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As some of you may know, the presence of non-US NATO troops in Afghanistan is gradually making itself more felt, and this fall the number of...

Belgium is a weird country. Actually Belgian Independence Day should be October 4th , since on October 4th, 1830, Independence was formally ...

Before you all think MFBB has become a sissy, no, nee, non, nein and njet! I'm all for blasting Hizballah to kingdom come and reducing ...

Iain Murray continues to counter the "Inconvenient Truth" global warming hysteria.

The first and foremost threat facing the western world is not al-Qaeda. It is Leftism. We find ourselves in a crisis because we have general...

Since the 9th century the County of Flanders , born out of the remnants of the empire of Charlemagne and his sons, had been independent. In...

To all Americans of good will out there, a Happy Fourth of July! And once again, thanks for the magnificent job done thus far in providing g...

A.) THEN. Almost ten years ago, on August 9, 1996 , Marc Dutroux , an unemployed Wallonian electrician, abducted 14-year old Laetitia Delhez...

Last Saturday, June 24 , a 54-year old passenger on a commuter bus in Antwerp, Guido Demoor , was beaten to death on a bus by six Moroccans ...

Quick country profile: Slovakia is a mountainous, landlocked Central European country with a surface of 48,845 sq kloms (think twice the si...

Please, pray for these men and their families. To the left, Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker , 25, of Madras, Oregon, to the right Pfc. Kristian Mencha...

We’re almost halfway 2006 now, and who’s nuts enough to read MFBB’s EU posts knows what that means: time for another EU summit!!! Yes indeed...

Guess the fact that Ayaan Hirsi Ali , the Dutch MP of Somali origin, was as good as expelled from the Netherlands two weeks ago did not go ...