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Islam in the News
Main
readings
Modernization
and
Democratization
in the
Muslim World
Obstacles and
Remedies
(4/2004)
A New and
More Dangerous Era This article is an excerpt from
the new book,
Muhammad’s Monsters,
David Bukay (ed.),
AR: Balfour Books and
Israel:
ACPR Publishers, 2004. (2004)
The CIA's Secret Army Because of past scandals, the agency had largely dropped its
paramilitary operations. But the war on terrorism has brought it back into the
business (2/3/03)
Energy First
China and the Middle East China's thirst for oil requires active engagement in the Middle East (Spring
2005)
King Abdullah II: "Iraq is the
Battleground - the West against Iran" (Spring 2005)
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Current events
Widening Cracks in Walls of
Secrecy around US Terrorist Detention Centers (5/23/05)
British
tabloid publishes photos of detained Saddam (5/20/05)
Armageddon: Bringing it on A short sentence in
an American magazine has managed to do what al-Qaeda has not been able to
achieve since September 11, 2001 - inflame large sections of the Muslim world
and reignite passions between Islam and the Christian West. (5/20/05)
Why
Islam is disrespected IT WAS front-page news this week when Newsweek retracted
a report claiming that a US
interrogator in Guantanamo
had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet. Everywhere it was noted that
Newsweek's story had sparked widespread Muslim rioting, in which at least 17
people were killed. But there was no mention of deadly protests triggered in
recent years by comparable acts of desecration against other religions. (5/19/05)
A story that wasn’t true actually tells a true story THE embarrassing Newsweek climb-down on the Quran story is surely one for the annals of journalistic
screw-ups. Sure, maybe the magazine’s editor probably should resign as a
gesture of respect for the Muslim world, not to mention for whatever is left
of honour in the US journalism profession. (5/19/05)
To Muslims, not
just a book (5/19/05)
Troops
regain Uzbek town (5/19/05)
The rising
economic cost of the Iraq war Fighting in Iraq has been prolonged and
remains intense enough that it has pushed the total cost of US military
operations since Sept. 11, 2001, close to that of the Korean War. (5/19/05)
CAIR's
Hate Crimes Nonsense (5/18/05)
Uzbekistan:
A Smoldering Fire of Conflicting Interests (5/14/05)
Might
the Saudis Blow Up Their Oil Infrastructure? (5/14/05)
The
Democracy Dilemma in the Middle East: Are Islamists the Answer? (5/3/05)
The
Trojan Horse of Wahhabism
by
Stephen Schwartz (12/9/04)
Turkey's Justice and
Development Party: A Model for Democratic Islam? (6-7/2004)
Stopping the Iran Bomb
It's time to go to the U.N. Security Council. (9/29/03)
Radical
Islam's 'plan'
to take over America (8/4/03)
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Terror / attacks
Main readings
The Great Guessing
Game: Russia and the Iranian Nuclear Issue (Spring 2005)
The Real Story Behind the
April 9th Insurgency in Iraq One of our readers, a soldier who has served
in Iraq,
has contributed the following account of an engagement in which he was wounded
several times. With the exception of minor editorial revisions, none of which
alter in any way the substance of his account, the words are his. (5/17/04)
Insurgency: Modern
Warfare
Evolves into a Fourth
Generation (Jan 2005)
Profiles of
International Terrorist Organizations (undated)
Saudi Funds Linked
to US Sleeper Cells (undated)
Saudi Arabia a look at
the hidden undercurrents of Islamic extremism, its far-flung reach, and its
threat to the Kingdom
of Saudi Arabia (undated)
Saudi Arabia and the
Struggle Against Terrorism (undated)
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Current events
Tomgram: Mark Danner on the British Smoking-Gun Memo (6/9/05)
366
held in anti-insurgent blitz (6/9/05)
Beslan suspect pleads not guilty (5/19/05)
Spain indicts 13 suspected al-Qaida members
(5/19/05)
Iraq’s Evolving
Insurgency Center for Strategic and International Studies (5/16/05)
Abu
Faraj al-Libbi Arrest in
Pakistan Points to Young al Qaeda (5/7/05)
Off the
Meter Last November, a
security consultant told David Corn that a six-mile cab ride from Central
Baghdad to Baghdad
International Airport
cost $6,000. Now it's up to $35,000. (5/2/05)
Assessing the
Iraqi Insurgency (Part II): Devising Appropriate Analytical Measures
