Archives for 2009

For those of you who only read on the weekdays, this is from Friday: Announcing an important peace conference in the UK at Liverpool Hope University: The Cost of War Conference Programme June 17 to 19 2009. I’m giving a keynote on Weds. 17. See below for the program. Overview: This conference counts the costs […]

A suicide bomber with a bomb belt attempted to kill the police chief of al-Anbar Province, Tariq al-Asal, in the city of Ramadi on Saturday. The bombing killed his bodyguard and wounded two others, and left al-Asal with only minor injuries. Sunni guerrillas are increasingly using teenaged boys to carry out grenade and even suicide […]

Check out Fareed Zakaria’s GPS on Sunday— I’m on a panel discussion Obama’s speech in Cairo. Also you can hear a podcast of my appearance on Tavis Smiley’s radio program at PRI here. End/ (Not Continued)

The USG Open Source Center translates Pakistani editorials from the Urdu press reacting to President Obama’s address in Cairo to the Muslim world. Pakistan: Urdu Press Roundup on Address of US President at Cairo UniversityThe following is a roundup of excerpts from editorials on the address of US President Barack Obama at a university in […]

The USG Open Source Center translates key passages from the Israeli Hebrew press responding to President Obama’s Cairo address to the Muslim world. The Israeli far right accused him of Holocaust denial for recognizing that Palestinians have suffered from Israeli policies. Israeli Press Views Obama’s Cairo Speech, Note ‘Limited’ Time Frame for NetanyahuIsrael — OSC […]

On Friday, a suicide bomber detonated his payload inside a mosque in Hayagay Sharqi, in Upper Dir near Swat. The bombing is said to have killed 38 and wounded 70, but the tolls could rise as police sift rubble. Hayagay Sharqi’s population had defied the Taliban, and this strike seems likely payback. Obama’s special envoy […]

President Obama said relatively little about Iraq in his address to the Muslim world, and the US mass media have ceased covering it much (CBS has even closed its Baghdad bureau). Despite plans for a US withdrawal from Iraq and the fall in monthly civilian casualty rates, however, American troops are still fighting and dying […]

The USG Open Source Center translates reports about the reaction of the general public to Obama’s speech in Cairo. Al-Jazirah, Al-Arabiyah Highlight, Carry Reactions to Obama’s Cairo SpeechMiddle East — OSC SummaryThursday, June 4, 2009 Document Type: OSC Summary . . . From 1306-1322 GMT, Al-Jazirah conducts a live satellite interview with its Cairo bureau […]

The transcript of Obama’s speech in Cairo is here. In connection with Obama’s speech, Esquire presents an excerpt from my new book on the Muslim Brotherhood and the need to encourage it toward democratic practices and values. The presence of Muslim Brotherhood members in the audience at Cairo has been controversial among some Republican congressmen, […]