Letter to the Egyptians
You have fought hard my friends to shake the pillars of power and depose a despot. Mubarak has fallen. But the pillars remain. They are being rebuilt by those that require your subjugation, your contrition, your approval. They are not for you. Any society built on the pillars of army, money and religion can never [...]
The conflict being played out in Syria at the moment could become a flash-point in the ugly game of global partisanship (are we really going back to cold war crap?). Rulers are trying to make it an us and them battle. Assad, Hammas, Iran, Russia and China on one side, and Isreal, the USA, Turkey [...]
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The Balkans to Iraq Part 1 is here if you have missed the journey soo far. And visit the boys site It’s on the Meter here Old Friends I first visited Venice in 2008 and the thing I remember most was how nice the gelato (an Italian desert, like Ice Cream but nicer) tasted. [...]
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Andrea Hazim recently left her home in Australia to visit her relatives in Lebanon these are her pictures and words. This photo was taken in Tripoli. Wasn’t sure what the building was as there was no sign around. I believe it may have been their police centre. It had police guards out front. This is [...]
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“All that is required for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.” These are my experiences, the things I saw and heard and felt. These are not acquired through the media nor are they a result of Chinese whispers. Take from them what you can and ask more questions. My time [...]
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