Author: Imran

  • News and Analysis (5/6/2010)

    Because Ali al-Sistani, the Iranian-born highest ranked Shi`a scholar would have final say in any dispute between the new coalition parties, the secular Iraqiya party claims Iran is behind them: Iraqiya: Shia Alliance Made in Iran (Al Jazeera) A policy set under Bush continues broadens the targets from “top Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders into…

  • News and Analysis (5/5/2010)

    With the successful detection and apprehension of the self-confessed Waziristan-trained primary suspect in the attempted Times Square plot … Probe in Failed Times Square Attack Focusing on Pakistani Taliban (Washington Post) … thanks to a vigilant Muslim-American who spotted the smoking car … Meet Aliou Niasse (Washington Monthly) … US officials will undoubtedly put more pressure on…

  • News and Analysis (5/3/10)

    “The possession of nuclear bombs is not a source of pride; it is disgusting and rather shameful…. [E]ven more shameful … [is] the threat to use or to use such weapons, which is not even comparable to any crime committed throughout the history” – Ahmadinejad… NPT 101: Why Iran Sees Nuclear ‘Hypocrisy’ (Christian Science Monitor)…

  • News and Analysis (5/3/2010)

    “The pilot falsely accused of training the hijackers responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks has won his almost decade-long miscarriage of justice battle”: Airline Pilot Cleared of Role in 9/11 After ‘Nine Years of Hell’ (Guardian) Karzai’s proposed negotiations focus on incorporating individual Taliban leaders while using economic incentives on foot soldiers: Karzai to Seek Obama’s Approval…

  • News and Analysis (5/1-2/2010)

    The Taliban, the former mujahideen commanders “and the Karzai government, and foreign troops … commit crimes against our people. When the foreign troops go, we will only have two left to deal with”: Afghan Feminists Fighting from Under the Burqa (Guardian) Ahmadinejad says the subsidies “benefit Iran’s wealthy more than the poor,” but are the…

  • News and Analysis (4/30/2010)

    “I would rather [have] Palestinians as citizens of this country over dividing the land up,” – Reuven Rivlin, the speaker of Israel’s Knesset: Knesset Speaker Hints at One-State (Al Jazeera) Obama indicates he would not veto UN resolutions condemning Israeli settlement building in an attempt to reignite indirect peace negotiations: US Gives Abbas Private Assurances Over…

  • News and Analysis (4/29/2010)

    “The report…portrays an insurgency with deep roots and broad reach, able to withstand repeated U.S. onslaughts and to reestablish its influence, while discrediting and undermining the country’s Western-backed government”: Afghan Taliban Getting Stronger, Pentagon Says (LA Times) Video footage illustrates a relatively peaceful crowd take by surprise by a gunshot from across a barrier fence fired…

  • News and Analysis (4/28/10)

    “The Iranians have to some extent succeeded in recasting the terms of the debate,” that it is “more about  … who has the right to control access to advanced nuclear technology” than about nuclear weapons: Why Tehran Courts UN Members from Brazil to Bosnia on Iran Nuclear Issue (Christian Science Monitor) “A network of private…

  • News and Analysis (4/27/10)

    52 candidates have been disqualified as US Ambassador Hill begins to apply pressure to the Iraqi government US Expresses First Concerns Over Iraq Election Results (Christian Science Monitor) Abbas calls for an international boycott of Israeli settlement goods totaling up to $500 million in revenue: Palestinians Ban Settlement Goods (Al Jazeera) “Everyone feels safer now,” says a tribal elder.…

  • News and Analysis (4/26/10)

    The parallels between the 2002 push for into a disastrous and unnecessary one-trillion-dollar war in Iraq and our current conflict with Iran are “astonishing”: Sanctioning Iran Is an Act of War (Anti-War) The sectarian system imposed on Lebanon by the French was slightly reformed after the civil war, but some think it is time to scrap…

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