Current Events - December 2006

In my town, one can't do anything without everyone knowing about it. Why aren't the community leaders organizing against the insurgents?

2006-12-06 03:18:37 · 14 answers · asked by gamblebarrelh 1

The New York Times, along with much of the mainstream media, played a key role in propagating the view that Israel had indiscriminately and "disproportionately" targeted civilian areas in response to Hisb'Allah attacks from Lebanon. Now, the Times reports on a new study that says Hisb'Allah stored weapons in mosques, battled Israelis from inside empty schools, flew white flags while transporting missiles and launched rockets near UN monitoring posts.

The study also says that 650 out of the 1,084 people the Lebanese government has said were civilians killed in the conflict were in fact Hisb'Allah terrorists.

The NY Times coverage includes declassified IDF video and photos that explain how "The construction of a broad military infrastructure, positioned and hidden in populated areas, was intended to minimize Hisb'Allah's vulnerability. Hisb'Allah would also gain a propaganda advantage if it could represent Israel as attacking innocent civilians."

2006-12-06 03:08:53 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

why cant they provide a home for palestinian arabs and thus solve the conflict? Jews do not have ather place to go.

2006-12-06 02:56:59 · 11 answers · asked by s.e. 1

...the United States should never get involved in a war in the Middle East - it's a war we cannot win.

Why did we do this? Why are we involved over there? Does our leadership not realize that these sects have been fighting each other for more than a thousand years? What could we as such a young, mixed up country do to make the Middle East change their ways? NOTHING! We are in a war that we cannot win (a war on terror? I mean, c'mon, what is that?) against an enemy we cannot see, and who will fight to the last man, woman, and child to defeat us - what was the Bush administration thinking?

Now, we can't simply pull out - we've made a mess and we need to try to clean it up! But, the body count continues to rise, we've helped to start a civil war, and the balance of power in the Middle East is crumbling before our very eyes. So, was Sadam really that bad? Did he really pose that big a threat to our national security? Where are we now? Worse off, or better?

2006-12-06 02:55:20 · 8 answers · asked by gatesfam@swbell.net 4

'Exterminate White People'
New Black Panther Party responds to former professor's call for extermination of white race

This was on Fox news video about The former professor calling for the Extermination of white people and when the leader of the black panthers was asked about wether or not he shared that statement, he would not give a direct answer
See: the Video on www.foxnews.com

2006-12-06 02:47:44 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

In England on Channel 4 the directors have decided that it would be a good idea to send a Christmas message. Usually the Christmas message is from the Queen but Channel 4 have decided that they will send a Christmas message to the Muslims. This will be introduced by a Muslim woman wearing a full viel. Now, in England we are getting told off for putting up Christmas decorations in case it offends Muslims. I want to know your views. Are the Channel 4 bosses just loosing their minds and really wanting to piss off the public or are they having a go at Muslims? Do Muslims really want a special Christmas message considering it means nothing to them?

2006-12-06 02:46:41 · 6 answers · asked by Paul 2

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6213012.stm

2006-12-06 02:42:24 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

Iran has as much as said stay out of our business or will blow you away ,We have every right to make bombs

2006-12-06 02:07:09 · 12 answers · asked by Navy 1

2006-12-06 02:05:06 · 11 answers · asked by xicofb 3

in 1911-14 , milions got killed , in 1939-45 milions got killed . before that bilions got killed . Humans around the world do their best to make people drug dependents , steal their money , kill them secretly , put them in jail until death , etc . SO , is it a question of Qaida or human being ?

2006-12-06 02:04:58 · 2 answers · asked by citizen high 6

News reports say Fema may have to rebuild private homes in New Orleans because of hurrican Katrina

2006-12-06 02:00:41 · 10 answers · asked by Navy 1

Gordon Brown has just put up the price of petrol ...Again ! and Taxes us even more for travelling abroad... What do you think ? Do you want this guy as Prime Minister ? Which Political party would you vote for if there was an Election Now..

2006-12-06 01:23:35 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-06 00:07:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

And yet Bush's mouthpiece, Tony Snow, tells us that there is no civil war in Iraq, and that we are winning. Do you think Snow is smoking something?

2006-12-05 23:20:13 · 10 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4

The joke in our family is that whenever we go anywhere, we are prepared for anything, even nuclear war. However, news stories continue to tell us about families hitting the road without planning for emergencies, and leaving their common sense behind. Yet, somehow, their essential stupidity is ignored by the media and they are presented as heroes when and if they are finally rescued from their own incompetence. What do you think?

2006-12-05 23:10:27 · 3 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4

Smokers in the U.S. think they have the right to pollute the air that other's breathe, and that it's okay to endanger other's lives despite soaring healthcare costs. Why is that?

