Mali armed groups using hundreds of child soldiers: NGO

Sharia!

Some are serving as soldiers and others used as sex slaves, rights campaigners said Bamako: Hundreds of children have been forced into armed groups in northern Mali, some serving as soldiers and others used as sex slaves, rights campaigners told reporters Sunday.

Al-Qaeda, Islamists Seek Sharia State in Syria

Mon, August 6, 2012

by: 

Ryan Mauro

Al Qaeda fighter in SyriaSyrian dictator Bashar Assad is on his way out and the best he can hope for is to create an Allawite mini-state for his loyalists. Al-Qaeda smells blood in the water and wants a piece of the pie once Assad falls. The Muslim Brotherhood, like Al-Qaeda, envisions an Islamic State of Syria. Some of the secular rebels determined to overthrow Assad are worried, warning that the Islamists are pulling the rug from under their feet.

Women, Christians among groups unhappy with Egypt's new government

CAIRO — When Islamist President Mohamed Morsi was elected in late June, he promised to represent all Egyptians by forming a government inclusive of women, Christians, youth and even artists and intellectuals.

Couple caught together forced to marry

Published Sunday, August 05, 2012

A Saudi man caught meeting his girl friend at a restaurant in the Gulf Kingdom was forced to marry her by the Gulf Kingdom’s feared religious police.

1929 Redux? by David Wilder

1929 Redux? David Wilder August 06, 2012 Last week a young woman from Toronto visited me at my office here in Hebron. She told that her name was Slonim, that her family was from Hebron, that her family was miraculously saved during the 1929 massacre. I told her, yes, members of the Slonim family were holed up in Rabbi Ya'akov Slonim's home. The Rabbi's Arab landlord, hearing about the impending riots, stood at the door of the house, refusing to allow the marauding Arabs to enter. They put a sword on his throat, threatening to kill him if he didn't move. He didn't budge. They drew blood. He stood his ground. Finally, they left. The building's residents survived, including her grandmother. The young woman's eyes bulged. 'That's the exact story my grandmother told me," she exclaimed.

Economist Richard Duncan: Civilization May Not Survive 'Death Spiral'

By Terry Weiss, Money Morning

Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank and chief economist at Blackhorse Asset Mgmt., says America's $16 trillion federal debt has escalated into a "death spiral, "as he told CNBC.

And it could result in a depression so severe that he doesn't "think our civilization could survive it."

The war for freedom on the streets of Stockholm

I have been tied up in Stockholm and in transit and unable to post, but will be back in the office soon. Meanwhile, here is Pamela Geller's illuminating preliminary report about the momentous events in Stockholm Saturday, where an international freedom alliance began taking shape: