Saeb Erekat, chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization Steering Committee, said Wednesday that Palestine Authority president Mahmoud Abbas should be frank with the Palestinian people and admit to them that there is no possibility of a two-state solution given continued Israeli colonization of the West Bank. It is morally and ethically unconscionable to leave millions […]
Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style
The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But according tot he BBC, dissidents who dispute the legitimacy of last June’s presidential election staged counter-rallies. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards stepped in to disperse these protests, using tear gas. Some […]
Protests on Anniversary of Embassy Hostage-Taking; Khamenei Complains about Obama’s Negotiating Style
The Khamenei regime in Iran commemorated the taking of US embassy personnel hostage on Wednesday, with thousands of its supporters taking to the streets. But according tot he BBC, dissidents who dispute the legitimacy of last June’s presidential election staged counter-rallies. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards stepped in to disperse these protests, using tear gas. Some […]
Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"
John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,” notes the New York Times with considerable understatement, “senior government officials have announced dozens of terrorism cases that on close examination seemed to diminish as legitimate threats.” Terrorism analysts […]
Mueller on the Zazi Case: "This is It?"
John Mueller, Author of Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al-Qaeda, writes a guest op-ed for IC: “Since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001,” notes the New York Times with considerable understatement, “senior government officials have announced dozens of terrorism cases that on close examination seemed to diminish as legitimate threats.” Terrorism analysts […]
Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail
Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . . . Hamid Karzai. The commission ruled that since the only other candidate had withdrawn, there was no point in holding a run-off election, and that Karzai had won by […]
Karzai Declared President; Questions about Afghan Police Recruits; Bad Translations Land Innocents in Jail
Hamid Karzai has been declared the winner of the Afghanistan presidential contest by the misnamed Independent Electoral Commission, the local Afghan commission appointed by . . . Hamid Karzai. The commission ruled that since the only other candidate had withdrawn, there was no point in holding a run-off election, and that Karzai had won by […]
Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast
A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, as locals abbreviate it, is a twin city of the capital, Islamabad, and is security-sensitive because army headquarters is located there. Meanwhile, the Pakistani military’s campaign against Pakistani Taliban militants […]
Over 30 Dead in Rawalpindi Blast
A car bomb in the parking lot of the Shalimar Hotel in Rawalpindi was detonated on Monday morning. Aljazeera is reporting over 30 dead. ‘Pindi, as locals abbreviate it, is a twin city of the capital, Islamabad, and is security-sensitive because army headquarters is located there. Meanwhile, the Pakistani military’s campaign against Pakistani Taliban militants […]
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