United States of America (USA) Archive
The ‘drone papers’ do not reflect all drone programs, especially in Pakistan – C. Christine Fair: Recently, The Intercept announced that it had “obtained a cache of secret documents detailing the inner workings of the U.S. military’s assassination program in Afghanistan, Yemen and Somalia.” According to The Intercept, the documents, which were illegally furnished
Henry Kissinger: Realpolitik and Kurdish Genocide – Dr M. Koohzad: “Our movement and people are being destroyed in an unbelievable way, with silence from everyone. We feel, your Excellency, that the United States has a moral and political responsibility towards our people, who have committed themselves to your country’s
From the “Moderate Rebels” of the 1980s Afghan Jihadis to the “Moderate Rebels” of Al Qaeda in Syria – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: The leader of the Syrian brand of Al Qaeda “Moderate Rebels” , General Salim Edriss even endorses them as “the aspirations of the Syrian people”. I think he too is weak with geography and probably meant Erdogan supporters.
شیخ نمر کی سزا اور پاکستانی انسانی حقوق کے چمپینز کی خاموشی – عامر حسینی: شیخ نمر النمر سابقہ حجاز اور موجودہ ” سعودی عرب ” کے مشرقی صوبے ” عوامیہ ” سے تعلق رکھتے ہیں اور یہآں کی اکثریتی اثناء عشری شیعہ آبادی کی نمائندگی کرتے ہیں ، سعودی عرب کا یہ صوبہ
It’s time to talk about Saudi Arabia – Stanley Weiss: In the House of Commons this past Tuesday, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond made two announcements pertaining to Saudi Arabia that sounded like they came straight out of the ninth century. The first was that thanks to British
How i moved from opposition To Assad before 2011 to defending him from Imperialist and Takfiri attack – by Steven Argue: [Photo: 2014 Syrian protest organized by women supporting the Syrian Arab Army against takfiri and wahhabi rebels.] Before 2011 I did not like Bashar al-Assad’s: 1. Oppression of the Kurds; 2. Human rights abuses; 3. Neo-liberal economic reforms that
Did Turkey’s regime just kill its own people at a peace rally?: Turkey’s government would have you believe that Kurdish terrorists killed more than 100 Kurdish party faithful at a peace rally. It’s clear the Erdogan regime thinks the world is pretty stupid to believe that. Amazingly, Western leaders are buying
Turkey is the next failed state in the Middle East: Spengler: We do not know just who detonated the two bombs that killed 95 Kurdish and allied activists in Ankara Saturday, but the least likely conjecture is that President Erdogan’s government is guiltless in the matter. As Turkish member of
The West rightly condemns Isis’ vandalism of ancient sites – but not Saudi Arabia’s – Robert Fisk: Explosives pulverise historic sites in the Middle East, bulldozers erase ancient tombs and shrines, historic forts are torn down and Ottoman facades destroyed. The home of the favourite wife of the most revered man in an entire religion is
When it comes to spinning Syria, the Pakistani establishment has nothing on the current US administration: Welcome to the Good Al Qaeda vs Bad Al Qaeda binary where the US media is currently (attempting to) spinning Ahrar ul Sham as the “moderate” “secularly-inclined” Al Qaeda (lite?). Yes, the very group that lashes those who miss
The dirty war on Syria: barrel bombs, partisan sources and war propaganda – Prof. Tim Anderson: War propaganda often demands the abandoning of ordinary reason and principle, and the Dirty War on Syria demonstrates this in abundance. A steady stream of atrocity stories – ‘barrel bombs’, chemical weapons, ‘industrial scale’ killings, dead babies – permeate
Jeremy Corbyn and human rights groups asked David Cameron to intervene in the case of Ali Mohammed al-Nimr – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: Dear viewers, please see this video. It is about a profession that is rapidly dying out. whats the word for it. ah yes, JOURNALISM. The individual interviewing British Prime Minister Cameron must be censured and punished for his
Truth in media : origins of ISIS: Ben Swann explores the origin of ISIS that has already been long forgotten by American media. Swann takes on the central issue of whether or not ISIS was created by “inaction” by the United States government or by
A useful prep-sheet on Syria for media propagandists – Gary Leupp: State Department talking points on Syria for cable news anchors: * Keep mentioning the barrel bombs. Do not mention how their use was pioneered by the Israeli Air Force in 1948, and how they were used by the U.S.
