( Roy Eidelson: Psychology for Human Rights) – Labeling criticism of Israel and expressions of support for Palestinian rights as “antisemitism” has apparently become the […]
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US Drawdown Begins Sadrists call for New Parliamentary Elections
The US military has begun to reverse last year’s troop escalation, which brought the number of combat brigades in Iraq up to 20. It is […]
Bhutto Calls for Musharraf to Step down Put under House Arrest
Opposition politician Benazir Bhutto has called for Gen. Pervez Musharraf to resign as president of Pakistan, and says she will never serve as prime minister […]
Poll: Turkish Kurds Would not Emigrate to a Kurdistan 72% say US soft on Terror
The Turkish Daily News reports the results of a poll of persons living in 14 cities in southeastern Turkey, which has a large Kurdish population. […]
Shiite Preacher Praises Increased Security Calls for Timetable for US Withdrawal
The USG Open Source Center translates Friday prayer sermons from last week in Iraq. Of particular interest is the sermon of Shiite cleric Sadr al-Din […]
Maliki Said to Induct 18,000 Militiamen into Security Services
Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that PM al-Maliki has taken the controversial decision to recruit 18,000 members of Shiite militias into the Iraqi government security forces. […]
Pakistan Elections By Jan. 9 Emergency not to be Lifted Jama’at-i Islami Slams Bhutto
Gen. Musharraf says he will keep the State of Emergency in place but will dissolve parliament and hold new elections for it before Jan. 9 […]
A Sad Veterans Day; 1/4 of Homeless are Vets Bombings in Baghdad, Mosul, Diyala Showdown at Samarra
On Veterans Day, think about the thousands of US dead and wounded in Iraq (for what purpose, exactly?), and think about Iraqi Veterans against the […]
Iraqi Kurd Op-Ed: Turkey must Recognize Kurds for there to be Dialogue
The USG Open Source Center translates an article by an Iraqi Kurd writer, “Diyar Gharib,” calling on Turkey to recognize the Kurdish people as a […]
Did W. Create Ron Paul?
Gordon Robison argues that his stance on the Iraq War almost single-handedly explains Rep. Ron Paul’s amazing fundraising ability (which recently outstripped that of Sen. […]
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