Tag: Al Qaeda

A Mercenary By-Election, The Instagram Minister and Farewell to Luke: Sunday, December 7, 2014

December 8, 2014

I am slipping a little in my posts. As Christmas looms ever nearer, there is a frenzy of activity in Kingston. All I want to do is slow down and laze around… But not yet! The weather is exquisite – calm and reflective as the year draws to an end, with little showers and warm … More A Mercenary By-Election, The Instagram Minister and Farewell to Luke: Sunday, December 7, 2014

Goodbye Luke Somers, For Now: Trench Town Loses a Dear Friend and Bright Spirit

December 6, 2014

“Only in the darkness can you see the stars,” said Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There’s another beautiful star up there, now, if we look. Early on Saturday, in a walled compound in a village in southern Yemen, two hostages were shot by their Al Qaeda captors during a failed rescue mission. They were 33-year-old … More Goodbye Luke Somers, For Now: Trench Town Loses a Dear Friend and Bright Spirit