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Iraqi Party Demonstrates Against Syria as Regional Tensions remain High
Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that the Islamic Mission Party [Da’wa] headed by Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki is holding public demonstrations against Syria over its […]
Where have All the broad Shoulders Gone? Or, Labor Day in a Kleptocracy
The unemployment rate as I write is inching toward 10 percent nationally, and that is only counting people who were still looking for a job […]
EU Foreign Ministers Condemn NATO; German Opposition Attacks Merkel on Afghanistan; Kunduz Residents Furious at West
A Taliban-set roadside bomb hit a German convoy in Kunduz province on Saturday, likely in vengeance for the NATO air strike on hijacked fuel trucks […]
Guantanamo Reading List: Harry Potter, Don Quixote, and Obama’s Dreams from my Father
Journalist Besan Sheikh recently visited the Guantanamo Bay prison facility run by the US, where al-Qaeda and other prisoners from Bush’s ‘war on terror’ are […]
Afghanistan Roiled by NATO Air Strikes that killed almost 100
Earlier this week, Taliban had hijacked NATO fuel trucks. On late Thursday or early Friday, NATO war planes located and struck at the trucks, after […]
The Great Withdrawer: George Will repudiates the Hawks
Conservative columnist George Will, having argued earlier this week for a US withdrawal from Afghanistan, today says we should get out of Iraq sooner rather […]
60 Said Killed in NATO Bombing; US Aid Monies May support Taliban Activities
Preliminary reports are saying that a NATO airstrike on an oil tanker earlier hijacked by guerrillas set off an enormous explosion as people had gathered […]
The Huthi Rebellion in Yemen
Philip McCrum writes in an guest Op-Ed for IC: The Huthi rebellion kicked off in 2004, when Hussein Badr al-Din al-Huthi proclaimed himself “Amir al-mu’minin” […]
Taliban Assassinate Deputy Intelligence Director, Kill 21
A Taliban suicide bomber killed the deputy director of Afghanistan intelligence along with 21 other people in the eastern Laghman province. This sort of successful […]