General News and Comment
Worth Reading : America
Excerpt:
About an hour ago President Obama approached the podium, later than expected,
on the White House's South Lawn - he spoke about the fighting between Israel and Hamas and spent a bit more time
addressing the Malaysian airliner shot down over Ukraine
US Embassy Statement: United States
Excerpt: We assess that Flight MH17 was likely downed by a
SA-11 surface-to-air missile from separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine . We
base this judgment on several factors. Over the past month, we have detected an
increasing amount of heavy weaponry to separatist fighters crossing the border
from Russia into Ukraine .
Abbott: We have to
punish the guilty
Excerpt: Prime Minister Tony Abbott says military aircraft
are on standby following his conversation with the Russian President over the
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. Mr Abbott told 2GB radio that “we have to punish
the guilty”. “We have to do our best to identify the perpetrators and bring
them to justice,” he said.
Dutch Banks Respond
to Reports of MH17 Victims' Looted Credit Cards
Excerpt: Reports that credit cards have been looted from the
victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 have prompted Dutch banks to take
“preventative measures” against possible fraud, the Dutch Banking Association
said in a statement Saturday. International
outrage has erupted over the treatment of the bodies and evidence in
the 16-square-mile debris field of the plane that was shot down over contested Ukraine
airspace Thursday.
Excerpt: Malaysia announced Monday that pro-Russian
separatists in eastern Ukraine have agreed to hand over the black boxes from a
downed Malaysian airliner, send the remains of victims by train to Kharkiv and
give international investigators safe access to the crash site.
Excerpt: From the debris of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in
eastern Ukraine ,
the first potential forensic proof of what shot down the doomed airliner is
starting to appear on social media as more observers access the crash site.
Obama and Putin’s
Savage World Order. By Daniel Greenfield
Excerpt: What both men have in common is a hard left
background which has taught them that the only defining principle in politics
is Lenin’s “Kto-Kovo”. Kto-Kovo or Who-Whom reduced all interactions to
warfare. The Bolsheviks ushered in the end of rules, decency or honor. All that
mattered was who would be able to destroy whom. It didn’t matter whether you
had justice on your side, but what you would do about it. Obama and Putin have
the same message for America .
“Kto-Kovo.” “Sue me.” “So what?” “I won.”
Tweet from Ken Gardner @kesgardner
Bragging about owning a Che tee shirt is pretty much the
moral equivalent of bragging about owing a Nazi tee shirt. It’s the same evil.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: My own cherished topic is
this: Liberalism's decline from a political philosophy of pluralism into
a rigidly intolerant dogma. The decline is especially pronounced on a range of
issues wrapped up with religion and sex. For a time, electoral self-interest
kept these intolerant tendencies in check, since the strongly liberal position
on social issues was clearly a minority view. (Se my column: "The Great Progressive Church
Tweet from Christopher Snowdon @cjsnowdon
Modern Keynesians, unlike Keynes himself, are much keener on
the 'borrowing in the bad times' bit than the 'saving in the good times' bit.
Excerpt: An 11-year-old girl who was inside a home on a
sleepover when a wayward bullet entered the house and struck her in the head
died Saturday morning, a victim of gun violence that has seen nearly two dozen
people shot this weekend, police said. (Boy, will this get a lot of media
attention...if the shooter turns out to be white. ~Bob)
Tweet From Dr. Steve Perry @DrStevePerry
Why is it that we march when a White person kills a Black
person yet do lil more than shake our heads when we kill our own?
Excerpt: But UW economics professor W. Lee Hansen notes
something profoundly disturbing in the framework, which apparently
went unnoticed by the faculty and the administration: ... It calls for
“proportional participation of historically underrepresented racial-ethnic
groups at all levels of an institution, including high status special programs,
high-demand majors, and in the distribution of grades.” (From each according to
his abilities, to each according to his ethnic heritage. Just progressives
spreading the wealth around. ~Bob)
My Son Was Conceived
in Rape, But That Doesn’t Define His Value or His Humanity. By Robyn McLean
Excerpt: I couldn’t believe I was pregnant. “How did I get
to this point?” I thought.
Anywhere from a couple to a few weeks before, I had
expressed to my fiancé that I didn’t want to be living sexually impure anymore;
I wanted to wait until marriage. My conscience and debilitating relationship
with God were tearing me apart. Then he violently raped me.
