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Iran Invades Iraq in al-Fakkah

It was Thursday, Dec 17, 2009. Workers in the al-Fakkah oil fields (the area contains 1.55 million barrels of oil) in the Maysan province some 200 miles SE of Baghdad watched as a column of 25 cars and trucks...

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Saddam And The Cia

George W.Bush isn't the first American president to have carried out "regime change" in iraq. In 1963 the CIA, under new President John F.Kennedy, was behind a successful coup in Baghdad, carried out in...

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How the Moslems Lost their Power

 The Successors to Mohammed controlled the world from Central Asia.  Why don't they still rule the world today? In the previous hubs, we've looked at the origins of Islam, how it started deep within the...

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Poisonous Air In Iraq

Our soldiers are being exposed to more than battles in Iraq. Researcher Cathy Cahill of University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute says Soldiers in Iraq are breathing bad air. “We exceed the...

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Air Soft and Paint Ball Deals Christmas 2009

There are some great Christmas shopping deals right now on Air Soft products. Amazon.com is currently offering 25% Off Air Soft Products. With over 100.000 players world wide the game is growing with places to play in...

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Global Affairs and Finance for October 26, 2009

Global Affairs and Finance for October 26, 2009 In a move to monitor domestic extremists, U.K. police have gathered personal pedigree information on thousands of activists. Baghdad was attacked for...

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Global Affairs October 25, 2009

Global Affairs October 25, 2009. President Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency, allowing medical officials to bypass certain federal requirements.   Over 100 dead in...

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How Did Islam Begin?

People had been living in cities in the Middle East for more than 2000 years. Most of that civilization, however, was buried by the Islamic wave that swept the region in the 600's CE. A few vestiges of the...

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Dissension In Steel City

A simple drive through Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania right now may have you thinking you are in Baghdad, Iraq. The G-20 Summit is being held in Pittsburgh and from what I can see, the city is damn near under...

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Lawrence of Arabia

He was known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' but his real name was Thomas Edward Lawrence. Lawrence was born in 1888 in Wales and died in a motor cycle accident in 1935. His father Sir Thomas Robert Tighe Chapman...

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