1. Davis, Julie. "Obama Denounces Attempt to Derail Nuclear Deal With Iran." The New York Times Online. The New York Times. April 12th 2015. Web. Available:
A lot of Republicans are getting nervous about the Nuclear Deal with Iran. The final agreement is supposed to be finished by June 30th and Obama has to make sure the deal will work out in Americas favor before he signs it. Obama says he is disappointed that people are derailing the deal before he has even signed it and seen if it will work. Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Iran will not comply with the crucial conditions and want sanctions to be lifted after the deal has been signed. Obama doesn't want anyone to prejudge the deal before they have made a decision if they will even sign it or not.
Obama is upset about peoples reaction to his soon to be signing of the Nuclear Deal with Iran. I believe that there is a very strong reason why people are worried about the deal. Iran is asking for sanctions to be lifted directly after the deal, something that the United States swore never to do. If Obama had just signed the deal, would he allow the Congress not to lift sanctions? Does he have any power over this at all and if he does would he lift the sanctions or not? We have no idea how Obama will react to this, and that is concerning to me.
2. Associated Press. "Video Purportedly Shows ISIS Destroying Ancient Iraqi City of Nimrud." Fox News Online. Fox News. April 12th 2015. Web. Available:
In Iraq, an ancient city, Nimrud was destroyed by members of the Islamic State, better known as ISIS. A video was found of Islamic State militants hammering, bulldozing and blowing up the city. Members claim that it is their duty to destroy any idols and statues that don't worship their god, Allah. The video was found late Saturday night, April 11th on a militant social media account. The city of Nimrud was dated back to 13th century B.C, where many discoveries of writing and arts were found.
This is very disturbing to me, considering that most religions in the United States live in peace here. The idea that one group of people could do this much damage to a place that wasn't even affecting them is completely heinous. Another thing that concerns me is how the United Nations knew that their was looting and damaging to the city and they didn't take action. I don't believe that one country should go in and try to fix their problems, but what is the United Nations for if they aren't going to try to stop something like this? It is also hard for me to believe that this would have been any different if their were people living in the city. It seems to me that nothing is stopping ISIS from killing innocent people to honor their religion.
3. Associated Press. "Sudan's al-Bashir Set to Extend 25-year Reign Despite War Crimes Charges, Insurgencies." Fox News Online. Fox News. April 12th 2015. Web. Available:
In Sudan, president Omar al-Bashir is set on extending his 25 year rule, even though he is wanted for war crime charges. During the Dafur conflict, 300,000 people were killed and another 2 million were displaced. An election is taking place this month with 16 other candidates, whom most citizens have never heard of. The elections are so rigged and pointless to the people that some won't even vote. If, and most likely when, al-Bashir wins the election, he can't be charged for his war crimes, and there is nothing the people can do about it.
Its hard to believe that people can live in the conditions that they are today. A president that murdered that many people and is still able to be a leader of a country isn't what innocent people deserve. It is also awful that the people are so used to rigged elections , they aren't even trying to fix them anymore. Their "normal" life isn't fair and I'm not even sure if they realize it or not. Its hard to believe that they wouldn't try to do anything if they didn't think this was normal.
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