Benazir Bhutto’s Pakistan People’s Party announced today that her son, 19-year-old Oxford University student, Bilawal Zardari, has become the titular head of the party. Zardari’s father, Asif Zardari and Bhutto confidant Makhdoom Amin Fahim have been named co-chairmen.
December 30, 2007
Categories: Ain't it peculiar?, Fortress America, Our Global Village, Women and the world . Tags: Bhutto, Bilawal Zardari, Pakistan, Pakistan People's Party, Pervez Musharraf, Terrorism . Author: carlwinfield . Comments: 1 Comment
Traffic along Union Turnpike, which cut Kew Gardens and Kew Gardens Hills into two, virtually indistinguishable neighborhoods buzzed quietly while shop owners and passersby baked in the afternoon sunlight. With less than a week before the November 6th elections, the North and South sides of the turnpike, lined by Chinese restaurants, take-out sushi joints, storefront [...]
November 29, 2007
Categories: Disturbia, Fortress America, The City . Tags: GOP 2008 . Author: carlwinfield . Comments: Leave a Comment
On July 7, 2005, Sergeant First Class Jeffrey E. Mittman was conducting operations in his Humvee when an improvised explosive device (IED) blew up. The explosion launched a projectile though the windshield. The object sheared off Mittman’s nose and lips, knocked out all of his teeth and blinded him. Mittman was sent back [...]
September 27, 2007
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