Month: October 2011

  • News and Analysis (10/13/11)

    The idiotic plot to kill a Saudi ambassador on American soil makes a dubious excuse to accelerate the belligerence with Iran … D.C. Terror Plot: Obama Vows To Seek Tough Sanctions Against Iran (Huffington Post) … because it is hard to credit Holder’s accusations of a link to top Iranian government officials: Iranians See Ahmadinejad…

  • News and Analysis (10/12/11)

    With Holder’s charges that high Iranian officials are involved in the thwarted assassination plot against a Saudi diplomat, the pieces are n play to turn the cold war with Iran into a real war: Iran Denies Alleged Plot To Kill Saudi Envoy to the U.S. (AHH / Gant Daily) Alleged Plot Is Uncharacteristically Bold (Washington…

  • News and Analysis (10/11/11)

    As thousands of Palestinian prisoners join in a hunger strike against conditions in Israeli jails, Netanyahu announces a deal has been struck with Hamas to for the release of Gilad Shalit, reportedly in exchange for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners: Gilad Shalit Prisoner Swap Deal Reached (Guardian) Muslims join Christians in outrage against Egyptian military and media…

  • News and Analysis (10/10/11)

    The attacks on Christian initiated protests appear to be a direct attempt to inflame sectarian rivalries in the military’s attempt to foil a transition to civilian led democratic government in Egypt: Why Did Egypt’s Army Violently Suppress Christian Protesters? (Christian Science Monitor) Egypt Clashes: Military Calls for Swift Unrest Probe (BBC) Egypt Coptic Church Decries…

  • News and Analysis (10/6/11)

    “Dr. Mohamed Saad Katatni, the Secretary General of the [Freedom and Justice Party] … spoke with the officials about US intervention in Egypt’s domestic affairs, the Arab-Israeli conflict and US support for Arab dictators”: Egypt, Senior US Officials Meet with Muslim Brotherhood (Bikya Masr) A broad spectrum of critics is calling for earlier elections and…

  • News and Analysis (10/4/11)

    US officials affirm the meetings while MB officials deny them; Israeli backers are nervous: U.S. Meet with Egypt Islamists (Reuters / Daily Star) According to the Amnesty study, the elderly parents of a US-based Syrian were badly beaten and locked in their bathroom in the city of Homs after their son – a pianist and…

  • News and Analysis (10/3/11)

    While we cannot agree with Dick Cheney’s arguments for torturing terrorism suspects, we sympathize with his claim that the Obama administration owes Bush an apology after granting itself the right to execute without charges or trial those it proclaims itself too civilized to simulate drowning: Anwar al-Awlaki’s Extrajudicial Murder (Guardian) Anwar al-Awlaki: Is Killing US-born…

  • News and Analysis (10/1/11)

    The Obama administration justifies its targeted assassination of a US citizen because he effectively propagandized for the enemy in a time of war; wasn’t that the justification given by the assassins of Theo van Gogh? Secret U.S. Memo Sanctioned Killing of Aulaqi (Washington Post with Foreign Policy) Obama Pushes Boundaries in Targeting al-Aulaqi (Washington Post)…

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