U.S. Used Base in Ethiopia to Hunt Al Qaeda
WASHINGTON, The American military quietly waged a campaign from Ethiopia last month to capture or…
Iran’s Wages of Fanaticism
As the world community ponders reluctantly what to do with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, the mullah…
ZILLE HUMA MURDER A MESSAGE FOR BHUTTO
In a column recently I had expressed apprehensions that Pakistan rendered into a no-man’s land…
Trouble brewing in Iranian Balochistan
Unlike Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, which has been receiving extensive media coverage as a…
A liberal Shiite dignitary defies Hizbullah:
Pierre Akel While Lebanon’s ongoing crisis has enjoyed prominent media coverage all over the world,…
The death of common sense!!
The strange logic of Taliben or Janjaweeds of killing their own if they dont get…
CATERING TO A LEBANESE CLICHÉ
SPIEGEL ONLINE World Press Photo Mix-Up The World Press Photo of the Year 2006 shows…
Iranian Scholars Denounce Conference That Denied Holocaust
TEHRAN, Feb. 26 — A group of Iranian academics, writers and artists has denounced the…
Pakistan’s Catch-22 Dilemma
London: As Pakistan inches painstakingly on to complete its sixtieth year of existence the prospects…
Sy Hersh: the dark side of spun a lot
It’s become a habit to greet whatever journalist Seymour Hersh writes with reverence. However, after…
Iranian women rights activists arrested
According to the AFP, Iranian security forces on Sunday arrested around 30 women’s rights activists…
Foreign Policy, Reform and Terror in the Kingdom of Doublespeak
The Saudi Leadership must feel satisfied at the Iranian president’s visit to Riyad yesterday. Though…
The Mecca Agreement
A. Mahjar Barducci The Mecca agreement is not just a starting point for peace talks…
Hamas censors Libido in Palestinian folktales
Palestinian Intellectuals in the West Bank are protesting Hamas government decision to withdraw from schools…
Syrians search for freedom online
After the Damascus Spring Shortly after I arrived in Damascus last June, Amr Nazir Salem,…
Deal with Syria, but first impose Lebanese sovereignty
Add Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht to the list of dignitaries who have left…
Lebanon’s price in Washington rises
The Daily Star Two Tuesdays ago, Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt spent 35 minutes…
From prison
Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Dear Ms. Arbour, I still remember…
Pakistan : Cheif Justice Removal Prelude to More Changes
London: Many Pakistanis have reasons not to feel envious of the role of most of…
Strategic Interests
World Defense Review columnist Smoldering in Somalia More than three months after the United Nations…
Iraqis’ Progress Lags Behind Pace Set by Bush Plan
WASHINGTON, March 14 — The Bush administration, which six months ago issued a series of…
For U.S. and Sadr, Wary Cooperation
By Sudarsan Raghavan Washington Post Foreign Service Friday, March 16, 2007; A01 BAGHDAD — U.S.…
IF General Pervez Musharraf goes….
London: Hi-tech advancement in media has done wonders. I could not believe my eyes when…
Yemen from Nepotism to Internal Jihad
Do the Yemeni government’s actions against a band of Shiite rebels comprise an internal Jihad?…
Don’t expect a soldier like John Abizaid to just fade away
An enduring image of General John Abizaid is of him bounding from an armored Humvee…