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Joe Cortina: IDF is the World`s Largest Terrorist Organization

"We claim to be a Christian Nation - yet - in the very name of Christ - two out of every ten Palestinians that we are accomplices to the murder of - are also Christians."

(TEHRAN) - Captain Joe Cortina is a former airborne special operations officer and U.S. Army Training Center commander.

He subsequently embarked on missions as intelligence investigator and anti-terrorist advisor and traveled to different countries in the Middle East and Central America.

Sri Lanka at UNHRC: Lawlessness and Impunity Prevailing

Sri Lanka needs to be admonished for impunity, lawlessness and systemic genocide in regard to Illegal detentions, enforced disappearances.

(GENEVA) - Since the end of civil war on May 19, 2009, the Sri Lankan Government has been increasingly manifesting its racist, militaristic, despotic tendencies.

Famous Surfer `Tubesteak` who Named `Gidget` Passes Away at 77

He passed away in San Clemente Wednesday, according to The Orange County Register

(SALEM) - There are a handful from surfing's earliest days who are still among us, and sadly today there is one less. Terry 'Tubesteak' Tracy passed away at the age of 77.

Two Days to Save Sioux Sacred Land

The US Government stole the Black Hills from the Sioux after gold was found there.

(BLACK HILLS, SD) - This weekend an area considered sacred by the Native Sioux people could be auctioned off to the highest bidder, to potentially be bulldozed into a road or a golf course.

The Sioux have launched a last-ditch campaign to save their land - if we join them now we can stop the sell off.

A Ship About to Sink

Neither Singh nor Pranab Mukherjee, nor anyone else is capable any more of saving this Government. It’s neck deep in its own sticky sleaze.

(LONDON) - I like Manmohan Singh. He has immaculate credentials. It’s these credentials that have seen the UPA through its most stormy years.

If Singh wasn’t Prime Minister, the Government would have collapsed a long time back.

Brandon Raub`s Marine Veteran Brother Sets Record Straight on Facebook Arrest

Marine taken into custody over Facebook 'singled out because of his heart'.

(RICHMOND, VA) - My name is Jesse Cash, I have known Brandon for nearly a decade. We served together in Iraq, and Afghanistan.

I am a college student, majoring in history (possibly changing to military intelligence). I have spoken with Brandon at least on a weekly basis for the last year, many times daily.

Grim Reality but also Hope for Lebanon`s Palestinians this Eid al Fitr

Palestinians in Lebanon are acutely aware that Hezbollah still holds majority power in Parliament...

(BEIRUT, Lebanon Al Manar) - This Ramadan holiday season in Lebanon designees from both the Shia Higher Islamic Shiites Council and the Sunni Dar el Fatwa, figuratively speaking, pointed their binoculars deep into the eastern sky.

In almost unheard of unison, it was proclaimed that Eid al Fitr this year was to be August 19th.

Kigali`s Hit Squad Strikes Again in South Africa

Mr. Ntwali was taken to a trauma unit in a South African Hospital where his condition remains critical.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Frank Ntwali, Chairman of the African region of the Rwandan National Congress was stabbed multiple times today in South Africa.

Three men came from behind his vehicle posing as police officers in plain clothes after first signaling for the vehicle to pull over.

Marijuana Legalization, Reefer Madness, and Mad Cow Disease at The Oregonian: Continued...

Oregon marijuana advocates want to get the Mexican drug cartels out of Oregon and the marijuana business.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Oregonian has recently published three articles demeaning the effort to legalize marijuana.

They seem to ignore the fact that most Oregonians and most Americans are in favor of legalization. Why the newspaper has this position is just NOT understandable.

Message from the Former Chairman of Oregon Commission on Black Affairs

Former Chairman was scheduled to remain on the commission until next year.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Two senior members of the Oregon Commission on Black Affairs received termination notices in June from the Office of Oregon State Governor, John Kitzhaber.

The Commissioners have in essence been muted; they no longer have a vocal public role in the future toward improving the lives of Oregon's African-American community.