On Christmas Day, I like to recall the significance of Jesus and the nativity for Muslims. I’ve talked about Rumi, Attar, and other mystics. Today […]
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Canadian Fix For Iran Crisis Can Do Or
A Canadian Fix for the Iran Crisis? Can do, or CANDU? Guest Editorial by Jim Borynec ‘ Iran and the USA are involved in a […]
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Salon.com on Mearsheimer and Walt My article on the Mearsheimer and Walt piece, “The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy,” is out in Salon.com. Actually, […]
Americana In Arabic Challenge To
Americana in Arabic A Challenge to Philadelphia Long-time readers know that as a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks and subsequent events, I decided […]
Government Talks Postponed As 35 Die
Government Talks Postponed as 35 Die Shiites Reject Hard Line Sunni Speaker The Shiite religious parties of the United Iraqi Alliance took revenge Sunday on […]
Afghanistan Between Opium And Taliban
Afghanistan Between Opium and Taliban Yes, there still is a war in Afghanistan. Seven were killed in it on Sunday, and over 40 on Saturday. […]
Iraq Swindled Of Millions By Us Firms
Iraq Swindled of Millions by US Firms Instability Spills over onto Lebanon’s Nasrullah Guerrilla violence killed 11 in Iraq on Saturday, including a British soldier […]
Christian Muslim Riot In Egypt Coptic
Christian-Muslim Riot in Egypt Coptic protests in Alexandria, Egypt, got so out of control on Saturday–turning into a Christian-Muslim riot– that Egyptian police intervened to […]
Guerrilla Attack Kills 2wounds 22
Guerrilla Attack Kills 2,Wounds 22 Marines in Anbar Sunni Mosques Bombed in Baqubah US Marines appear to have fought a major engagement with a company […]
Retired Generals Besiege Rumsfeld
Retired Generals Besiege Rumsfeld Retired Major General John Batiste said Friday of Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, “We went to war with a flawed plan […]