El Comandante No Es Bueno
First, to our moms and the three or four other people who actually read this website: we deeply apologize for the recent dearth of articles. We are now back at full strength and expect the articles to start pouring in again. To start, we offer a quick update on the status on everyone's favorite communist, the seemingly immortal Fidel Castro. Continue Reading...
The Global March of Democracy: Thailand
Those of you visiting our site during its first couple of months of existence may be wondering why we have given so little attention to Asia, the continent where the billions of our future masters and overlords now reside. In all honesty, the reason is simple: we just don't know very much about it nor do we hear much about Asia in the North American media. However, one story that took place in Asia that did register a blip on the radar and deserves some attention was the the military coup that occurred in Thailand on September 19, 2006. Continue Reading...
Terrorist Where Are They Now: Mullah "Taliban Commander of the Faithful" Omar
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Those of you with really, really great long term memories probably remember the name of Mullah Omar, the sexy beast whose picture you see on the left. Omar, the spiritual and political leader of the Taliban was declared "Wanted: Dead or Alive" along with his buddy and supposed father-in-law Osama Bin Laden after 9/11. Also, in a move that must have made this Islamic fundamentalist ascetic proud, a $10 million bounty was placed on his head. So, what is Mr. Omar up to these days? In the five-plus years since then, Omar has not only managed to avoid capture, but he has even managed to rebuild the Taliban to a large extent and is now causing the U.S. and the current Afghan government all kinds of headaches. Continue Reading... |
"Hizbullah is Big Problem for Lebanon"
While the situation in Lebanon is still occasionally being reported on by the western news media, it is frequently only mentioned in passing as part of the greater Sunni-Shiite split or as one of the three major American-Iranian proxy struggles in the Middle East (the other two being Iraq and the Palestinian Territories). Therefore, we here at It's Still News thought it would be interesting to revisit Lebanon since the end of this summer's war...Continue Reading
Is This the Same Man?
What do Godfather Michael Corleone and Russian President Vladimir Putin have in common? Continue Reading
The Cartoons That Launched a Jihad
I think those of us who follow the news all remember the massive controversy that arose as a result of a Danish newspaper's (Jyllands-Posten) publication of 12 satirical cartoons about the prophet Mohammed in September of 2005. For those who have forgotten... Continue Reading
Alexander Litvinenko: Life is Stranger than Fiction
A lot of you may remember a major story about the murder of Alexander Litvinenko, a former agent for the FSB (formerly KGB) and an extremely harsh critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin. What made the Litvinenko case particularly striking was the fact that the apparent cause of his death was poisoning by Polonium-210, an extremely rare radioactive element. His accusations against the current Kremlin regime ranged... Continue Reading