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News & Analysis

Global Repercussions Of EU Farmers’ Protests

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 20, 14452024-03-01

The war in Ukraine has caused major problems for people in Europe. With increased energy costs as a result of Europe’s decision not to purchase Russian oil and gas under US pressure, European farmers have risen up in revolt. It is likely to benefit China, that in turn will upset the US.

News & Analysis

Collapse Of The US-centric Global Order And Its Aftermath

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 20, 14452024-02-01

The US-centric global order is collapsing. Countries are beginning to seek their own avenues to protect their interests. This is evident even in Europe that has traditionally been a thinly-disguised US colony.

News & Analysis

Apartheid Israel Gripped By Delusion For The ‘Day After’

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 19, 14452024-01-01

Wars are waged to achieve certain political objectives. The zionists have no clue what would come after their genocidal war on Gaza ends. All their calculations have come to naught. It is the zionist entity that is likely to disappear.

News & Analysis

Post-9/11: How Muslims Defeated The US War Of Terror

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 15, 14452023-09-01

Following the events of 911, every Muslim was deemed a legitimate target for American vigilantism. Being Muslim was enough to declare them guilty. Muslims stoically stood their ground and despite indescribable brutality, did not lose faith ultimately defeating the oppressor.

News & Analysis

US No Longer The Top Cop To Demand Deference

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 13, 14442023-07-01

Few countries are willing to take America's charm offensive seriously. They see it as fake and are not prepared to defer to US demands anymore. Washington also no longer commands respect because it has little or nothing to offer to the rest of the world.

News & Analysis

Global Trade Continues To Shift Towards Asia

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 12, 14442023-06-01

The $1.6 billion deal between Iran and Russia to build the Rasht-Astara rail link is another game-changer in global trade. It has changed trading patterns away from the western-dominated system to an independent system where the west can no longer blackmail others through sanctions.

News & Analysis

As The War In Ukraine Grinds On, Russia And China Get Closer To Each Other

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 11, 14442023-05-01

The US proxy war in Ukraine against Russia and its deliberately provocative moves against China in Taiwan and the South China Sea have brought Russia and China closer to each other. The US only has itself to blame.

News & Analysis

US, Israeli Strikes On Syria Constitute War Crimes

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 10, 14442023-04-01

The US and Israel, two outlaw regimes, continue to perpetrate war crimes by constantly attacking Syria and the hapless Palestinian people. Both countries, however, are currently convulsed in internal crises.

News & Analysis

How To Move Away From The US Dollar?

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 10, 14442023-02-01

Since the US has weaponized the dollar and is using it to blackmail countries to surrender to its demands, it is time to find ways to ditch the dollar. This is a process, not an event and must be pursued with prudence and sound planning.

News & Analysis

India: The Dirtiest Country In The World!

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 07, 14442022-12-01

India wants to become a ‘superpower’ yet its social and physical environment is so filthy that it stinks to the sky. Garbage, and human and animal waste litter its streets. People urinate and defecate everywhere. Filth and India have become synonymous.

News & Analysis

Borrell’s Racist Cant And Delusional Posturing

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 06, 14442022-11-01

Josep Borrell, the EU Foreign Policy chief, gave a rambling speech to EU ambassadors. In addition to his racist remarks about Europe being “paradise” and outside it a “jungle”, his speech failed to address the inevitable emergence of a multipolar world and how to reconcile with it.

News & Analysis

Regime Change in Pakistan Meant to Normalize Relations With Israel

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 05, 14442022-10-01

Pakistani generals believe that if the country were to recognize Israel, the Americans will shower them with dollars. Trial balloons in the form of visits by Pakistanis, mainly from the US, to Israel have been organized to test public reaction. Imran Khan was removed from office because he refused to along with this plot.

News & Analysis

The Great Deluge

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 05, 14442022-09-01

Rains have caused massive floods in every province in Pakistan. At least 33 million people have been affected; their houses have been destroyed and official reports say some 1,000 people have died, among them children. The imported regime has again appealed to overseas Pakistani for help. Why should overseas Pakistanis support these thieves and criminals?

News & Analysis

August 5: Another Grim Anniversary for Kashmiris Under Hindu Settler Colonialism

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 03, 14442022-08-01

Kashmiris and their friends worldwide will commemorate another August 5 anniversary as a dark chapter in their long struggle for freedom from brutal Indian occupation. Regrettably, much of the world does not care for the plight of the Kashmiris because they want trade with India. Human rights take a back seat.

News & Analysis

Britain’s Racist Deportation Policy on Asylum Seekers!

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 02, 14432022-07-01

Britain wants to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. It has made a deal with the Rwandan regime. While the deportation was stopped last month, the Boris Johnson regime is determined to implement this racist policy. No such policy is being instituted for refugees from Ukraine showing clearly that Britain remains a deeply racist country.

News & Analysis

Impact of Ukraine War on US-Europe Relations

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 02, 14432022-07-01

As the war in Ukraine grinds on, the essential geopolitical strategy for Russia will be to continue to create divergences between Europe and the US. For Washington, the primary geopolitical angle of its proxy-war in Ukraine against Russia is to retain Europe within its framework of how to deal with Russia.

News & Analysis

Hunger And Starvation Threaten Millions of People Worldwide

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 01, 14432022-06-01

With nearly 1.2 billion people already facing hunger and starvation, the conflict in Ukraine has created food insecurity for hundreds of millions of other people. This is because both Ukraine and Russia are grain producing countries. The war has disrupted shipment of grain

News & Analysis

Rethinking Kashmir Strategy

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 28, 14432022-03-01

There is need to rethink Kashmir strategy because the old approach has not yielded the desired results. India’s cost of occupation of Kashmir must be escalated to the point where it would outstrip the benefits.

