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Clearing Up What Has Happened to Bin Laden’s Wives (Concubines?) and Children in the Aftermath of His Death

• May 3, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Class, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Journalism and Ethics, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Amal al-Sadeh, Arabs, Barack Obama, Bin Laden, Central Intelligence Agency, Children, CIA, Concubines, Counterintelligence, Daily Telegraph, Fake, Family, Fighting Back, Hamza bin Laden, Islam, John Brennan, Khalid bin Laden, Last Will and Testament, Marriage, Motherhood, Muslims, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Resistance, Sa'ad bin Laden, Saudi Arabia, Saudis, Syria, Tora Bora, Ultra-Orthodox Islam, United States, United States Department of Defense, United States Navy SEALs, Usama bin Laden, Wahhabism, White House, Wife, Will, Wives, Women, Yemen

Osama Bin Laden Has Been Killed; His Body Is In U.S. Custody (w/Updates)

• May 1, 2011 • 3 Comments

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, Crime, International Terrorism, Islam/Sufism, Obama Administration, Pakistan, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: 2001, 911, ABC News, Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri, Barack Obama, Capture, CBS News, CNN, Death, Escape, International Terrorism, Islam, Killed, Location of Osama bin Laden, Military Intelligence, Muslims, National Security, NBC News, Obama Administration, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, President, President Barack Obama, President George W. Bush, President Obama, President of the United States, Republicans, Secessionist Movements, September 11, Taliban, Terrorism, The CIA, The Twin Towers, Tora Bora, Troops, U.S. Military, United States, War on Terror, World Trade Center

UPDATE: Bethany Storro Acid Attack a Hoax: I’m Getting Really Tired of These Psychos Blaming Blacks

• September 17, 2010 • 9 Comments

Posted in Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Crime, Cultural History, Hate Crimes, Health, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, Murder/Manslaughter, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, People of Color, Race, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Women
Tags: "The Columbian", "The Vancouver Voice", Acid Attack, African American, Ashley Todd, Bethany Storro, Bonnie Anne Sweeten, Burn, Cambodia, Charles Stuart, Copycat Crime, Derri Dias Velarde, Duke Lacrosse Team, Family, Fear, Health Insurance, Hoax, Jesse Anderson, Katheryn Russell-Brown, Latina, Marcus Griffith, Mesa AZ, Pakistan, Police, Psychos, Race, Racial, Racial Undertones, Racism, Susan Smith, Tawana Brawley, The Criminalblackman, The Media, The Oprah Winfrey Show, United States, Vancouver WA, Wisconsin

Yesterday, Nine Years Ago

• September 12, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Afghanistan, African American History, Africans, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Arabs, Bailouts, Black People, Cancer, Class, Consumerism, Crime, Cultural History, Domestic Terrorism, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Homelessness, Immigration, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Iran, Iraq, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Joblessness, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, Teabagging Party, The Catholic Church, The Economy, The Iraq War II, The Mainstream Media (MSM), Wisconsin
Tags: 2001, 2050, 30 Mosques 30 States, Afghanistan, African Americans, al Qaeda, Alpha Kappa Alpha, American, American Exceptionalism, American Extremism, American Racism, Americans, Ayman al Zawahiri, B-17, B-29, BBC, Bin Laden, Black Muslims, Brown-Skinned People, Bush, California, Collateral Damage, Faculty Meeting, Fear, Fiction Writing, Human Beings, Iraq, Israel, Jingoism, Lebanon, Lives, Memoir, Mike Wallace, Mosques, Multiracial, Muslim Americans, Muslim Extremism, Muslims, Nationalism, Nativism, New York, New York City, North Dakota, Novel, NPR, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Palestinians, Racism, Reactionaries, Reactionary, Ross, Saudi Arabia, September 11, Sheboygan WI, Shi'a, Sunni, Television, Terrorists, The Bay Area, The Empire State Building, The FBI, The Justice Department, The Twin Towers, The World Trade Center, Travel Scholarship, Under Armour Caps, W, War on Terror, Writing, Writing Residency

Knifed Cabbie Sharif Meets Mayor Bloomberg; NYPD Finds Attacker Enright’s Journals

• August 27, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Afghanistan, Alcoholism/Drug Abuse, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Bangladesh, Cultural History, Documentary, Domestic Terrorism, Film, Hate Crimes, Indians/Bangladeshi/Pakistani, Islam/Sufism, Jews, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: Ahmed Sharif, al Qaeda, Alcoholism, Attempted Murder, Bangladesh, Bellevue Hospital, Bhairavi Desai, Cab, Cabbie, Commissioner Raymond Kelly, Cordoba House/Park 51, Drunk, Drunkenness, Fear, Fearmongering, Governor David Paterson, Hatemonger, Hatemongering, Imam Shamsi Ali, India, Islamic Culture Center, Knifing, Michael Enright, Muslim, Muslims, Nazmul Ahsan Kalimullah, New York Taxi Workers Alliance, Pakistan, Psychological Crisis, Psychological Wounds, PTSD, Ramadan, Religion, Rikers Island, Terrorists, The Indian Subcontinent, The Marines, Waliur-ur Rehman, World Trade Center

