Takfiris kill Shia drivers execution-style in Syria: Video: The unverified footage shows a group of al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front Takfiris blocking a main road near the Iraqi border. The militants stop a number of heavy trucks and start interrogating the drivers about their religion. The frightened drivers claim

A Mirror to the West: Christian persecution with western support – Zahid Khan: Here is a recent video from Syria that shows Salafiists beheading Christians. Please don’t watch it if you have a weak heart or are below 18, as this presents an extremely graphic content. To me this video holds a

Free Syrian Army continues to fracture as more units defect – by Bill Roggio: More than 60 units of the Free Syrian Army that operate in the south recently broke off from the main military and political command, which is backed by the US and the West. At least one of the defecting

Turkey Saudi Arabia Kuwait and Qatar complicit in crimes against humanity in Syria – by Agha Shaukat Jafri: The enclosed New York Times article as well as the You Tube video illustrates for the first time a detailed and in-depth involvement of the Human Rights Watch in terms of criminal activities being perpetrated by the so-called Syrian rebels targeting Alawite

Human rights: persecution in Syria, Pakistan and Iran, censorship in Sudan, Iraq: Parliament passed three separate resolutions on Thursday, condemning violence and persecution against Christians in Syria, Pakistan and Iran, calling for protection for journalists and free access to the internet in Sudan and condemning acts of terrorism and sectarian violence

Why Diplomacy Matters – by Marziyeh Ozark: Diplomacy is criticized for being too slow a process and often yielding no concrete results. The US and Russia had met  for a year,  and discussed at great length the disposal of Syria’s chemical weapons stock pile , but

Sakina awaits Tomahawk in Damascus – by Tehsin Haider Zaidi: Arab countries are so excited to applaud the destruction of Damascus that according to Senator John Kerry they have offered to pay the cost of military intervention I visited Sakina only once during my trip to Damascus in 2004.

Editorial – Syria: The Saudi tail wags the American dog: “This story,” said the sociologist Michel de Certeau, “continues to be written during travels through a country from which I’m away.” de Certeau might have been talking about the American capitulation to the Takfiri Monarchy of Saudi Arabia in

Complex dimensions of Syria crisis – By Syed Zafar Mehdi: There is an extraordinary tendency in some of our argumentative political analysts and commentators to at times go overboard and miss the larger picture. Going through Happymon Jacob’s column this week on Syrian crisis was painful, if not agonizing.

پاکستانی دہشت گرد شام جا کے لڑ رہے ہیں – وزیر اعلی بلوچستان: بلوچستان کے وزیر اعلیٰ ڈاکٹر عبدالمالک بلوچ نے کہا ہے کہ بلوچستان کی شدت پسند تنظیموں سے تعلق رکھنے والے لوگ شام میں لڑنے کے لیے جا رہے ہیں۔ انھوں نے کہا کہ یہ نہیں معلوم کہ کتنی تعداد

جہاد النکاح کا دھوکہ: سلفی ملاؤں کے فتوے کے بعد سینکڑوں دیوبندی وسلفی لڑکیاں شام میں جہادی دہشت گردوں کی جنسی ہوس کا نشانہ بن گئیں: تیونس کے وزیر داخلہ لطفی بن جدو نے پارلیمنٹ کے اراکین کو بتایا ہے کہ کئی سلفی وہابی خواتین ’جنسی جہاد‘ کے لیے شام میں حکومت کے خلاف لڑنے والے دیوبندی و سلفی جنگجوؤں کے ساتھ جنسی مراسم کے

Saudi lobby in the USA: MPAC and CAIR: Which Muslims do they really represent?- by Agha Shaukat Jafri: Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) & Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR): tell the White house that Muslims wholeheartedly support a U.S Military strike on Syria to punish Bashar al-Assad. Which Muslims do they really represent asks Agha (Shaukat) Jafri. http://www.mpac.org/programs/government-relations/dc-news-and-views/syria-a-human-tragedy-requires-a-response.php#.UjqoAMashcZ http://www.cair.com/press-center/press-releases/12097-cair-urges-obama-to-act-without-delay-after-syria-gas-massacre.html

Improving US Iran relations: key to world peace: LUBP appreciates the gestures of peace and good relations by both President Obama and President Rouhani. We firmly believe in peace through dialogue not war. The United States and Iran should continue on engage on difficult issues. Chief among

Half of Syrian rebels are hardline Islamists: British study: Members of rebel brigades parade on September 13, 2013 at a former military academy north of Aleppo. (AFP Photo/Jm Lopez) Jihadists and members of hardline Islamist groups make up almost half of forces fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad,

