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- 1979 Part 2
Bloggers are all over the board on Iran’s capture of 15 British sailors, wondering if this is a rerun of American embassy hostage crisis. Allahpundit figures
... they’ll be released soon and the incident will be dismissed as a misunderstanding. Iran can’t have meant to do this, not with Ahmadinejad set to address the Security Council [...]
- War is dynamic
Rumours regarding a possible purchase of 80 German Leopard tanks (walkaround here) by the Canadian Forces have been swirling around once again. Globe and Mail reporter David Ebner casts doubt on the sensibleness of the purchase by dredging up statements by Chief of the Defence Staff General Rick Hillier in 2003. The article states that [...]
- The spreading tides of war
The war in Afghanistan has taken on numerous facets. The Canadians are fighting an insurgency, the Americans a drug war, and Pakistan a border war. What about the Afghans? Looks like they might be considering an all out war with Pakistan. Last December Pakistan annnounced a plan for putting razorwire and mines along the border. [...]
- Tagging Tehran
“Mind Control”Â? is written in Farsi on this image. It refers to the propaganda promoting a unity of islamic countries in universities and public spaces. from PingMag
Japan-based art and design webzine PingMag has a great interview with Tehrani graffiti artist A1one. The article gives some insight into the youth and street culture of urban [...]
- The art of writing
One of the biggest referrals we get to the site is through Google Image searches for the calligraphy featured in a post from 2 years ago: Art and War. It is a beautiful piece of Sudanese art.
PingMag, my favourite Tokyo-based design magazine, has a great indepth article on Iranian calligraphy and graphic design. If you [...]
- “Best regards, Ahmadinejad”
Iranian President Ahmadinejad just issued an open letter to the American people. You can read the entire text here, but I’ve included a few portions below.
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While Divine providence has placed Iran and the United States geographically far apart, we should be cognizant that human values and our common human spirit, which proclaim [...]
- Indian giving
NATO will be meeting this week in Riga to discuss, among other things, the ISAF mission. Canada and the Netherlands will be putting pressure on NATO member nations to step up their activities. The Dutch and the Canadians, along with the Brits and the Americans have been taking most of the punishment in southern Afghanistan. [...]
- Isolating Iran
I guess football really does reflect global politics. Iran was banned from FIFA today for government interference. The Iranian sports ministry is famous for its heavy-handedness. Iran’s FIFA ranking will go from 38 to nil. I wonder if Iran will accuse FIFA of being a tool of America like Canada?
- Axis support
N. Korea backs Iran’s nuclear program
The visiting speaker of North Korea’s parliament, Che Tai Bek, expressed support Friday for Iran’s nuclear development program and stressed the United States and West have no right to defy such activities, Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported.Che (no, not that Che) also said that “the people of the world [...]
- How do you say “ridin’ dirty” in Nork?
First there was there drop off, could this time be a pick up?
