<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158</id><updated>2012-01-10T20:24:01.939Z</updated><category term='9/11'/><category term='war on terror'/><category term='islam'/><category term='caliphate palestine bid un mahmoud abbas erdogan turkey iran hezbollah hamas west bank israel war prediction'/><category term='gilad shalit terror hamas israel palestine human rights politics analysis'/><category term='eurabia'/><category term='iran egypt protests uprising israel west bank jordan palestinian oil obama'/><category term='holocaust over rise from ashes israel jews judaism antisemitism anti-semitism propaganda avraham burg left socialist'/><category term='twin towers'/><category term='politics'/><category term='iraq'/><category term='europe'/><category term='macy grey rod stewart metallica ozzy ozborne rihanna ismail fadel music culture society bds israel palestine conflict'/><category term='culture'/><category term='history'/><category term='turks'/><category term='industrial revolution'/><category term='battle gates vienna'/><category term='ottoman empire'/><category term='7/7 bombings suicide islam islamic terrorists london england uk britain terror theory sociology'/><category term='fascism socialism marx marxism theory politics cambodia'/><category term='commemoration'/><category term='colonial'/><category term='afghanistan'/><title type='text'>Empires Of Sand</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-3828424719649096763</id><published>2011-12-11T14:17:00.004Z</published><updated>2011-12-11T14:29:14.602Z</updated><title type='text'>Segment of Israeli Society Endorses Apartheid</title><summary type='text'> 
Since 2006, when former US President Jimmy (Dhimmi?) Carter published the most factually accurate book since the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, there has been a continued slander of Israel comparing it to the Apartheid of South Africa.
At long last the issue has been settled. There is a small segment of Israeli society in favour of Apartheid and has been outraged at a plan to increase </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/3828424719649096763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/12/segment-of-israeli-society-endorses.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/3828424719649096763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/3828424719649096763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/12/segment-of-israeli-society-endorses.html' title='Segment of Israeli Society Endorses Apartheid'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-2681110000408054496</id><published>2011-09-22T10:57:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T13:46:51.523+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='caliphate palestine bid un mahmoud abbas erdogan turkey iran hezbollah hamas west bank israel war prediction'/><title type='text'>The Endgame</title><summary type='text'>Back in April, I talked about what the Hamas-Fatah coalition deal meant, that essentially Fatah (led by Mahmoud Abbas) had gone to Iran. What was not evident at the time, however, was the strategy Iran had for the territory Abbas presided over. 

At the time, the move seemed strange and only advantageous to one side: why would Iran need such a strategically weak partner like Mahmoud Abbas when </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/2681110000408054496/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/09/endgame.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/2681110000408054496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/2681110000408054496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/09/endgame.html' title='The Endgame'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-772168590580225759</id><published>2011-04-29T07:26:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T15:06:34.554+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Another One Bites the Dust</title><summary type='text'>











With the announcement that Hamas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) are to merge, calls in the US to cease funding the PA have begun to be addressed. However, what seems to have slipped everyone's attention in all this is the elephant in the room. The elephant that increasingly occupies much else in the Middle East...

The PA chairman, Mahmoud Abbas, cannot have failed to comprehend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/772168590580225759/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/04/another-one-bites-dust.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/772168590580225759'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/772168590580225759'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/04/another-one-bites-dust.html' title='Another One Bites the Dust'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-825141096431342329</id><published>2011-01-30T15:00:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-02-05T13:10:24.726Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iran egypt protests uprising israel west bank jordan palestinian oil obama'/><title type='text'>Egypt</title><summary type='text'>

With all that's happening in Egypt at the moment, one wonders why  some are afraid of what seems to be a pro-democracy movement attempting  to free itself from the tyranny of its Egyptian dictatorship. What has been most notable is how quickly president Barak Obama made an announcement siding with the protesters stating that:
"The  people of Egypt have rights that are universal.  That includes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/825141096431342329/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/01/egypt-pro-democracy-or.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/825141096431342329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/825141096431342329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/01/egypt-pro-democracy-or.html' title='Egypt'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-4033129538195880494</id><published>2011-01-22T22:51:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-01-23T23:44:31.723Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='macy grey rod stewart metallica ozzy ozborne rihanna ismail fadel music culture society bds israel palestine conflict'/><title type='text'>Macy Grey: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?</title><summary type='text'>In the last few days, the popular singer/songwriter Macy Grey started a furious debate by asking a question on her FaceBook fan page. The question related to whether she should go to Israel to perform or not. Also within the question was a statement in which she described the way Israel treats the Palestinians as 'disgusting' amounting to 'Apartheid' (spelled with a capital 'A'). 



At the time </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/4033129538195880494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/01/macy-grey-should-i-stay-or-should-i-go.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/4033129538195880494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/4033129538195880494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/01/macy-grey-should-i-stay-or-should-i-go.html' title='Macy Grey: Should I Stay Or Should I Go?'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5246/5375139563_d5228c0acf_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-3721964602772864626</id><published>2011-01-16T20:06:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-06-25T18:05:56.226+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gilad shalit terror hamas israel palestine human rights politics analysis'/><title type='text'>The Exploitation of Israel &amp; Gilad Shalit</title><summary type='text'>Having previously written about how terror works - and that it is a method of mass communication at a psychological level - there is one small example where the usual terrorists tactics have failed: Israel.

For one, Israel has national service. All Israelis, men and women, must serve in the army. This usually gives them an inside, upfront understanding of what is happening; the very real threat </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/3721964602772864626/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/01/gilad-shalit.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/3721964602772864626'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/3721964602772864626'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2011/01/gilad-shalit.html' title='The Exploitation of Israel &amp; Gilad Shalit'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-5258032669975685380</id><published>2010-07-08T10:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-12-19T10:01:02.646Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='7/7 bombings suicide islam islamic terrorists london england uk britain terror theory sociology'/><title type='text'>Lucky 7's</title><summary type='text'>

One day after the fifth anniversary of the London bombings, which took place on 7/7 2005, there appeared a typical article on MSN News UK, which completely encapsulates a society totally in submission to the threat of terrorism.

In a perverted display of logic and a grotesquely offensive article to the victims of the attacks, not only is the main story (that of no official commemoration of the</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/5258032669975685380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/lucky-7s.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/5258032669975685380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/5258032669975685380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/lucky-7s.html' title='Lucky 7&apos;s'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4140/4771442176_6994eae3a6_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-3102608080703948717</id><published>2010-07-04T08:57:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-07-10T15:06:16.449+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holocaust over rise from ashes israel jews judaism antisemitism anti-semitism propaganda avraham burg left socialist'/><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>


THE HOLOCAUST IS OVER, WE MUST RISE FROM ITS ASHES?

I THOUGHT WE DID RISE UP FROM IT, ISN'T IT CALLED ISRAEL?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/3102608080703948717/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/interesting-title-to-book-ive-just-seen.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/3102608080703948717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/3102608080703948717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2010/07/interesting-title-to-book-ive-just-seen.html' title=''/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-1582864177147639842</id><published>2009-12-11T15:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2010-03-23T16:01:19.946Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fascism socialism marx marxism theory politics cambodia'/><title type='text'>Learning Your Left From Right</title><summary type='text'>DefinitionBoth Left and Right Wing extremists are ideological and prejudiced. To take it even further they are supremacist as well; the Right basing their prejudice on race. The left base their prejudice on 'the cause', the cause being the belief that Socialism can only do good, and is the only good for mankind; anyone against Socialism is against humanity, therefore 'right wing', therefore </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/feeds/1582864177147639842/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2009/12/learning-your-left-from-right.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/1582864177147639842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1692452173608853158/posts/default/1582864177147639842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://empiresofsand.blogspot.com/2009/12/learning-your-left-from-right.html' title='Learning Your Left From Right'/><author><name>The Caped Crusader</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06834328302030425302</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1692452173608853158.post-4293893215520108276</id><published>2009-09-11T16:17:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T14:57:12.823Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='afghanistan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='twin towers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='culture'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='industrial revolution'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='turks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ottoman empire'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='war on terror'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eurabia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='battle gates vienna'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='europe'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='history'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='commemoration'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='iraq'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='9/11'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colonial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>The Battle Of The Civilisations Resumes</title><summary type='text'>

The battle at the Gates of Vienna, in 1683, is an historic battle in the history of the West and Islam. This battle was the beginning of Islam's decline in Europe, and the world.

Soon after this defeat came the Industrial Revolution which saw Western technology give the Europeans an unfair advantage on the battlefield. It almost ensured the colonial power's rule and success in its conquests.

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