Persicus Maximus

As anticipated, Martial Law has been re-imposed, and Egypt is one giant step closer to becoming the state it was “A military Dictatorship” ….. The western Press touches lightly on the subject and moves on to the more important issue of Soccer! … A Press that has learned to consider the tolerance of Bikini tourism as the only criteria for an acceptable freedom loving society! ….. Egypt’s so-called “Supreme constitutional Court” has thrown the Egyptian political future in doubt. The ruling which ordered the Parliament dissolved was also an endorsement of the Pro US/Israeli Air Marshal Ahmed Shafiq for President. Egyptians have termed this as a “Military Coup” because while it resolved the question of whether or not Shafiq was eligible, as a top member of the Mobarak regime, it threw into doubt the candidacy of his opponent, Dr. Mohammed Mursi, and left this weekend’s presidential election up in the air. The parliamentary election saw Mursi’s Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) winning a ...

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Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts. (late Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan) On May 26, the editors of The Washington Post claimed that Iran has “no right” under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to process uranium. In a letter to the editor published by the Post on June 2, Alireza Miryousefi of Iran’s mission to the UN wrote that the Post was simply wrong on that key point. The Iranian diplomat seemed to be quoting from the NPT in saying that it unambiguously recognized “the inalienable right of all of the parties to the treaty to develop research, production, and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination.” It turns out that it is word-for-word from the treaty text. “Peaceful purposes” would include fueling nuclear power plants to generate electricity. But why, some ask, would Iran need those when it has so much oil and natural gas? President Gerald Ford asked that same question in 1976, before he was persuade...

John Glaser wrote .. "A few days have passed since the BBC irresponsibly passed off this 2003 picture of dead Iraqis as depicting dead Syrians in last week’s Houla massacre. The original photographer, who works for Getty Images, said “Someone is using someone else’s picture for propaganda on purpose.” The Telegraph: Photographer Marco di Lauro said he nearly “fell off his chair” when he saw the image being used, and said he was “astonished” at the failure of the corporation to check their sources. The picture, which was actually taken on March 27, 2003, shows a young Iraqi child jumping over dozens of white body bags containing skeletons found in a desert south of Baghdad. It was posted on the BBC news website today under the heading “Syria massacre in Houla condemned as outrage grows”. The caption states the photograph was provided by an activist and cannot be independently verified, but says it is “believed to show the bodies of children in Houla awaiting bu...