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50 Dead in Baghdad Attacks on Shiites;
Netanyahu Warns of Eastern Front
A series of bloody attacks killed some 50 persons across Baghdad in the midst of a massive Shiite pilgrimage to the shrine of Imam Musa […]
The Orientalism of Israeli Troops Dancing
Israeli troops dance to Ke$ha’s “Tik Tok.”: Some comments on the semiotics. The piece begins with the Muslim call to prayer in al-Khalil, a Palestinian […]
Odierno: Kurdish-Arab Fighting may Require UN Force in post-American Iraq
Despite the optimism obvious in the speeches of Vice President Biden on Iraq, the outbreak of fighting between the Iraqi army and Kurdish forces in […]
Turkey Threatens Israel with cut-off of Diplomatic Relations
As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu flew to Washington, DC, on Monday, a further war of words has broken out between Turkey and Israel over […]
Fadlallah’s Life and the Shiite Wave
The death of Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Husain Fadlallah at age 75 in Beirut marks the passing of a cleric revered by many Shiite Muslims and […]
On Fourth of July, Let Iraq Go
The Fourth of July celebrates the Declaration of Independence of the American colonies of Great Britain, on the grounds that they deserved representative government and […]
Steele blames Obama for Afghanistan, Defends Iraq War
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele has provoked a furor by remarks he made on President Obama’s Afghanistan policy at a GOP fundraiser in Noank, […]
Fundamentalist bombings of Lahore mystical Shrine leave 42 Dead, 175 Wounded
The FT says that at least two suicide bombers struck at the shrine of medieval Sufi master Datta Ganj Bakhsh (Sayyid Ali Hujwiri), the patron […]
Hurricane Alex Halts Efforts to Deal with Gulf Oil Gusher
VOA reports that the oil skimming ships are gone. The booms protecting islands and marshes have been torn from their anchors. Sand bags have been […]
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