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December 2010

DIANA WEST: WIKILEAKS PROVOKING BIG BROTHER

http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/1614/WikiLeaks-Provoking-Big-Brother.aspx This week’s syndicated column: WikiLeaks is exposing the way our government conducts “business.” It is not a pretty process. Sometimes Uncle Sam limps along like a powerless giant, as when secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton vainly plead with China to stop facilitating the military rise of Iran. (But don’t let that […]

BEHIND THE RIGID FACADE OF THE WAHABIS…SEX, DRUGS, DISCOS AND “WORKING GIRLS”

WikiLeaks: Sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll for Saudi youth By Ben Birnbaum http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/9/wikileaks-sex-drugs-rock-n-roll-in-for-saudi-youth/ Sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll dominate the underground nightlife in Saudi Arabia, according to a diplomatic cable released by the website WikiLeaks. “Saudi youth get to enjoy relative social freedom and indulge fleshly pursuits, but only behind closed doors — and […]

ABUSE , TORTURE AND SLAVERY OF FOREIGN MAIDS IN ARAB COUNTRIES

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/dec/9/foreign-maids-expose-horrors-of-employers-abuses/ HEATHER MURDOCK BEIRUT | Back in Sri Lanka, “Nilu” had long hair. But she wanted a home and a little money. So she followed in her mother’s footsteps and took a job as a maid in Lebanon. Six months later, she escaped. Her back was broken after she fell from a third-story window while […]