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World View: Former Syria Defense Minister Defects to Turkey

World View: Former Syria Defense Minister Defects to Turkey

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Russian landmark contest fiasco highlights widespread xenophobia Defecting Syrian Army general may play transitional role Russian landmark contest fiasco highlights widespread xenophobia A contest intended to inspire patriotic good feelings in Russia hasturned into

Obama Has Not Visited North Dakota Through Entire Presidency

Obama Has Not Visited North Dakota Through Entire Presidency

Even Democrats are perplexed about why President Barack Obama has not visited North Dakota, the state with the country’s lowest unemployment rate because of what has been described as an “oil and natural gas boom” that is “transforming America’s energy

North Korea Tried to Export Gas Masks, Weapons to Syria

North Korea Tried to Export Gas Masks, Weapons to Syria

North Korea tried to export gas masks to Syria but they were seized in Turkey along with arms and ammunition, a Japanese daily said Tuesday, as the US threatened action over an alleged chemical weapons attack. A Libyan-registered vessel, identified

World View: U.S. Hints at Cruise Missile Strikes Against Syria

World View: U.S. Hints at Cruise Missile Strikes Against Syria

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Turkey’s Erdogan adopts Muslim Brotherhood’s four-fingered salute Syria chemical weapons attack generates international controversy U.S. hints at cruise missile strikes against Syria Turkey’s Erdogan adopts Muslim Brotherhood’s four-fingered salute R4BIA symbol, and Erdogan’s four-fingered

Report: Allen Iverson to Officially Retire

Report: Allen Iverson to Officially Retire

Former NBA MVP Allen Iverson is reportedly set to announce a final retirement from basketball in the coming days. The extremely athletic point guard out of Georgetown who had an infamous distaste for practice last played professional basketball in 2011 in

Egypt Defiant on Aid After Arrest of Islamist Chief

Egypt Defiant on Aid After Arrest of Islamist Chief

Egypt’s interim prime minister said his country could live without aid from the United States as Washington and the EU review ties with Cairo amid a bloody crackdown on supporters of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. A defiant Hazem al-Beblawi told

World View: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Faces Identity Crisis

World View: Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Faces Identity Crisis

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces identity crisis Turkey’s Erdogan blames Israel for the coup, infuriating Egypt Israel fortifies border as jihadism grows in Sinai Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood faces identity crisis Morsi supporters hold posters with

Saudis Backing Egyptian Military

Saudis Backing Egyptian Military

Saudi Arabia is now openly backing the Egyptian military which runs the government, promising to make up whatever aid has been canceled from the West. The Saudis are joining other contributors who have pledged $12 billion to help the current Egyptian

Peter Beinart Scapegoats American Jews

Trust Peter Beinart to exploit the Egypt crisis to attack the American Jewish community and pro-Israel groups. Beinart writes at the Daily Beast that the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) have “whitewashed last

Syrian Kurds Battle al-Qaida-Linked Rebel Faction

Syrian Kurds Battle al-Qaida-Linked Rebel Faction

(AP) Syrian Kurds battle al-Qaida-linked rebel factionBEIRUTKurdish militias fought al-Qaida-linked rebel groups in northeastern Syria on Tuesday in heavy fighting that has helped fuel a mass exodus of civilians from the region into neighboring Iraq, activists said. The clashes between

Female Afghan MP Taken Hostage

Female Afghan MP Taken Hostage

An unknown gang has kidnapped a female Afghan member of parliament, officials said Wednesday, in the latest example of prominent women being targeted in the country. Fariba Ahmadi Kakar and her three children were taken at gunpoint on Saturday in

Nagasaki Marks 68th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

Nagasaki Marks 68th Anniversary of Atomic Bombing

(AP) Nagasaki marks 68th anniversary of atomic bombingBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYONagasaki’s mayor has criticized Japan’s government for failing to sign on to an international nuclear disarmament effort as the country marked the 68th anniversary Friday of the atomic bombing of

The False Religious Argument over the Burqa

The False Religious Argument over the Burqa

For two days, they burned cars. They shouted about racism and attacked police, hurling stones and shattering windows of the local police department. In Trappes, France, the riots that broke out last month over laws against wearing a niqab (or veil) in

Roger Waters Denies He's an Anti-Semite

Roger Waters Denies He's an Anti-Semite

Roger Waters, the former Pink Floyd singer-bassist, is attempting to defend himself from charges that he is an antisemite. Last week, his The Wall Live Tour performance in Belgium featured a Star of David-marked prop pig that was destroyed by the audience

Rep. Wolf: Sources Say CIA Was Moving Guns in Benghazi

Rep. Wolf: Sources Say CIA Was Moving Guns in Benghazi

CNN reports the CIA had dozens of operatives in Benghazi during the deadly September 11 attack last year, yet since the attack, the spy agency has allegedly engaged in an intimidation campaign of its own members to keep personnel quiet about the