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  • Obama and the Brandenburg gate

    As a Berliner who was there when Obama spoke in Berlin I would like to correct only a detail: It was actually not the Brandenburg Gate which the Obama campaign used as a backdrop for their candidate's speech. True, they intended to use it. But in a long discussion process it was eventually refused by the German authorities. What Obama ...
    Posted to Foreigners by BodoMrozek on September 22, 2009

  • How Radovan Karadzic Helped Cause 9/11

    It may not seem a reasonable assumption that an orthodox Chritsian, ex-doctor,failed poet and newly minted alternative medicine practitioner may have been a factor in the 9/11 attacks but his was one of the reasons behind the Jihadi resurgence in Europe and the radicalization of a generation of western born Muslims. Karadzic was ...
    Posted to Foreigners by DirectHex on July 24, 2008

  • 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

  • Re: The Original Sin

    Yet more proof (minus the inane economics lesson from others here), that this is country not worthy of any further material or financial sacrifice. Its time for Israel to put on its pants and make do for itself. They are not a cause worth supporting or dying for. They need to solve their problems themselves!
    Posted to Foreigners by fox3 on June 7, 2007