World View: Israeli Warplanes Bomb Syrian Missiles

World View: Israeli Warplanes Bomb Syrian Missiles

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com

  • Israeli warplanes bomb Syrian missiles
  • Australian Sunni Muslims attack American Shia Muslims at Hajj
  • Obama administration announces new Obamacare software

Israeli warplanes bomb Syrian missiles

Israeli warplanes on mission to destroy Syrian long-range missiles earlier this year (AP)
Israeli warplanes on mission to destroy Syrian long-range missiles earlier this year (AP)

Israeli warplanes on Monday attacked a shipment of advanced long-rangemissiles that Syria was transferring to Hezbollah. The attack wasreported by a Kuwaiti newspaper and confirmed by an official source inJerusalem. This was the fifth known Israeli attack this year onSyrian weapons bound for Hezbollah. Israel National News

Australian Sunni Muslims attack American Shia Muslims at Hajj

The growing sectarian conflict in the Mideast took a slightlydifferent turn last week at the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, SaudiArabia, which was attended by some two million Muslims from countriesaround the world. A group of Shia Muslims from Detroit are accusing agroup of Lebanese-Australian Sunni Muslims of assault in a campgroundnear Mecca last week. They were all spending the night in a tentreserved for pilgrims from the U.S., Australia and European countries.One man was strangled until his face turned blue, and a woman wasthreatened with rape, according to witnesses. The group claimed thatSaudi police ignored the complaints, while Saudi politicians arerefusing to answer questions. Detroit Free Press and Sydney Morning Herald

Obama administration announces new Obamacare software

Obamacare software installation kit
Obamacare software installation kit

The administration is responding quickly to the problems that peopleare having with the Obamacare web site, HealthCare.gov. PresidentBarack Obama unveiled the new, improved Obamacare software. Thepackage contains 35 floppy disks containing everything you need tosign up for Obamacare. Obama said that the government hopes to have asix CD-ROM version of the program available by 2016. The Onion (satire)

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