Former Clinton
Excerpt: First, It's refreshing to finally see a Democrat
call for a special prosecutor considering Democrats on the Hill have been
offering a full-throated defense of the IRS for month, even after hardly
credible claims of lost emails and recycled hard drives. That being said, Davis ' claim there is no
evidence to show the IRS targeting was politically based is just not true. In
fact, the vast majority of evidence we have so far shows the opposite.
WH: We Haven't Changed the President's Schedule Amid Crises
Because it Might Scare People. By Guy Benson
Excerpt: On Thursday, we chronicled President
Obama's series of decisions to carry on with his public schedule -- a burger
joint photo op, a partisan speech on infrastructure spending, and a pair of Manhattan fundraisers --
in the midst of two major international crises. First, Russian-backed
and -armed separatists in Ukraine
shot down a commercial airliner, killing nearly 300 innocent civilians,
including one American. (It scares people who pay attention that the
President takes golf, fund raisers and photo-ops more seriously than he does
the murder of 295 people by Russians, the Hamas terror attack on Israel to
provoke civilian casualties and the crisis he created on our border. ~Bob)
Excerpt: Officials at the US Embassy in Kiev
took the extraordinary step of releasing to the public a great deal of
intelligence on the downed airliner attack this weekend, which clearly points
the finger at Moscow .
The case against Russia
was built in a strikingly candid
and prosecutorial blog post on the embassy's official website. (Obama
mocked Romney for saying Russia
was our greatest enemy. ~Bob)
Obama Spins Numbers In Improper-Spending Shell Game: News
on improper payments is good, if you don't count a third of the
government.
Excerpt:….In other words, that $105.8 billion in improper
payments could be significantly larger, especially given that large portions of
the unexamined part of the federal budget are at high risk for improper
payments. The reason for the exclusion? Simply
that 32 percent of the federal budget cannot be reliably audited. (Bolding
mine. The Master of the shell game…Barb)
Excerpt: Like most people, James Dittrich had horrible
situational awareness.
He’d walked his dog and was returning up the stairs to his
third floor apartment, and the two thugs were on him in the stairwell before he
knew what was going on. ... They feel safer in Ohio , they said, adding that their
experience drastically changed them and their views on a number of issues,
including gun control. Before, both didn’t feel the need to own a gun. Now,
they are proud gun owners and keep a handgun in the bedroom.
Excerpt: Finally, if history is a guide, it is safe to say
that weak solar activity for a prolonged period of time can have a negative
impact on global temperatures in the troposphere which is the bottom-most layer
of Earth’s atmosphere - and where we all live. There have been two notable
historical periods with decades-long episodes of low solar activity. The first
period is known as the “Maunder Minimum”, named after the solar astronomer
Edward Maunder, and it lasted from around 1645 to 1715. The second one is
referred to as the “Dalton Minimum”, named for the English meteorologist John
Dalton, and it lasted from about 1790 to 1830. Both of these historical periods
coincided with below-normal global temperatures in an era now referred to by
many as the “Little Ice Age”. (Scary. Warming has winners in increased crop
production as well as losers. Cooling has losers, starvation and wide spread
death. ~Bob)
Right-To-Work Study
Destroys Obama’s Claim That Forcing Americans To Join Unions Helps The Economy
Excerpt: Currently, there are 24 states with right-to-work
(RTW) laws, either by law or state constitution. The Competitive Enterprise
Institute just released a study analyzing countrywide economic activity from
1977-2012, and here are the key results: Wages – Median income loss
per-person is $3,278, or $13,100 for a family of four, in forced-unionism
states. Furthermore, the higher the union membership of a state, the more
depressed their economic growth.
Great. Now We've Got
Presidential Attention Deficit Disorder. By Jim Geraghty, Morning Jolt
Here's one big question: Will we still be talking about Ukraine
and Israel/Hamas at the end of the week? Or will some other part of the world
-- or perhaps our own border -- blow up then, pushing Ukraine and everything else back to
the inside pages? Remember those kidnapped schoolgirls? Remember how releasing
the Taliban Five was an ominous indicator for Afghanistan ? Remember ISIS taking
over Iraq ?
