Tag - Middle East
The massive bomb which killed Lebanon's likely next army chief, Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, has raised many questions. At first glance it would appear to be revenge killing by Fatah al-Islam, the Al Qaeda aided Muslim outfit that was hounded out from the...
The brutal war in Darfur has set off what the United Nations has called the "world's worst humanitarian crisis," a crucible of death that seems to grow grimmer despite a new peace agreement. But it is not bullets that kill most people here now. It is...
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Darfur, Africa, United Nations, Pneumonia, Diarrhea, Malaria, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Sudan, Arab, Politics & Society
Demand for classes in Islamic Studies, Islam and Middle East has skyrocketed in the United States in the wake of 9/11 attack, the invasion of Afghanistan and the Iraq war. These areas are increasingly considered relevant to global security.
Reacting to...
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Islam, Middle East, the United States, Afghanistan, Iraq, Stanford University, Harvard, Arab Oracle, Sohaib Abbasi, Sara, Lysbeth Warren, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Politics & Society
The Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jew organisation in its eighth annual interactive report details how the Internet has become a virtual university for terrorism and has emerged as the nerve center for training, recruitment, and terrorist activities in the...
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Simon Eiesenthal Center, Digital Terrorism & Hate 2006, Middle East, Terrorism, Israeli, Jews, Christians, Europe, Nazi, North America, Semitic, al Qaeda, Hamas, Hezbollah, Politics & Society
There is a growing tribe among the armed-chair liberals who practice to appease only one side. In turn such a subjective approach boomerangs, turning the other side too swayed by passions. The approach of this tribe is 'Look, how fair we are'. God save...
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Osama bib Laden, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Wahhabism, Tawhis, Jehad, Taba, Zagazig, Nile Delta, Syria, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Arabian Peninsula, Middle East, Dahab, Nasser Khamis al-Melahy, Melahy tribe, northern Sinai, Egypt, The Time, The New York Times, Politics & Society
The Sudanese government and the largest of the Darfur rebel groups signed a hard-fought peace agreement on Friday intended to end three years of misery and bloodshed in Dafur. But two much smaller rebel groups angrily demurred, leaving open the...
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Sudan, Darfur, Africa, Europe, Middle East, Abuja, Nigeria, Robert B. Zoellick, Abdul Wahad al-Nur, Justice and Equity Movement, African Union, Hassan al-Turabi, Osama bin Laden, Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), janjaweed, Politics & Society
Though Jorden remains an autocratic state with little respect for democractic institutions, King Abdullah II of Jordan, entering in the footsteps of legendary Mustafa Kamel Pasha of Turky, appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, urging him to adopt a...
Suicide bombers carried out nearly simultaneous attacks on three U.S.-based hotels in Amman capital of Jordan on Wednesday night, killing at least 57 people and wounding at least 115 in an al-Qaida-style assault on the Arab kingdom with close ties to the...
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, US has released a letter (in Arabic and its unedited English translation) dated July 9,2005 between two senior al Qa'ida leaders, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. It was claimed to be...
Four Palestinians were killed and more than a dozen wounded when an explosion destroyed the home of a family closely linked to the Islamic faction Hamas in Gaza City. Neighbours said the blast was apparently caused by explosives that detonated...
Last Settlers of the Gaza Patti has left Gaza Quietly, ending a 40-Year Era. It is a welcome step in the direction of a peaceful settlement of a contentious issue, perennially threatening the peace in the Middle East. However, it would have been better...
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