مشرق وسطی کی سیاست اور جنگیں دنیا بھی بدل سکتی ہے – شفیق طوری: آج روس نے شام میں فضائی حملوں کا آغاز کردیا ہے۔ روس نے ایک ایسے جنگ میں کودنے کا فیصلہ کیا ہے، جس میں تقریباً دو لکھ افراد بچوں اور عورتوں سمیت لقمہ اجل بنے ہیں۔ باؤثوق ذرائع کیمطابق
Letter to Uncle Sam on Syria – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: Now that you have pinpointed the presence of Water on Mars, please use the same technology to pin point ISIS in Syria. Please don’t let Mother Russia take all the credit. And Do all the bombing. Yes, yes,
Saudi Arabia backed “moderate rebels” of Al Qaeda and ISIS – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: It seems that the World has gone back in time to 1980. Back then, the USSR which was backing a secular muslim regime was lured into protecting that regime with troops on the ground. The regime was threatened by
The silence of the Left on Saudi aggression on Yemen and Bahrain – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: The world has flipped. Sections of the Left are wrong in portraying Salafi-Wahabi and Deobandi terrorists groups like ISIS/FSA/Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, ASWJ-LeJ, Taliban and Al Shabab as “misunderstood” “deprived” and victims of “economic deprivation”. Sections of the Left
What Putin told the UN: the US and allies are to blame in Mideast: Those who hoped Vladimir Putin would lead the way out of the Syria crisis with a detailed new plan on Monday were disappointed. The Russian president used his address to the UN General Assembly for a tour de force
شام : اوبامہ اور پیوٹن کی پوکر گیم – عامر حسینی: کل جب یو این کے 70 ویں جنرل اسمبلی سیشن میں امریکی صدر باراک اوبامہ اور ولادیمیرپیوٹن نے خاص طور پر مڈل ایسٹ اور شام پر اپنے اپنے موقف کے دفاع میں دلائل دئے تو سچی بات یہ ہے
The evil empire of Saudi Arabia is the West’s real enemy: Iran is seriously mistrusted by Israel and America. North Korea protects its nuclear secrets and is ruled by an erratic, vicious man. Vladimir Putin’s territorial ambitions alarm democratic nations. The newest peril, Isis, the wild child of Islamists, has
Putin is talking more sense on Syria than anyone else – John R. Bradley: At the outset of Syria’s brutal four-year civil war, I was an almost unique voice in the British media deploring the push to depose the secular dictator President Bashar al-Assad, especially in the absence of a genuinely popular
Speak out now: Simply demanding basic human rights for Ali Mohammad Al Nimr – Dr. Muzaffar: While the liberal corner of the internet is positively outraged over the arrest of a fourteen year old Texan boy who made a suspicious looking clock and brought it to school, the official change.org petition to save Ali al-Nimr
سعودی عرب : منتظر سر قلم و مصلوب علی محمد النمر کون ہے ؟ – عامر حسینی: پاکستان کے انگریزی پریس میں ایک ، دو اخبارات میں خبر آئی ہے کہ 21 سالہ شیعہ ایکٹوسٹ علی محمد النمر کو سعودی عرب سرقلم کرکے مصلوب کرنے کی تیاری کررہا ہے اور اس کی آخری اپیل بھی مسترد
Obama’s Iran Deal creates international safety – Pranaav Jadhav: You may have often heard from political pundits that the second term of a presidency is often uncharismatic and low-key. This certainly does not seem to apply to President Obama who used up every bit of his last resource
Hajjaji salutes General Petraeus disingenuous support for Al Qaeda “moderates” in Syria – Riaz Malik Hajjaji: General Petraeus’s sly backing of Al Qaeda “moderates” reminds Hajjaji of the Good Taliban vs Bad Taliban/Pakistan Taliban vs Afghan Taliban “distinction” that was made by the civil and military establishment in Pakistan. This “distinction” was formalised in the
“Do not kill women, children, the old, or the infirm…” words “From your mouth to Heaven’s Door,” by Rusty Walker: It is the terrorists that are responsible for the death of this child. Not the drowning, not the fleeing of this child’s homeland. Culpability lies on the blood-soaked hands of the Takfiri Salafist invaders- Daesh who set off the chain of
