Iraqi Kurds eye Kirkuk, Mosul Oil Fields Commander Hamid Efendi, the top-ranking Kurdish militia commander in Northern Iraq, said Saturday that he was committed to […]

Egypt releases 120 Islamists The Egyptian government released 120 members of the Gamaa Islamiyya or Islamic Grouping from prison this past week, and is said […]

More on Bali bombing and al-Qaeda I can confirm that Abu Bakar Bashir is “of Arab descent but born in Jombang, in Indonesia.” Kim Sengupta […]

Things are going from bad to worse for the US in Pakistan. Now the Muttahida Majlis-i Amal or United Action Council, which groups six religious […]

Blowback from Reagan’s Afghanistan Policy The relevant information on the role of the US in encouraging the Chinese and the Pakistanis to arm the Mujahidin […]

Saudis Refuse Participation in an Iraq War The Saudis are again saying as loudly as they can that Saudi Arabia will not take part in […]

Bali Nightclub Bombing The death toll keeps rising in the bombing on Saturday of two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali. Today I saw […]

Pakistan Election Results The Pakistan People’s Party, led by Makhdoom Amin Fahim, seems set to attempt to form a government in coalition with the Muslim […]

The Failure of Reagan’s Afghanistan Policy The Reagan administration policy in Afghanistan was not a “most successful departure” but, in my opinion, an absolute disaster […]