Father of Taliban Maulana Sami-ul-Haq Deobandi (Mullah Sandwich) says: “Mullah Umar is like an angel, give all power to Taliban”:   Molana Sami ul Haq Deobandi AKA Mullah Sandwich has spoken to support his favorite and most notable student the one eyed Mullah Umar,  leader of the Afghan Taliban. Speaking from the founding University of Global Terrorism “Dar ul Uloom Haqqania

Good bargain? Saudi Arabia sends 1,239 death row inmates to fight in Syria with full pardon: Editor’s note: We are publishing this story as it corroborates our earlier story about the release of terrorist prayer leaders to Pakistan.  King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia with French President Francois Hollande, who went to the desert kingdom in

Time Magazine: Sryian and Pakistan Army beheadings by Wahhabi and Deobandi terrorists: This barbaric act, where Saudi-backed Salafists terrorists are decapitating a Syrian soldier, must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. http://lightbox.time.com/2013/09/12/witness-to-a-syrian-execution-i-saw-a-scene-of-utter-cruelty/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#6 If we compare both pictures, it is obvious who is doing the killing in Pakistan and Syria. Pakistanis

It’s not about the chemical weapons, it’s about the Syrian pipeline – by Vicky Nissen: Obama is going after Syria to secure gas pipelines for Wahhabi Arab States. America’s quest to bomb Syria is not about chemical weapons being used against the Syrians. Chemical weapons are basically a smoke screen, and Obama desperately wants

A Plea for Caution From Russia What Putin Has to Say to Americans About Syria – by Putin: MOSCOW — RECENT events surrounding Syria have prompted me to speak directly to the American people and their political leaders. It is important to do so at a time of insufficient communication between our societies. Relations between us have

The Intelligence Community’s Revolt Against Obama on Syria: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity have issued a memorandum to President Obama directly challenging his administration’s claims on Syria’s use of chemical weapons: MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Is Syria a Trap? Precedence: IMMEDIATE We

Seeking Legitimacy for Syrian WAR – by Alizeh Khaleeli: The reason Obama is waiting for Congress to consider the military strike is to appear to exhaust all avenues to legitimize the war on Syria.This begs the question as to why does approval matter to the US, after all

The World’s Red Line? – by Rusty Walker: Obama’s red line amounted to a “green light.” It was AFTER Obama drew a red line that Syria used chemical weapons, (or, al Qaeda used chems). Subsequently, Obama lied about his clear statement, and smoothly reframed it as a

In Focus: Why does the US want to attack Syria? – by Tahir Mehdi:   The United States is at war once again and in its favorite battleground, the Middle East. This is despite the fact that they are facing a lot of trouble in withdrawing from Afghanistan in a respectable manner after

Syrians in Ghouta reveal that Saudi-supplied rebels are behind chemical attack: Clarification: Dale Gavlak assisted in the research and writing process of this article, but was not on the ground in Syria. Reporter Yahya Ababneh, with whom the report was written in collaboration, was the correspondent on the ground in Ghouta

Veteran Pakistani journalist Nazir Naji weighs in on the Saudi-CIA war on Syria: In his Urdu column in daily Dunya newspaper, Pakistan’s senior columnist Nazir Naji writes on the situation in Syria in his usual eloquent and simple style. His column is translated and summarized here: Our sympathies for the Syrian people

What will Russia do?: Prof. Dugin, the world faces right now in Syria the biggest international crisis since the downfall of the Eastern Block in 1989/90. Washington and Moscow found themselves in a proxy-confrontation on the Syrian battleground. Is this a new situation?

شامی عوام کے خلاف کیمیائی ہتھیار امریکہ اورسعودی عرب کے حمایت یافتہ باغیوں اوروہابی دہشت گردوں نے استعمال کیے – نزیر ناجی: http://e.dunya.com.pk/colum.php?date=2013-09-08&edition=LHR&id=15804_89183650

’شام کے خلاف یکطرفہ کارروائی جارحیت ہو گی‘: روس کے صدر ولادیمیر پوتن نے امریکہ اور اس کے اتحادیوں کو شام کے خلاف یکطرفہ کارروائی کرنے پر خبردار کرتے ہوئے کہا ہے کہ اقوام متحدہ سے منظوری کے بغیر شام کے خلاف کوئی بھی فوجی کارروائی ’جارحیت‘