Noam Chomsky on the Iran deal: Throughout the world there is great relief and optimism about the nuclear deal reached in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 nations, the five veto-holding members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany. Most of the world
داعش اور تکفیری تنظیموں کے خلاف کامیابی کے لئے سعودیہ سے آنے والے تکفیری نظریات اور فنڈنگ کو بھی روکنا ہوگا – خرم زکی: جبھت النصرہ اورداعش دہشت گرد تنظیم ہو نے کے ساتھ ساتھ تکفیری سوچ اور نظر یہ بھی رکھتے ہیںاگر ہم واقعتًا ان جیسی تنظیموں سے لڑنا چا ہتے ہیں تو یہ دیکھنے کی ضرورت ہے کہ کہا ں سے
How to beat ISIS: Give the Moderate Shia, Sunnis and Kurds Their Own Permanent Regions for which to fight – by Rusty Walker: How to beat ISIS involves giving moderate Shia, Sunnis and Kurds something to fight for that is sustainable…and, something new: guaranteed U.S. coalition support until the job is done: and separate states. Absurd?Should we send in more troops to Iraq and
ملّا عمر کا جانا اور آنا ملّا اختر منصور کا – افسانہ اور حقیقت – صداے اہلسنت: جولائی کے آغاز ہی میں پاکستانی میڈیا میں 80ء کی دھائی میں “افغان جہاد ایکسپرٹ اور تجزیہ نگار ” بنکر ابھرنے والے صحافی اور پھر ” ماہر طالبانیات ” کے بارے میں یہ خبریں موصول ہونا شروع ہوگئی
‘Muslims are biggest victims’: ISIS’ online recruiting success story: The Islamic State’s deft use of social media is continuing to inspire and recruit young people in America to its cause and win them over to Islam, in spite of the terror group’s brutal tactics causing violence around the
تحریک طالبان افغانستان کی نئی قیادت کا انتخاب : کیا افغانستان خانہ جنگی سے نکل پائے گا – خالد نورانی – مدیر صدائے اہلسنت: تحریک طالبان افغانستان جو کہ خود کو امارت اسلامی افغانستان کہلاتی ہے کی مرکزی مجلس شوری نے اپنے امیر ملا محمد عمر کی موت کی تصدیق کردی ہے ، ان کی موت کی تصدیق امارت اسلامی افغانستان نے اپنی
Tahir Ashrafi and Malik Ishaq: Two of a kind, but with different methods of mayhem – by Rusty Walker: Hafiz Tahir Ashrafi and Malik Ishaq, are indeed two of a kind, in their blatant Deobandi extremism- one shouts fatalist, hate-speech, the other follows with fatal hate-crimes. Speeches can kill, when killers are influenced by hateful ideologies. They simply
Ridding Islamophobia is as simple and as difficult as Educating the Public – by Rusty Walker: The following is my response to my friend’s article, Dr. Danusha Goska’s, “Pushing the “Islamophobia” Myth on National Public Radio,” published in “Jihad Watch,” July 27, 2015. http://www.jihadwatch.org/2015/07/pushing-the-islamophobia-myth-on-national-public-radio All panels that I have witnessed on Islamophobia seem to share a
Rebuild Baqee: Rallies held in several US cities – by Naila Aziz Ahmed: On Al Jazeera, Imam Saiyed Mehmoob Mehdi talking about the rallies that are being held in several cities in the United States by an organization called Al Baqee which is protesting the destruction of Islamic sites by Saudi Arabia.
Who has triumphed in Vienna? – by Syed Kashif Ali: With sanctions removed, not only will Iranian economic revival be initiated but also greater US-Iran regional cooperation is expected in the Middle East, especially for Iraq’s stability, fight against Islamic State and peaceful settlement of the Syrian and the
WikiLeaks and Saudi obsession with Iran – Agha Shaukat Jafri: How many additional revelations the Western powers and their policy makers would need so as to shut the faucets of friendship and favoritism that are showered non-stop upon the evil empire of Saudi Arabia. Pakistan, Iraq, and
#ChattanoogaShooting: Why does the media continue to ignore the Takfiri Salafi-Wahabi ideology behind global terrorism: Another day, another tragic massacre. After Fort Hood, when a radicalised Salafi American Col. Nidal shot and wounded nearly 50 American soldiers and servicemen, another radicalised Salafi-Wahabi American citizen has murdered 5 American marines and sailors in the Chattanooga
Protests banners for Zaid Hamid’s release at Al Quds rallies in N. America – by Dr. Talib Raza: Zaid Hamid views regarding the Saudi government are well known. On many occasions he has clearly condemned Saudi government involvement in creating chaos and terror in Pakistan and all over the world, by funding the Takfiri Deoabandi and Salafi