A Day in Paradise

Short version - Awesome cinematography, interesting action sequences and CGI - the demonization of the Persians and underlying political rhetoric make the movie hard to watch.
spoilers and ranting ahead… click through at your own risk

Democracy Now
The guy from loose change sounded like a jerk and called everyone a liar, the guy from popular mechanics violated Godwin’s law.
Facts can be made to say anything when tortured sufficiently. “Experts” will do the same just to get their face on TV. Who are you going to believe?

You know it’s bad when Kofi Annan suggests it was an intentional strike.
“This coordinated artillery and aerial attack on a long-established and clearly marked U.N. post at Khiyam occurred despite personal assurances given to me by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that U.N. positions would be spared Israeli fire,” he said in a statement.
“Furthermore, General […]

13 Convicted Insurgents Are Executed in Iraq - Los Angeles Times
Iraqi authorities Thursday hanged 13 prisoners, including a woman, convicted of being insurgents, said an official who was present.
The executions, which were authorized by the Iraqi government, were the first to involve insurgents. It was the second time since Saddam Hussein’s ouster in 2003 that […]