt’s Prime Minister is going to Sudan soon to discuss the fact that most of the upstream neighbors have agreed that Egypt can no longer take 60% of the water from the Nile … Continue reading →

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Coming up next to bat – Syria!

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/25/world/middleeast/25syria.html Syrian security forces have continued killing protestors. The flaw to this news is it undermines the carefully crafted narrative that John Batchelor’s guests have been promoting for several months – that Syria is a de facto client state of … Continue reading →

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“Free” Benghazi

Posted on March 24, 2011 by Art Stone

This wasn’t what we expected… Or “As the French Canadians turn”… Seems the city of Benghazi has turned into a random killing zone of suspected Qadaffi supporters being rounded up, tortured, and executed, and the operation seems to be run … Continue reading →

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The battle for Zlitan / Zintan

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Art Stone

Beware Arabs / Berbers talking in English to French reporters. When does a civilian become an enemy combatant? At least the reporter did call them “so called” rebels. ZITtan (zliten, Zeleitin, etc…) is a city along the road from Tripoli … Continue reading →

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Storm clouds over Russia

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Art Stone

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.438abbe57d626e75921b8666c09ab51f.251&show_article=1 Vlad Putin and Dmitry Medvedev are now publicly in dispute over Putin comparing the action in Libya to the Crusades…. Unrest is growing in Syria

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First US F15 plane crashes in Libya

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Art Stone

One pilot retrieved, the other missing.   Pentagon says it was a mechanical problem.   The Pentagon is sure it wasn’t shot down. AP story Weird.   Google News isn’t finding the story on Fox News, BBC, Al Jazeera, London Telegraph, etc… yet… some … Continue reading →

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