News & Analysis

Analyzing NATO’s Plans for An Expired Global Order

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 28, 14432022-01-01

The response of some people in Europe and North America to the pandemic and its cure has brought to the fore the dysfunctional nature of Western politics. Nato regimes can no longer lecture others about science and its supremacy when their own populations are up in arms against it.

News & Analysis

Economic War on Afghanistan

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 26, 14432021-12-01

In October 2021, Crescent International explained that after the end of NATO’s military occupation, the next phase of struggle for Afghanistan will center around economics. This evaluation was recently confirmed by the groundbreaking series of reports from inside Afghanistan by Roshan Mohammed Saleh, editor-in-chief of the British Muslim news website 5pillarsuk.

News & Analysis

India’s Iron Curtain around Kashmir

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 25, 14432021-11-01

India under Narendra Modi has become a fascist state. Nowhere is this more evident than in its brutal suppression of the Kashmiri people that have been struggling for the right of self-determination for more than 70 years.

News & Analysis

Shia Sectarians: Iran’s Other Geopolitical Headache

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 23, 14432021-09-01

Sectarianism is dangerous for Muslims at any time but certain sectarians may cause even more harm than others without their realizing it.

News & Analysis

Kashmiris on the Verge of Being Swamped by Hindu Settler Colonialists

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 22, 14422021-08-01

Since the Hindu fascist regime led by Narendra Modi in India abrogated Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August 2019, the Kashmiris’ plight has turned grim. While they are struggling to survive on a day-to-day basis, Hindu settler colonialists are flooding the state to take over.

News & Analysis

Afghanistan After the US Occupation

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 22, 14422021-08-01

Why the US and its Nato allies will continue to look for pretexts to continue interference in Afghanistan and why they will fail.

News & Analysis

Immigration Policies of the Muslim World

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 20, 14422021-07-01

Muslim countries do not seem to have a coherent policy relating to immigration. Despite considerable specialized Muslim talent available in many parts of the world, there is no systematic plan to utilize it leaving Muslim countries far behind in development.

News & Analysis

Israel’s Maritime Aggression will Turn into Geopolitical Disaster

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 19, 14422021-05-01

In recent weeks, Zionist Israel has been attacking Iranian merchant ships in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and Persian Gulf. Iran has the means to retaliate and do so effectively. Israel is vulnerable in this type of warfare and will pay a heavy price.

News & Analysis

The Modalities of US-China Tensions

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 18, 14422021-04-01

Will the US take on China militarily? It is highly unlikely because the Washington warlords know they would face almost certain defeat. Instead, the US is creating alliances with various countries to confront China both economically and militarily.

News & Analysis

Some Indian Media Outlets Expose Modi’s Complicity in the Pulwama Attack

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 17, 14422021-03-01

Two years ago, when Indian troops were attacked near Pulwama in Indian occupied Kashmir, Delhi blamed it on militants from Pakistan. Recent revelations in some Indian media outlets have exposed the Modi regime’s complicity. It had advance knowledge of the attack but chose not to prevent it in order to boost its electoral chances in the April 2019 elections.

News & Analysis

Why Kashmir Solidarity Day Matters?

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 19, 14422021-02-01

Among many trouble spots in the world, two stand out: Kashmir and Palestine. People in both locales face a ruthless enemy hell-bent on wiping out their identity. The people of Kashmir have been struggling for their basic rights for more than 70 years. They need our support.

News & Analysis

India: State Sponsor of Terrorism

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 16, 14422020-12-01

India has for decades been involved in terrorist activities inside Pakistan but the India-doting West and an equally pliant Western media have turned a blind eye. Pakistan has compiled irrefutable evidence of India’s nefarious designs. Will the world will take notice?

News & Analysis

The Iran-China Economic Agreement

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 11, 14412020-08-01

In recent weeks the corporate media has been awash with analysis of the purported document leaked to the public and titled the ‘25-year Comprehensive Plan for Cooperation between Iran and China’. While the document is being labeled as a formal treaty, neither party has confirmed it as such.

Main Stories

India’s Policy of Genocide and Demographic Changes in Kashmir

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 08, 14412020-05-01

India is not only guilty of perpetrating genocide in Kashmir, it has also embarked on a policy of demographic change, taking a leaf from the Zionist policy book in Occupied Palestine.

Background

Time for The Gold Dinar?

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 06, 14412020-03-01

During the December 2019 Islamic Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia pushed among other policies, for the creation of a gold dinar. This is an important step and must be pursued vigorously to get out of the stranglehold of dollar hegemony.

Special Reports

US-China Trade war: The Broader Perspective

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 07, 14412020-02-01

The short-term trade agreement between the US and China is not likely to end the crisis any time soon. In fact, it is not a trade agreement at all; only a stop-gap measure.

News & Analysis

Aramco Hype: Primitivism at Its Peak

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 06, 14412020-01-01

The Saudi oil company Aramco is presented as some kind of a golden goose but hard data shows it does not meet this standard; far from it.

News & Analysis

Iran Exposes US Failure in the Muslim East

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 04, 14412019-12-01

US officials admit their nearly $1 trillion military budget is unable to subdue Islamic Iran that has developed unconventional means to thwart Washington’s disruptive tactics and policies…

News & Analysis

Guantanamo Gulag in the Context of Global War

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 04, 14412019-11-01

Why is Guantanamo Bay, the American-run torture chamber, still open 18 years after it opened its gates to lock up alleged terrorists that turned out to be ordinary people caught in the US dragnet in 2001?

