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OT: I just saw a movie about honor killing, Land Gold Women, on YouTube. It was made last year by some Indian filmmakers who were educated in the West. It's a powerful fictionalized account of what happens when a Muslim daughter gets westernized. A movie like this can educate a mass audience in a way blogs and news articles can't, because the characters and situations are seen from the inside. Also, being that the filmmakers are Indian, no one can accuse them of racism.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEtOKNyPyYc&feature=watch-now-button&wide=1>Land Gold Women</a>
Hi..I feel that at this time ,considering recient events that I need your help as I have written an article and posted it on my blog but I lack readership and I would like very much to have it read. I am currently living in the Philippines and as an american I have received warnings here and our embassy in Manila is now guarded by machine guns.
My blog is Candela..
Where do we draw the line
PLease read it and if you can help me in any way I would be grateful.. Thanks very much
Are there any photos of the outside of the U.S. consulate in Benghazi?
Supposedly there were upwards 400 armed attackers and there was a firefight between them and the Consulate security. If that is the case the building should be seriously bullet riddled and holes from RPG fire. But I can't find any photos to corroborate these stories.
The photos I saw showed no bullet damage, fire damage and looting yes. But the exterior and interior walls showed no signs of damage from kinetic weapons.
From the looks of it, the U.S. abandoned the consulate and the ambassador and the other American security men were killed fleeing the safe house. One was a ex-SEAL and two were supposedly Marines but no one is saying where they came from.
All told, we aren't getting anything near a honest assessment of what happened.
But what is wrong with the Consular
officials, especially if they were trained servicemen, why didn't they empty every magazine into the mob?
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