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Purohit: "Why Solving Pakistan is the Pivot for Obama’s South Asian Security Strategy"
Raj Purohit writes in a guest op-ed for IC: In the space of 10 days, two terrorist actions in South Asia highlighted why President-elect Obama’s […]
Little Town of Bethlehem is Littler Now
Even Santa Claus is protesting the walling off of Bethlehem. Some 15 percent of the 10 million Palestinians is Christian, and they are after all […]
Drug Smuggling and Narco-Terrorism in Iraq
Iraq’s parliament accepted the resignation of speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani on Tuesday, and then promptly voted on a bill that provides a legal framework for 4000 […]
US Marine Killed; Zaidi Will not Apologize for Shoe-Throwing; Alleged Conspirators Freed
Reuters reports: ‘”The U.S. military said in a statement that a U.S. Marine died on Sunday after being wounded in fighting in Iraq’s western Anbar […]
Lebanese are Phoenicians After All; And so Are Many of the Rest of US
A team of biologists at Lebanese American University estimates that 1 in 17 persons around the Mediterranean carries genetic markers distinctive to the ancient Phoenician […]
Muntazar to be Tried this Week; To Sue Security for Torture
The trial of Iraqi journalist Muntazar al-Zaidi for assaulting W. with a shoe will begin later this week in Baghdad. Al-Zaidi, who became a hero […]
Rick Warren: "I love Muslims . . . I happen to love Gays and Straights"
I was in Long Beach,Ca. on Saturday for the annual conference of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, where Pastor Rick Warren and I were both […]
Ghoul’s Glossary: Shoewhack
Shoewhack (v.) To assault someone with footwear in such a way as to humiliate that individual, especially at a moment of supposed triumph or obvious […]
Iraqi Parliament Defeats Bill on Foreign Troop Presence in 2009
The Iraqi parliament has rejected a draft bill submitted by the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki specifying the rules under which some 4,000 British […]