Special Reports

Lessons from the Tanker Saga

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 02, 14412019-09-01

By standing firm on its principled stand, Islamic Iran was able to get its oil tanker released from UK-Gibraltar pirates and refused to make a deal to release the British tanker involved in illegal activities.

News & Analysis

SNC-Lavalin Scandal: A Muslim Perspective

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 27, 14402019-06-01

The SNC-Lavalin scandal does not seem to be going away but what it shows is that Western politicians are quite happy to consort with third world dictators if it advances their material interests.

Special Reports

What Future for the EU?

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 25, 14402019-04-01

The European Union is unraveling. Not only Brexit but also differences between France and Italy as well as the rise of fascist parties to positions of power indicate the failure of European integration.

News & Analysis

Why the West hypes China’s Rise

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 24, 14402019-03-01

The Western media and politicians hype China’s economic progress because they want to use it to show that China’s economic progress only became possible when it adopted Western capitalism.

News & Analysis

How Worldview Precedes Cultural Development

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 23, 14402018-11-01

Our initial worldview (deen) influences our outlook and preferences in life, including hard sciences.

News & Analysis

Factors Behind the Financial Crisis in Turkey

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 21, 14392018-09-01

There is more to Turkey’s financial crisis than meets the eye. The real reason appears to be the West’s demand to President Erdogan to decide whether he is on their side or that of the Turkish masses.

Opinion

Syria and the End of Western Media Dominance

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 17, 14392018-07-01

The Western media’s hegemony has been exposed over its falsehoods in Syria.

News & Analysis

Time to Study Wahhabi Zionists

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 15, 14392018-05-01

Wahhabis and religious Zionists share a number of common traits. It is time to study these properly to understand how closely their policies are aligned and why they have openly embraced each other.

News & Analysis

Zionist Plane Down

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 13, 14392018-03-01

By shooting down an Israeli F-16 fighter plane, Syria and the Resistance Front have served notice that rules of the game and engagement have changed radically.

News & Analysis

Islamophobic Russian Media Undermines Moscow

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 15, 14392018-02-01

While spouting anti-imperialist rhetoric, Russian media still view Muslims as “aliens”, reflecting the European Russians’ racism.

Special Reports

Islamic Awakening: Was it Worth It?

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 13, 14392018-01-01

Seven years after the first stirrings of revolt against autocratic rulers in the Muslim East, while the movements have died down, it has emboldened people to stand up for their rights.

Opinion

Post-Islamic Awakening: What would Che say?

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 12, 14392017-11-01

On the 50th anniversary of the murder of the young revolutionary Che Guevara, we speculate as to how he would have reacted to the Islamic awakening movements.

News & Analysis

Hizbullah vs Israel: Cold, not hot war

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 11, 14392017-10-01

There is growing realization among officials of the colonial settler entity, Zionist Israel, that Hizbullah is a formidable force and taking it on militarily would be suicidal.

Islamic Movement

Muslim soft power: Is there a comeback?

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 10, 14382017-09-01

Islam’s core values and principles make it immune to co-optation. While the unipolar world is collapsing, other power centers are emerging to take its place. Islam will play a significant role in this.

News & Analysis

Canadian Bigots Fume as Khadr's Tortuous Saga Ends

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 08, 14382017-08-01

The Conservative Party of Canada, made up of racists and bigots, is firing up its equally racist base over the apology and compensation offered to Omar Khadr for the torture and illegal imprisonment he suffered for a decade at the hands of the Americans at Guantanamo Bay.

News & Analysis

Trump pulls a Kissingerian!

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 07, 14382017-07-01

Donald Trump’s erratic and unpredictable policies have made the Europeans realize that America’s superpower status is about to end. They are beginning to go their separate ways.

News & Analysis

Existential threat to Muslims in Canada

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 07, 14382017-07-01

Western rulers constantly harp about the threat from jihadists but Muslims are the real victims of terrorism at the hands of white supramists that have mushroomed all across Canada.

News & Analysis

Iranians re-elect Rouhani for second term

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 06, 14382017-06-01

In a region wracked by mayhem and violence, the people of Iran participated in the 12th presidential election in a calm and peaceful atmosphere returning the incumbent, President Hassan Rouhani to a second term in office.

News & Analysis

Understanding Trump's state 'craft'

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 04, 14382017-05-01

The president’s irascibility can be leveraged for more war.

Special Reports

“Unjust Orient” and the “just West”?

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 04, 14382017-02-01

Western regimes like to project themselves as enlightened and tolerant but their record of abuse of Muslim minorities exposes their fraudulent claim. In Muslim majority countries, Islamic Iran stands out as a beacon of tolerance with not even a hint of propaganda against religious or ethnic minorities.

Special Reports

Iran’s economy: it’s not only about economics

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 03, 14382017-01-01

Unlike most other countries, Iran’s economy is deeply linked to its political and security situation. Without taking this aspect into consideration, its economis progress cannot be properly evaluated.

News & Analysis

Donald Trump and his right-wing crowd

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 01, 14382016-12-01

President-elect Donald Trump has made his intentions clear by appointing rightwing extremists into his administration. Almost all of them are extreme Islamophobes.

Book Review

Two exciting books about hadith literature

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 01, 14382016-11-01

If Muslims want to learn how hadith literature has been distorted, these two books will help them in this quest.

