Dick Cheney in Australia he gave an interview to the national ABC network’s PM program Feb. 23, in which he invoked Anglo racial solidarity in the most blatant terms—and raised the threat of a new Caliphate stretching from Spain to… Read moreCheney: terrorists seek new caliphate
The latest entry in the wave of dangerously specious terror cases is giving us deja vu. Like Jose Padilla, Daniel Maldonado is a Latino convert to Islam. Like John Walker Lindh in Afghanistan, he is accused of bearing arms for… Read moreLatest “al-Qaeda” bust reveals GWOT futility
From DPA, Feb. 23: LONDON – A group of mothers who lost sons in Iraq Friday set up a ‘peace camp’ outside the Downing Street offices of British Prime Minister Tony Blair in London. They were joined by relatives of… Read moreBritish “war mothers” protest at Downing Street
Anti-war protesters clashed with police in Sydney Feb. 22 before the arrival of US Vice President Dick Cheney. Seven people were arrested as mounted police attempted to bar hundreds from marching through Australia’s largest city, demanding Prime Minister John Howard… Read moreAussies protest Cheney, Iraq war; troops kill in East Timor
Arab Monitor calls the brief detainment by US forces of a son of Shiite leader Abdul Aziz al-Hakim “a message to SCIRI,” the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. Washington has got to be uneasy that its allies in… Read moreIraq: US intimidates SCIRI?
The US denies it, of course, but the evidence seems pretty convincing. From AP, Feb. 23: BAGHDAD – U.S. troops battled insurgents in fierce fighting that killed at least 12 people in the volatile Sunni city of Ramadi, the military… Read moreIraq: women, children killed in Ramadi fighting
Shades of Bosnia. From the UK-based Middle East Online, Feb. 23: Allegations of sexual abuse of Sunni women by Shiite forces stirred sectarian tensions in Iraq on Friday, while a US soldier was jailed for 100 years for the rape… Read moreRape emerges as fuel for Iraq war
Around 25,000 rallied in the Afghan capital Kabul Feb. 22, calling for a war crimes amnesty for former Mujahedeen commanders to be made law. The protesters, who gathered in a stadium, included ex-Mujahedeen and several top government officials. “Whoever is… Read moreAfghanistan: war criminals win amnesty vote
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of Afghanistan’s rebel Hizb-i-Islami rebel movement, has released a video denouncing the US as “the mother of problems” and pledging that US and NATO forces will be driven from the country, likely this year. “As long as… Read moreAfghanistan: Hekmatyar pledges US defeat
The Taliban is prepared for an ambitious spring offensive, the military leader of the Islamist milita boasted in a new interview with AlJazeera TV. “The attack is imminent,” said Mullah Dadullah. “The number of Taliban mujahedin who are ready to… Read moreAfghanistan: Taliban pledges “imminent” offensive
Just as Britain has announced a draw-down of 1,600 troops in Iraq, comes the news it will be sending some 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan. Of the 35,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan, some 5,600 are British, mainly deployed in Helmand…. Read moreUK, Australia send more troops to Afghanistan
A resolution from a Dec. 25 conference in Chicago, “Sunni Shia Dialogue to Save Lives,” online at The American Muslim: Resolution: Shia-Suni Dialogue to Save Lives To be signed by immams, khateebs, masjids, Muslim organizations and opinion leaders Whereas, the… Read moreAmerican Muslims issue Shia-Sunni unity resolution
