Musings of a modern guy

In a report outed by the New York Times, the Iraqi insurgency has been described to be self-sustaining. It raises money from oil smuggling, ransom, diversion of money from Islamic charities, etc. This is different from previous years when a lot of the money was money stolen by Baath Party officials as the Iraqi regime […]

In a development bound to increase the intensity of the sectrian war in Iraq, today was unfortunately another day of massacre in Iraq. This violence was concentrated in the Shia stronghold of Sadr city. The attacks consisted of bomb blasts, missile attacks and attacks from Sunni armed men.
The immediate reaction is not known, but nothing […]

As can be expected, after the trial and the guilty judgement, there has been some criticism of the trial. However, after some dela, Human Rights Watch has come out with a judgement on the trial, declaring the trial to be fundamentally unfair and the death sentence undefensible.
This was to be expected, but just because it […]

The British PM visits Afghanistan. While there, he praised the recovery in Afghanistan, credited the Afghan President Hamid Karzai with doing an excellent job. He also committed British troops to be there for the long term (till their jos is done - no definition os when the job will be done). He preached the spiel […]

Well, finally everything is decided. The democrats won the US elections by a fairly comprehensive margin, beating I am sure their own expectations by a wide margin. So, the democrats now control both the houses of the US congress.
What happens in the US reverberates around the world. One can only hope that this is a […]

Well, the trial that most of Iraq was waiting for is over. The results are mostly as expected, with Saddam along with a couple of key people most closely involved getting sentenced to be hanged and a few others getting jail terms. The trial was mostly pronounced to be not perfect, but a trial that […]