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Guest post by Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi
Donald Rumsfeld’s recently published memoirs, in which he pins blame for the chaotic aftermath of the Iraq invasion primarily on the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) for failing to grant Iraqis ‘the right to govern themselves’ and thereby ‘fanning the embers of what would become the Iraqi insurgency’, are yet another [...]

Following Charlie Sheen’s full leap into the abyss, CBS has announced the cancellation of production of Two and a Half Men.
Not that this has deterred Sheen, who has vowed to turn up for work on Tuesday, and that “retreat [from Chuck Lore] is not an option”.
Mad as a box of frogs.
Meanwhile, Gaddafi addresses the army [...]

This is how democracies unseat inept and unpopular Governments.

The prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) does not only put on numerous  lectures that the public can attend, it also provides MP3 recordings of each of them and videos of some of them. Anyone with access to an internet connection can listen to or watch playbacks of these lectures without any [...]

It’s not just for Mel Gibson anymore.
In an interview on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s radio show, Charlie Sheen, star of the hit sitcom “Two and a Half Men,” fulminated about the show’s creator Chuck Lorre.
“There’s something this side of deplorable that a certain Chaim Levine – yeah, that’s Chuck’s real name – mistook this rock [...]

“I work hard to make a living. I don’t need a guy that makes more money than me telling me that I make too much money.”
–Keith Lynn, a union carpenter in Wisconsin and one of the thousands of protesters against Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to slash collective bargaining rights for public employees. His comment can [...]

As Colonel Gaddafi’s loyalists continue to cut down protesters, and the colonel himself commands Libyans to sing and dance and rejoice, Venezuela’s caudillo Hugo Chavez has finally broken his silence about events in the country ruled by his friend and comrade.
“Long live Libya and its independence! Kadhafi faces a civil war!” Chavez said in a [...]

This is a Cross-Post by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens at Standpoint
Peter Oborne should read his own newspaper before telling us about the glories of a democratically elected Hamas.
In a piece for the Daily Telegraph about the rapidly changing terrain of Arab politics, Oborne is heavily critical of America’s support for undemocratic dictatorships in the Middle-East. Taking what [...]

Here is some news from the Old Bailey:
A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised has been jailed for five years.
Mohammed Gul was “pouring petrol on the fire” and his actions could have spurred others to commit acts of terror, the Old Bailey was told.
Gul, 23, of Hornchurch, east [...]