Tag Archives: embassy

It’s Not Just Baghdad

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Our embassies used to be beacons of hope and freedom. Ever since 9/11, or perhaps even the 1998 bombings, however, they’ve turned into fortresses—something more at home in Baghdad than Berlin. Now we can say that is quite literally the … Continue reading →

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From the Horses’ Mouths (so to speak)

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Joshua Foust

Whatever could this guy be going on about? “Saddam had his big castles; they symbolized his power and were places to be feared, and now we have the castle of the power that toppled him,” says Abdul Jabbar Ahmed, a … Continue reading →

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A Witness in Mauritania

Posted on February 3, 2008 by Lee

Israel Matzav has a video clip of a report on the Al Qaeda attack on the Israeli embassy in Nouakchott, Mauritania. You have to lament for the investigation when your eye witness refers to the scene of the attack as … Continue reading →

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