BREAKING: Person of Interest, Naturalized Citizen from Pakistan Sought; Nissan Pathfinder Used in Times Square Near-Bombing Was Sold Off Craig’s List

• May 3, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, Obama Administration, Pakistan, People of Color, Race, Religion, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Bombing Attempt, Craig's List, Foiled Terrorist Plot, Islam, Naturalized American, Naturalized Citizen, Nissan Pathfinder, Pakistan, Pakistani, Pakistanis, Person of Interest, Radical Islam, Times Square

BBC Production of Zadie Smith’s “White Teeth” at Hulu

• March 25, 2010 • Comments Off

Posted in Africans, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Class, Crime, Domestic Terrorism, European History, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction Writing, Film, Health, History, India, Jamaica/British Caribbean, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Spirituality, Television, The Rest of the World, United Kingdom, Women, World War II
Tags: "White Teeth", Anti-Immigration, Black Muslims, Blacks, Britain, Culture, Immigration, India, Indians, Islam, Islamists, Love, Malcolms, Neo-Colonialism, Pakistan, Pakistanis, World Culture, Zadie Smith

Coming: Lockhart and Grace, and On Obama’s War

• December 2, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, American Politics, Black People, China, Class, Crime, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, History, Mexico, Murder/Manslaughter, Nancy Grace, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Pedophilia/Child Kidnapping, Public Intellectualism, Rape/Sex Crimes, Sexuality, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Antoinette Davis, Bradley Lockhart, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Generals, Goldman Sachs, Hamid Karzai, HLN, Iraq, Karl Rove, Nancy Grace, Ngo Dinh Diem, Pakistan, President George W. Bush, Rahm Emmanuel, Shaniya Davis, The Taliban, Vice President Dick Cheney, Vice President Joe Biden

Iran is on Fire: How to Keep Its People in Our Minds and Perhaps, Our Hearts

• June 15, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in American Foreign Policy, Books, Education, Iran, Obama Administration, Religion, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World
Tags: "Rick Steves' Iran", "Rick Steves' Iran: Yesterday and Today", 1953, 1979, American Embassy, Andrew Sullivan, Arab, Ardabil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bush Administration, Cairo Speech, Chador, CIA, Daily Kos, Demonstrations, Farsi, George W. Bush, Iran, Islamic Bomb, Israel, John Borton, Juan Cole, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mark Twain, Mir Hossein Moussavi, Muslim, Pahlavis, Pakistan, PBS Create, President Carter, President Obama, Rick Steves, Right Wing, Robert Fisk, Shi'a, Sunni, Supreme Leader Ayatollah, Syrian, The Right, The Seventies, United States, Uprisings, You Tube

Choose Your Poison: North Korea or Pakistan?

• May 26, 2009 • Comments Off

Posted in Afghanistan, American Foreign Policy, China, Japan, Pakistan, Religion, Russia, South Korea, The Rest of the World
Tags: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, Benjamin Netanyahu, China, Dear Leader, General Stanley McChrystal, George W. Bush, Hamid Karzai, Iran, Islamic Bomb, Israel, Japan, Kim Jong Il, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mujaheddin, North Korea, Osama bin Laden, Pakistan, Russia, Russia's Vietnam, South Korea, Swat Valley, Taliban, Yusuf Raza Gilani

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University of Michigan Fires Its President Over Inappropriate Relationship January 16, 2022
Mark Schlissel’s contract was terminated immediately for interactions with a subordinate, the Board of Regents said.
11 Hours of Fear, Negotiation and Finally, Relief January 17, 2022
The F.B.I. identified Malik Faisal Akram, a British national, as the man who took hostages in a Texas synagogue on Saturday. He was killed during the rescue operation.
Census Memo Cites ‘Unprecedented’ Meddling by Trump Administration January 15, 2022
Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count.
‘Grateful to Be Alive’: What We Know About the Synagogue Hostage Rescue January 17, 2022
The authorities have identified the suspect, a British citizen, who was killed when the hostages at a synagogue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area were freed on Saturday night.
2020 Census Memo Cites ‘Unprecedented’ Meddling by Trump Administration January 15, 2022
Newly released documents show that top career officials at the Census Bureau had drafted a list of complaints about political interference in the 2020 count.
In a First, Ohio Moves to Put Body Cameras on Guards in Every Prison January 15, 2022
The state is distributing 5,100 new body-worn cameras, the most extensive commitment of any state as corrections facilities across the country push for better surveillance.
Police Presentation in Portland Celebrated Violence Against Protesters January 15, 2022
Training materials released by the Oregon city included a meme that mocked protesters as dirty hippies and suggested they would be left “stitched and bandaged.”
Parents of Kids Under 5 Stuck in Grueling Covid Limbo January 14, 2022
Facing an uncontrolled surge of virus cases, parents of young children are again forced to wrestle with child care crises as the rest of the world appears eager to move on.

