Friday, 03 July 2009

• Saddam bluffed about WMDs because feared Iran

  
  

  News with a side of Satire
  

  
  Working on the Galilee post. Hope to have it up before I go to bed. Here's some news to chew on...
  
  

  Cleric: Muslims should visit Jerusalem

  

  Sheikh Tayseer al-Timimi said Muslims should travel to Jerusalem and perform pilgrimage to Muslim holy places in the disputed city, backtracking on an earlier edict. "I withdraw my fatwa (edict) and now ask all Muslims and (Arab) Christians to creep into Jerusalem for a visit, satisfaction and shopping," al-Timimi said. The cleric's call comes amid reports that the United States is urging Arab nations to take some steps to normalize relations with Israel as incentives for the Jewish state to revive the peace process with Palestinians. - JERUSALEM POST.com

  [tags: jerusalem, israel, islam]

  Saddam bluffed about WMDs because feared Iran

  

  Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein told an FBI interviewer before he was hanged that he led the world to believe that his country had weapons of mass destruction because he did not want to appear weak to the Islamic Republic of Iran, according to declassified FBI documents released Wednesday. According to the statement, Hussein took personal responsibility for ordering the launching of SCUD missiles against Israeli targets during the 1991 Gulf War, because he blamed Israel and its influence in the US for "all the problems of the Arabs." Hussein went on to say that "Israel was a threat to the entire Arab world, not specifically Iraq," according to one document. - JERUSALEM POST.com

  [tags: israel, iran, iraq, news, fbi, united states, hussein]

  Ahmadinejad not welcome in much of Iran

  

  For 30 years, the tradition has been for each newly elected president of the Is lamic Republic to travel at once to Mashad, Iran's main "holy" city, to thank Ali bin Mussa, the only one of Shiism's 12 imams buried in Iranian soil. But Ahmadinejad was forced at the last minute to scrub the trip. Angry Mashadis, many of whom believe Ahmadinejad stole the election, were determined to give him a rough reception. Despite the presence of some 15,000 Basij security men in the city, the authorities couldn't guarantee the president's safety -- let alone deliver the enthusiastic, welcoming crowds that he requires for propaganda purposes. The canceled pilgrimage is the latest sign of trouble in the wake of Ahmadinejad's controversial re-election. - NY POST.com

  [tags: news, iran, ahmadinejad]

  Obama: FDA Should Regulate ‘Outrage’ as a Drug

  

  SATIRE - Noting that the adrenaline in outrage can spark irrational, erratic and sometimes dangerous behavior, President Barack Obama today urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate it as a drug, like cigarettes. Mr. Obama, a smoker who said yesterday that he’s “95 percent cured” has also struggled with outrage, even showing glimpses of it when the subject of his smoking came up at his news conference. The president said today that like his smoking, he constantly struggles to control his outrage, but that he’s “99 percent cured.” - SCRAPPLE FACE.com

  [tags: obama, government, satire]

  Kill The Cheerleader, Save The Show

  

  Dear Heroes: What happened? Villains marked an all time low in your ratings, and lost you a significant portion of your core audience (myself included). You broke my heart, Heroes. Fugitives won me back in much the same way your ex does when he or she promises to reform, to be better and try harder. But the make-up sex just wasn't that great. Heroes, if you really want to win me back, here's what you have to do. - IO9.com

  [tags: nbc, science, tv]

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