Insurgents is another term that is used to refer to rebels or a group of people who run against the government or any existing authorities. When talking about insurgents, they are people who try to destabilize the existing forms of order or the power relations existing in the society. They way do...
Jihad is a term that refers to Muslim people’s way of purifying themselves through a process of individual transformations to become a much better person in on all aspects of a person’s life most especially to the spiritual side. It is a constant day to day struggle to make each relationship and...
The Kurds are nomadic people who originally came from Southwest Asia particularly in the mountainous areas of Iraq, Turkey and Iran which they refer as the land of the Kurds or Kurdistan. The Kurds has an Indo-European feature and origin and whose lives revolve on herding livestock animals such as...
King Arthur in best known in the story of the Knights of the Round Table which is just one of the details in the story of Geoffrey Monmouth entitled History of the Kings of Britain published in the 11th and 12th centuries. It was however a puzzle up to now if King Arthur was a real person that...
Government home grants are endowments given by the local or regional government to people needing financial help for housing purposes. Government home grants are given with the purpose of helping those in need to build a house, take out a mortgage for a house, or even repair or restore a house....
Regarding immigration, human smugglers are referred to as “coyotes”. A coyote serves as a guide to illegal immigrants, hired to bring people across the border into the United States. Most coyotes are known to be abusive to their clients. On some occasions, illegal immigrants are even said to be...
Cronies are long-term friends who receive mutual benefits from each other. The term cronyism refers to impartiality to long-standing friends who are given positions of authority and favorable business opportunities out of friendship. Cronyism is considered a form of political corruption, and is...
The scandal involving the Central Intelligence Agency Director David Petraeus (who also was a four star general for more than 37 years in the U.S. Army) now extends to top commander Marine General John Allen. On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 probe into Allen's "flirtatious" exchanges with Jill...
Senator Roland Burris who is currently serving the remaining years of President Barack Obama's term, may announce on Friday that he doesn't intend to contest for a full six year term next year. Burris' office released a press advisory Thursday stating that people should expect a major announcement...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will meet US President Barack Obama on July 22 in Washington, D.C.According to a White House statement released on Wednesday, the two leaders are scheduled to meet on July 22 to discuss a broad agenda of issues of mutual concern." The U.S. government under the...
