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Zion`s Zealots: A Book Review and Nailing of Christian Fundamentalism

Many American Christian Evangelicals interpreted the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 and the return of the Jews to the Hebrews ancient homeland as a precondition for the Second Coming of Christ.

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - Millions of Americans believe in the theology espoused in the “Left Behind” series of novels that chronicle apocalyptic times set in the 21st century that winds up in Israel where, according to the author’s understanding of the Book of Revelation:

the final battle in the world will be fought on an ancient battlefield called Armageddon.

The Eruption of a Revolution; a Time Bomb Ticking to Explode Anytime

Witnessing the making of history but not recording it is a shame, so I became a chronicler of these events in my own way.

(UGANDA) - The Arab world is not yet done with the Arab Spring. While the Egyptians and Yemenians have refused to give no quarter to their respective military dictators, the people of Bahrain whom I thought chickened out are showing us that they have only made a tactical retreat.

Once again, they came back to haunt the anachronistic medieval kingdoms in the entire region.

Seen and Not Heard: Women in Sri Lanka`s Reconciliation Commission

Sri Lanka's Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission has just one female commissioner out of eight. For Tamil women, the LLRC simply reaffirms bad old habits.

(LONDON) - If and when Sri Lanka’s Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission (LLRC) releases its report later this month, as scheduled, it will do so amid wide scepticism on many critical fronts – except, it seems, for one.

The credibility, independence and the ethnic balance of the post-war commission have been well-challenged internationally, since it was established by the President last year to ostensibly help reconcile the nation. But for the war’s tens of thousands of female survivors there has been little space and little said, by either the commission or its critics.

Iran Contra At 25: Reagan and Bush `Criminal Liability` Evaluations

Presidential ‘Exposure’ and roles detailed in Special Prosecutor Reports - Reagan Briefed In Advance on Each Group of Missiles Sold to Iran.

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - President Ronald Reagan was briefed in advance about every weapons shipment in the Iran arms-for-hostages deals in 1985-86, and Vice President George H. W. Bush chaired a committee that recommended the mining of the harbors of Nicaragua in 1983.

This, according to previously secret Independent Counsel assessments of “criminal liability” on the part of the two former leaders posted today by the National Security Archive.

IAEA Exposed as Israeli Spy Front

America got suckered into invading Iraq, supposedly to find WMD programs. This is a cover story.

(CINCINNATI) - This week, the media, all of it, traced stories about Iran’s nuclear weapons program to its real source.

The IAEA, which has been unable to locate the vast Dimona nuclear facility in Israel or even begin to ask questions about Israel’s illegal nuclear arsenal, has put together a “rigged” report built of rumors and spin.

Sri Lanka has gone down the dangerous path of ethnic fratricide

The problems in Sri Lanka today, extend well beyond the ethnic crisis.

(BRISBANE, Aust.) - The Nobel Laureate, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, when I met him in Cape Town, remarked, “Isn’t it wonderful that a Sinhalese should be campaigning for the Tamils for all these years?”

I said that I did not think it ‘wonderful’ because this was not a Tamil problem or a Sinhalese problem but a humanitarian problem...

Bush and Blair Found Guilty in War Crimes Tribunal

The commission cited a UN rule that Bush and Blair failed to observe when planning the destruction of Iraq.

(KUALA LAMPUR, Malaysia) - The former heads of both the United States of America and Great Britain, George W. Bush and Tony Blair, have been found guilty by a War Crimes Tribunal for their roles in spearheading the war in Iraq.

This is a very serious development for the two world leaders who did not attend the proceedings in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia.

Fear, Genocide and Torture in Sri Lanka

Survivors' well-founded fear of speaking out about torture in Sri Lanka is just one of the reasons that little information on the practice has been released.

(SALEM) - Freedom from Torture has published shocking new evidence of torture in Sri Lanka which demonstrates the practice has continued long after the end of the civil war in May 2009.

The research shows that torture is perpetrated by officials within both the military and the police and that people within the Tamil population who are perceived by the authorities as having links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) remain at risk of being detained and tortured.

An Open Letter to British Athletes and the 2012 Olympics

Olympic Games set to compete in a stadium surrounded by a curtain of shame made by Dow Chemical.

(LONDON) - Next year in East London the two Olympics will be held when sportsmen and women from many countries will compete against each other in many fields of sport. This will be an opportunity to meet your competitors and to establish friendships.

Unfortunately, the Stadium, in which the opening and closing ceremonies will take place and field events held, will be stained in blood.

Egypt`s Aftershocks: Military vs the People

“The revolution is not about half measures. It’s about a clean break with the past...”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Why has there been an escalation in protests in Egypt?

The earthquake that transformed Egypt in the beginning of the year hasn’t reached far or deep enough because the military – the backbone of the Mubarak regime – sided with the revolutionaries in the hope of safeguarding its status and privileges.