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Main Stories

Syria’s ceasefire blown up by US bombing

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 29, 14372016-10-01

While the US-Russia brokered ceasefire was not expected to last long, the American air strike on the Syrian air base at Deir az-Zour blew it up in less than a week. Why?

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News & Analysis

Erdogan shoots himself in the foot, again

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 29, 14372016-10-01

President Erdogan’s policies are leading toward facilitating the establishment of the Kurdish State in Northern Iraq while he thinks he is undermining the Kurds in Syria and Turkey.

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News & Analysis

Round-the-clock curfew, abductions, and killings continue in Indian-occupied Kashmir

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 29, 14372016-09-01

India’s occupation forces—most of them adherents of a racist Hindu ideology akin to Nazism—are continuing the killing and maiming of Kashmiri youth. The people of Kashmir have had enough; they want India to get out of Kashmir!

News & Analysis

What prevents implementation of Iran deal?

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 27, 14372016-08-01

There was always deep concern among some segments of the Iranian society that the West would not live up to its part of the bargain in the nuclear deal with Iran. A year after the deal was signed has confirmed the skeptics’ worst fears.

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News & Analysis

The language of Imperialism — Part II

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 25, 14372016-06-01

Imperialism uses many tools to advance its agenda. Language is one of them. Such terms as ‘democracy’, ‘elections’ etc need to be deconstructed to expose imperialism’s real agenda.

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News & Analysis

Anti-Iran sanctions remain despite nuclear deal

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 24, 14372016-05-01

While Iran has fulfilled its part of the bargain in the nuclear deal, the US is putting hurdles in its way by refusing to release Iran’s frozen assets. Instead, US courts have indulging in grand larceny by awarding Iranian money to families making ludicrous claims. One Judge, George Benjamin Daniels of US District court in Southern New York is shown in the picture. Is there a better definition of Uncle Tom.

News & Analysis

Washington’s soft “parallel project”

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 23, 14372016-04-01

Muslims face multiple challenges from foreign imposed wars to gross incompetence and corruption of their rulers. Imperialists and Zionists also continue to secularize Islam and divide Muslims by promoting sectarianism.

News & Analysis

Nigeria: killing Muslims, appeasing Christians

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 21, 14372016-03-01

On December 12 and 13, 2015, the Nigerian army slaughtered more than 1,000 members of the Islamic movement allegedly for blocking the road on which the army chief was traveling. On February 14, 2016, a Church group blocked a road in Abuja but the army chief took a detour instead of attacking the Christians. Why the different treatment?

World

Anti-war rallies around the world declare public disbelief of America’s Iraq stance

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 21, 14372016-03-01

A day after Hans Blix, the chief UN weapons-inspector, delivered a stinging rebuke to US secretary of state Colin Powell, and rejected Powell’s claims about Iraq’s weapons of mass-destruction, people from around the world voted with their feet against the planned attack on Iraq.

News & Analysis

Shaykh al-Nimr and the Washington factor

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 22, 14372016-02-01

The Saudi execution of Shaykh al-Nimr was bound to revoke strong reaction. This is precisely what the US wanted: to set the region on fire as it retreats so that nobody would be able to control it.

News & Analysis

The Nigerian army’s bloodbath in Zaria

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 20, 14372016-01-01

By killing more than 1,000 (perhaps as many as 6,000) members of the Islamic movement in Zaria, the Nigerian army has proved, if proof indeed were needed, that it is an agent of Zionism and imperialism.

News & Analysis

Some prisoners released but Gitmo stays open

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 19, 14372015-12-01

Five Yemeni prisoners held at the notorious US torture camp at Guantanamo Bay were finally released on November 14. According to a Pentagon announcement, the five were flown to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). None of the five Yemenis was ever charged with a crime.

News & Analysis

Canadians reject Harper’s politics of hate

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 19, 14372015-11-01

Canadians in overwhelming numbers rejected the hateful and Islamophobic policies of Stephen Harper, leader of the Conservative Party, in the October 19 federal election. He was booted out of office in one of the most divisive campaigns that he and his gang of racists and bigots led in Canadian history.

Special Reports

What role for Muslims in the Canadian elections?

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 17, 14362015-10-01

The October 19 federal election is likely to be the most crucial for Muslims in Canada. While no party represents their interests, they have a choice about the least detrimental to their interests...

News & Analysis

Seeking Qur’anic guidance for gender issues

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 17, 14362015-09-01

Stepping out of a train station in a European city and seeing a taxi plastered with an advertisement for a swingers club triggered a thought in my mind that leaders, thinkers, scholars, and activists of the global Islamic movement must ponder over deeply and carefully. The thought is not only about haram and halal of gender rela-tions; it is about a realization that committed Muslims today generally lack confi-dence in openly propagating their vision of gender relations.

Special Reports

Omar Khadr’s long, tortuous journey to freedom

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 14, 14362015-07-01

Omar Khadr has finally won freedom, thanks to the dogged determination of his lawyers Dennis Edney and Nate Whittling. It wasn’t easy; the Harper regime fought them tooth and nail but the courts finally sided with Omar Khadr.

Opinion

The soft power of events in Yemen

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 12, 14362015-05-01

The AnsarAllah movement in Yemen offers important lessons for Islamic movements elsewhere to combine political and military struggles to be successful.

News & Analysis

Protesters denounce Modi’s visit to Canada

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 12, 14362015-05-01

Narendra Modi of India is a Hindu Nazi and a mass murderer. That however is no bar to his being welcomed and feted in Western capitals because Western regimes believe there are economic gains to be had. Greed trumps principles.

