The New Middle East: Arab versus non-Arab Muslims; Sunni versus S

By Barry Rubin.  The new Middle East strategic battle is heating up and this is only the start. It has nothing to do with Israel and everything to do with two more serious lines of battle: Arabs versus Persians and Sunni versus Shia Muslims.    ...

The trouble with being a benevolent dictator.

So are my predictions coming to pass? [ see story http://my.nowpublic.com/world/year-discontent-north-africa-and-arabia ]. However many of the rulers in North Africa and Arabia are eventually challenged to become more democratic, an interesting problem has arisen for the...

Karachi Carnage

The Carnage in Karachi was a double feature. First a suicide bomber blew himself up in the midst of a massive mourning procession during the Islamic month of Muharram. Such processions are taken out by the Shia sect of Islam so the immediate thoughts were that this was a...

Where in our lives does religion belong?

Religion is a dicey subject. Along with politics it is known to be one of the two big no no's when trying to keep dinner conversation peaceful and civil.For most, the word religion means buildings (churches, temples, and mosques), beliefs, books (like the Bible, the Qur'an or...

Iran Suicide Bomber Kills 35, Revolutionary Guard Generals

In an unprecedented incident, 35 people including elite Islamic Revolutionary guard generals killed in a suicide bast in the Iranian province of Sistan va Baluchestan. Iran squarely blamed US and Britain for...

Mullahs attack, police arrest Baluch activist

The mullahs appeared to have been angered as the secular Baluch protesters, who were raising slogans that said their veteran leader Nawab Khair Bakhsh Marri, 89, is their prophet. "Mutalib Baluch, a Baluch youth...

Iran blames the US in a deadly mosque bombing

Iran has accused the US of an involvement in a recent mosque bombing that killed many in the south-eastern volatile region of the Islamic Republic of Iran. " An Iranian official accused the United States on Friday...

Suicide bomber kills 9 Sunni militiamen in Iraq

Bombing in Iraq is not so important until any foreigner is killed in the incident.Last day they killed five US soldiers in the bombing incident, and today a suicide bomber blew himself to kill Sunni people, in this incident he killed 9 Sunni militiamen.How Obama is going to...

CIA spawned Jihadi monsters & still busy at it

The CIA was the key agency that catapulted religious extremisim in Muslim countries, and then dumping key actors like former ISI chief Gen. Hameed Gul and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden as if they were used...

Fresh sectarian clashes in northwest Pakistan, toll climbs to 47

Pakistan's northwestern frontier province is once again in the severe grip of sectarian violence. Fresh clashes broke out between rival Shia and Sunni groups in northwest Pakistan as a truce brokered by tribal elders collapsed due to new attacks by Taliban fighters, with the...

Bagdad Boom Blast Killed 23 and Injured 42

Terrorist groups from across the world is celebrating the new year in there own style, they are killing there own innocent people to justify there terror principle.In the latest boombing incident, which took place near capital city Bagdad, where tribal council was meeting, 23...

Iraq: Secret SOFA provisions exposed

As Iraqi Parliament discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), a local media outlet - al-Moheet - denounced the existence of secret provisions that affected their country. It is unclear whether such...

Class and religion in Iraq

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

$3.7 billion subway to be built in Baghdad

Baghdad officials announced plans today to build a two-line subway system in the Iraqi capital to ease congestion on the roads and fight heavy air pollution. The announcement raises concerns about the security of...

Deadly blasts hit Baghdad

BAGHDAD — Three or more explosions Monday ripped through a busy shopping district in northern Baghdad's Adhamiyah neighborhood, killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 68.North of Baghdad in Baqouba, a...

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