Uyghur Militants in Syria: The Turkish Connection: The Chinese authorities have claimed that since 2013, “hundreds” of Uyghurs have travelled to Syria and Iraq to join the Islamic State and other jihadist organizations; such claims have been used as justification for new counter-terrorism policies (Xinhua, July
Saudi government has vast network of PR, lobby firms in U.S: The Saudi government and its affiliates have spent millions of dollars on U.S. law, lobby and public relations firms to raise the country’s visibility in the United States and before the United Nations at a crucial time. And some of Washington’s premier law and lobby
World played with fire in Syria, scholar says – John Rosenthal: Pakistan was greatly damaged when the military dictator Genreral Zia ul Haq streamlined the practice of using radical Deobandi and Wahhabi (Ahle Hadith) militants as an instrument of foreign policy. His successor PM Nawaz Sharif has never explicitly
Why the Arabs don’t want us in Syria: In part because my father was murdered by an Arab, I’ve made an effort to understand the impact of U.S. policy in the Mideast and particularly the factors that sometimes motivate bloodthirsty responses from the Islamic world against our
More evidence emerges linking Saudi government To 9/11: Earlier this week we reported that the U.S. government had potentially covered up Saudi Arabia’s involvement in 9/11, but now yet another shocking revelation has been made. Speculation has been rife throughout the course of the past couple of weeks,
Finally, some coverage of Saudi Arabia and 9/11: Finally, The Times decided to print articles on Saudi Arabia’s connection to the 9/11 attacks. (“9/11 attacks reemerge as a critical test of U.S.-Saudi relationship,” April 21) The unreleased 28 pages of the 9/11 Commission report are at
The U.S. might be better off cutting ties with Saudi Arabia: Our close association could undermine America’s role in the Middle East When President Barack Obama visited the Gulf this week to meet with leaders from Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council countries, the big question on many
Obama in Saudi Arabia, exporter of oil and bigotry: A college senior boarded a flight and excitedly called his family to recount a United Nations event he had attended, but, unfortunately, he was speaking Arabic. Southwest Airlines kicked him off the plane, in the sixth case reported
How Saudi Arabia dangerously undermines the United States: Iran is our external enemy of the moment. Saudi Arabia is our enduring internal enemy, already within our borders and permitted to poison American Muslims with its Wahhabi cult. Oh, and Saudi Arabia’s also the spring from which the
How US covered up Saudi role in 9/11: In its report on the still-censored “28 pages” implicating the Saudi government in 9/11, “60 Minutes” last weekend said the Saudi role in the attacks has been “soft-pedaled” to protect America’s delicate alliance with the oil-rich kingdom. That’s quite
Saudis caught with their pants down? – Zahra Abidi: After more than a decade, it seems the White House may finally be folding under pressure to declassify the 28 redacted pages of the 9/11 commission report. Bob Graham, ex-senator and former Chairman of the Senate Select Committee
The Varying responses to the death of Saudi monarch Abdullah: The Saudi kingdom along with the other tin pot monarchies in the Gulf like Qatar and UAE represent the fountainhead of Takfiri Salafi-Deobandi inspired terrorism. The different responses to the death of the Saudi monarch provide a snapshot of