Analysis

Western Media Persists in Propaganda About Iraq’s Purported WMD

Western Media Persists in Propaganda About Iraq’s Purported WMD »

The mainstream media is reporting that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told his FBI interrogators after his capture that he lied about having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) because he feared Iran. But there's just...

July 3 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »
Why Did It Take So Long To Order The Release From Guantánamo Of An Al-Qaeda Torture Victim?

Why Did It Take So Long To Order The Release From Guantánamo Of An Al-Qaeda Torture Victim? »

There may be no more cases that are quite as bleakly ridiculous as that of Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, but there are many, many others in which the Justice Department’s long efforts to construct a viable...

June 25 2009 / No comment / Read More »
In Fraud We Trust?

In Fraud We Trust? »

There is also no hard proof of a fixed result, let alone massive vote rigging on a scale never before seen in Iran, a country that - unlike the United States - has no history...

June 25 2009 / 10 comments / Read More »
Iran’s Many Wars

Iran’s Many Wars »

The rift within the Islamic Republic may be a blessing for the democracy movement, a breathing space for regrouping, and moving forward. It may also be a recipe for an uncontrolled factional violence....

June 25 2009 / 6 comments / Read More »

News

Pakistan and U.S. Intend to Strengthen Civilian Security Apparatus »

Pakistan and U.S. Intend to Strengthen Civilian Security Apparatus

Pakistan and the United Satates have resolved to strengthen the civilian security apparatus in Pakistan for effectively fighting against militants. This resolve emerged after...

Jul 3 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Pakistan: Mangal Bagh Badly Injured, But Alive »

Pakistan: Mangal Bagh Badly Injured, But Alive

Pakistan's security forces surrounded and injured Mangal Bagh, a warlord of Khyber Agency. 28 commanders of Lashkar-e-Islam (Army of Islam) were killed during fierce...

Jul 3 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Pakistan Begins Serial Production of JF-17 Thunder Jet Fighter »

Pakistan Begins Serial Production of JF-17 Thunder Jet Fighter

Pakistan Tuesday kicked off serial production of the multiple jet fighter JF-17 Thunder in collaboration with the People's Republic of China. Chief of Air...

Jul 2 2009 / No comment / Read More »

US ‘has intelligence agents working in Iran’ »

US ‘has intelligence agents working in Iran’

A former US national security adviser has told Al Jazeera that US intelligence agents are working in Iran. ...

Jul 1 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Gaza: Paying the Price »

Gaza: Paying the Price

Civilians are counting the cost of the 3 week conflict in January 2009, which claimed more than a thousand lives and dealt a heavy...

Jul 1 2009 / 2 comments / Read More »

Opinion

Iran at the Intersection »

Iran at the Intersection

So our mainstream press and the media is rife with reports, some of them based on speculations rather than facts, about the situation in Iran and how it is handled by the authorities in Tehran....

Jun 21 2009 / 4 comments / Read More »

As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Turns 64, We Must Do More »

As Daw Aung San Suu Kyi Turns 64, We Must Do More

For Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s birthday present, let us keep the candles of hope burning brightly and tell Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull, and all parliamentary representatives in Australia in a clear unified voice that she must be released immediately and...

Jun 18 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Debating Hope for the Forgotten »

Debating Hope for the Forgotten

Amal is one of the few Palestinians I came in contact with during the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. At that time she was traumatised and her morale was badly shaken by the war. Almost four months later, she seems to have regained her spirits but...

Jun 11 2009 / 1 comment / Read More »

Obama’s Cairo Speech: A New Beginning or the Old Hypocrisy? »

Obama’s Cairo Speech: A New Beginning or the Old Hypocrisy?

These are fine words from the most powerful person on the planet and it should be the hope of all advocates of human rights and international law that Obama follows up these demands and suggestions with action. ...

Jun 8 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Arts & Culture

Interview with ‘Migration of Beauty’ Filmmaker Chris Flaherty – Part 2 »

Interview with ‘Migration of Beauty’ Filmmaker Chris Flaherty – Part 2WUST 1120 AM broadcast from Washington DC featuring interview with filmmaker Chris Flaherty and journalist David Calleja of Foreign Policy Journal. They discuss Flaherty’s upcoming...

Jul 3 2009 / No comment / Read More »

Interview with ‘Migration of Beauty’ Filmmaker Chris Flaherty – Part 1 »

Interview with ‘Migration of Beauty’ Filmmaker Chris Flaherty – Part 1WUST 1120 AM broadcast from Washington DC featuring interview with filmmaker Chris Flaherty and journalist David Calleja of Foreign Policy Journal. They discuss Flaherty's upcoming...

Jul 2 2009 / No comment / Read More »
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Economy

A Tale of Two Merchants: Manufacturing Doesn’t Make Money, Sales Does

A Tale of Two Merchants: Manufacturing Doesn’t Make Money, Sales Does

A college business professor once dazzled his class by reducing the world's myriad businesses to a single sentence: "All companies do one of two things; they make or sell a product or service."...

May 9, 2009 / More »

United States

Why Did It Take So Long To Order The Release From Guantánamo Of An Al-Qaeda Torture Victim?

Why Did It Take So Long To Order The Release From Guantánamo Of An Al-Qaeda Torture Victim?

There may be no more cases that are quite as bleakly ridiculous as that of Abdul Rahim al-Ginco, but there are many, many others in which the Justice Department’s long efforts to construct...

Jun 25, 2009 / More »

Israel / Palestine

Gaza: Paying the Price

Gaza: Paying the Price

Civilians are counting the cost of the 3 week conflict in January 2009, which claimed more than a thousand lives and dealt a heavy blow to the economy of Gaza, a territory already...

Jul 1, 2009 / More »

Afghanistan

Karzai Visit to U.S. Set Against Backdrop of Civilian Deaths, Opposition to Obama Plan

Karzai Visit to U.S. Set Against Backdrop of Civilian Deaths, Opposition to Obama Plan

U.S. President Barack Obama met this week with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari, while another U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan resulting in dead civilians set the tone for the...

May 7, 2009 / More »

Pakistan

Pakistan and U.S. Intend to Strengthen Civilian Security Apparatus

Pakistan and U.S. Intend to Strengthen Civilian Security Apparatus

Pakistan and the United Satates have resolved to strengthen the civilian security apparatus in Pakistan for effectively fighting against militants. This resolve emerged after an important meeting between President Asif Ali Zardari and...

Jul 3, 2009 / More »

Iran

US ‘has intelligence agents working in Iran’

US ‘has intelligence agents working in Iran’

A former US national security adviser has told Al Jazeera that US intelligence agents are working in Iran. ...

Jul 1, 2009 / More »

Iraq

Western Media Persists in Propaganda About Iraq’s Purported WMD

Western Media Persists in Propaganda About Iraq’s Purported WMD

The mainstream media is reporting that former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told his FBI interrogators after his capture that he lied about having weapons of mass destruction (WMD) because he feared Iran. But...

Jul 3, 2009 / More »

Burma

Zoya Phan’s Account of Surviving Burma

Zoya Phan’s Account of Surviving Burma

One survivor from the Burmese junta’s war against its own people shows that courage is displayed in multiple forms. Zoya Phan’s account is a double-edged sword, reflecting fear and hope in the same...

Jul 1, 2009 / More »
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