Remember the Syrian civil war? Aren't there still oodles of Central American
kids coming over our border? Does our media lose interest in these crises
because the president isn't interested in them? Or does the president feel like
he's doing fine because the media stops covering them? Take a look at the
president's schedule for the coming week, as laid out in Mike Allen's other
morning newsletter . . ."On Monday morning, the President will sign
an Executive Order to protect LGBT employees from workplace discrimination. In
the afternoon the President will award Ryan M. Pitts, a former active duty Army
Staff Sergeant, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. On Tuesday,
the President will deliver remarks and sign H.R. 803, Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act, at an event at the White House; the Vice President will also
attend. Afterward, the President will travel to Seattle , WA San Francisco , CA San Francisco area, and later
in the day will travel to the Los
Angeles area, where he will remain overnight. On
Thursday, the President will visit a community college in Los Angeles to deliver remarks on the
importance of job-driven skills training, particularly for fast-growing sectors
such as health care. Later, he will attend a DNC event . . ." That's
three days of fundraisers! Two feel-good ceremonies on touchy-feely domestic
issues! It's like Obama has decided he's governing in the late 1990s.
Worth Reading
Excerpt: From his perch in the amazingly Obama-centric world
in which our President lives, look again at what the rest of us think of as
serious problems. Have any of the 1,000-plus Hamas rockets been aimed at Obama?
No. That is why Obama is tranquil. Have any of the thousands who are crossing
the border tried to move into the White House? No. That is why Obama is
tranquil. Is ISIS an immediate threat to the United States that is likely to
blow up the next golf course the President is playing at? No. That is why Obama
is tranquil.
Man who escaped death
TWICE: Cyclist was scheduled to fly on both MH17 and MH370... but changed his
mind at the last minute
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2698733/I-lucky-Dutch-cyclist-escapes-death-TWICE-scheduled-fly-aboard-downed-MH17-missing-MH370.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2698733/I-lucky-Dutch-cyclist-escapes-death-TWICE-scheduled-fly-aboard-downed-MH17-missing-MH370.html
Excerpt: De Jonge was scheduled to fly aboard Flight MH370,
which vanished without a trace in March, and he also had a ticket for Malaysia
Airlines Flight MH17, which was downed by a missile this week over the Ukraine
- but he changed his travel arrangements at the last minute in both cases. (You
can cheat death, but death is patient. ~Bob)
Cop killer’s wife: He
should have killed more cops. Reporter gets fired for not liking it.
Excerpt: The reporter, Sean Bergin, lost his cool when he
reported these remarks about a Jersey
City cop, killed Sunday in the line of duty. Now he
lost his job.
Obama Gives Trillions for Wall Street, Not a Dime to Stop
Murder in Black Chicago
Excerpt: When president Obama was lifted to the presidency
promising hope and change, no community was more hopeful than the black
community. And inside the black community, no city was prouder than Chicago . But not anymore.
One Year of Fracking in CO, Creates More Jobs than Obama’s
Entire Economy Has for Millennials. By Katie Kieffer
Excerpt: Fracking in the state of Colorado during the year 2012 created
111,000 jobs whereas Barack Obama’s entire economy has only generated 110,000
jobs for Millennials since 2007.
Excerpt: Fracking has been good for the State of Colorado and its economy,
and therefore a
large majority of Coloradans support fracking. However, the Democrat base,
particularly in Colorado ,
is not so much with the whole science thing, and therefore they are vehemently
opposed to fracking. Uber environmentalist wacko Jared Polis (D-CO), has
decided to score an own goal on two vulnerable Democrats who are up for
election in a non-Presidential election year and therefore are heavily
depending on turnout from their base – by forcing Udall and Hickenlooper to
take a stand on fracking.
IP candidate Kevin
Terrell could influence US
Excerpt: The Independence Party hasn't won a statewide
election in Minnesota
since Jesse Ventura's surprise gubernatorial victory in 1998. But since the
1994 election, when the party attained major political party status in
Minnesota, its candidates have drawn significant support and had a big impact
on the outcome of statewide elections. Kevin Terrell, IP's endorsed candidate
in the U.S. Senate race this year, thinks that could happen again. Along with
Republican Party's eventual nominee, Terrell will challenge Democratic U.S.
Sen. Al Franken in November. (Might help Franken drawing off votes from the GOP.
