“The only thing these sand niggers understand is force and I’m about to introduce them to it.”
This was first published by T.E. Lawrence (”Lawrence of Arabia” ) in the Army Journal and Defence Quarterly, October 1920.
It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack, but from the fear of it: such a base as we had in the Red Sea Parts, the desert, or in […]
A typical Iraqi father, sometimes, looks at the female from the economic viewpoint (he compares her to a male who would help him in living earning), or from a moral point of view as a woman might bring shame to the family more than a man would do. The mother, on her side, fears that her daughter might become spinster”
WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (IPS) - Despite all the claims of improvements, 2007 has been the worst year yet in Iraq.
“According to a recent ABC/BBC poll, 98 percent of Sunnis and 84 percent of Shias in Iraq want all U.S. forces out of the country.”
“During the surge, the number of Iraqis displaced from their […]
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