Response to Attack Reflects Iraq’s Sectarian Divide
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s politicians were struggling to meet the constitutional deadline to form a new government when, in an isolated village, two masked men stepped into a Sunni mosque and opened fire on Friday, killing dozens of worshipers. Within hours ...
Nanda: U.S. leadership is crucial in Iraq
When President Obama authorized airstrikes on the extremist jihadi Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which now calls itself the Islamic State, he had little choice. ISIS forces had besieged the Yazidi religious minority on the Sinjan Mountain, pushed ...
Deadly Iraq bombings may be retaliation for massacre at a Sunni mosque
Explosions across Iraq left at least 29 people dead Saturday after a massacre at a Sunni Muslim mosque a day earlier prompted fear of deepening sectarian violence. Three car bombs detonated in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing 21 people and ...
The caliphate vs. everyone else
"In the endless geopolitical realignments of the Middle East, the caliphate of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) seems to have frightened just about everyone else involved in Middle Eastern politics into a de facto geopolitical alliance. All of a sudden, we find Iran and the United Stat ...
Day 53- Cultural Saturday Santa Teresa Part 2
So since last week’s Cultural Saturday didn’t go as planned, we still had more sights to see in Santa Teresa. Namely Casa de Benjamin Constant, Centro Cultural Laurina Santos Lobo, and Largo do Guimarãres which according to my guide-book is the “center of Bohemian Santa Teresa”. It was just Lucas an ...
Slow learning, poor context, and disloyalty
As I ease back in after a lovely vacation horseback riding in the isolation of the British Columbia mountains, I'd like to take one moment to comment on items that have piqued my curiosity as I've caught up on recent newspaper articles. (Don't worry: Health care topics return soon, but this post als ...