(3/25/05)
Assessing
the Iraqi Insurgency (Part I): Problems and Approaches (3/24/05)
An
American “Prophet” Takes on the Prophet Mohammed’s Fighters in Iraq
(11/24/04)
India and the road to Osama (11/3/04)
Apocalyptic
Terrorism:
The Case for
Preventive Action (11/2004)
Report of an Inquiry
into the Alternative Analysis of the Issue of an Iraq-al Qaeda Relationship
Office
of Senator Carl Levin (D-MI), Ranking Member, Senate Armed Services Committee
21 Oct 2004 -- "This report is the result of an inquiry initiated on
June 27, 2003 by Senator Carl Levin, Ranking Member of the Senate Armed
Services Committee (SASC), and conducted by the SASC Minority Staff… with
regard to the Iraq-al Qaeda relationship." (10/21/04)
Zarqawi - Bush's man for all seasons
(10/15/04)
Iran
Helped Bin Laden’s Lieutenant al-Zawahiri Escape (9/8/03)
The
Case Against Iran (6/12/03)
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Sunni vs. Shiite
Current events
Iraq
protests against U.S. lead to clashes (5/20/05)
IRAQ WRAPUP
5-Iraqi oil official, 18 others killed (5/19/05)
Gunmen
kill top Shiite aid (5/19/05)
Al-Qaida Issues
Statement Accusing Americans Of Setting Up Iraqis To Kill Civilians
(5/19/05)
Student's death opens new sectarian wound Shiites vs. Sunnis: The young man
was killed after celebrating his religion's domination of the new Iraqi
government (5/5/05)
Bomb
kills 39 Sunnis in Pakistan (10/8/04)
Pakistan deploys
commandos as Sunni suspects blow themselves up (2004)
Mobs Attack KFC
Restaurant, Gas Stations After Deaths of Shiites in Pakistan (8/17/03)
Suicide
Attack in Pakistan Kills Dozens. Shiite Muslims Rampage After Assault on
Mosque; Extremist Sunni Groups Blamed (7/5/03)
For and against The leader of the
Shiite community in Pakistan
has lashed out at the Taliban but said he opposed the US military strike against Afghanistan. The man in the middle
spoke to Al-Ahram Weekly (10/2001)
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Israeli related
Main readings
Palestine
– Israel 101 (undated)
Fatal
Choices: Israel's Policy of
Targeted Killing (undated)
Arab-Israeli
Futures: Next Steps for the United States (3/2005)
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Current events
Protesters
surround Laura Bush at Jerusalem mosque JERUSALEM
(CNN) -- First lady Laura Bush, on a political fence-mending tour of the
Middle East, found herself the target of a tense
protest in Jerusalem
at one of Islam's holiest sites. (5/23/05)
Mirage in the Sahara Of all the Arab lands, the desert state of Mauritania is
the poorest. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, at the western tip of North
Africa, it is also the farthest from the Middle East, but nevertheless it is
now pushing harder than all the others for an open improvement in relations
with Israel - more cooperation, more mutual gestures of goodwill. (5/20/05)
Fitzgerald: Saving
Israel in spite of itself Jihad Watch Advisory Board Vice President Hugh
Fitzgerald assesses the jihad against Israel (5/19/05)
Hamas Election Wins a Dilemma for Israel Hamas' recent victories in
dozens of local elections pose a sharp dilemma for the U.S. and Israel. Locked into relationships
with towns now controlled by militants, they have little choice but to deal
with the group the U.S.
lists as a terrorist organization. (5/19/05)
What Binds
Ankara and Jerusalem At first glance, Turkey
and Israel
could not be more different. Israel
is small, predominantly Jewish and post-industrial; Turkey is
large, predominantly Muslim and industrial. But from the perspective of
recent history the two nations have much in common. (5/1/05)
Will Israel Live to
100? Don't
be seduced by the recent hopeful signs: in the long run the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict will remain a problem without a solution (5/2005)
ARREST
OF AMERICAN AND ISRAELI SPIES NOT SERIOUS: EXPERTS PARIS,
23 Dec. (IPS) Experts and intelligence community did not take seriously the
so-called revelations made on Wednesday 22 December by the Iranian
Information (Intelligence) Minister concerning the arrest of 10 “spies” on
charges passing nuclear information to American and Israelis. (12/23/04)
Tehran Accuses Israel
after FBI Catches Iranian Surveillance Teams Red-handed (12/19/04)
Mubarak Seeks Coexistence with Islamic Terrorists
(12/2/02)
Saudi
Hand behind Egypt’s Anti-Jewish TV Serial (11/4/02)
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