Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Mahmoud Mujadala at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that the spokesman for the Israeli army, Effie Defrin, announced Monday […]
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Majid: Dangerous Purities
Anouar Majid writes in a guest op-ed for Informed Comment: This year, a few scholars are commemorating the 400th anniversary of one of the darkest […]
Obama and Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
President Barack Obama says he will be more honest than past presidents with Israel. Israel, a great friend of the United States and a country […]
Thousands Flee Mingora in Panic; Army advances toward Kalam; 9 Soldiers Killed, 27 militants
A bomb at a bus station in Kohat, northern Pakistan, detonated on Sunday, killing one and wounding 8. It is suspected that this bombing is […]
Saudi Op-Ed Welcomes Obama to the Middle East
The USG Open Source Center translates an op-ed by Abd-al-Malik Ahmad Al Al-Shaykh welcoming president Obama to Saudi Arabia: Excerpts: Saudi Writer Hopes Obamas Visit […]
40 Taliban Killed in Waziristan; Iran Protests to Pakistan on Mosque Bombing
The Pakistani military claims to have completely taken over the city of Mingora, the largest in Swat, and says that the campaign in Malakand Division […]
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Trying it on for size. Provided free by this site. The Web is a moving target. My old template started displaying oddly to some people, […]
US Soldier Killed Near Mosul; Maliki Gives up on Saudis
An Iraqi guerrilla killed a US soldier with a grenade near Mosul on Friday, bringing the May total for deaths of US military personnel to […]
Army Takes Peochar
The Pakistani military claims to have taken the village of Peochar and to have cleared it of militants. It was the headquarters of Mulla Fazlullah, […]
Bombings in Peshawar Kill 12;
The Tehrik-i Taliban Pakistan took further revenge on Thursday for the military campaign launched against it by the Pakistani military in the Swat Valley, by […]