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On Reading the Qur’an: Hazleton
Leslie Hazleton on reading the Qur’an: Hazleton is author of After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam
Can ‘Desperate Housewives’ Defeat al-Qaeda in Saudi Arabia? Wikileaks
US consulate confirms what everybody already knows. Jeddah in Saudi Arabia has bipolar disorder. The Red Sea Port wears a sober puritan mien during the […]
Israelis Jettison Peace Talks in Favor of Massive Land Theft; Brazil, Argentina Recognize Palestinian State
The victory of the Republican right wing in the November elections for the House of Representatives has allowed the Israeli government to simply refuse to […]
Why our Afghanistan War Dead don’t Seem to be News
Tom Engelhardt makes an argument for why the US casualties in Afghanistan are nowadays virtually ignored by television news and get buried in the back […]
Cole in Truthdig: Iran is Winning, Israel Losing
My new column is out in Truthdig: Leaks Suggest Iran Is Now Winning in the Middle East” Excerpt: Iran is winning and Israel is losing. […]
Egyptian Official: Israelis Might be Behind attacks by Sharks, which seem to be Beasts of Prey
Even shark attacks in the Middle East get caught up in the Arab-Israeli conflict. The fifth victim of a shark attack this week at Sharm […]
Horrific Taliban Bombing of Would-Be Pashtun Militiamen
The administrative offices of Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal agency were hit by two suicide bombers on motorcycles on Monday, killing as many as 51 persons and […]
Map: Pakistan Ethnic Groups
Is AIPAC a Wikileaks Operation?
One of the supreme pieces of hypocrisy in Washington right now is all the politicians crying treason and death penalty on Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, […]
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