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Tuesday September 11, 2007
Tuesday September 11, 2007 is the first ''Tuesday, September 11'' since the terrible tragedy and heainous attacks that occurred on the same day and date in 2001. Additionally, the Islamic Holiday of Ramadan begins on Wednesday or Thursday depending on the calendar you use. Finally, this is the first calendsar year since 2001 that has the same ...
Posted to Foreigners by tigertigerpurrandroar on September 10, 2007
Truth and the USS Liberty
A while back, I posted a little smirky piece in response to a Slate essay in Foreigners from Schmuel Rosner, an nice Irish lad who plays a journalist at the Israeli daily, Ha’aretz (which translates to, I believe, “Our Land.”) Mr. Rosner, piece, entitled, “The Real Lesson of the Six Day War”, explained to us that Israel’s pre-emptive attacks ...
Posted to Today's Papers by doodahman on June 26, 2007