Islamic radicals and liberals ‘bad dictator’ is really a ‘good’ one!
** It is their ‘good’ one that is the real ‘bad.’ An emotional Musharraf relinquished…
Monthly Archives: November, 2007
Destroying Lebanon for a great sinecure
In late 1994, I interviewed Michel Aoun at his borrowed residence at La Haute-Maison just…
Score this round for March 14
Lebanon is looking into the abyss; it is in the throes of a political crisis…
Letters to Allah (First letter)
November 2007 (somewhere) Ya Allah I am a humble believer in my good forties. My…
Saudi Arabia to restructure intelligence operations
Saudi Arabia’s intelligence operations are set to undergo restructuring to cope with international information challenges,…
Exclusive: Saudi Rape Victim Tells Her Story
By LARA SETRAKIAN Nov. 21, 2007 — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Justice is defending a…
U.S. Electronic Surveillance Monitored Israeli Attack On Syria
The U.S. provided Israel with information about Syrian air defenses before Israel attacked a suspected…
Place the Hariri trial on a fast track
Those of us who welcomed the naming of Bernard Kouchner as foreign minister of France…
Not a reactor – something far more vicious
Ten weeks have passed since the Israel Air Force attacked in Syria, and there is…
Syrians find new friend in Beirut
** FREEDOM OF SPEECH: ‘ALL THE OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES ARE DICTATORSHIPS’ Facebook ban marks latest…
Saudi Rights Lawyer Sidelined
By Faiza Saleh Ambah JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 21 — Saudi officials have revoked the…
Libyan Human Rights Defenders on Hunger Strike
On 18 October 2007, the Human Rights Committee completed its review of Libya’s fourth periodic…
RESPONSE GENERAL MUSHARRAF AND THUGS OF GUJRAT
London: Gujrat—in the province of Pakistani Punjab —has earned international notoriety for at least two…
Get used to the Iranian bomb
NEW YORK – Israel and the United States are generally considered Siamese twins, with a…
Yemeni MP Ahmed Saif Hashed: Human rights in Yemen are totally absent
Mr. Ahmed Saif Hashed serves on the Yemeni Parliament’s Freedom and Human Rights Committee. An…
Is Pakistan and Mush the ‘real’ baddies!!
Newsweek has dedicated this weeks cover page to Pakistan with a bold title “The Most…
The Islamic world needs to learn from the ‘past’ to move forward
The Pluralism of Ideas and the prosperity of any land are intertwined. Freedom of minds…
Another Buddha destroyed, and the world answers with silence
Another Buddha destroyed, and the world answers with silence The world watched in horror when…
Preparation of the World Public Opinion for Starting War with Iran
Preparation of the World Public Opinion for Starting War with Iran When the war with…
Musharraf’s Martial Plan
The overwhelming majority of Pakistanis are moderate; it is my hope that they will unite…
Musharraf shows dictators how it’s done
The Pakistani president uses the Islamist boogeyman to tighten his grip on power and quell…
Treasury Designates Individuals Furthering Syrian
The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated four individuals affiliated with the Syrian regime’s…
Saudi Arabia
– Abir Zaki
Yemen’s Truce with Al-Qaeda
THE AMERICAN ATTEMPTS to rehabilitate the Yemeni regime of Ali Abdullah Saleh have not succeeded.…
Why Musharraf imposed emergency in Pakistan
This article was received three days ago. We had to change its title when news…
Emergency ‘a failure of grown ups.’ Pushing advantage beyond their capacity..
A new provisional constitutional order (PCO) has been issued. Basically, the constitution of 1973 has…