Iranian Tyranny Goes Global

Facing a growing crisis at home and abroad, leadership in Iran is cracking down on the dissident "Green Movement" as Tehran seeks to stem the growing voices of dissent against hard line Islamic rule. In what could...

Today’s Vital Question: Where Are Arabs?

“Israeli police raid Aqsa compound” “Amnesty: the Zionist entity depriving Palestinians of water” “More than 4500 Palestinian prisoner in 2009” “Zionist Rabbis calls on Netanyahu government to close...

Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim: Powerful Iraqi Shiite Leader Dies in Iran

Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim  was a kings-maker in Iraqi politics who channeled rising Shiite Muslim power after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Abdul- Aziz al-Hakim died August 26, 2009 after a battle with lung cancer....

Afghan Marriage Law Passes Husband Can Starve Wife

With media attention focussed on the upcoming Afghan elections, President Karzai has passed the controversial marriage law with some ammendments.  It does allow a man to withhold food and money from his wife if she denies him sex. " The new law includes a section saying...

Choksy on Iran: 'situation very grave for Iranian people'

Indiana University professor of Iranian Studies and specialist on Iranian history and religions, Jamsheed Kairshasp Choksy, thinks the situation is very grave for the Iranian people. " "I think the situation is...

Will Iraq Split Up

This will probably happen, if not this year then almost surely within five years. If the US withdraws there will be no force strong enough to hold Iraq together,"The country's biggest Shiite party is hoping for a...

Class and religion in Iraq

Sabah al-Nasseri: Conflict in Iraq is more complex than the Sunni-Shiite division pt.4/4

Lebanon wants facts from Gadhafi on missing cleric

" 2008-08-31 19:30:02 -  BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - A prominent Lebanese politician on Sunday asked Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to reveal anything he knows about the disappearance of a senior Lebanese cleric during a trip to Libya 30 years ago. Shiite cleric Imam...

Bombings kill 43 in Baghdad, Kirkuk

Gunmen ambushed Shiite pilgrims in the a Sunni town south of Baghdad Monday. The pilgrims were marching to a major shrine there for a religious holiday.The area is a former stronghold of Al Qaeda in Iraq and was touted as one of the success stories of the US military surge,...

US 'ponders Iran diplomatic base' (updated)

" Updates:  Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the US has yet to make an official request for establishing an interest section in Tehran. “The US officials prefer to have an American-style approach on the issue and to declare it through media and informed...

Iraqi Prime Minister: Government has Defeated Terrorism

Tune in to CNN, NBC or your local paper to see if you see this story.  Good news from Iraq not good for the media. The Prime Minister of Iraq says,  The Terrorists have been...

Iraqi police: Suicide bomber strikes in Karmah

Another Sucide attack had taken place in the restive town west of Baghdad. More details are expected   " Iraqi police say a suicide bomber has detonated an explosive belt inside the municipal council headquarters in a town west of Baghdad during a meeting of tribal...

Another Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Iraqi Province, Killing 15 Near Courthouse

Another female suicide bomber has struck in Iraq, this time killing 15 people."The latest in a wave of female suicide bombers killed 15 people and wounded more than 40 others on Sunday near a heavily fortified courthouse and government outpost in central Baquba, Iraqi...

Iraqis take to the streets to protest US security deal

The propsed U.S.-Iraq security pact, which would, among other things allow the U.S. to maintain bases in Iraq over the long term, has received almost no media coverage in North America. In Iraq itself, however,...

Car Bomb Kills 51 in Baghdad

Violence continues in Baghdad, as a car bomb exploded on Tuesday evening, killing as many as 51 people and injuring 75 more. "A car bomb at a bus stop in north Baghdad killed at least 51 people and wounded 75...

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