Posted on Sat, April 2, 2011 at 19:33 pm CEST
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Syrian Revolution Takes Off – Where is American Support?

As of today, one can say that the revolution in Syria must be taken seriously. Not only were the demonstrations large but also they… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Syrian Revolution • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 21:17 pm CEST
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Multiple Crises – Yemen Next

Since the ousting of Tunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egypt’s Husni Mubarak, the change Yemen is undergoing is lost in the dramatic events… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab Spring • Yemen 
Posted on Wed, March 30, 2011 at 19:19 pm CEST
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They Have a Name for Bombing Libya

After the West shamefully ignored the brutal crushing of the democracy uprisings in Iran we now have the bizarre… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Europe • Libya War • NATO • Satire • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, March 22, 2011 at 17:01 pm CET
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Building the New Mid-East

Today’s cartoon is from twenty years ago this month! Back then the media and all the pundits explained that as soon as the dust of war… Continue reading

Topics: Islamic Countries • Satire • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, March 20, 2011 at 16:11 pm CET
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Iran: Are the Events in the Arab World a Sign of the Mehdi’s Coming Return?

A documentary shown in Iran in the past several months has provoked a heated religious-legal debate… Continue reading

Topics: Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Thu, March 17, 2011 at 00:59 am CET
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Deadly Crackdown on Bahrain Protesters, Iran Rattled by Saudi Military Intervention

The contest between Iran and Saudi Arabia and the Sunni-Shiite split in the Arab world were ramped up to a dangerous level… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Iran • Saudi Arabia • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Mon, March 14, 2011 at 21:13 pm CET
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Foreign Troops go into Bahrain

Saudi and United Arab Emirates troops crossed into Bahrain Monday, March 14 to support the king against escalating anti-throne demonstrations… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Egypt • Jordan • Kuwait • Saudi Arabia • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy • United Arab Emirates • Yemen 
Posted on Sun, March 13, 2011 at 15:26 pm CET
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Hamas ordered five Israelis murdered following secret Islamist Khartoum parley

The Itamar attack was the first result of an Iran-funded secret conference in Khartoum last week of the heads of the national branches of the Muslim Brotherhood across the Arab world… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Global Jihad • Hamas • Iran • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Muslim Brotherhood • Sudan 
Posted on Sat, March 12, 2011 at 19:31 pm CET
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Arab Political Upheavals: Obsession with Israel Blinded Westerners to the Real Middle East

As we consider the lessons of the dramatic upheavals in Arabic-speaking countries one of the main ones is this: the overriding obsession with… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Countries • Islamism • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 22:27 pm CET
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Bahrain Opposition Cleric: We Want Sharia Law State

Not everyone in the opposition movements in Arab countries are Islamists, of course, but at least outside of… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Bahrain • Islamism • Shia Islam • Sunni Islam 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 20:40 pm CET
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Egypt and the Middle East: Romanticism Meets Reality

The projected million-women march turned out just 400 and they were harassed and in some cases attacked. Meanwhile, thousands of Muslims and Christians… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • The Middle East 
Posted on Wed, March 9, 2011 at 18:27 pm CET
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Egypt: Women Suffer Assault and Derision at Tahrir March

The romanticism of the Egyptian Revolution meets the reality of Islam dominated society. Read this report by Ali Abdel Mohsen about the Million Women March… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Human Rights 
Posted on Tue, March 8, 2011 at 17:09 pm CET
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Iran: Rafsanjani Loses Key Post, Mahdavi Kani New Assembly of Experts Chairman

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has been replaced as head of the Assembly of Experts committee constitutionally tasked with… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Iran • Shi'ism • Shia Islam 
Posted on Sun, March 6, 2011 at 00:43 am CET
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Barack Obama and the Cavalcade of Naivete

When you look at what’s happening around the world what’s happening in the Middle East, it is a manifestation of… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Islamic Countries • The Middle East • U.S. Middle East Policy • United States of America 
Posted on Mon, February 28, 2011 at 00:14 am CET
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Egypt’s Future Starts Coming Into Focus: There’s Good News and Bad News

Is this the long-awaited Arab Spring of Democracy or is it a stealth Islamist revolution? Every country is different and most governments other than… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Copts • Democracy • Egypt • Egyptian Revolution • Global Islam • Islamism • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 18:51 pm CET
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Iran and the “New Middle East” vision: “Time is on our side”

Iran once again portrayed the developments in the Arab world as reflecting the formation of a new Middle East inspired by the Islamic revolution… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Zionism • Global Islam • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Iran • Islamism • The Middle East • United States of America 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 17:51 pm CET
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UNHRC: World Praise for Libya 4 Months Ago

Libya is a member of the UN’s top Human Rights Body – the Human Rights Council. The majority of members of the UN General Assembly… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Global Islam • Human Rights • Islamic Countries • Libya • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 16:10 pm CET
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End is Near for Qaddafi: Rebels Take Over Most of Libya

Virtually the entire world has turned against Qaddafi, with the Arab League, the United Nations Security Council and Western powers demanding he end his slaughter… Continue reading

Topics: Arab League • Arab Spring • Democracy • Libya • Libya War • The Middle East • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, February 27, 2011 at 15:08 pm CET
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Israel-Bashing: The Al-Jazeera Mirror

American journalists on the ground in the Mid-East these past few weeks, elbow-to-elbow with al-Jazeera reporters like never before… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Media Bias 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 22:17 pm CET
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Changes in the Middle East? Much More Never Changes at All

In 1938 the Saudi diplomat Hafiz Wahbah secretly met with Zionist leader (and future Israeli prime minister) David Ben-Gurion… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Countries • Israel • Palestine Papers • Saudi Arabia • The Middle East 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 20:29 pm CET
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Libya: US Military Advisers in Cyrenaica

Hundreds of US, British and French military advisers have arrived in Cyrenaica, Libya’s eastern breakaway province… Continue reading

Topics: Britain • France • Libya • Libya War • United States of America 
Posted on Fri, February 25, 2011 at 01:57 am CET
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Egypt’s Revolution: The More They Reassure Us, The More We Worry

I think I was the first person to warn that the Egyptian revolution wasn’t all roses but also had a dangerous amount of thorns… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Democracy • Egyptian Revolution • Hamas • Islamism • Israel • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jasmine Revolution • Libya War • Muslim Brotherhood • The Middle East 
Posted on Thu, February 24, 2011 at 01:26 am CET
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Media and Middle East: Wow, These People are Repressive Dictators! Who Knew?

For those of us who have been trying to talk about Middle East dictators for a long time it is amusing to see how people are lining up to be “horrified” by… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • Human Rights • Islamic Countries • Islamic Fundamentalism • Libya • The Media • The Middle East 
Posted on Tue, February 22, 2011 at 19:54 pm CET
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TV Speech: Defiant Gaddafi Vows to Fight On and Die ‘as a Martyr’ Rather Than Quit

In a televised speech punctuated by long pauses, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi gave a long, rambling speech on Libyan State TV in which he… Continue reading

Topics: Arab Spring • Democracy • English • Libya • Libya War • The Middle East