Two Marines charged in the alleged murder of an Iraqi man in the village of Hamdania pleaded ‘not guilty’ in a base courtroom today….why am I not surprised?
Along with their squad mates, they’re charged with murder, kidnapping, conspiracy and related offenses in the April 26 death of 52-year-old Hashim Ibrahim Awad.
So if they’re not guilty, I guess Awad just tided himself up and took their M16 rifle and shot himself to make it look like a murder!!

In a speech addressed to the United Nations, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President George Bush “the devil” saying that Bush acts like he owns the world.
Way to go Chavez!
Finally somebody said it load and clear!
"Yesterday, the devil came here," Chavez said, referring to Bush's address in front of the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. "Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of."
Ahmedinejad also made a speech at the UN General Assembly the previous day. He also mentioned how the US was creating tensions around the Iranian Nuclear Program but didn’t get personal. Chavez took it one step further.

Being a media specialist, I understood the Western media’s mistake in publishing the disgusting cartoons about Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) in Denmark some time ago. I also understood why Westerners refused to apologize for their democratic system of freedom of speech, not that I agree with it. But why does someone like Pope Benedict go off and do something like he did in Germany, I really don’t understand.
He made a speech at the University of Bonn where he once lectured and quoted from a book speaking of a conversation between 14th century Byzantine Christian Emperor Manuel Paleologos II and a Persian scholar on the truths of Christianity and Islam.

"The emperor comes to speak about the issue of jihad, holy war," the pope said. "He said, I quote, “Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached.”

Danish cartoons might cost the Danish government over 800 million Euro!
Angry protesters around the world are targeting embassies of the countries who published the cartoons like the Danish and the Norwegian embassies.
People around the world have become divided because of these cartoons.

In a strongly worded statement, a U.S. State Department spokesman said that, despite respect for the freedom of expression, the publication of cartoons that incite religious or ethnic hatreds is unacceptable.

A massive car bomb exploded Monday on the outskirts of Fallujah, killing seven U.S. marines and wounding several others in the deadliest attack on Americans since May.

The attack, 15 kilometres north of Fallujah - a stronghold for Sunni insurgents - destroyed two Humvees, witnesses said. U.S. officials said medical teams in helicopters swept into the dusty, barren site to ferry away the injured, and troops sealed off the surrounding area...

Who would have guessed it?
Saddam Hussein on trial!
The man that ruled Iraq since 1979 with an iron fist is facing an Iraqi court for the crimes he committed during his bloody years of rule.

Chained and unshaved, the mighty dictator was brought into the hearing facing a young judge...

Paul Marshal Johnson was beheaded by al Qaeda members who took him hostage in Saudi Arabia. An Islamist Web site showed three pictures of what appeared to be Johnson's severed head...

Nicholas Berg, 26, from West Chester, Pennsylvania murderd in Iraq in a very horrible way ... !
We don't usually write about such subjects on WALEG.com but the execution and the video clip of Nickolas decapitation was barbaric & horrible...