YORIKIRII
I always knew that bombing Libya and killing Gaddafi was a mistake. Dictators are here for a reason. Only they are capable, through their ruthless characters and their sledgehammer actions, to hold a country together.
THE GHOST OF ABU MUS’AB AL-SURI
YORIKIRII
What a blast. What a carnage. Is this really Damascus? Or rather Baghdad? An intelligence headquarter was targeted. Innocent people died. Assad did this!
ORDEM E PROGRESSO PARA A SIRIA
YORIKIRII
The national flag of Brazil is a blue disc depicting a starry sky spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto, within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. Brazil officially adopted this design for its national flag in 1889.
MACHIAVELLI ON LIBYA, OR: FINDING THE NEW PRINCE
YORIKIRII
Bad news are coming out of Libya in the past month. The National Transitional Council (NTC) seems to be a transitional body itself, unable to give Libya any kind of stability and direction in the post Gaddafi era. Heavily armed militias – not signing up to a national agenda – have taken the law in their own hands, controlling territory here and fighting each other for influence there.
WHO WANTS TO KILL A MILLION?
YORIKIRII
In my ongoing series on nonviolent forms of protest, I today want to shed a light on Masasit Mati from Syria.
THERE IS NO POWER LIKE HARD POWER
YORIKIRII
When Duke Ellington, the elder statesman of Jazz, left New York on September 6, 1963, he began one of the most eventful journeys of his long career.