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Author Hanan Munayyer Invited to Washington DC

The information below is relative to the September 18, 2012 in Washington DC. The CUNY lecture is scheduled for Wednesday, October 3, 2012.

(SALEM) - Following the successful lecture series presented in Jerusalem, Haifa and Nazareth during May and June 2012, Hanan Munayyer has received invitations from The Library of Congress in Washington DC and from the City University of New York to lecture on her textile and embroidery research, and autograph her book.

Dracula`s Circumcision

The hard fact is that violence breeds violence, and that, in turn, breeds insensitivity. - John Douglas, FBI

(MONTEREY, CA) - More Dracula movies are made than any other genre. Was he insane, or his destiny just vengeance?

He was born 13 November 1431. Dracula means Little Dragon. Historic differences exist, none directly mention his circumcision.

Solving 911 - A Review

I am in Bollyn's camp but for reasons beyond his bigoted research.

(ST AUGUSTINE, FL) - I became acquainted with author Christopher Bollyn over a decade ago when he misused my research on the Ginossar scandal.

If you recall, Yasir Arafat stole over $300m from his people and put it into Swiss bank accounts with the help of Israel's PLO liaison, Yossi Ginossar. By the time Bollyn had abused my research, Israel made Arafat steal the dough...

SPECIAL FEATURE: Exposing U.S. Agents of Low-Intensity Warfare in Africa

The "Policy Wonks" Behind Covert Warfare & Humanitarian Fascism

(CAMBRIDGE, MASS) - From the 1980s to today, an elite group of Western intelligence operatives have backed low-intensity guerrilla warfare in certain African 'hotspots'.

Mass atrocities in the Great Lakes and Sudan can be linked to Roger Winter, a pivotal U.S. operative whose 'team' was recently applauded for birthing the world's newest nation, South Sudan.

Ukraine: Release former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko

William Gomes calls for an end to the increasing number of flagrant violations of the right to a fair trial.

(SALEM) - The saga of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, is by any reasonable examination, a lesson in textbook injustice.

The political opposition leader's imprisonment as a political prisoner is a bold slap in the face to all who work for the betterment of humanity.

The Terrible Legacy of Agent Orange

Forty years after war ended, Washington begins decontamination of worst-affected areas in Vietnam

(DA NANG, Viet Nam AOAG) - Tran Thi Hoan, 26, studied medicine only to be told that she couldn’t become a doctor because of a war fought 20 years before she was born.

The ostensible reason was that she had no legs or left hand, but the main reason, and the cause of so much misery blighting the lives of millions of other Vietnamese, is the 20 million gallons of Agent Orange sprayed in her country by US forces in the Sixties.

The many-headed Hydra

Nothing in Christian lore says brotherly love is reserved only for other Christians.

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - In ancient Greek mythology, the Hydra had the body of a serpent and from five to nine heads. If a head was severed, another would grow in its place.

The stench from the breath of the original Hydra was enough to kill man or beast (in other versions it was deadly venom). The stench from the heads of five members of the US congress is just as strong.

Independence Day!

Does it matter whether India sings ‘Jana Gana Mana’ or God Save the Queen’?

(NEW DELHI, India) - The British Indians who have never been proud of their own history, culture, civilization, technological achievements, and their own truly nationalist leaders, will celebrate 65th Independence day on 15th August.

The true Indians who feed the British Indians still slave for Rs 28 per day as officially conceded. Rupees 27 means they are poor, one rupee extra means they are not.

People`s Voice Needed to Establish Rule of Law

“...Unless we have such a system it is no use having the best laws in the world,” - Aung San Suu Kyi

(RANGOON Mizzima) - The Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry was told this week that people must understand that the police, courts, public administrators and government staff are all public servants who are bound to serve within the rule and regulations of the government.

It’s necessary for people “to raise their voice over their grievances and dissatisfactions with the legal framework. Only then will there be rule of law and our country will keep up internationally as a democratic country,” Than Maung said.

The Meaning of 9^th August

Gandhi taught the people a basic law of governance: when you buy something, say spuds, you get the spuds first and then pay. When you buy freedom, you pay first, and then get it.

(NEW DELHI, India) - 70 years ago, as first lights crept up the horizon, the British Indian Police entered Gandhi's home to arrest him, his wife [Kasturba Gandhi] and his secretary [Mahadev Desai].

The day was 9th August, 1942. Time: around 5 AM. Place: Bombay.