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Persian Rugs
The Marines guarding our embassy in Tehran were able to shred all classified documents before surrendering to the invaders. But the Iranian government later claimed that it handed the shredded documents over to a contingent of rug makers, who were able to reassemble at least some of the documents.
Posted to Explainer by mlr on August 3, 2009
United States of Gringos?
How sad that the imperiousness of the West makes people change what they call their own country and language. There are dozens of countries like Iran, such as Egypt- an english word. The arabic name is Misr and has been for centuries. But the British colonizers wanted to redefine the arabic speaking world as the Middle East (British coined term) ...
Posted to Explainer by Usama3 on June 17, 2009
Offensive Yellow Journalistic Propaganda
I thought about this article of Explainer for a few minutes and then put it in context: Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a prostitute except to promote sex tourism? Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a prostitute except to undermine the social order? Why would you instruct a public audience how to spot a ...
Posted to Explainer by Usama2 on April 24, 2008