A new danger to Sindh: the flood waters are meeting and mixing with the salt waters of the Arabian Sea, threatening large tracts of fertile land with being ruined for agriculture for many years. Although the floods swallowed up Sujawal, army attempts to divert waters and protect cities, especially Thatta, appear to have meet with […]
Wertheim: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification
Anne-Ruth Wertheim writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: Modern-day Racism: A Mixture That Calls for Some Clarification Propagators of modern-day racism, which is often called Islamophobia in an effort to take off the edge, claim that all they are doing is warning people about what they see as the danger of Islam, and […]
Another City Submerged as Floods advance in Sindh;
Where are the Rock Stars?
Remember how I said a little after midnight on Sunday that the city of Sujawal, population 250,000, was threatened by advancing flood waters from broken levees in Sindh? Well, just a few hours later, Sujawal is now under water. That is a city roughly the same size as Fort Wayne, Indiana; Greensboro, N.C., St. Petersburg, […]
One Million Displaced as Rising Waters Threaten Major Cities
AFP reports that Pakistani troops are on a ‘war footing’ in their desperate efforts to save the southern Sindhi city of Thatta from advancing flood waters, as they attempt to repair breaches in levees that have allowed water around the city to rise alarmingly. The 300,000 inhabitants of Thatta have fled, along with 700,000 others […]
Olbermann: Wave of Religious Intolerance Sweeps US
Keith Olbermann and CAIR on the wave of religious intolerance sweeping the US.
Glenn Beck’s ‘I have a Dream Speech’
This is the ‘I have a Dream Speech’ that Glenn Beck would give at the Lincoln Memorial if he were being completely honest. I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from tax increases or increased regulation of your speculative […]
Taliban Attack 2 US Bases
Taliban attacked two US forward operating bases on Saturday a day after home-made bombs killed 3 US soldiers. The Afghan Persian press reports that NATO sources say 11 insurgents were killed and that little damage was inflicted on the US bases or personnel. On Wednesday, according to official Iranian news sources, Afghan mobs had invaded […]
Another 500,000 Flee Indus Breaches
Taliban threaten Aid Workers;
Global Warming Implicated
The raging, swollen Indus River abruptly breached an embankment in the Thatta district in Sindh, Pakistan, on Wednesday evening, unexpectedly sending flood waters toward the town of Thatta and several others in the district. Panicked residents tried to flee in the thousands. The News writes, “Villagers fled trailing north in vans laden with furniture or […]
Kurashige: The Islamic Center and the “Pearl Harbor” Analogy
Scott Kurashige writes in a guest editorial for Informed Comment: In May 2007, George W. Bush welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House, hosting a ceremony attended by 7,000 guests followed by the first white-tie state dinner of his presidency. If we abide by the twisted logic of some “Ground Zero mosque” opponents, we […]
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