~Bob)
Dim views of Hillary
Clinton’s time at State. By Maggie Haberman
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/politico-poll-hillary-clinton-department-of-state-109156.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/07/politico-poll-hillary-clinton-department-of-state-109156.html
Excerpt: A majority of voters are unimpressed with Hillary
Clinton’s performance as secretary of State, according to a new POLITICO poll. Just
14 percent described her time at State — she served four years ending in February
2013 — as “excellent,” while another 28 percent defined it as “good.” Another
21 percent called it “fair” and 32 percent rated her performance “poor.”
Injured veterans program in danger
Excerpt: A program that allows veterans with traumatic brain
injuries to receive treatment in assisted living facilities is in danger of
closing down. With only two weeks to go before the August recess,
Congress has yet to take action on legislation that would renew the pilot
program before it expires on Sept. 30. Sens. Cory Booker (D-N.J) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.)
proposed legislation this week that would prolong the treatment option for
another three years at a cost of $46 million.
Chuck Norris reveals
plan to combat leftists' 5 historical lies about nation
Excerpt: But instead of raising America out of the muck and mire of
global entanglements by new challenges and adventure, too many today believe
that the only way forward is by simply shrinking back to our corner of
isolationism and preservation. As a result, instead of casting visions, our
leaders are crippling American values, apologizing for our power and
surrendering our superiority and sovereignty. Dinesh D’Souza’s new blockbuster
film, “America :
Imagine a World Without Her,” does an outstanding job of critiquing exactly
what is killing American exceptionalism.
The Outhouse of
American Liberty
Banana Republic Update! Exactly a week ago in this space,
I wrote: Speaking
of lèse-majesté, even when our sovereign liege lord is not present, it is
improper to disrespect him. For example, Friday's Fourth of July
parade in Norfolk , Nebraska
Obamacare News
Excerpt: The White House recently adopted a new approach for
updating Americans on the country’s most consequential law. I call it the
“needle in a haystack” method: Bury the announcement in hundreds of pages of regulations and hope no one finds it. The White
House tried a test run several weeks ago. Hidden in the midst of a 436 page
regulatory update, and written in pure bureaucratese, the Department of Health and Human Services asked that
insurance companies limit the looming premium increases for 2015 health plans.
But don’t worry, HHS hinted: we’ll bail you out on the taxpayer’s dime if you
lose money. No wonder there wasn’t a press release.
No, You Can't Keep
Your Drugs Either Under Obamacare
Excerpt: And now, you might not be able to keep your
medicine, either. There are two reasons why. The first has to do with the
higher out of pocket costs patients will face. The second issue may be even
more significant. Simply put, many drugs may not be covered at all, and the
costs patients incur by buying them with cash won’t count against out of pocket
caps.
Excerpt: Few complaints about the U.S. healthcare system are as
common as the claim that we spend too much on health care and get too little
for all that spending in return — especially compared to other industrialized
nations. A new Commonwealth Fund report is the latest to indict U.S. health
care. It pegs the American system dead last in a survey of 11 developed
countries. But like virtually every other study that trashes the U.S. healthcare
system, Commonwealth’s rankings rely on questionable assumptions, like giving
weight to those systems that treat people equally rather than well. At the same
time, Commonwealth ignores the problems that countries with socialized healthcare
systems have actually treating people once they’re sick.
Undocumented Democrat News
Obama's foes on
border crisis: Democrats
Excerpt: Republicans have seized on the ballooning number of
unaccompanied children crossing into Texas
as proof of Obama’s failed immigration policies. But Democrats are also
frustrated and are increasingly blaming the White House for bungling the
response to the situation on the border. (Gee, who knew there were racist
Democrats now days? ~Bob)
Cartels suspected as high-caliber gunfire sends Border Patrol scrambling onRio
Grande
Cartels suspected as high-caliber gunfire sends Border Patrol scrambling on
Excerpt: U.S.
Border Patrol agents on the American side of the Rio Grande were forced to take cover Friday
night when high-caliber weaponry was fired at them
from the Mexican side of the river, sources told FoxNews.com.
Religion of Peace News
Worth Reading
Excerpt: In recent days, Israel
has been hit not only from the Gaza end of the
Fatah-Hamas pantomime horse but also from Lebanon
and Syria .
It's under attack not merely from a terrorist squat but from two sovereign
states, all of whom are clients to one degree or another of a third, Iran . Had not
General Sisi overthrown Mohammed Morsi and tossed him in jail, there might have
been a fourth country happy to make mischief.
