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Israeli and Lebanese Armies Trade Fire; at least 4 Dead
There is one sad thing and there are several surprising things about the border clash on Tuesday between Israel and Lebanon. The sad thing is […]
Jiyad: The Da`wa Party Dilemma and Gridlock in Iraq
Sajad Jiyad writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: The dilemma for Hizb al-Da’wa: A commentary on the issue of leadership in Iraq A […]
US Military Mission in Iraq ends not with a Bang but a Whimper
President Obama reaffirmed on Monday that the US would have all combat troops out of Iraq by the end of August. He said that the […]
Take that, Dennis Miller; Climate Change is Real and Dangerous
I have a bone to pick with comic Dennis Miller. We all know about his famous shift to the political right after the September 11 […]
Taliban influence Spreading in Afghanistan
A former Afghan warlord who turned to supporting President Hamid Karzai and two others were blown up at a soccer match in the northern city […]
Burning the Qur’an? ‘Wherever they burn books, they will in the end Burn Human Beings’
A tiny, fringe fundamentalist cult in Florida, of the sort that American popular Christianity specializes in producing, has announced that it will burn the Qur’an […]
July Deadliest Month ever for US troops in Afghanistan
Taliban killed three US troops in the Pashtun south with two bombings, bringing the death toll for July 2010 to 63, the highest since W. […]
The Closing of the Zionist Mind
It finally happened. The Jerusalem Post has declared archeology itself anti-Semitic. To tell you the truth, I am frankly worried about some of my colleagues […]
Dems Souring on Afghan War as 25 Killed by Roadside Bomb in Nimroz
Those opposed to President Obama´s escalation of the Afghanistan War were crestfallen when Congress approved another $33 billion in war funding. But as Richard Wolfe […]