Month: November 2012

Noting that Mitt is Romney’s middle name, Barak Hussein Obama jokes,  “I wish I could use my middle name.” Although “many more Muslims voted for Bush than Al Gore” in 2000, the tendency of Republican candidates to resort to inflammatory language against Muslims to pander to their base “may come back to bite them”: Muslim Votes…

Hillary Clinton’s “warning to rebel groups to be careful from whom they accept help” evokes a contemptuous response of “Tell the Americans ‘thanks for the binoculars’”: Jihadist Killing of Captives Widens the Split Among Rebel Fighters in Syria (Guardian) A Pakistani lawyer takes on the daunting task of representing 83 “families who claim to be…

Israeli “action against Iran would severely limit the ability of American forces in the region to mount their own operations against the Iranian nuclear programme by cutting off vital logistical support from Gulf Arab allies”: US Warns Israel off Pre-emptive Strike on Iran (Guardian) As the US loses faith in the current structure of Syrian leadership ……