Face the Facts
Financial Review with Sinclair Noe — September 8, 2014 Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 13:14 — 6.1MB DOW – 25 = 17,111 SPX – 6 = 2001 NAS + 9 = 4592 10 YR YLD + .01 = 2.47% OIL – .63 = 92.66 GOLD – 12.90 = 1256.50 SILV – .17 = 19.12 The Federal Reserve reports consumers increased t ...
to a birthday.. Oohhh, look over there!
Shane with Damocles sword Like our pastiche of a federal Government whose birthday it is, the Sword of Damocles hangs over our nation. G’day Petals, And like what we will further document in Wombat Droppings, this blog too, is all over the place. Neighbour, artist and friend Paul Anthony presently h ...
Germany’s “Sharia Police”
by Soeren Kern According to Burkhard Freier, the director of domestic intelligence for North Rhine-Westphalia, German Salafists are increasingly inclined to use violence to achieve their aims, and many have travelled to Iraq or Syria to obtain combat training. “The intention of these people is to pr ...
Ben Lowy
Editorial, documentary and corporate photographer Ben Lowy p rovides an overview of recent projects, including his journalistic work in Afghanistan, Darfur and Iraq. Lowy's equipment ranges from high-end dSLRs to smartphones and his clients range from Rolling Stone to Exxon. His talk is part of the ...
Lawmakers hesitant on Obama plan against Islamic State
Originally published Monday, September 8, 2014 at 9:43 PM WASHINGTON - As President Obama prepares an offensive strategy against Islamic extremists, some on Capitol Hill are downplaying expectations of sweeping new military actions in Iraq or Syria. For lawmakers, the tough politics of war may limit ...
The Times’s Baghdad Bureau Chief Answers Questions on Iraq
That is going to be a long project. It’s going to take peace in Syria, and within Iraq the first step is for Sunnis to push out ISIS from their communities. But more importantly, Iraq, if it is ever to achieve peace and prosperity, will need a serious ...
Iraq's new government headed by Haider al-Abadi approved by parliament
Iraq's parliament approved a new government headed by Haider al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday night, in a bid to rescue Iraq from collapse, with sectarianism and Arab-Kurdish tensions on the rise. Abadi, a Shi'ite Islamist, included members of Iraq's ...
Iraq Lawmakers Approve New Government, John Kerry to Visit Region
Baghdad: Iraqi MPs approved a new cabinet on Monday but key security posts remained unfilled, as America's top diplomat prepared to visit the region to build a coalition against jihadists. New premier Haidar al-Abadi had been under heavy international ...
Obama, Iraq's Abadi discuss Islamic State threat in call: White House
Washington: President Barack Obama phoned Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Monday to discuss Washington's commitment to help Baghdad's new government fight Islamic State militants, the White House said. "The president and the prime minister agreed ...
Congenial new Iraq leader wins allies, but no easy path to save nation
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - It is no coincidence that Iraq's new prime minister is more likeable than his predecessor. Haider al-Abadi was handpicked last month to detoxify a political system poisoned to the point of collapse under the dour and mercurial Nuri al ...
U.S. airstrikes target ISIS fighters near 2nd-largest dam in Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN)-- The U.S. military launched airstrikes targeting ISIS fighters around a key dam in western Iraq on Sunday, the Pentagon said. It carried out the airstrikes near Haditha Dam at Iraq's request, according to Rear Adm. John Kirby, the ...
