Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic sanctions […]
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Iraqi Refugees
Website for Iraqi Refugees: ‘Five million Iraqis have been driven from their homes by sectarian terror since Saddam Hussein was overthrown. Security has improved but […]
Stern: Effects of Global Warming Even Worse
Prominent British economist and environmentalist Nicholas Stern, has concluded that the average temperature of the earth could go up as much as about 10 degrees […]
Plans for March Unaltered; Nawaz: Zardari will Not Serve out Term
Even though the Zardari government has arrested hundreds of activists, planning for the march on Islamabad this weekend continued unabated. In what sounds like an […]
3 Years Sentence on Shoe-Thrower
Iraqi shoe-thrower Muntadhar al-Zaidi was sentenced to 3 years in prison on Thursday, under a statute forbidding assaults on visiting heads of state. The maximum […]
Al-Qaeda Threatens US Embassy
The USG Open Source Center translates from Urdu an article on planned al-Qaeda attacks on on US facilities in Pakistan under cover of turmoil provoked […]
Hundreds Arrested in Punjab; Suspension of Civil Liberties; Some set Out on Long March on Capital
Well, I already used “crisis deepens in Pakistan,” so what should I say about the news that the Pakistan People’s Party government has had hundreds […]
Cole in Harper’s On the Muslim World
Scott Horton at Harper’s Magazine asked me six questions about my new book, Engaging the Muslim World, which will be in bookstores March 17 (or […]
Did Schumer and Emanuel Sink Freeman?
My interpretation of Chas Freeman’s withdrawal from appointment as the chairman of the National Intelligence Council is that it was provoked primarily by Chuck Schumer […]
Bomber Kills 32 in Abu Ghraib
The NYT reports that a suicide bomber killed 33 persons and wounded over 60 at Abu Ghraib, striking at a meeting of tribal sheikhs accompanied […]