United States of America (USA) Archive
61% of Americans favor cooperating with Iran to contain Islamic State Deobandi/Wahabi militants: A new poll has found that the majority of Americans are in favor of cooperating with Iran to help the Iraqi government beat back militants from the Islamic State. The poll, conducted by the University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy and
SOS from Iraq: 15,000 residents of Amirli under siege of death by ISIS terrorists: A small town in Kirkuk Iraq with a population of 15000 residents, most of them are Shia Turkemen and Sufi Sunni, is surrounded by the Islamic State (IS/ISIS) Salafi Wahhabi militants vowing to kill every man, woman and child.
DISPATCHES: Della Mae in Pakistan – by Amy Reitnouer: Our favorite ‘grass gals, DELLA MAE, are traveling through Central Asia as part of the U.S. State Department’s American Music Abroad program. Bassist SHELBY MEANS sent the Sitch an update on their journey and time spent in
Daniel Pipes : Two classic articles on Saudi US relations: The Scandal of U.S.-Saudi Relations “When it comes to the Saudi-American relationship, the White House should be called the ‘White Tent.'” – Mohammed Al-Khilewi, a Saudi diplomat who defected to the United States[1] Consider two symbolic moments in the U.S.-Saudi
Is ISIS another master stroke by the western intelligence services? – by Ali Hashim: In the last 15 years a variety of Islamist Jihadi movements have erupted across the world in response to inequities, e.g. those in Israel, Chechnya, Palestine, Kashmir and against local despots such as those in Libya, Syria, Egypt, Saudi
Former US ambassador to Iraq says: It’s not Washington’s job to tell Iraq who its leaders should be: James F. Jeffrey has served as U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Turkey and Albania. He is the Philip Solondz visiting fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. As the U.S. ambassador to Iraq from 2010 to 2012,
Washington Post’s Editorial: The U.S. must take a stronger stand on Bahrain after it expels a senior official: ARAB STATES dependent on the United States for military and economic support once went out of their way to avoid public conflict with Washington. More than five years into the Obama administration, there has been a reversal: Now
U.S. Official Ordered Out of Bahrain After Meeting – by Michael R. Gordon and Kareem Faheem: WASHINGTON — Bahrain on Monday ordered the senior United States official on human rights to cut short his visit and leave the country after he met with the nation’s main Shiite opposition group. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said that
دیوبندی سلفی دہشت گردوں کی دہشت گردی سامراجی منصوبے کا حصہ ہے – از عبدلقادر: شام : شام میں بشار السد کی سیکولر حکومت کا تختہ الٹنے کے لئے “جمہوریت” کے نام پر خانہ جنگی شروع کروائی جاتی ہے، اس خانہ جنگی کو “عرب سپرنگ” یا ” شامی بغاوت” کا نام دیا جاتا ہے۔
دولت اسلامیہ کے عراق پر حملے کے پردہ نشین منصوبہ بند بے نقاب ہوگئے – از عامر حسینی: ترکی سے شایع ہونے والے ایک اخبار Özgür Gündem نے ایک خصوصی کورسٹوری میں انکشاف کیا ہے کہ عراق کے شہر موصل پر حملے اور بغداد کی طرف پیش رفت کی منصوبہ بندی اردن کے دارالحکومت عمان میں ایک
Özgür Gündem: ISIS attack planned in Amman: It has emerged that the recent ISIS assault on Iraq was planned at a meeting in the Jordanian capital of Amman. According to the Özgür Gündem newspaper, the secret meeting was attended by the KDP and Ba’athists and took
Holder announces task force on ‘homegrown’ terrorists – by Timothy M. Phelps: Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder, Jr. on Monday announced the creation of a task force within the Justice Department to combat an “escalating danger” from “homegrown” terrorists within the United States. The Justice Department, in a news release accompanying Holder’s weekly video
Generals and Oil Corporations: In this post, we present some snapshots from Pakistani and international media that demonstrate incompetence of generals (Pakistani, American, British etc) and also the role of Oil Corporations in international strategies and policy decisions. Ayaz Amir (The News, 4
