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- Hussein Execution Upheld: 30-day Countdown
An Iraqi appeals court has upheld a ruling that Saddam Hussein should hang for crimes against humanity.
Under the statute governing the Iraqi High Tribunal, the death sentence must be carried out within the next 30 days.
A number of commenters have come out for or against the execution of Hussein over the past two years. [...]
- Misunderstanding the Horn of Africa
As I was saying just days ago, Ethiopia and Somalia were approaching a state of war, and 36 hours later it was official: Ethiopia’s prime minister went on TV to say that his country had been “forced to enter into war,” just as Ethiopian jets bombed Union of Islamic Courts (UIC) positions in southern Somalia [...]
- Xmas doubt edition
Two articles I ran across today on popurls seemed to have impeccable timing: Christmas Eve. The first is an LA Times piece called 10 myths — and 10 truths — about atheism by Sam Harris, an authour on the topic of faith. The article states that “87% of the [US] population claims ‘never to doubt’ [...]
- Christmas Eve at Nittaiji
In 1904, as a sign of good relations between Thailand and Japan, King Chulalongkorn the Great (Rama V) of Thailand, honoured Japan with a gift: one of the bones of the Buddha. Japan built a temple to house the bone. Today Lady Younghusband and I visited the temple of Nittaiji. Japan has countless temples [...]
- The Unintentional Creation of Iraqi Kurdistan
One thing Americans, Turks and Arabs all have in common is that they are opposed to the creation of an independent Kurdish state. Yet, another thing is that they have all played an important role in doing exactly that.
Gather round ye Cominganarchy readers for it’s History Hour with Chirol!
Our story begins shortly after the first [...]
- Africa’s World War II?
Map first posted on October 25, 2006.
The Second Congo War from 1998-2003 was the widest interstate war in modern African history. It directly involved nine African nations, two dozen armed groups, killed 3.8 million people, and displaced millions more. The conflict was widely called “Africa’s World War” because it was so [...]
- To the Free State of Bavaria
I’m off to spend Christmas in Bavaria with my fiance’s family. I’ll be gone the next few days though do have a post tomorrow already setup to be published. I hope to be online at least a little bit though. Yet, this begins a short period of hiatus for me as I first go to [...]
- Turkey III: Looking Ahead
[Part I | Part II]
My last post discussed Turkey’s historical fears, past wars and ongoing threats all of which helped form their present form of government and its policies. I’ll now move on to the present
So what does the future hold for Turkey? Increasing connectivity and the multifaceted forces of globalization will not spare Turkey. [...]
- Looking ahead at Central Asia
Our good friends at Neweurasia.net have posted their latest cross-blog survey Central Eurasia in 2021. Featured are a number of articles that cover a wide range of topics including terror in Xinjiang and a prosperous Tajikistan. Unfortunately there isn’t anything on Turkmenistan (yet?), which is going to be in some serious near-term flux. 15 years [...]
- Barzani in WaPo
President of the Kurdish Regional Government Massoud Barzani has an article in the Washington Post of interest:
A Kurdish Vision of Iraq
By Massoud BarzaniIn recent weeks Iraq has passed three important milestones. The constitutional referendum on Oct. 15 was a powerful demonstration of Iraqis’ desire to establish democracy and save a country still recovering from its [...]