The Guardian, UK

Tonga volcano eruption: New Zealand and Australia send planes to assess tsunami damage January 17, 2022
Blanket of ash hinders communications from towns believed to have been inundated by waves as first surveillance flights departsNew Zealand and Australia have sent planes to assess the damage from a huge undersea volcanic eruption and tsunami that hit the Pacific nation of Tonga on Saturday.The eruption sent a thick blanket of ash into the sky, contaminating […]
Zahawi denies government is launching policy push to save Boris Johnson January 17, 2022
Education secretary says he believes prime minister is safe in his job despite ‘partygate’ revelationsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageNadhim Zahawi has denied the government is rushing out a series of policy ideas in an attempt to save Boris Johnson, arguing that the prime minister is safe in his job despite a string of Downing St […]
Texas synagogue siege: teenagers arrested in UK as FBI names Briton as hostage-taker January 17, 2022
Joe Biden decries ‘act of terror’ as UK counter-terror police detain teenagers in Manchester and suspect named as Briton Malik Faisal AkramTwo teenagers have been arrested in Manchester, north-western England, after the FBI said an armed British man travelled to Texas and took four hostages at a synagogue in what President Joe Biden called “an act of terror” […]
Lego sued over leather jacket worn by toy Antoni in Queer Eye set January 17, 2022
Artist James Concannon claims in lawsuit that toy company made a ‘blatant copy’ of a jacket he made for Queer Eye cast member Antoni PorowskiAn artist has accused Lego of recreating a leather jacket he made for Queer Eye cast-member Antoni Porowski without the artist’s permission, claiming that a toy jacket included in a Lego set based on the Netflix show is […]
China’s birthrate falls to 61-year low despite moves to stave off demographic crisis January 17, 2022
Beijing has announced major reforms to address the decline, including raising the retirement age and implementing a three-child policyChina’s birthrate has fallen to its lowest level in six decades, barely outnumbering deaths in 2021 despite major government efforts to increase population growth and stave off a demographic crisis.Across China, 10.62 million […]
Anne Frank may have been betrayed by Jewish notary January 17, 2022
Book claims to have solved mystery over who gave away family’s hiding place during second world warA Jewish notary has been named by a cold case team led by a former FBI agent as the prime suspect for the betrayal of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.Arnold van den Bergh, who died in 1950, has been accused on the basis of six years of research and an an […]
Two female activists in Bahrain and Jordan hacked with NSO spyware January 17, 2022
Investigation finds mobile phones of human rights defenders were hacked multiple timesThe plight of women’s rights campaigners in Bahrain and Jordan is in the spotlight after new revelations that two prominent female activists were hacked multiple times by countries using NSO Group spyware.An investigation by the human rights group Front Line Defenders (FLD) […]
Row erupts over plan to allow ‘double jobbing’ in Northern Ireland politics January 17, 2022
UK government accused of meddling in democracy over plan to allow MPs to be elected to Stormont and keep Westminster seatsA row over “double jobbing”, which would mean MPs in Westminster also sitting in the Stormont assembly, has erupted in Northern Ireland with accusations the government is trying to prop up the Democratic Unionist party.The proposals, to t […]

The BBC

Tonga tsunami: Major damage reported amid communications black out January 17, 2022
Significant damage has been reported but with communications down the scale is unclear.
Texas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-taker January 17, 2022
Briton Malik Faisal Akram died in the standoff with police after taking four hostages.
Thousands without power as US and Canada hit by winter storm January 17, 2022
Flights have been cancelled as the dangerous storm brings snow and high winds to much of the country.
Wealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic, Oxfam says January 17, 2022
Covid-19 has made the rich richer while poverty has increased, the charity Oxfam says.
North Korea fires missiles again amid unusual flurry of tests January 17, 2022
It has conducted four launches in two weeks - an unusual frequency for this time of the year.
Djokovic three-year visa ban could end early - Australian PM January 17, 2022
The tennis star cannot obtain a visa for three years after losing an appeal, but the PM suggests this is flexible.
Pioneering US military pilot Charles McGee dies at 102 January 17, 2022
A member of the first all-black aviation unit, the Tuskegee Airmen, he flew more than 400 missions.
Credit Suisse boss Horta-Osorio resigns over Covid breaches January 17, 2022
Antonio Horta-Osorio has left with immediate effect after breaking UK and Swiss quarantine rules.