Special Reports

Modifications of US pressure on Islamic Iran

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 10, 14362015-03-01

Having seen the total failure of its sanctions regime on Islamic Iran, Washington is now opting for a soft-power approach. It hopes to penetrate and undermine Iran through a charm offensive. Islamic Iran, beware!

Main Stories

“Think for yourselves,” says Rahbar to the youth of Europe and North America

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 11, 14362015-02-01

Bypassing their political leaders, the Rahbar, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei sent a message to the youth of Europe and North America advising them to think for themselves and study Islam from authentic sources. He asked whether they knew anything about Islam beyond what the corporate media had told them.

News & Analysis

Hindu Nazis riding high in India

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 08, 14362014-12-01

With Hindu Nazis in the driving seat, India is becoming an increasingly dangerous place for its minorities, especially Muslims. Its overly ambitious plan to compete with China, however, will not materialize because of its deep structural and social problems.

News & Analysis

Ottawa shooting leads to attack on civil liberties

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 08, 14362014-11-01

The Conservative government is using attacks by two men suffering from mental problems and drug addiction to push through legislation that would drastically curtail the rights of Canadians, especially Muslims.

News & Analysis

Iran, Russia sign 70 billion euro trade deal

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 06, 14352014-10-01

Islamic Iran and Russia have signed a massive trade deal that would be conducted in their local currencies bypassing the US dollar. Countries around the world are getting fed up with US policies and are abandoning trading in dollars.

News & Analysis

The Rahbar sets limits on contacts with US

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 06, 14352014-09-01

The Rahbar, Imam Seyyed Ali Khamenei has told Iranian diplomats not to engage in talks with the US except on specific issues unless Washington changes its insulting behavior.

News & Analysis

Iran interim nuclear deal extended to November

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 04, 14352014-08-01

Despite two weeks of intense talks, the P5+1 and Iran did not finalize a deal on Tehran’s peaceful nuclear program. Instead last November’s interim deal was extended for another four months to give diplomats time to hammer out an agreement.

Special Reports

Obama’s unfulfilled executive order on Gitmo

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 03, 14352014-07-01

Five years after promising to shut down the torture camp at the illegally-occupied Cuban island of Guantanamo Bay (Gitmo), it remains open. In fact, there are plans to expand the gulag. The American regime acts as an outlaw.

News & Analysis

Need to expose the pseudo-Salafis

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 02, 14352014-05-01

The anti-Islamic nature of pseudo-Salafis is evident from their behavior in Syria—killing not only civilians but also members of rival groups—but it is the pseudo scholars in the service of empire that must be exposed.

News & Analysis

Is Islamabad serious about peace talks with the Taliban?

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 01, 14352014-02-01

Is Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif serious about peace talks with the Taliban or is he just playing games? The next few weeks will tell.

News & Analysis

Obama’s hypocritical stand on Gitmo

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 23, 14342013-08-01

Despite promising soon after becoming president in January 2009 that he would shut down Guantanamo Bay within a year because it was a “blot” on America’s reputation, Barack Obama has not done so. This exposes his hypocrisy.

Special Reports

Western attempts to delegitimize the Islamic movement

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 22, 14342013-06-01

As Muslims reassert the power of Islam in their societies, western regimes, their media outlets and so-called thinktanks have gone hoarse proclaiming the Muslims’ alleged failure.

News & Analysis

India’s own Hindu terrorists exposed

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 20, 14342013-05-01

While the Indian establishment has traditionally blamed Muslims for every terrorist attack, investigations show that Hindu fascists have been the ones responsible for such crimes. The rot has even seeped into the Indian armed forces.

News & Analysis

India murders another Kashmiri by hanging

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 19, 14342013-03-01

The February 9 hanging of Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri, in India’s notorious Tihar Jail, has touched a raw nerve in Kashmir. Even fair-minded Indian writers, among them Arudhati Roy, have described it as a judicial murder.

Special Reports

Uses and abuses of the Internet

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 17, 14342012-12-01

The Internet can be used as well as abused so Muslims have to be wary of how they approach it.

Special Reports

Role of Special Forces in US imperial designs

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 14, 14332012-10-01

The US is resorting to increasing use of Special Operations Forces worldwide with terrible consequences for targeted societies.

News & Analysis

The ongoing saga of Omar Khadr’s incarceration

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 11, 14332012-07-01

Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, now nearly 26 years old, was supposed to have returned to Canada from Guantanamo Bay at the end of October under a deal brokered between the US and Canadian governments.

Islamic Movement

Tarek Mehanna and the myth of US free speech

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 09, 14332012-05-01

Dr. Tarek Mehanna, an American-born Muslim citizen, was handed a 17-year-prison sentence by a Boston court on April 12 for no greater “crime” than exercising his First Amendment right to free speech.

News & Analysis

Scandalous anti-Iran allegations by US fail to stick

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 05, 14322011-11-01

Only the demented minds of American officials could concoct a story of the alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to Washington, Adel al-Jubeir. In making this scandalous allegation on October 11, US Attorney General Eric Holder and FBI Director Robert Mueller looked shifty and visibly uncomfortable.

News & Analysis

Concern for US spies but not Iranian diplomats

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 03, 14322011-10-01

Two Americans accused of spying were released on September 21 as part of a humanitarian gesture by the Islamic Republic of Iran. A delegation of American Christian and Muslim leaders had traveled to Tehran to meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other officials to seek the release of Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal.

