The Amazigh or Imazighen (Berber) and the Phoenician Punics The presence of Phoenician colonies in North Africa started out as peaceful traders among the Amazigh original inhabitants of the region. These colonies, though initially inhabited by Phoenicians from the eastern Mediterranean, became a mix of the two peoples as they intermarried with the local Amazigh. … Continue reading
I’d like to start with a question first… Why is it, and how come, the “israelis” can claim and do claim that Palestine is their land based on the fact that they were there before the “Palestinian Arabs”? Well let us take it chronologically, this claim isn’t completely false. According to the Quran AND the Talmud, at … Continue reading
PREAMBLE March 2012 _ First month of reporting errors to BBC by anti-BBCTrust The anti-BBCTrust logged 48 errors during its first month of monitoring the BBC News website specifically for this purpose _ Since this blog was set up only on March 5th 2012 incidents for the whole month were not actually recorded _ … Continue reading
Having been invited to Belfast by my friend Fra Hughes, I was excited to see how it had changed since the Good Friday Agreement and the 30 years that had passed since I first visited Belfast during The Troubles. Fra, like my self, is a pro-Palestinian activist and had invited me up to a fundraising … Continue reading
It’s a Fact of War that the deaths of soldiers in a war zone can either be a cause for sadness or celebration _ it’s the Nature of Combat that the vast majority of battle participants would be pleased by any setback suffered by their enemies _ And it doesn’t really matter whether we approve … Continue reading
by Wayne Madsen | 26.10.2011 | 20:27 Part I What will surprise those who may already be surprised about the Dönmeh connection to Turkey, is the Dönmeh connection to the House of Saud in Saudi Arabia. An Iraqi Mukhabarat (General Military Intelligence Directorate) Top Secret report, “The Emergence of Wahhabism and its Historical Roots,” dated … Continue reading
by Wayne Madsen | 25.10.2011 | 20:39 There is a historical “eight hundred pound gorilla” lurking in the background of almost every serious military and diplomatic incident involving israel, Turkey, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Greece, Armenia, the Kurds, the Assyrians, and some other players in the Middle East and southeastern Europe. It is a factor … Continue reading
In the early hours of 2nd June 2006 Mohammed Abdul Kahar was shot inside his home. He later stated in a BBC interview that after sustaining this serious injury, he collapsed, completely incapacitated, still unaware of the shooter’s identity. Although bleeding profusely from a bullet wound he was then dragged by his left ankle down … Continue reading