2006-12-05 22:47:42 · 13 answers · asked by Not so looney afterall 5

because they consume so many,you could even say all of them

2006-12-05 21:43:53 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-05 21:11:32 · 10 answers · asked by emzc 4

White, Ablebody and in employment?

2006-12-05 20:36:22 · 10 answers · asked by David 4

Yes I know it's a bit early!

2006-12-05 20:18:19 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-12-05 19:21:12 · 12 answers · asked by Ryan D 2

Do you support terrorism?
The western world(US and the followers) strike nations without a responding strength like Afghanistan and Iraq and maybe Iran soon and then expect a peaceful world? I think terrorism is an outcome of inability of a nations to launch a full out war.
It is a fact that most nations start stagnating after a while, will US stagnate and the BRICs come to power. Is it true that America is run by foreigners on most high post while Americans remain unqualified and incapable of running their nation if it is true that most American doctors engineers and scientists are Indian and Chinese and if they went back to develop their own countries would US hire pizza delivery boys in NASA .
Should the world follow communism and sustainable development? It is essential that the US be destroyed soon or the pollution it causes will destroy the world in the coming century.
They had trouble with Iraq can they stand China or India war?
Is the western world going to end soon?...

2006-12-05 18:48:39 · 8 answers · asked by arbiter_47 1

"Searchers scouring a rugged canyon Tuesday found a pair of pants matching the description of those worn by a missing man who struck out for help after his family's car got stuck in the snow."


"The discovery also could signal that Kim suffered severe hypothermia."

He has been on foot for almost 4 days now...=(


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061206/ap_on_re_us/missing_family

I hope and I pray they find him alive.

2006-12-05 17:14:05 · 13 answers · asked by Tiny 2

It's disgusting to see what an uproar there is over Senator Fritzwater's proposal that the U.S. drop a nuclear bomb on the city of Mosul in Iraq. There have been all sorts of arguments referring to the Geneva Conventions and international law. But the people who make these arguments are almost always Democrats who are looking ahead to the 2008 election and just want to see President Bush fail in Iraq.

Nothing in the rules of war forbids soldiers to act in self-defense. We know that Mosul is a terrorist stronghold, and it's from there that most of the deadly attacks on our forces are planned. If you were out walking on your property with your shotgun on your arm and saw a rattlesnake two feet away, coiled and ready to strike, would you stand there and do nothing? Critics of Sen. Fritzwater insist we should politely ask the snake not to attack us.

True, some civilians, maybe twenty or thirty thousand, would die in a nuclear strike. Nobody wants to see innocent people harmed, but we can't expect our soldiers to stand by and do nothing as they're about to be ambushed. Those who fret over the death of a few civilians should just remember the type of enemy we're fighting: those terrorists think nothing of kidnapping innocent people and beheading them on TV. If fighting a war according to "gentlemen's rules" would cause the insurgents to lay down their arms and surrender quietly, then using nuclear weapons would be wrong. But only fools living in a fantasy world believe that the terrorists will give up so easily. The al-Qaeda attacks against us in New York and Washington, as well as the terrorist attacks in Indonesia and Madrid, have taught us that Arabs have a different mind-set when it comes to fighting wars. If we are going to defeat them in Iraq, the gloves have to come off.

It's as though the critics haven't learned from history about the necessity of protecting the U.S. against the next terrorist attack. Have we already forgotten the 3,000 innocent Americans who died on September 11, 2001? When will the pacifists wake up and realize that everything has changed since that fateful day?

History will judge us unkindly if we do nothing while al-Qaeda takes over the entire planet. We must do whatever it takes to win. It's time for the critics either to be quiet or to let the suspicion of treason fall upon them.

2006-12-05 16:59:59 · 3 answers · asked by lisa 1

2006-12-05 16:29:26 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is our government slowly taking away our rights, freedoms and Liberties? Explain in detail something the government did that made you mad!! What situations have you seen on the news, radio, magazines, etc. that spike your interest and you want to argue back!
abortion
death penalty
cameras in england (Big Brother)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=405477&in_page_id=1770&in_page_id=1770&expand=true#StartComments
anything goes......

I need this for an english paper and i would appreciate all the help i get.

2006-12-05 15:36:31 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have full confidence in Gates, he is senior member of our team. i do admire his clear and true speech about Iraq i expect he with his sound mind and gentle attitude will spread the message of freedom and peace ,
what rumsfeld left unfinished gates will achive. I wish gates will open new gates of hope and close gates of misery for ordinary iraqi.

2006-12-05 15:02:56 · 7 answers · asked by George B 1

2006-12-05 14:02:56 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

A: Nothing I dont care it there people 10 years from now to warry about

B: I am making awearness

C: I dont know what to do

2006-12-05 13:59:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

our states clean why cant we keep our world clean?

2006-12-05 13:56:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous