Posts Tagged ‘Weapons of Mass Destruction’

Democracy Is Messy : The Green Zone

In Art, Film, History, News, Opinion, Politics, War on 19 March 2010 tagged Ba'ath, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller, Condoleezza Rice, George W. Bush, Green Zone, Iraq, Iraq War, Jason Bourne, Khalid Abdalla, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, The Cradle of Civilization, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with no comments

In an odd foreshadowing, the same day that former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stated that she would “many times over liberate Iraq again from Saddam Hussein,” I saw Paul Greengrass‘ new Iraq War film Green Zone starring frequent Greengrass collaborator and star of the highly successful Jason Bourne franchise, Matt Damon. The film [...]

Matt Damon on Obama ‘I’m Disappointed,’ André Leon Talley and Grace Coddington on Twitter ‘Outdated in 10 Minutes’ ‘

In Afghanistan, Art, fame, fashion, Film, History, Internet, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, Twitter, War on 2 March 2010 tagged @OfficialALT, Barack Hussein Obama, Barnes & Noble, Facebook, Grace Coddington, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Iraq, Iraq War, Matt Damon, New York Daily News, R.j. Cutler, Saddam Hussein, The Cut, The Green Zone, The September Issue, Twitter, Vogue, Vogue Magazine, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with no comments

Speaking to the New York Daily News, Matt Damon comments on President Barack Hussein Obama’s ability to deliver on his rhetoric of ‘hope’ and ‘change,’ and meet the public’s inflated expectations of his Administration. Damon, like many others realizes that the American public put far too much trust and hope in Barack Hussein Obama, but [...]

BNW on AU Observer Afghanistan Panel

In Afghanistan, DC, History, Iraq, News, Opinion, pakistan, Politics, War on 10 November 2009 tagged #Afghanelection, Abdul Rashid Dostum, Afghan election, Afghanistan, American University, AU Observer, Azizullah Lodin, Azizullah Ludin, Barack Hussein Obama, Burhanuddin Rabbani, CIA, Civilan Surge, Counter-Insurgency, Counterterrorism, DC, Democracy, donald rumsfeld, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Dr. Ashraf Ghani, Dr. Ramazan Bashardost, George W. Bush, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Haji Mohammad Mohaqiq, Hamid Karzai, IEC, Independent Election Commission, Insurgency, Insurgents, Iraq, Kabul, Malalai Joya, Mullah Omar, NATO, Osama Bin Laden, Politics, Qasim Fahim, Rawa, run-off, runoff election, Russia, Saddam Hussein, Soviet Union, taliban, The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, Tora Bora, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, United Nations, USSR, Ustream, Veterans, Video, Vietnam, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with 2 comments

Video: Saeed Jalili, Chief Nuclear Negotiator of Iran, Interview with Christiane Amanpour

In History, Iran, News, Opinion, Politics, TV, Twitter on 1 October 2009 tagged Barack Hussein Obama, Chief Nuclear Negotiator, Christian Amanpour, Christiane Amanpour, CNN, disarmament, enrich uranium, Europe, Ghom, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency, low enriched uranium, NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, nuclear energy, Nuclear Weapons, Qom, Saeed Jalili, Switzerland, Twitter, Uranium, Video, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD, Youtube, Zurich with no comments

Article VI Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a Treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control. Amanpour exclusive interview W/ Saeed [...]

Seriously, What is Wrong With CNN’s Headlines?

In citizenship, Crime, Internet, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism on 24 September 2009 tagged Ahmad Wais Afzali, Bomb plot, CNN, CNN RSS Feed, Colorado, Denver, headlines, Mohammed Wali Zazi, Najibullah Zazi, RSS Feed, Saddam Hussein, terror, terrorism, terrorist, Weapons of Mass Destruction, WMD with no comments

Yes ladies and gentlemen, CNN is phrasing what they themselves later call, a ‘bomb conspiracy‘ as ‘WMD‘ on their RSS Feed. How does “knowingly and intentionally conspired with others to use one or more of the explosives,” turn into weapons of mass destruction? What exactly is CNN’s definition of the term and if Zazi’s plot [...]