Archive for July, 2011
Arab Spring in Syria
Posted on29. Jul, 2011 by drmuzaffar.
By Dr Muzaffar Iqbal:
After all, Syria was neither Tunisia nor Egypt; it was a much more conservative system, Bashar al-Asad had a firm grip over the country through entrenched interests, and there was no sign of a widespread uprising in January when the first demonstrations started. Almost six months later, the resilience of Syrians has proven to be a far more daunting challenge for Bashar than he had expected.
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Breivik: The Oslo Butcher
Posted on29. Jul, 2011 by S M Hali.
By S M Hali:
Breivik played a central role in the bloodbath in Oslo last Friday, for which he is neither repentant nor remorseful. His own lawyer Geir Lippestad has shed light on the massacre by his client and has stated that he has not so far shown any sympathy for the innocent Norwegians he killed in the recent twin terror attacks instead; Breivik only asked how many people had died stating that the killings were necessary.
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Israel used an imposter and a belly dancer to counteract flotilla II
Posted on28. Jul, 2011 by Dr Ashraf Ezzat.
By Dr Ashraf Ezzat:
The real issue this time was the Gaza freedom flotilla II laden with thousands of love and solidarity letters meant to be delivered to the people of Gaza, only the Zionists in Tel Aviv are no fools, they knew that those letters are mightier than weapons, they knew that they wouldn’t be able to conquer those activists by some commandos raid this time.
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Turkey and Egypt: Islam’s Future?
Posted on28. Jul, 2011 by Editor.
By Haroon Moghul:
Turkey offers something fellow Muslim nations can’t: Access to the West, and the institutional sophistication to be attractive and engaging. But I think there’s another country, too, that will have a new part to play in the changing dynamics of Muslim reform movements. And that’s Egypt.
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Europe’s Homegrown Terrorists
Posted on27. Jul, 2011 by Editor.
By Gary Younge:
And, finally, Muslims are nowhere near the greatest terrorist threat. According to Europol, between 2006 and 2008 only .4 percent of terrorist plots (including attempts and fully executed attacks) in Europe were from Islamists. The lion’s share (85 percent) were related to separatism.
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Death and Contradiction
Posted on27. Jul, 2011 by Lawrence Davidson.
By Lawrence Davidson:
Now we come to the really amazing part of this story. Readers of this blog may remember my analysis, posted 11 June 2011, entitled “Iran and the Issue of Nuclear Weapons.” It laid out strong evidence that Iran’s nuclear program was not aimed at the development of atomic weapons. It will be recalled that this was and still is the conclusion of no less than 16 U.S. intelligence agencies (including the CIA) as put forth in two National Intelligence Estimates.
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Another smoking gun: Breivik link to Israel
Posted on27. Jul, 2011 by Wayne Madsen.
By Wayne Madsen:
Ninety minutes before Breivik was reported to have detonated a huge fertilizer-fuel bomb in the government district of downtown Oslo and then proceeding to Utoya island dressed as a uniformed police officer to massacre scores of youth attending a Norwegian Labor Party jamboree, he sent an email containing a 1500-page rambling manifesto to Isak Nygren, a member of the far-right, anti-Islamic and Roma (gypsy), and pro-Zionist Sweden Democrats (SD) political party.
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Post 9/11 Macavity
Posted on27. Jul, 2011 by Hamid Waheed.
By Hamid Waheed:
In India Former Maharashtra Inspector General of Police S M Mushrif wrote in “Who Killed Karkare-The Real Face of Terrorism in India” that all the reports that were available to him suggest that the Indian Intelligence Bureau (IB) was aware of the attack at least five days in advance. They knew the entire operation; the route these terrorists were taking.
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For Whom the Bells Toll
Posted on26. Jul, 2011 by Editor.
By Barrister Mansoor Sarwar Khan. Pakistan’s one major problem is political insularity especially our failure to embrace a merit based and depoliticized civil service and institutions; a corruption free and progressive taxation, a dynamic good governance based strictly on rule by Law. We cling to antiquated ideas of Mughal-e-azam notion of governance; where dissent is treated [...]
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Afghanistan: Weak Generals Are Out
Posted on26. Jul, 2011 by Asif H Raja.
By Brig Asif Haroon Raja:
As a last word Gen allen should refrain from creating rifts of any sort as he did the Shia Sunni rift in Iraq. If he indulges he would never be able to win over the trust of different factions more so of the Taliban.
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