Non-Iraq Middle East

From The Room: The Proust Questionnaire: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

May 5, 2008 - WHAT IS YOUR IDEA OF PERFECT HAPPINESS? Waterskiing on Lake Abu Nidal when I was 7. WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR? Dandruff and cocaine. WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE? The person who invented shoe lifts. They've added 3" to my height and got...

In the beginning, there was Paul Verhoeven's word, and it is probably not good

May 4, 2008 - It's the side of Jesus he doesn't want you to know about. Or something like that. Apparently Paul Verhoeven, director of "Basic Instinct," "RoboCop," and "Total Recall," is coming out with his own biography of Jesus entitled "Jesus of Nazareth: A...

From The Feed: Bush slain by Spanky from the "Little Rascals" (video)

April 1, 2008 - Hamas produced puppet show addresses child-on-president violent crime...

Prince Harry and Princess Bush both see some action

February 29, 2008 - It's been a rough month for descendants of English-speaking heads of state. Prince Harry, as it turns out, a has been serving his country in Afghanistan, while over here Jenna Bush answered the call of duty to attend her bachelorette party in Boca. And unfortunately, both have to...

Hey, General Pervez Musharraf...in your FACE!!!

February 19, 2008 - President Musharraf's political party lost big time in Pakistan's parliamentary elections on Monday. Many of the leading figures in the president's party were not re-elected, and it's looking as if the military leader will be forced to share power with a prime minister from an...

Hard news gets desperate in the wake of Heath Ledger's death

January 24, 2008 - Traditional media outlets have spent an inordinate amount of energy chronicling the death of actor Heath Ledger. On Tuesday—the day that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cut interest rates by 3/4 of a percent following the collapse of international markets—the...

Perez Hilton covers the situation in Gaza

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"Norwegians" are the new "camel jockeys"

January 18, 2008 - On Wednesday, former Rep. Mark Siljander (R-MI) was indicted for laundering money for Al-Qaeda. During his time in Congress, Siljander was a hardline conservative and an evangelical Christian. My, how times have changed. The indictment has far-reaching consequences for the war on terror. In an eff...

From The Feed: George Bush is the Palestinian "Heroes"

January 15, 2008 - Hamas makes a propaganda ad in preparation of Bush's Middle East visit...

Is "Iranophobia" the new Irritable Bowel Syndrome?

January 15, 2008 - George Bush's trip to the Middle East hasn't been popular with the Iranians. The country's Islamic Republic News Agency (sort of Iran's version of Fox News) said that President Bush was trying to stir up "Iranophobia." Maybe they're just upset that Navy officials...

U.S./Iranian war games: "You videotaped us almost sinking your battleship!"

January 11, 2008 - An unnamed Iranian military official has accused the United States of faking a video that shows Iranian speedboats confronting U.S. Navy warships in the Persian Gulf. The original video (which you can watch by clicking here), shows the speedbo...

Attention Middle East: yes, it can get worse

January 10, 2008 - Now that Bush has worked his magic with Iraq, it's on to Israel and the Palestinians. Visiting the occupied territories for the first time, Bush said that he's confident about success. Of course he is. "Look, the U.N. deal didn't work in the past," Bush said...

Inappropriate Hottie Rundown: Political Heir Apparents

January 3, 2008 - The new leader of Benazir Bhutto's political party (PPP) is none other than her 19-year-old son, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. The teen, whose grandfather and mother have been killed by political opponents in Pakistan, will continue to attend Oxford University until he is deemed old enough to be...