Posts Tagged ‘Associated Press’

Karzai Reps on McChrystal : ‘We’re All Prone to Make Mistakes’

In Afghanistan, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 23 June 2010 tagged Associated Press, Barack Hussein Obama, CNN, David Petraeus, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, General Stanley McChrystal, Hamid Karzai, Rolling Stone, Stanley McChrystal, Waheed Omar with View Comments

Before the announcement of General Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal was made, spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Waheed Omar, said that the removal of General McChrystal from his post would be a major setback to the U.S. Mission in Afghanistan. Omar takes the opportunity to remind the international community that McChrystal’s was not the first, last, [...]

Gates : U.S. and NATO Will MUST Show Success in Afghanistan by Winter

In Afghanistan, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 9 June 2010 tagged AP, Associated Press, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, NATO, Robert Gates, Troop Increase with View Comments

United States Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, who is slated to meet with other defense ministers of NATO nations later in the week, says that General Stanley McChrystal will demonstrate some level of success in Afghanistan by the coming winter. As NATO and U.S. publics are quickly becoming less supportive of foreign troop presences throughout [...]

Arizona Governor Expands Racist Legislation to Schools

In History, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, citizenship on 12 May 2010 tagged Arizona, Arizona Immigration Law SB1070, Associated Press, Dolores Huerta, Ethnic Studies, Jan Brewer, SB1070, Tom Horne with View Comments

Jan Brewer, Republican governor of Arizona, has signed a bill that some say is killing ethnic studies in Arizona schools. The news comes only weeks after Brewer signed the controversial SB1070 into Law, an immigration law that many critics point out as being racially motivated with the potential to lead to massive racial profiling within [...]

Victims of Three Decades of War in Afghanistan Speak Out in Kabul Gathering

In Afghanistan, Crime, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War, citizenship on 9 May 2010 tagged AP, Associated Press, Badakhshan, Hamid Karzai, Peace Jirga, Sima Hussiani, taliban, Victims Jirga with View Comments

After suffering 30 years of endless war and corrupt regimes, the people of Afghanistan – those who lost sons, daughters, husbands, wives, mothers, and fathers in the three decades of fighting – are being assembled by legal advocates in the nation’s Capital city. Over 1,500 Afghans were in attendance to discuss what should be done [...]

Arsalan Iftikhar : Fight Ann Coulter NOT South Park

In Art, Crime, History, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, TV, comedy, fame, religion on 29 April 2010 tagged 700 Club, Ann Coulter, Arsalan Iftikhar, Associated Press, censorship, CNN, Comedy Central, Eric Cartman, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, Hindu, Islam, Matt Stone, Mr. Hanky, Muslim, South Park, The Muslim Guy, Trey Parker with View Comments

In an editorial for CNN, Arsalan Iftikhar takes both the mainstream media and the ridiculous (New York based) Muslim radicals to task for causing a ludicrous uproar over an episode of South Park. Iftikhar rightly asserts that the media took an inane, baseless empty threat from a U.S. based ‘Muslim Group‘ and turned it into [...]