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Aping Mideast Dictatorships, Israel Bans Al Jazeera

Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 8:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Israel plans to revoke media credentials of Al Jazeera journalists and close the network’s office in Jerusalem, the country’s communication minister has announced. Ayoub Kara made the announcement on Sunday during a press conference in Jerusalem, where Al Jazeera was barred from attending. ‘We have based our decision on the move by Sunni Arab states to… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: al-Jazeera, Benjamin Netanyahu, settlements

Blockading Qatar: Trump Makes Messy Middle East Messier

Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 3:03 PM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

President Trump received near-universal praise for his state visit to Saudi Arabia in late May. But I found this praise utterly bemusing and delineated the reasons why in “WTF: Saudis Giving Islamophobic Trump the Royal Treatment,” May 20, 2017. Evidently, those praising him didn’t bother to ask why he made this cradle of terrorism his… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: al-Jazeera, blockade, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Steroids: Peyton Manning Caught on the ‘Dark Side’?

Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at 8:52 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
Peyton Manning giving thumbs up at Hall of Fame and in football uniform waiting to enter the stadium.

Peyton Manning caught using steroids The Al Jazeera undercover probe, which was posted online early Sunday morning and aired on television later in the day, reported that Manning was given human growth hormone in 2011 while he was recovering from neck surgery. … [The report] contends that steroids and other drugs were shipped to the home address… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: al-Jazeera, Doping Scandals, Football, Lance Armstrong, performance-enhancing drugs, Peyton Manning, Professional Athletes, Sports, steroids

Egypt Lecturing U.S. on Democratic Principles…?

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at 5:53 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Imagine that. Actually, I’ve been lamenting every vindicating episode arising out of the following warning I gave in the germinating days of the Arab Spring: With all due respect to the protesters, the issue is not whether Mubarak will go, for he will. (The man is 82 and already looks half dead for Christ’s sake!)… Read more.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: al-Jazeera, Egypt, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Mohamed Morsi, Obama

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