In a U.S. strike on Syria where a significant number of rebels are Salafists, critics mock Obama: “U.S. is al Qaeda’s Air Force” – by Rusty Walker: Let us learn our lessons. … Never believe any war will be smooth and easy or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war

Syed Riaz Al-Malik Hajjaji confused: “shia sunni conflict or sectarian war” used to obfuscate the Salafi identity of Al Qaeda: Hajjaji is getting more and more confused. I was so grateful to intellectual uncles and Aunty who post on Facebook and who were taking a stand against Assad regime while mantaining that they were neutral and while keeping the

Machiavellian stalemate in Syria and more death: the best strategic option for the West and Israel: Editor’s Note: we are cross posting an article by The NewYork Times which validates positions taken by LUBP writers several months ago, indeed it benefits Isreal and the West for the civil war in Syria to never end. So

Obama’s self-aggrandisement and potential victories for al-Assad – by Dr. M.R. Nakvisson: Avoiding single-factor explanations and taking into account Obama’s personal ambitions, one can see self-aggrandisement attempts in his decision to seek congressional approval for strike on Syria. As regards al-Assad, he may very well emerge victorious in the long-run. Much has

Secular Pakistan or dismemberment of Pakistan into very small states?: Shehla Raza speaks from the heart. The crimes against Shia and Sufi Sunni (brelvi) which form about 80 percent of Pakistan’s population have been steadily increasing since 1985. Shia Muslims are especially targeted, Shia doctors even Shia prisoners are

خادمین حرمین یا خادمین امریکین – از حق گو: 1991- ﺍﻣﺮﯾﮑﯽ ﻧﮯ ﮐﻮﯾﺖ ﺟﻨﮓ ﻣﯿﮟ ﻋﺮﺍﻕ ﭘﺮ ﺣﻤﻠﮧ ﮐﯿﺎ ﺗﻮﮨﻮﺍﺋﯽ ﺍﮈﮮ ﺍﻭﺭ ﺯﻣﯿﻨﯽ ﺭﺍﺳﺘﮧ ﺳﻌﻮﺩﯾﮧ ﻧﮯ ﺩﯾﺎ 1998- ﻣﯿﮟ ﺑﻐﺪﺍﺩ ﭘﺮ ﺑﻤﺒﺎﺭﯼ ﮐﮯ ﻟﯿﺌﮯ ﺍﻣﺮﯾﮑﯽ ﻃﯿﺎﺭﮮﺳﻌﻮﺩﯾﮧ ﺳﮯ ﺍﮌﮮ 2001- ﻣﯿﮟ ﺍﯾﮏ ﺑﺎﺭ ﭘﮭﺮ ﺳﻌﻮﺩﯾﮧ ﺳﮯ ﺍﻓﻐﺎﻧﺴﺘﺎﻥ ﭘﺮ ﺣﻤﻠﮧﺍﻣﺮﯾﮑﯿﻮﮞ

Syrians in Ghouta claim Saudi-sponsored rebels behind chemical attack: LUBP editor’s note: The Saudi agenda of pitting the United States against Iran is dangerous to global peace. The US Congress session must reconsider its alliance with Saudi Arabia’s Salafist regime that is actively backing Al Qaeda in Syria.

Syria intervention plan fueled by oil interests, not chemical weapon concern – by Nafeez Ahmed: U.N. chemical weapons experts visit people affected by an apparent gas attack, at a hospital in the southwestern Damascus suburb of Mouadamiya. Photograph: Stringer/Reuters On 21 August, hundreds – perhaps over a thousand – people were killed in a

The Syrian stumble – by Zeeshan Shah: The war on terror has changed the landscape of the Middle East. It has brought in a new world order and created divide between the East and the West. In this context, the UN Security Council set a line

LUBP appreciates the clear headed stance by Ed Miliband: Editors Note: LUBP appreciates the clear headed stance by ED Miliband leader of the opposition Labor party in the British Parliament. Wars have been undertaken too many times on flimsy evidence and in haste, the West must learn from

Syria – The Whirlpool of World’s Hypocrisy – by Xain Gardezi:   If some decades later, historians are asked to depict the Syrian civil war with just one drawing, they might as well just use above shown illustration of Jordanian Cartoonist Osama Hajjaj. Ironically everyone in the picture has always

Who is Using Chemical Weapons in Syria? by A Z: The reality is Syrian conflict is ‘bad guys’ against ‘bad guys’. There are no good guys in this battlefield. Assad’s regime is unscrupulously murderous to Stalinesque proportions, but it would make no sense for them to use chemical weapons.