The German government on Monday unexpectedly offered Paris concrete support as French troops battle Islamist extremists in Mali. Though ruling out a combat role, Germany’s military will provide transport and medical assistance. Original post on spiegel.de Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: Hundreds of protesters angry over last week’s killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya stormed the compound of the Islamic extremist militia suspected in the attack, evicting militiamen and setting fire to their building Friday. Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
Northern Mali was taken over by militants and Islamic extremists and now they’re in the process of implementing a system of Sharia law in that part of the country. That’s meant an end to musical performances across the part of the country contro Original post on pri.org Comments on reddit.com
From Yahoo! News: FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – They call it Original post on yahoo.com Comments on reddit.com
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (Reuters) – They call it rahowa – short for racial holy war – and they are preparing for it by joining the ranks of the world’s fiercest fighting machine, the U.S. military.White Original post on reuters.com Comments on reddit.com
A Moscow regional court upholds a lower court decision declaring books on Scientology to be extremist literature and banning publication or distribution of books from Scientology founder L. Ro… Original post on rferl.org Comments on reddit.com
Extremist Jews prevent women from voting in Israel… More
You see this statement a lot on the conservative blogosphere, forms and comments, that the Democratic Party won’t let anyone challenge Obama, even though a December CNN poll found that overall 81% of those surveyed thought that the Democratic Party should nominate Obama again. The truth is, this time around at least, there is no viable candidate other than Obama. And those not entirely satisfied with Obama can take heart that by the time his second term is over, Elizabeth Warren will be there. What all these arm-chair pundits ignore is that their own party has NO viable candidates. Not one. They’re all extremist lunatics who stand condemned by their own rhetoric. And deep down, though they may misrepresent or misunderstand the reasons, they seem to know it. They are always looking for the next “hero” to enter the race, from Perry (who did) to Christie (who didn’t) and for… More