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Will Lebanon Survive 2014? Should it?

The latest information this morning comes from Hezbollah security guys who guard our building (and my motorcycle—bless them for both favors!) and who have been visibly present throughout Dahiyeh for the past six months, ever since the spate of neighborhood bombings began.

(BEIRUT) - Another week, another terrorist bombing. It’s beginning to look a lot like that here in Lebanon these days. Another apparent suicide bomber detonated a car rigged with explosives in the southern suburbs yesterday killing at least five people and injuring at least 77.

The health ministry released a statement just a short while ago reporting that an additional 67 people were treated in hospitals for wounds and released, while 10 people remained hospitalized with more severe injuries.

American Legion to Host Town Hall Meeting on VA Health-Care Quality

“The input and feedback that we receive from veterans during these town hall meetings helps us understand firsthand what challenges and recommendations they have for improving their medical care” - Ralph Bozella, chairman of the task force

(ROSEBURG, OR) - The American Legion, the country’s largest organization of wartime veterans, will host a local town hall meeting for veterans that will focus on the past, present and future of health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center in Roseburg, Ore.

The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Jan. 9 at American Legion Post 16 on 406 SE Oak Street in Roseburg.

650 Inmates Released from Bagram Prison

While nearly one year ago the Afghan government took over Bagram prison and there were 3,000 inmates, including 50 foreign inmates.

(KABUL Tolo News) - The Investigating Fates of Prisoners Committee (IFPC) on Tuesday revealed that 650 inmates previously housed in Bagram Prison have been released. The IFPC said that in total over 760 inmates at Bagram are being vetted for possible early release.

The committee said that most of the inmates were accused of involvement with the Taliban and the Hezb-e-Islami group led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, both anti-government groups, but there was insufficient evidence to hold them on those charges.

NATO Forces Casualties in Afghanistan Lowest in Six years

At least 1,788 US troops have been killed and some 19,541 in various incidents since the start of the U.S. invasion in 2001 through Dec. 30 in Afghanistan, according the US Defense Department.

(KABUL) - The US-led coalition security forces suffered the lowest number of casualties in Afghanistan in 2013, as compared to the past six years, the Associated Press reported.

However, Afghan national security forces casualties have significantly during the year, as Afghan forces took security responsibilities and combat lead across the country.

Friends of yours, Mr Cameron?

Israel's Appalling Crime­sheet for 2013... Killed 56, injured 1385, carried out 8636 raids and attacks, demolished 172 homes...

(LONDON) - The Palestinian Embassy, for once, has done something useful and released figures that paint a shocking picture of Israel's mega­crimes against their helpless Palestinian neighbours over the past year.

Of course, these statistics for 2013 barely scratch the surface. The stomach­churning story of the rogue regime's inhuman conduct stretches back to World War 2, before its founding, when Jewish terrorists were attacking and murdering British soldiers of the mandated government right up to their departure in 1948.

Cambodia: Ongoing Threats Against Human Rights Defender Mr Ou Virak

Human Rights Ambassador for Salem-News.com, William Nicholas Gomes shared concern about the Ongoing threats against human rights defender Mr Ou Virak.

(Washington, D.C) - Over the past three weeks, human rights defender Mr. Ou Virak has been receiving a number of death threats as well as threats of violence against his family.

Ou Virak is the President of Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR), a non-aligned human rights organisation which works to promote and protect human rights of all people.

Sri Lanka on Full Throttle to Save its Skin & the Tamils Will have to Match It

If the parties could get together, many of the problems faced by the Tamils would be solved. In addition to policy alignment, duplication of duties could be avoided. Travelling, which is a major cost, could be spread among all of them.

(MELBOURNE) - With the dawn of the New Year Sri Lanka is slated to experience pressing political and diplomatic challenges in 2014. Main among them is the session of the United Nations Human Rights Council scheduled for March 2014.

The government is bracing for the event, and already appointments have been sought with the member states for a lobbying-spree ahead of the session.

Questions for Fellow Intactivists

Shyness is not allowed when the matter is saving the babies. We need at least 50 answers in each group to the questions below. For goodness' sake, answer the questions below and send this to others so they can do the same!

(PARIS) - May you or your companion be circumcised or intact, please answer or ask him and your friends the questions below.

The circumcision rate recently rose up again in the USA that have been scared by the the AAP and CDC campaign. Besides, Brian Morris is spreading the rumour according to which circumcision does not harm the sexual function, Doctor Podnar has shown that the penilo-cavernosus reflex scarcely exists with the circumcised (Clinical elicitation of the penilo-cavernosus reflex in circumcised men".

Tribunal Delivers Sri Lanka`s Guilty Verdict

Britain and the US were found to be guilty of complicity in the crime of genocide over providing weapons, and by knowingly aiding or abetting a perpetrator of a genocide in the planning or enabling of such acts.

(BREMEN, Aust. Canberra Times) - A tribunal of 11 eminent judges has unanimously found the Sri Lankan government guilty of the crime of genocide against ethnic Tamil people. Sitting in Bremen, from December 7 to 10, the Second Session of the Peoples' Tribunal on Sri Lanka found that the crime of genocide has been and is being committed against the Eelam Tamils as a national group.

I was invited to appear before the tribunal as an expert witness on the treatment of Tamils from Sri Lanka by the Australian government.

Israeli Aggression Leaves Little Hope for Peace

In this year 2014, supporters of Israel in the U.S., both secular and religious, should look long and hard at this strategy of delay and defeat employed by the Israeli Prime Minister.

(CHICAGO) - The year 2014 marks the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War. That conflict began on July 28, 1914. It did not end until November 11, 1918.

Keep those dates in mind because by July 28, 2014, it is possible that we will witness the start of another conflict, driven by the same stupidity, greed and lust for power that produced the First World War.