News & Analysis

Canada’s Afghan mission: what did it achieve?

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 03, 14322011-09-01

Beyond the drum-beating and chest thumping about what a great job the Canadian soldiers did in Afghanistan, the question that needs to be asked is: what exactly did they achieve despite spending $20 billion on a war that is still raging and the Afghans are no better off today, in fact much worse, than they were 10 years ago?

News & Analysis

Immigration: the not-so-green pastures of Canada

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 01, 14322011-08-01

An estimated 138 million people live in places other than their country of birth. Many are forced by circumstances, especially wars, to flee to safer havens. The overwhelming majority, however, are economic migrants seeking a better life elsewhere.

News & Analysis

Torontonians still angry a year after G20 summit

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 29, 14322011-07-01

A full year after the mayhem that gripped Toronto during the G20 summit, Torontonians still do not have answers to many questions. Who ordered the police to go berserk arresting more than 1100 people...

Main Stories

Yemeni crisis deepens as Saleh refuses to quit

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 27, 14322011-05-01

The pent up rage of the masses that erupted in Tunisia last December 17 has engulfed the entire Muslim East. Two dictators — General Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia and General Hosni Mubarak of Egypt — were consigned in quick succession to the dustbin of history but others are fighting back.

News & Analysis

Hunger and poverty amid plenty in the US

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 27, 14322011-05-01

Most Americans are led to believe that their country is the richest and the best in the world. It is a land of milk and honey and of limitless opportunities. There is little doubt that the US has enormous wealth; with a GDP of $17 trillion, it is by far the richest country in the world but is this wealth fairly distributed?

News & Analysis

Galloway on “Free Palestine, Free Afghanistan and Free Speech” Canadian tour

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 24, 14312010-11-01

George Galloway, the former British Member of Parliament, is a sharp debater and gifted orator with a ready wit. He was in Canada on a 9-city speaking tour from November 16–27. He addressed standing room audiences in cities from coast to coast to coast including Yellowknife in Canada’s frozen north.

News & Analysis

Aafia Siddiqui’s sentence exposes gross US injustice

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 22, 14312010-10-01

Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, the frail neuroscientist kidnapped in Pakistan and tortured and brutalized for many years in Kabul’s notorious Bagram prison, was sentenced to 86 years by a US court in New York on September 23.

Special Reports

US intrusion in Iran-China relations

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 18, 14312010-07-01

The answer to the above is not as complicated as many think. The key factor is to be able to see beyond the modern myth which projects China as the next superpower of the world

News & Analysis

Long live Gitmo, and indefinite detention without trial

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 18, 14312010-06-01

“These people are the worst of the worst,” bellow some family members. “We cannot let them loose to attack America or Americans again.” Others chime in: “They have better facilities here than they have at home..."

Main Stories

NGOs: the West’s soft instrument for hegemonic policies

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 16, 14312010-05-01

The so-called NGOs that are financed by the US government are an important part of US policy to advance its hegemonic goals. It is likely that during the presidency of Barack Obama the NGO sector may be used even more frequently as a tool of US foreign policy.

Main Stories

America’s democracy and politicians for sale

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 16, 14312010-04-01

“America has the best democracy money can buy,” is not merely a catchy slogan; it accurately captures the essence and nature of US democracy...

Main Stories

Canadian government deprives own citizen, Omar Khadr, of basic rights

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 15, 14312010-03-01

Nicholson, however, refused to ask Washington to return Khadr to his country of birth, Canada, despite the Supreme Court ruling that Ottawa had violated his Charter rights...

Special Reports

Endless agony of Srebrenica victims

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 10, 14302009-08-01

With bones of massacre victims still being identified, many family members choose to reopen graves for each new fragment...

Main Stories

The media war on Iran

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 08, 14302009-06-01

By Tahir Mahmoud On July 20, 1988 when Iran accepted a ceasefire in the Iraqi-imposed war that was backed and financed by the US and Arab regimes, most people assumed that the war had ended. The shooting may have stopped but the war against

News & Analysis

Ways of the “civilized” West

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 08, 14302009-06-01

The West insists that it is “civilized”; so civilized in fact that it wants to export its values to the rest of the world. Those unable to appreciate Western values must be uncivilized, especially Muslims, who cling to such

World

Canadian government not interested in citizen Omar Khadr

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 06, 14302009-05-01

The minority Conservative government of Canada appears determined to deny Omar Khadr his Charter Rights even in the face of several court rulings, the latest of which was handed down on April 23. Justice James O’Reilly of the Federal Court issued a clear ruling ordering Canada to seek Khadr’s repatriation from Guantanamo Bay where he has languished since October 2002.

Occupied Arab World

Massive poverty in the oil-rich kingdom

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 05, 14302009-04-01

If someone mentioned spiritual poverty in Saudi Arabia, it would surprise few given the rigid literalist Wahhabi ideology that is imposed on people in the archaic kingdom. After all, women are prohibited from driving and the mutawwa, religious police go around beating people for no apparent reason except that these religious zealots presume people are not following their literalist ideology.

Occupied Arab World

Israel unleashed 3-week terror campaign in hopes of turning Ghazzah against Hamas

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 05, 14302009-02-01

Political commentators have advanced numerous reasons for Israel’s onslaught on Ghazzah. From the official Israeli line to stop Hamas rocket attacks to Israeli politicians’ need to act tough before next month’s elections to presenting a fait accompli to the incoming US president have all been trotted out.

World

How long will the United States drag out Omar Khadr’s ordeal?

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 02, 14292008-11-01

The trial of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr that was due to begin at the notorious detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba on November 10 was postponed until January 26, 2009. Guantanamo has come to symbolize the worst of American attitude toward the rule of law.

World

Progress for Canadian Muslim Omar Khadr in case against Guantanamo incarceration

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Akhirah 27, 14292008-07-01

The US supreme court verdict on June 12 that detainees at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to habeas corpus (the right to be free from illegal detention and, if held without charge, to challenge it in a civilian court) was welcome to human-rights activists and lawyers, but so far appears to have left the US government unmoved.

World

Another blow to Canada’s credibility as terror charges against four more Muslims “stayed”

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 25, 14292008-05-01

What was described as the biggest terrorism-related case in Canada is gradually unraveling: four more Muslims have walked free after the prosecution “stayed” charges against them on April 15. Qayum Abdul Jamal, Ibrahim Aboud, Ahmad Ghany and Yasin Abdi Mohamed joined three others against whom charges were dropped a year ago.

World

Another blow to “war on terror” as Florida jury refuses to convict men accused of terrorism

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 02, 14292008-01-01

Things are not going well for US president George Bush, not only because he is now seen as a lame-duck president or that bad news continues to pour out of Iraq and Afghanistan. Even the phony war on terror is not yielding results as it did immediately after 911, when frequent “orange alert” warnings kept people frightened enough to agree to whatever the government was demanding, including curtailment of civil liberties. People seen to have seem through these tricks of the government, which is widely distrusted by most Americans today.

World

Even Americans condemn the mis-trial of Jose Padilla

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 19, 14282007-09-01

The “guilty” verdict handed down to Jose Padilla and two other defendants (Adham Hassoun and Kifah Jayyousi) on August 16 by a court in Miami is both bizarre and revealing. US government spokesmen hailed the verdict as a major victory in the war on terror, despite the fact that Washington had done everything in its power to prevent the case from ever being heard in a civilian court.

Special Reports

American Muslim women take on the zionist lobby

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 11, 14282007-03-01

Muslims in America are living under increasing pressure because of the atmosphere created by the political establishment and media since September 2001. Zionist and other interest groups have joined in, but some Muslims are fighting back. TAHIR MAHMOUD reports.

Occupied Arab World

Personal feuds within Saudi family threaten regime’s stability

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 11, 14272007-01-01

Serious policy differences between the usually secretive members of the House of Saud have turned into a feud that is threatening to unravel the carefully constructed façade of dynastic rule maintained by bribes and terror for more than seven decades. Personal ambitions, coupled with fears that they may not survive long in power if the US flees Iraq after its defeat, have resulted in some strange public behaviour by Saudi royals.

World

Abuja accord on Darfur conflict unlikely to ease Western pressure on Sudan

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 05, 14272006-06-01

UN secretary general Kofi Annan, under pressure from the US and zionist-Christian groups, dispatched Lakhdar Brahimi to Sudan on May 25 to coordinate the deployment of UN peacekeeping troops in Darfur after the Darfur accord signed in Abuja, capital of Nigeria, on May 5.

World

A bereaved mother demands that Bush explains the reasons for his Iraq war

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 27, 14262005-09-01

By camping outside US president George Bush’s Crawford ranch and demanding to meet him, the mother of a slain American soldier has given a human face to the anti-war movement. She has also energized it in a way that had not seemed possible only a few weeks earlier.

World

Terror alerts: Canadian Muslims losing rights as US exploits the political utility of fear

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Qa'dah 08, 14242004-01-01

Having discovered the political utility of fear, US officials miss no opportunity to invoke the dreaded terror alert, thus keeping the American public scared enough to have no time to think about the real problems confronting them...

Occupied Arab World

Hizbullah driving a hard deal to free hostages held by Israelis

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 07, 14242003-12-01

Last month’s announcement that Israel has agreed to a "prisoner" exchange with Hizbullah again highlights the deviousness of the zionists: Israel has kidnapped scores of Lebanese and other activists and held them hostage, while Hizbullah has captured Israeli soldiers in battle.

World

Iran resisting Western pressure over its nuclear program

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 05, 14242003-10-01

In view of the US’s disastrous entanglement in Iraq and Afghanistan, it would be logical to expect that Washington would be a little more circumspect in picking fights elsewhere. If logic prevailed in Washington that would be a reasonable hope, but US policy today is in the control of hardcore warriors who are being goaded by a zionist cabal. These men have advanced such demonic notions as "perpetual war" and "pre-emptive strikes." So Washington’s mad dogs and their zionist allies are now barking at Iran over its peaceful nuclear programme.

World

India threatening to take US’s Iraq war as a model for action against Pakistan

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Thani 16, 14242003-06-16

Yashwant Sinha, India’s external affairs minister, has joined the fire-breathing Indian home minister L K Advani in threatening a "pre-emptive strike" against Pakistan over Kashmir. In an interview published in the Hindustan Times on April 6, Sinha repeated the threat which had first been carried by the French news agency, Agence France Presse (AFP), three days earlier.

World

Indian army of occupation adopts new tactics in Kashmir

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 29, 14242003-04-01

Abdul-Majid Dar, area commander of Hizbul Mujahideen, the largest group fighting against the Indian occupation, was gunned down on March 23 while visiting his brother’s home in Sopore. His mother and sister were also seriously wounded.

World

Californian Muslims arrested after coming forward to register with INS

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 27, 14232003-01-01

Hundreds (perhaps a thousand) Muslims are being held in US jails as a result of new rules that require citizens of certain countries to register with the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Many who have been resident in the US for many years...

