Posted on 07 April 2011
Incumbency in politics is a very strong connotation. Holding elective office means access to a skilled staff, a treasure trove of campaign cash and the sort of name identification that money can’t buy. This brings me to the alpha and omega question; can the incumbent especially at the level of presidency lose an election?
Tags: Benjamin Mkapa, Burundi, CCM, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, Crispy Kaheru, Jakaya Kikwete, Julius Nyerere, Kenya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, TANU, Tanzania, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni
Posted on 07 April 2011
Many stakeholders who observed the just concluded elections concluded that the elections and the campaign period were relatively peaceful. This assertion seems to run through almost all the reports released by both the local and international election observers immediately after observing the February 18th Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
Tags: 2011 Elections, Crispy Kaheru, Decision Uganda, Olara Otunnu, Olara Otunnu Explains Boycott, Parliamentary Elections, peace, presidential elections, Uganda, Uganda Elections, War, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Yoweri Museveni
Posted on 07 April 2011
Even Roger Ailes, Fox president and master race-baiter — has had it up to the neck with Glenn Beck. The fraudulent, blubbering baboon, who knew just how to please his audience of conservative suckers, has bitten the hand that feeds him — Rupert Murdoch’s criminally insane Fox News Channel. Glenn Beck’s Fascist Chalk Board [ [...]
Tags: Andrew Napolitano, bigots, Boehlert, Brock, Conservative Suckers, Denialists, Fox, Fox Fires Glenn Beck, Fox News, FOX News Channel, Glenn Beck, Media Matters, Media Matters for America, Race-Baiting, racists, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, The Gullible
Posted on 06 April 2011
By: Salman MofakThe outbreak of war between Iran and Iraq in 1980 was one of the Turkmen’s most painful tragedies unfolded during the Iran and Iraq war 1980 to 1988. During the Iran-Iraq War, the KDP forces worked closely with Iranian government, but the PUK remained hostile to cooperation with Islamic Republic of Iran. However, [...]
Tags: Ansar al-Islam, Iran, Iran-Iraq War, Iraq, Iraq invasion of Kuwait, Iraqi Study Group Report, Jalal Talabani, James A. Baker III, KDP, Kerkuk, Kurdish Militia, Lee H. Hamilton, Massoud Barzani, Mofak Salman Kerkuklu, Musul, Operation Northern Watch, PUK Militia, Salman Mofak, Turkmen
Posted on 06 April 2011
Bangladesh, a South Asian nation of 160 million people, is once again being pushed towards turmoil by a vengeful and authoritarian leadership. The current administration, run by the Awami League party, is beginning to resemble, in terms of style, strategy and operation, the very first government that was established, also by the Awami League, after Bangladesh gained independence in 1971.
Tags: Awami League, Bangladesh, Dr. Muhammad Yunus, Laureate Yunus, Prof. Mahfuz Chowdhury, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Mujib, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman