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Posts Tagged ‘Egypt’

Gaza Crisis & Barack Obama’s Silence

By Swaraaj Chauhan • Jan 7th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Gaza crisis has been described as a recurring Middle Eastern nightmare. I can understand why US president-elect has decided to keep quiet. He has inherited a tragedy/madness whose history dates back to almost 100 years of political skulduggery of the powerful Western nations in that part of the world dividing the Jews and Arabs who [...]



This Kind of War

By Justin Podur • Jan 6th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The current crisis in Gaza began with Israel’s breaking the ceasefire with Hamas on November 4, 2008. The five-month ceasefire was unsustainable for two reasons. First and most importantly, because it condemned the Palestinians of Gaza to a slow and wasting death: part of the ceasefire was the continuation of Israel’s blockade of Gaza. As [...]



Giving Israel more Time to Weaken Hamas in Gaza

By A Khokar • Jan 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Daily Haaretz, Jerusalem (not so conservative) Israeli news paper says in their analysis:
 The international community, headed by the U.S. and Egypt, is giving Israel time to carry out the ground offensive in Gaza, so it will severely damage Hamas’ regime. The rationale behind such a move is that a weakened Hamas would improve the chances [...]



The Silent War in Gaza

By Guest Blogger • Jan 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

The Israeli blitzkrieg in Gaza rages on….. silently.
Reports of WMD’S in the form of cluster bombs and white phospherus bombs leaked out late yesterday…. today there is silence. Silence not due to the end of hostilities, but due to few or no reports getting out of Gaza. The few journalists that remain have no means [...]



Israel Attacked Gaza Upon Obama’s Request

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jan 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

Barack H. Obama who represented “Change” in the world has asked Israeli Zionist to get over with the Gaza and break the Hamas before he takes control of the America this year. Obama wants to reduce problems for him as much as possible and he wants to take control of Middle East, before he iron-out [...]



A Dagger Thrusted in the Heart of Arabs

By A Khokar • Jan 4th, 2009 • Category: Politics

  It was year 1956 and was not very long that Word War II had seen its end in 1945. Pangs and inflictions of WW II were spread all around  and wounds were still fresh and bleeding. All the colonial powers in control of their subjugated lands especially in Muslim world had just completed their [...]



A Pulverised Muslim Leadership

By Dr Shireen M Mazari • Jan 3rd, 2009 • Category: Politics, Worth A Second Look

Once again the tragic pulverization of the Muslim leadership has revealed itself in the mumblings and fumblings that have followed the launch of the new Israeli military campaign to annihilate the Palestinian people that dare to seek an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of their lands – or even those that simply dare to exist [...]



The True Story Behind This War is Not the One Israel is Telling

By Guest Blogger • Dec 31st, 2008 • Category: Politics

The world isn’t just watching the Israeli government commit a crime in Gaza; we are watching it self-harm. This morning, and tomorrow morning, and every morning until this punishment-beating ends, the young people of the Gaza Strip are going to be more filled with hate, and more determined to fight back, with stones or suicide-vests [...]



Israel is committing a Manifest Error

By A Khokar • Dec 30th, 2008 • Category: Politics

The Israeli air attacks are continuing even on 4th day. This annihilation of Palestinians at the hands of Jews in Gaza strip is not acceptable at all. After killing of hundred and maiming thousands in Gaza air raids; Palestinians are being strung into a hold; to suffocate, suffer and die a starved death. This is a [...]



Even ElBaradei Speaks Truth of Iran

By Brig. (r) Junaid Zaman • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics

As Israel is preparing for a military strike on Iran through the air with the help of United States, Iran also prepares for a retaliatory and mouth-shattering response.
The pretext of US to attack Iraq was Weapons of Mass Destruction and in case of Afghanistan it was Al-Qaeda. Now in case of Iran, it is the [...]