Archive for the ‘war’ Category
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
(via the brilliant UnitedDiversity blog)
One child dies every three minutes because of armed conflict. Children should never be affected by war. Full stop.
"Immodesty Blaize the famous burlesque dancer is headlining the first ever War Child UK fundraising ball this summer. Come and join in the fun at Koko's club, Camden ...
Posted in Events, Human Rights, News & info, War Child UK, war | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 17th, 2007
Very strange goings-on.
'Russia' is apparently 'cyber-warring' 'Estonia'!
The Loose Wire writes that Russian hackers have been carrying out denial of service (DDos) attacks on Estonian websites.
The Insights Blog gives us a bit of ..insight!..into the Estonian/Russian background and tensions.
The BBC says Estonia wants to stick this at the top of ...
Posted in Cyberattack, Cyberterrorism, Cyberwar, Denial of Service Attacks, Estonia, Europe, Internet, News & info, Russia, World Affairs: politics and news, war | 10 Comments »
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006
August 2nd 1990 - 16 years ago. Iraqi troops invade Kuwait - eventually leading to the Gulf War.
I remember that day far too clearly - I was 12 years old then. About 6 a.m. my dream was getting a bit loud and i woke up and found the noise was ...
Posted in Anniversaries, Commemoration, Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 1990, Memories, Middle East, Peace, war | 12 Comments »