Musings of a modern guy

Amidst controversy, Saddam Hussein was executed today morning Iraq time. He was hanged for the massacre of 148 men and boys belonging to a village where an assasination attempt against him was tried out.
Of course, he could have been sentenced for numerous other crimes that he committed, such as the deliberate and brutal supression of […]

In a disturbing pointer to the impact of global warming, a massive ice shelf has broken loose in Canada. Read more about the story here. This ice shelf was the size of 11,000 football fields and has been there for a long time.
This situation has led to a lot of unease among researchers as they […]

Now that Saddam’s plea has been considered and dismissed by the appeals tribunal in Iraq, there are reports that he may be executed very shortly, including as soon as this Saturday (the 30th of December, 2006)
Now this may seem a bit early, given that the 2 biggest democracies that carry out the death sentence, namely […]

Maybe some sense is returning in Iraq. Right now the biggest problem is the Shia affliated death squads that are threatening to break up the country along sectrian lines. They are slowly causing the Iraqi society to split up into Shia-Sunni lines. What could be a way out of this ?
Maybe there is a way […]

Faced with a deficit in the size of the army, and having junked the notion that modern armies can afford to pull down the number of men in boots and replace them with more intelligence and modern warfare, the Bush administration is actively considering increasing the size of the US military. Read this article in […]

The situation in Iraq is getting worse. Sectarian violence is wide-spread; with the Iraqi government unwilling to control the death squads, and the American military unable to take them head-on to the extent that a feasible Iraqi army and police gets setup.
The Iraqi study group has come out with some recommendations, primarily recommending speaking to […]