Author: Alejandro
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News and Analysis (1/29/07)
US State Department report: Israel ‘likely’ violated Geneva conventions summer war against Hezbollah: US: Israel Likely Violated Cluster Bomb Agreement During Hezbollah War (Voice of America) Shiite Shrines become flashpoints for further sectarian-inspired violence: Samarra Mosque is Again a Catalyst (Los Angeles Times) Fighters for Shiite Messiah Clash with Najaf Security, 250 Dead Over 60…
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News and Analysis (1/24/07)
Bush’s State of the Union speech, the Democratic Party’s response and analyses: Bush: State of Union is Strong (CNN) Transcript: Webb Says Bush Took U.S. to War ‘Recklessly’ (CNN) Bush Seeks Compromise, Except on Iraq Strategy (Los Angeles Times) Media Dismisses Bush’s Plea for Iraq (US News and World Report) Iraqi Politicians: Bush Ideas Not…
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News and Analysis (1/23/07)
Plans to build holocaust museum on top of Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem could inflame passions: Museum of Intolerance? (Los Angeles Times) Lack of unity and political unease from non-Arab/non-Muslims bar Arab-Americans from gaining political office in Dearborn: In Arab Capital of U.S., Ethnic Divide Remains (New York Times) Somali government shows resistance to being inclusive…
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News and Analysis (1/22/07)
“We have to know the real Sharia; we have to be able to point to passages in the holy Koran and say, ‘Here, read this…. In Islamic history, men have been the boss. They want to be the boss forever…but that is not Islam; that is cultural tradition.”–Rahala Salim Afghan Women’s Quiet Revolution Hangs by…
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Face to Face with an ex-Guantanamo Detainee
By Alejandro Beutel www.minaret.org On January 17, 2007, the fifth anniversary of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay, I attended an event by the University of Georgetown’s Law School entitled, “Face to Face with an ex-Guantanamo Detainee.†The event featured former detainee Moazzam Begg and Gitanjali Gutierrez, a habeas lawyer working at the Center for…
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News and Analysis (1/17/07)
Bush’s surge strategy may prove to be the straw that breaks the camel’s back by creating unrest in southern Iraq and further disrupting the oil sector: Analysis: Bush’s ‘Surge’ on Iraq’s Oil (UPI) Egyptian government allows violent sectarian television programming to be aired for its own political benefit: Why is Egypt Airing Insurgent TV from…
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News and Analysis (1/16/07)
Not again… Outrage from Iraqi Sunnis, global community over “undignified†execution: Questions Raised by Iraq Hangings (BBC) Morocco’s political manipulation of Islam is no laughing matter… Journalists in Morocco Convicted and Fined for Insulting Islam (Associated Press) …unlike Canada whose democracy and civil liberties allow Muslims and non-Muslims to have a sense humor: ‘Little Mosque’…
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Frank Talk from Shirin Ebadi on U.S. – Iranian Relations
On January 8, 2007 I attended an event hosted by the University of California Washington Center entitled, ” Hope for a New Course in US-Iranian Relations.” The event featured Nobel Peace Prize winners Shirin Ebadi and Jody Williams as the keynote speakers. Ms. Ebadi, a lawyer and human rights activist in working in Iran, was…
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Strategic Redeployment vs. “Surge” and (Not) Engaging Iran and Syria
Earlier this evening President Bush made a publicly televised speech to reveal his anticipated new Iraq strategy. In his address to the American people, the President, using a central theme of “sacrifice,” argued in favor of sending a short-term “surge” of more than 20,000 extra American troops. However this choice, which is reflective of a…
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News and Analysis (1/10/07)
Former State Department official argues “Nuclear-Free Zone†can bring stability and security to entire Middle East, including Israel and Iran A Middle East Free of Nuclear Weapons (Christian Science Monitor) Members of Israeli and Palestinian civil society produce a documentary on reconciliation that will reach wide Arab and Jewish audiences: Israeli Documentary Captures Citizen Reconciliation…