West’s Jihadist assets – by Laleen Ahmad: Why is that civil liberties and freedom of expression in the West are sacrosanct, but Salafi-Deobandi and related hate mongers are allowed to operate freely? For instance, gays are legally protected against discrimination. There are legal safeguards
NSA spying on PPP is violation of international law: FO: KARACHI: The Foreign Office of Pakistan on Thursday raised the issue with the US authorities regarding their National Security Agency (NSA) spying on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Express News reported. Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam said that such spying is
Why must muslims look to be reassured? – by A Z: Here is a piece in Telegraph, premised on two recently published books and mainly defending British Muslims, that a friend sent to me, hoping that it will help me see the ‘light’. It is indeed a commendable effort
Silence of the liberal lambs on CIA’s dirty role in Iraq and Syria – by Abdul Nishapuri: What we are currently witnessing in Iraq is neither Sunni Shia war nor Saudi Iran war. This false discourse manufactured by the CIA and Saudi intelligence and uncritically promoted by pseudo-liberals (in Pakistan, Middle East and West) serves neither
Obama’s Disastrous Iraq Policy: An Autopsy – by Peter Beinart: Mourners in Najaf carry the coffins of Iraqi Special Forces soldiers killed in clashes with Wahabi militants in Ramadi, in January 2014. (Ahmad Mousa/Reuters) Yes, the Iraq War was a disaster of historic proportions. Yes, seeing its architects
Now we see how his doctrine turns enemies into ‘allies’ – by Robert Fisk: How do they get away with these lies? Now Tony Blair tells us that Western “inaction” in Syria has produced the Iraq crisis. But since bombing Syria would have brought to power in Damascus the very Islamists
How US and Britain were warned of Isis advance in Iraq but ‘turned a deaf ear’ – by Richard Spencer: Five months ago, a Kurdish intelligence “asset” walked into a base and said he had information to hand over. The capture by jihadists the month before of two Sunni cities in western Iraq was just the beginning, he
امام حسین کانفرنس کا احوال اور کچھ معروضات: مولوی ہر گز نہ شد مولائے روم – از عامر حسینی: گذشتہ اتوار جامعہ منهاج الحسین جوہر ٹاون لاہور میں دوسری سالانہ امام حسین کانفرنس کا انعقاد ہوا اور اس کانفرنس کا عنوان تها “سیاست حسین علیہ السلام مجهے سید احسن عباس رضوی نے اس کانفرنس میں شرکت کی دعوت
Protest Against Terrorism in Front of the White House – by Daniyal Zaidi: I would say Saddam, but Saddam was quite successful in fooling the world and making them believe that he was a secular and not a religious Salafi/Wahabi fanatic leader. And Bandar Bin Sultan is not a religious figure either,
تکفیری دہشتگردی کا ابلاغی مقابلہ – دعوتی نقطۂ نظر – از خرم زکی: میں مسلمانوں کے درمیان اتحاد کا قائل ہوں، شیعہ, سنی، دیوبندی، بریلوی، اہل حدیث، سب کو مسلمان سمجھتا ہوں، ان میں سے کسی کی تکفیر نہیں کرتا، لیکن تکفیری خارجی دہشتگردوں کا کوئی احترام نہیں نہ ہی ان کے
It’s Not Shias Vs Sunnis in Iraq – by Ali Khan Mahmudabad, Cambridge University: The current conflict in Iraq is not a battle between Sunnis and Shi‘as as most news agencies and analysts are claiming. The Islamic State for Iraq and Shaam or ISIS as they are popularly referred to are
Good statement by Grand Ayatollah Khamenei on Takfiri terrorism and Sunni-Shia unity against Takfiris and their imperialist mentors: The great danger of the #Takfiri forces is not about killing the innocents, although that is a #crime, a big crime, but the greater danger is that Takfiris make Sunnis and Shias distrust one another; this is a
ایک درد دل رکھنے والے پاکستانی کی جماعت اسلامی سے اپیل: جماعت اسلامی کی قیادت سے ایک گزارش!! میں اتحاد بین المسلمین کا داعی ہوں اور عملاً اس کی ترویج کرتا ھوں اور حقیر نے ھر ایسے فورم پر اتحاد کی آواز اٹھائی ھے کہ جس نے جب بھی جہاں
10 Myths about the Crisis in Iraq: The ongoing Iraq crisis has upended many assumptions about Iraq and US policy in the Arab East (al-mashriq) and Persian Gulf. Unfortunately Western media reporting is filled with much erroneous information on the crisis. Sectarian politicians, who seek
