Category Archives: France

Solidarité – But Not With Hollande

Posted on November 15, 2015 by

While thoughts are with and prayers for mass murder victims, survivors and surviving loved-ones of the second Islamist terrorist attack on Paris this year, concern must be expressed as regards French president François Hollande’s claim of a “war declaration” by … Continue reading →

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The World is Charlie

Posted on January 11, 2015 by

The impressive gathering of more than a million in Paris today in solidarity of the 17 victims of further two futile terror attacks by some Muslim losers on freedom of expression leaves in particular Muslim hardliners in Saudi Arabia, main … Continue reading →

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The President of Words

Posted on May 22, 2010 by

See update below. Earlier this month, in an angry, even aggressive, response to Iranian president Ahmadinejad’s furious speech at the United Nations Nuclear Non-Proliferation (NPT) review conference in New York, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rebutted his tirades and stated … Continue reading →

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Clotilde Reiss

Posted on May 15, 2010 by

See update below. Today Clotilde Reiss has luckily been allowed to leave Iran. The 24-year-old, as has widely been reported, ‘language teacher’ had been arrested on July 1, 2009 at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport when trying to leave the … Continue reading →

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Public Apathy May Enable Leaders to Ignore Voters

Posted on March 28, 2010 by

What actually had happened on September 4, 2009 near Kunduz in Afghanistan, and when and how the German Government, lawmakers and the public were informed about the numerous civilian casualties after bombarding the two fuel tanks which had been hijacked by Taliban … Continue reading →

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