Abu Qatada's bail

" Home Secretary Jacqui Smith says an appeal will be lodged against a ruling preventing the deportation of radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada from the UK. Ms Smith said she was "disappointed" at the decision to grant him bail. Abu Qatada, 47, was freed from Long Lartin...

Jordanian campaign underway to boycott of Danish, Dutch products

"The campaign, entitled "The Messenger Unites Us," came into existence after a dozen Danish papers reprinted cartoons deemed blasphemous to the Prophet Mohammed in February.The controversial pictures were originally printed by the Danish paper Jyllands-Posten in September...

Jordan commemorates Nov 2005 terrorist attacks

""On this date two years ago, the hands of the coward terrorist had stabbed us from the back in a bloody terrorists attack in Amman, the Capital of Jordan, where the terrorists spilled out their hatred by killing innocent people from various countries and different...

Saddam's daughter joins protest in Jordan

"Saddam Hussein’s eldest daughter Raghad joined a sit-in today in the Jordanian capital Amman as protests grew around the Arab world over the hanging of Iraq’s former leader Saddam Hussein and the grim video images of the execution that have appeared online. In Amman,...

Arab haj pilgrims outraged at Saddam execution on Religious…

Arab pilgrims in Mecca expressed outrage on Saturday that Iraqi authorities had chosen to execute former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on a major religious holiday, saying it was an insult to Muslims. Sunni Arabs at the haj were shocked at Saddam's hanging which followed his...

[Barry Rubin] Necessary civil war of Fatah, Hamas

"Regardless of the latest hastily negotiated truce, the battle between nationalist Fatah and Islamist Hamas seems to be gaining intensity. Palestinian politics, always self-destructive, has reached new heights of internal conflict, pulling the population deeper into disorder...

Oil Pipeline From Mosul To The Mediterranean

A land route for Iraqi oil direct to the Mediterranean would lessen US dependence on Gulf oil supplies.

From The Nile To The Euphrates

Land promised by God? It's about 1000 miles across.