Latest in Tag: Saddam Highlight
Latest in Tag: Saddam
‘World is a better place without Saddam,’ Tony Blair justifies Iraq War
Former British PM Tony Blair has said he accepts full responsibility for the decision to go to war in Iraq. A seven-year inquiry into the UK’s involvement concluded that London failed to exhaust all peaceful options.
Notes from America: My dad was an average man
By Ahmed Tharwat In checking out the history of “Father’s Day”, the date 5 July 1908 is often mentioned when a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event explicitly honouring several hundred fathers who had died in a coal mine explosion six months previously. But it was a one-time commemoration and not an annual holiday. It …
Notes from America: The world is run by ‘generals’
By Ahmed Tharwat Harry S. Truman once said: “The ‘C’ students run the world.” That was a long time ago, and now the world is run by “Generals” – still “C” Students – in two different camps. The first camp is usually run by military generals like Saddam, Gaddafi, Nasser, Sadat, Mubarak, Al-Sisi, Mugabe, Barre, …
Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag
Iraq aiming to create new unifying national symbols