Cabinet ministers:
IDF may have to reconquer all or part of Gaza
Excerpt: Security Cabinet members
said Thursday that the IDF may need to re-conquer all or part of Gaza to ensure Hamas does not continue to attack Israel. Communications Minister Gilad
Erdan said during a visit to Ashkelon Monday
that the IDF must continue fighting until it ensures long-term calm.
Obama, Kerry calls
with Netanyahu interrupted by rocket sirens
Excerpt: Calls between both President Obama and Secretary of
State John Kerry with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were
interrupted when rocket sirens went off in Tel Aviv forcing Netanyahu to go
into a bunker.
MSNBC contributor on network’s Israel-Hamas coverage: ‘We
are disgustingly biased on this issue.’ By Erik Wemple
Excerpt: This afternoon on the MSNBC program “Ronan Farrow
Daily,” MSNBC contributor Rula Jebreal just ripped MSNBC coverage of the
Israel-Hamas hostilities. “We are disgustingly biased when it comes to this
issue,” said Jebreal in an interview with host Ronan Farrow.
Worth Reading : Israel
Excerpt: On Wednesday morning Netanyahu made an adroit move,
publicly accepting an Egyptian ceasefire proposal. Hamas turned it down
flat.
UNRWA Gives Rockets to
Hamas: Rockets found in UN school are reportedly handed over to terrorist group.
Excerpt: The UN agency for Palestinian Arab “refugees,”
UNRWA, has caused outrage by apparently giving rockets to Hamas. On Thursday,
UNRWA confirmed that 20
rockets had been found in one of its vacant schools in Gaza . ... However, Channel
2 reports Sunday that - rather than destroying the rockets -
UNRWA workers called Hamas to come remove them.
And those evil Zionists better stand there and be blown up,
or the world will condemn them. ~Bob
Excerpt: A senior IDF officer reports that terrorists in Gaza are transporting themselves around Gaza via ambulances with children in them, to
avoid being targeted by the IDF.
Tweet from @AspieSavant
Zionism is the Jewish counterpart of Nazism. One could even
argue that Nazism was but a reaction to Jewish extremism.
Tweet from PM of IsraelVerified account@IsraeliPM
Egyptian Cleric: Do
Not Support Hamas. They Are Shiites and Their Leaders Hide Underground
Excerpt: CNN correspondent Karl Penhaul said during an on-air
segment that when the announcement of the capture went out on Gaza TV, “all
around we heard from apartment buildings loud cheers, clapping going up from
ordinary citizens” as well as gunfire in the distance.
Excerpt: For years Hamas has been working on a secret weapon: tunnels.
“Eight Palestinian militants emerged from a tunnel some 300 yards inside Israel on
Saturday morning, armed with automatic weapons and wearing Israeli
military uniforms, the Israeli military said. The gunmen fired a
rocket-propelled grenade at two Israeli military jeeps on patrol, starting a battle
that killed two Israeli officers and one of the militants, according to the
military. The rest then retreated underground, back to Gaza .”
‘Helluva Pinpoint
Operation:’ Kerry Caught On Open Mic Sarcastically Slamming Israeli Gaza
http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/20/helluva-pinpoint-operation-kerry-caught-on-open-mic-sarcastically-slamming-israeli-gaza-op/
http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/20/helluva-pinpoint-operation-kerry-caught-on-open-mic-sarcastically-slamming-israeli-gaza-op/
Excerpt: Seemingly oblivious to the fact that the State
Department camera in front of him and mic pinned on his lapel were live, America ’s top diplomat harshly criticized the
on-going Israeli operation in Gaza
following news of Israeli army casualties and Palestinian civilian deaths.
“It’s a helluva pinpoint operation,” he told a top aide
sarcastically over his cellphone. “It’s a helluva pinpoint operation. We’ve got
to get over there. (No big deal. He said far worse about his fellow Vietnam vets.
~Bob)
Tweet from Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer
Hamas apparently telling journalists not to publish any
photos of the 150+ Hamas fighters killed in the conflict thus far.
Tweet from GayPatriot™ @GayPatriot
I stand with #Israel because #Isreal stands with Christians being
slaughtered by Islamists around the world.
State Department Official Tweets #UnitedforGaza: Was it a typo, a Freudian
slip, or a statement?