World

Imam Jamil facing new charges

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 26, 14232002-12-01

Among the many Muslim political prisoners in the world, the case of Imam Jamil Abdullah al-Amin stands out as quite extraordinary. Convicted of murder last February in a trial that can only be described as bizarre, Imam Jamil has now been moved from the Reedsville prison...

World

Muslim charities in US feel the force of anti-Islamic crackdown

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 17, 14222002-01-01

In a move to cripple Muslim charitable work, the US government moved against three leading charities during Ramadhan, accusing them of “supporting terrorism”.

Special Reports

The criminalising of US Muslims

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 16, 14222001-12-01

According to some observers, it has almost become a crime to be a Muslim in the US since September 11. Only those Muslims are tolerated who submit to US supremacy.

World

... while Canada follows the same path against its citizens

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 01, 14222001-11-16

As if not to be left out of the big league, the Canadian government has introduced a bill in parliament, called Bill C-36, that threatens to remove the freedoms individuals currently enjoy in the country.

World

US spoiling for a fight against old foe China

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 07, 14222001-05-01

Dan Quayle, who served as vice president under George Bush senior, could not spell potato correctly; George Bush junior, now president of the United States, does not know where Prince Edward Island, the Canadian province where potatoes are grown, is.

World

Muslims immigrants to Canada facing discrimination and social problems

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 22, 14222001-04-16

The migratory patterns of birds and animals in search of food (and therefore survival) are well known. Human beings, too, throughout history have travelled in search of work.

World

West preparing for a battle against victims of racism and discrimination

Tahir Mahmoud

Muharram 07, 14222001-04-01

Battle lines are beginning to harden over the forthcoming “World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance” in Durban, South Africa, from August 31 to September 7.

World

Berkeley students discover the limits of freedom of expression

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 05, 14212001-03-01

The US media’s anti-Islam bias is well known; it is reflective of the establishment’s views. Academia in the US, however, used to pride itself on being free of such biases, yet of late the anti-Muslim virus seems to have infected these so-called bastions of intellectual freedom as well.

World

Muslims in America remain under pressure, despite court victory over ‘secret evidence’

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 08, 14201999-12-16

America’s war on Islam suffered a setback on November 29, when Nasser Ahmed, an Egyptian asylum seeker, walked free after spending three-and-a-half years in a US prison. Nasser Ahmed’s ‘crime’ was that he was the court-appointed interpreter for Shaikh Omar Abdel Rahman, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in January 1996 after a kangaroo trial.

World

Christians, too, target of Hindu fascism

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 08, 14201999-11-16

Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s one day fast of penitence on January 30 is reflective of the widespread hyprocrisy in the ranks of the Indian ruling elite.

World

Muslim campaign against repressive US laws gathers momentum

Tahir Mahmoud

Jumada' al-Ula' 04, 14201999-08-16

The Muslim campaign against the US government’s Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, by which Muslims can be arrested, imprisoned and deported without ever being charged with any offence, or even informed of the evidence being used against them...

World

New York policemen convicted of torture

Tahir Mahmoud

Rabi' al-Awwal 02, 14201999-06-16

Two New York police officers were convicted this month of the horrific and brutal torture of a Haitian immigrant, Abner Louima, on August 9, 1997. After his arrest outside a nightclub two years ago, Louima was beaten by four police officers in a car.

World

US Supreme Court confirms government’s right to target Islamic activists

Tahir Mahmoud

Safar 16, 14201999-06-01

On May 19, Dr Mazen el-Najjar, a Palestinian professor from Tampa, Florida, completed two years in an American jail for reasons he has never been told. He is the father of three American-born children.

Book Review

The heartbreaking story of the ‘Biharis’ stranded in Bangladesh

Tahir Mahmoud

Dhu al-Hijjah 29, 14191999-04-16

Most people would be hard pressed to tell who the ‘Stranded Pakistanis’ or ‘Bihari Muslims’ in Bangladesh are. That neatly sums up their tragedy, which dates back to the turmoil surrounding the painful birth of Bangladesh in December 1971..

Occupied Arab World

Assault on human rights in Tunisia

Tahir Mahmoud

Rajab 06, 14201999-03-16

Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, president of Tunisia, is applauded in western capitals for maintaining peace and stability in his country. This he has achieved by bludgeoning the Islamic party, An-Nahdha, into submission with mass arrests, imprisonments, torture and exile. At the same time, he maintains a reputation for respecting human rights.

World

Serbs use iron-fist in Kosovo

Tahir Mahmoud

Ramadan 17, 14181998-01-16

The brutal assault by Serb police on peaceful student rallies in Pristina and five other towns on December 30 indicates that Belgrade is pressing ahead with its policy of Serbianization in the predominantly Muslim Albanian province of Kosovo.

World

US investigators find no bomb plot but Muslims must suffer for TWA crash

Tahir Mahmoud

Sha'ban 16, 14181997-12-16

More than 18 months after the fiery crash of the TWA Flight 800 off the coast of Long Island in New York, US investigators have come up with nothing to prove that the jumbo jet was downed as a result of any terrorist activity.

Special Reports

Under Korbelova, US foreign policy made in Tel Aviv, not Washington

Tahir Mahmoud

Shawwal 08, 14171997-02-16

That US foreign policy is hostage to Israeli/zionist interests is no secret. With the appointment of Madeleine K Albright (the ‘K’ stands for Korbelova, later abbreviated to Korbel!) as US secretary of State, it has once again brought this into sharp focus.

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