Iraq government slams Saudi Arabia for creating false Sunni-Shia sectarian tensions and enabling Salafi-led genocide in Iraq: Baghdad slams Saudi Arabia for ‘encouraging genocide’ in Iraq The Iraqi government says that it holds Saudi Arabia “responsible” for the current crisis and has blamed Riyadh for encouraging “genocide” in the country through the backing of Sunni
London: Iraq’s Sunni and Shia Muslims demonstrate against BBC’s sectarian coverage of Iraq crisis: A group of Iraqis have staged a demonstration in the British capital, London, to express their anger at the inflammatory and sectarian reporting of events in the Arab country by the state-run British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Press TV
عراق : سعودی حمایت یافتہ وہابی دہشت گردی کا شکار – از ڈاکٹر لال خان: ایڈیٹر نوٹ : پاکستانی قوم کا ایک المیہ یہ بھی ہے کہ جب بات دیوبندی اور وہابی دہشت گردی کی آے تو ملا ہو یا لبرل ، ملحد دانش ور ہوں یا بائیں بازو سے تعلق رکھنے والے سب
Radical Salafi and Deobandi autumn, not Arab spring – by Chris Cork: The writer is editorial consultant at The Express Tribune, news junkie, bibliophile, cat lover and occasional cyclist. The Arab Spring was never aptly named — for one thing it is a coinage of the West rather than
Why is Western media blacking out the ISIS’s war with Al-Nusra and FSA in Deir al-Zor, Syria?: Currently, Salafi ISIS (Al-Qaeda 2) is fighting with Salafi Al-Nusra (Al-Qaeda 1) and Free Syrian Army (FSA) in order to gain control of Deir al-Zor in Syria. Sunni population in Deir al-Zor is extremely worried because of the immient
ISIS Expands its Killing Fields from Syria to Iraq – by Rusty Walker: Salafist ISIS ‘execute’ 1,700 Iraqi Soldiers Why are organized soldiers attacking Iraq, and who are these Army combatants in Iraq? And, who is funding them? The first question includes the component of timing: Iraq is neither militarily or economically
ISIS: Ankara’s spoiled child? – by Mahir Zeynalov: It was Dec. 25, 2013. A week after a major raid against suspects implicated in a corruption investigation in Turkey, including the sons of three ministers and pro-government businessmen, prosecutors ordered another wave of raids. Police chiefs appointed
US prepares for talks with Iran to stop Iraq militants, says official: Volunteers to fight Wahabi militants gather in the streets in Al-Fdhiliya district, eastern Baghdad on Sunday. Photograph: Thaier Al-sudani/Reuters The United States is preparing to open a direct dialogue with Iran about how to deal with the Sunni
Anti-al-Qaeda Sunni Group Backs Iraq’s Shiite Government – by Zaid Sabah and Caroline Alexander: A key Sunni Muslim tribal leader said his forces are helping Iraq’s Shiite-led government battle Islamist militants and called for urgent U.S. military intervention to help stop their advance. “We’ve been fighting al-Qaeda in Anbar for the past
Well Orchestrated Muslim Holocaust in the Middle East – by Hasan Rana: Iran is backing Assad in Syria, Gulf states are against Assad! Assad is against Muslim Brotherhood. Muslim Brotherhood and Obama are against General Sisi. But Gulf states are pro-Sisi. Which means they are against Muslim Brotherhood! Iran is pro-Hamas,
Different Salafi movements and the growth of ISIL in Iraq: Turkish intellectuals are largely ignorant about the new threat that is bordering Turkey. The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is still an unknown entity for Turks. We have been hearing comments declaring that
Revolution in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia? – by Bruce Riedel: The overthrow of the Saudi royals is finally a possibility. In an excerpt from a new Brookings Institution briefing book for Obama’s second term, Bruce Riedel on what a catastrophe it would be for Obama. Saudi Arabia
A guide to the bitter political fights driving the Iraq crisis – by Zack Beauchamp: The ongoing vicious fighting in Iraq is often characterized as a battle between the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) and the Iraqi government. Many people think of that as simply being a proxy war between