Excerpt: Richard Stengel, under
secretary for public diplomacy and public affairs at the U.S. Department
of State, took to Twitter on Saturday night and appeared to take
sides in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Stegel, appointed to his post at the State Department by President Obama last
year and confirmed by a 90-8 vote in the senate in April, used his
personal Twitter account to call for an investigation into Malaysia
Airlines Flight 17. The former managing editor of Time prefaced the
tweet with the State Department’s Twitter handle and ended it with the hashtag
#UnitedForGaza, indicating his solidarity with the Palestinians. (Anybody still
wondering who/what this regime is about? --Barb)
Worth Reading : The
Incoherent Excuses for Hating Israel
Excerpt: Take the displeasure aroused by the continually
publicized disparity in deaths between Gazans and Israelis in the current
ground operation to stop the rockets. Many critics seem affronted that Israel
has taken great pains to protect its citizens by building bomb shelters and
developing the Iron Dome anti-missile defenses, and so have suffered only 2
civilian deaths. They see the videos of dead Palestinian Arab children and
blame those deaths on Israel ’s
“disproportionate response” instead of Hamas’ indifference to their own
people’s safety.
Excerpt: Pro-Israel Jews and Christians were attacked by an
angry mob yesterday at Calgary 's
city hall. Video footage shows this clearly: In addition to the males, 2
females were taken to the ground and kicked by a group of men. They sustained
injuries. The crowd also chanted
"kill the Jews".
Jewish students
extracted from Boston
http://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-students-extracted-from-boston-anti-israel-die-in/#ixzz380ofH7Li
Excerpt: For the third time in eight days, Boston
police were forced to intervene when a small group of student Israel supporters was swarmed
by demonstrators screaming anti-Semitic epithets and initiating physical
contact, said students involved in the incident.
Excerpt: Several vehicles in the Pulaski Park Gaza which began on July 8. The leaflets
threaten violence if Israel
does not pull out of Gaza ,
according to residents and police.
Watch: Berlin Imam
Prays for the Annihilation of Jews
Excerpt: An imam in the German capital, Berlin , recently gave a sermon in which he expressed
support for Gaza and
called for “the annihilation of Jews”. The sermon by Sheikh Abu Bilal Ismail,
which was given last Friday at the Al-Nur Mosque was translated by the Middle
East Media Research Institute(MEMRI). (Is this WWII or WWIII? Shouldn’t
have let them get off that U-boat in South America ….Barb)
Excerpt: The BBC reports that the group cited a historic contract known
as a dhimma, in which non-Muslims must pay a fee to receive protection. They
may also be subject to various humiliations, such as having to shave their
heads, wear a red belt around their necks or wear only one shoe…."For the
first time in the history of Iraq, Mosul is now empty of Christians," he
added. (Coming soon to your neighborhood in the US . --Barb)
Obama moves deadline
for Iran
Excerpt: Iran, the United States and the five other
countries negotiating the future of the Iranian nuclear program have agreed to
a four-month extension of the talks, giving them more time to try to bridge
major differences over whether Tehran will be forced to dismantle parts of its
nuclear infrastructure, according to a statement released early Saturday in
Vienna by all seven nations.
Conveniently, this moves us past the midterm elections so
Democrats on the campaign trail won’t have to defend yet another foreign policy
failure by Obama.
Syrian mother's
agony: why I made my teenage daughter become a child bride: Mothers explain why
they pushed their girls into marrying older men to protect them from rape and
kidnap
Excerpt: One of the many wretched consequences of the Syrian
war is the sudden insecurity felt by millions of female refugees, deprived (sometimes permanently)
of their menfolk, left to fend for their families by themselves,
threatened by the unwanted attentions of predatory men. ... Most marriages in
the camp are for girls of 12, 13 or 14, but even 10-year-olds might get engaged
if they are tall and developed. The way it works is that a female relative of
the groom tours the tents to find a girl. When she finds someone suitable, she
brings her to the man, who asks for her hand. The groom might be Syrian or
Jordanian or from other Arab nationalities. A 70-year-old Saudi man married my
neighbour's daughter.
US readies to transfer
six Guantánamo Bay detainees to Uruguay, officials say:
Pentagon notified Congress of intent to transfer group, including four Syrians,
one Palestinian and one Tunisian
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment