Tag Archives: terrorism
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We are still alive and we are kicking ! ! !
10Tuesday 22 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Yet again I write with sadness at the senseless cruelty from our own species. Brussels has today become the latest …
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Ankara
11Wednesday 16 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
For those who consider this part of the world some war torn dung-heap slum of rabble-rousing mobs who deserve nothing …
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More bodies where I sat only recently
36Sunday 13 March, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Less than a month after the last large scale suicide bombing in our capital, at least 37 residents of Ankara have tonight …
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Defiance: Frisked before prayers
16Saturday 30 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
Yesterday I took my son to the huge Kocatepe Mosque in downtown Ankara. It was his first time there, and …
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Only through our own humanity…
33Saturday 02 January, 2016 by Uncle Spike
My prayers are for an end to the conflict in Syria. Enough families have paid the price. A good friend …
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Peace and People
19Sunday 06 December, 2015 by Uncle Spike
Like any conflict on the world stage, everyone of us has very personal views, and the situation in Syria is …
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Bloggers Unite for Peace
179Sunday 22 November, 2015 by Uncle Spike
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” Edmund Burke ~ ~ …
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