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Palestinians still dying in droves as world builds up to Iraq war

Zafar Bangash

Dhu al-Qa'dah 29, 14232003-02-01

With the world’s attention focused on Iraq, thanks to president George Bush and his gang of warriors, the zionists are getting away with murder in Palestine. This is not chance; Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon has always wanted to divert the world’s attention from his policies against the Palestinians.

Iraqi opposition conference in London reveals only their weakness and differences

Nasr Salem

Dhu al-Qa'dah 13, 14232003-01-16

It was intended to be an extraordinary show of unity among Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein’s foes. But the Iraqi opposition’s conference in London last month ended up exposing the opposition for a faction-ridden quagmire having in common only a desire to be rid of Saddam.

Algeria benefiting from new Western support

M.S. Ahmed

Shawwal 27, 14232003-01-01

So far neither Algiers nor Washington has announced the kinds of weapons Algeria will receive under the new security pact. But successive Algerian governments have ascribed their failure to end the decade-old civil strife to a shortage of attack helicopters and night-vision equipment.

US moves closer to war with unilateral declaration of Iraq’s "material breach"

Ahmad Musa

Shawwal 27, 14232003-01-01

As widely expected, the US declared Iraq to be in "material breach" of UN Resolution 1441 on December 19, after a perfunctory examination of Iraq’s 12,000-page dossier on its weapons programme.

Israelis using al-Qa’ida to justify killing Palestinians

Ahmad Musa

Ramadan 11, 14232002-12-16

A Palestinian citizen from Ghazzah revealed on December 9 that Mossad, the Israeli Intelligence Service, had attempted to enlist him to establish a terrorist cell in Palestine under the name of al-Qa’ida

Strains and stresses in US-Saudi relations

Fadl Osman

Shawwal 11, 14232002-12-16

Long-simmering tensions between Riyadh and Washington about money flowing from Saudi charities to people and groups classified as “terrorist” by the US have once again erupted.

Thaw in US-Syria relations limited by support for Palestinian resistance

Nasr Salem

Shawwal 11, 14232002-12-16

For any deluded mind still harbouring doubts that America’s policy in the Middle East is hostage to Israeli interests, the twists and turns in US-Syrian relations since the attacks on the WTC and the Pentagon present food for thought.

International and oil politics behind America’s plans for Iraq and the region

Zafar Bangash

Ramadan 26, 14232002-12-01

A lethal brew of raw imperial ambition and personal greed, not the claims of US president George Bush that he intends to eliminate Iraq’s alleged weapons of mass destruction, is behind the drive for a renewed onslaught on Iraq...

Jordan targets Islamic activists in Ma’an ahead of US’s Iraq war

Nasr Salem

Ramadan 26, 14232002-12-01

The first shots in the war on Iraq were fired in Jordan when King Abdullah II sent tanks into the city of Ma’an, 215 kilometres (135 miles) south of Amman, the capital, to capture or kill besieged Islamic activists. The sweep, which set off fierce gun-battles in some of the city’s neighbourhoods, is widely regarded as a pre-emptive measure in case a US offensive against Iraq comes about...

America’s Kurdish ‘allies’ fearful of consequences of war in Iraq

Nasr Salem

Ramadan 26, 14232002-12-01

Now that Washington’s massive diplomatic offensive against Baghdad has succeeded in getting the UN weapons-inspectors back into Iraq, the US government seems to have inched one step closer to its ostensible goal of deposing Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Since its war against Afghanistan ended, the US has been looking for a pretext to wage war against Iraq...

Jailed leaders of Egypt’s al-Gama’ah al-Islamiyyah signal a new direction and methodology

Nasr Salem

Ramadan 11, 14232002-11-16

After more than two decades of being at the forefront of armed struggle against Egypt’s latter-day pharaohs, the jailed leaders of the radical al-Gama’ah al-Islamiyyah (Islamic Group) have renounced the use of violence.

Hamas committed to maintaining resistance as Palestinians continue to suffer

Crescent International

Ramadan 11, 14232002-11-16

Hamas leader Khaled Misha’al said on November 9 that Palestine’s main Islamic movement would not give up military operations against the Israeli occupiers of Palestine.

UN fudge gives green light to American plans for war on Iraq

Iqbal Siddiqui

Ramadan 11, 14232002-11-16

The US’s long-planned war on Iraq moved a significant step closer on November 8, when the US succeeded in extracting from its reluctant allies in the UN a legitimising resolution providing it with a fig-leaf of legality for its plans to topple Saddam Hussain and occupy Iraq...

CIA’s extrajudicial assassinations in Yemen hailed as new weapon against terror

M.A. Shaikh

Ramadan 11, 14232002-11-16

When six Yemenis travelling in their car 175 km east of Sana, the capital, were blown up by remote control on November 3, US officials were quick to claim the credit. They said that the CIA carried out the targeted assassination...

France holding up American plans at the UN

Mohamed Zitouni

Sha'ban 25, 14232002-11-01

lmost one month after the US and Britain published the draft resolution that they wanted the UN Security Council to pass to justify their planned war on Iraq, the French government has become the main obstacle to their success...

US and Britain planning to invade Iraq in UN’s blue berets

Ahmad Musa

Sha'ban 09, 14232002-10-16

George W. Bush finally published the resolution he would like the UN Security Council to pass to justify a military attack on Iraq on October 1. The resolution, also supported by Bush’s loyal servant Blair, is clearly designed to provoke an Iraqi rejection, thereby providing the pretext for a US invasion.

Moderate Islamists make moderate gains in Morocco’s elections

M K Abdullah

Sha'ban 09, 14232002-10-16

Morocco’s “moderate” Islamic Justice and Development Party (JDP) was the major gainer in the country’s elections last month, when results were finally announced on October 1, four days after the polling on September 27.

Washington’s “Syria Accountability Act” threatens to turn war on terrorism against Damascus

Nasr Salem

Ramadan 11, 14232002-10-16

The world’s attention has been gripped for the past few weeks by US saber-rattling over Iraq. But this war mania has blinded much of the world to other developments in Washington’s open-ended drive to settle scores and “lead the world,” while pretending to fight a “war on terrorism.”

US and Britain set on Iraq war despite neither cause nor support

Iqbal Siddiqui

Dhu al-Hijjah 29, 14372002-10-01

espite major developments in the politicking over Iraq during the past two weeks, there can be no doubt that the US remains as determined as ever to go to war against Saddam Hussein at the earliest possible opportunity, with the avowed intention of replacing his regime with one that will be more amenable to Western interests in the region.

Muslim Brotherhood reasserting its leadership of Syria’s fractured opposition

Nasr Salem

Rajab 09, 14232002-09-16

It is long overdue. The Syrian Ikhwan al-Muslimeen has recently demonstrated renewed determination to become a rallying point to unify the country’s opposition. Between August 23 and 25, the Brotherhood held a conference in London, under the slogan “Syria for All Its People.”

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