Number One Excellent News Update
I still intend to do those targeted news posts, but due to technical difficulties at the family compound, they'll have to wait a while. There's so much current news that needs to be posted that I've decided to assemble a quick and dirty news update for you folks.
A Sunni tribe in the Anbar province of Iraq are reportedly hunting down al Qaeda terrorists. If this story can be taken at face value, then it's a great thing; one must wonder, however, if this might actually be an attempt to eliminate rival factions or something. If it is a legitimate hunt for al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq, the fact that Iraqis are starting to fight back against the insurgency could be a very positive sign in the continuing development of the new Iraq. In the same vein, this story about a slain soldier's parents' trip to Iraq is worth reading.
My pontiff, Bono, has been given an honorary knighthood by the British Empire for his contributions to music and charity.
Something to keep careful watch of is the increasing power of Gazprom, Russia's state-owned petroleum congomerate. Russia retains some political influence on the world stage, primarily through its permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and its G8 membership. In a bid to regain political influence, the Russian Federation is exerting more international financial control through arms dealing, nuclear fuel sales, and petroleum exports, the latter being the most public face of the Russian economy at this point in time. As the international political landscape grows increasingly fractured, Russia (and China) have become increasingly influential (and worrisome) by providing whatever marginalized states want, for a price.
A report about Iran's declining oil revenues is worth reading, and if I have an opportunity in the near future to do a post about the continually unfolding situation in Iraq, I'll probably reference it.
For those of you who haven't been following continuing developments in Somalia, the radical Islamist militia known as the Council of Islamic Courts recently declared war on Ethiopia, a largely (but not majority) Christian nation. Ethiopia has responded by joining forces with the legitimate Somali government and pushing the Islamists back, nearly to the capital of Mogadishu. Basically, Somalia is still a god-forsaken war zone, though there's one thing we haven't heard much about lately... Somali pirates!
I was going to post the BBC article to the final story, but it's so skewed that I can't bring myself to do so; instead, we'll go to the Fox News article. Former American President Gerald Ford, one of the most respectable politicians this nation has ever known, has died at the age of ninety-three.
Alright, folks, I've got people to see, and only a few more days here in Hometown to see them. Be aware.
A Sunni tribe in the Anbar province of Iraq are reportedly hunting down al Qaeda terrorists. If this story can be taken at face value, then it's a great thing; one must wonder, however, if this might actually be an attempt to eliminate rival factions or something. If it is a legitimate hunt for al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq, the fact that Iraqis are starting to fight back against the insurgency could be a very positive sign in the continuing development of the new Iraq. In the same vein, this story about a slain soldier's parents' trip to Iraq is worth reading.
My pontiff, Bono, has been given an honorary knighthood by the British Empire for his contributions to music and charity.
Something to keep careful watch of is the increasing power of Gazprom, Russia's state-owned petroleum congomerate. Russia retains some political influence on the world stage, primarily through its permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council and its G8 membership. In a bid to regain political influence, the Russian Federation is exerting more international financial control through arms dealing, nuclear fuel sales, and petroleum exports, the latter being the most public face of the Russian economy at this point in time. As the international political landscape grows increasingly fractured, Russia (and China) have become increasingly influential (and worrisome) by providing whatever marginalized states want, for a price.
A report about Iran's declining oil revenues is worth reading, and if I have an opportunity in the near future to do a post about the continually unfolding situation in Iraq, I'll probably reference it.
For those of you who haven't been following continuing developments in Somalia, the radical Islamist militia known as the Council of Islamic Courts recently declared war on Ethiopia, a largely (but not majority) Christian nation. Ethiopia has responded by joining forces with the legitimate Somali government and pushing the Islamists back, nearly to the capital of Mogadishu. Basically, Somalia is still a god-forsaken war zone, though there's one thing we haven't heard much about lately... Somali pirates!
I was going to post the BBC article to the final story, but it's so skewed that I can't bring myself to do so; instead, we'll go to the Fox News article. Former American President Gerald Ford, one of the most respectable politicians this nation has ever known, has died at the age of ninety-three.
Alright, folks, I've got people to see, and only a few more days here in Hometown to see them. Be aware.
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