Month: September 2007
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News and Analysis (9/6/07)
Former CIA officer Michael Scheuer explains why Syria and Iran are not threats to the United States, unless we decide to attack them: Syria and Iran: The Threats That Aren’t (Antiwar.com) The latest arrests in Europe of “homegrown†extremists has authorities pursuing other bombing suspects, but also pursuing greater policing powers at the possible cost…
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News and Analysis (9/5/07)
Former State Department veteran testifies on behalf of Palestinian charities, saying that Israeli intelligence has “an agenda … [and they] provide selective information to try to influence US thinking:” Ex-Diplomat Testifies for Muslim Charity (Associated Press/Washington Post) Citing its own report on the surge, GAO finds that the surge has failed to meet 11 out…
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Examining the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood at NORTHCOM
Last week I was invited to Colorado Springs, Colorado to deliver a lecture on the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt at the USNORTHCOM headquarters located on Peterson Air Force Base. My lecture was based on an academic paper (PDF) I delivered earlier this year at the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy‘s 8th Annual…
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News and Analysis (9/4/07)
At annual national Muslim convention, religious leaders say that members of the government and society have to stop treating Muslims as suspects: Abandon Stereotypes, Muslims in America Say (New York Times) “The treatment of Padilla ranks as one of the most serious abuses after 9/11…. This is a case that would have shocked the Framers.…
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News and Analysis (9/1-2 /07)
Round three over the rights of Guantanamo detainees commences in the US Supreme Court: Legal Battle Resuming on Guantánamo Detainees (New York Times) Questions of power and class, not religion, will play out on five major issues facing Turkey and the AK Party administration: The Traps in Turkey’s Power Shift (New York Times) Abbas reveals…
