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The Syrian Conflict: Qaradawi`s Incitement to Violence

It is Qaradawi’s legitimisation of Western hegemony by invoking religious authority that makes his role so perfidious.

(KUALA LAMPUR) - Any human being who abhors violence and bloodshed would be shocked by remarks made by a leading religious personality, Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi, on the 1^st of June 2013.

At a rally in Doha, he urged Sunni Muslims in the region to go to Syria and fight the Bashar al-Assad government and its supporters, the Hezbollah and Iran. He regarded it as a “jihad.”

Can Sharif Pull Pakistan Out of Terrorism Quicksand?

The PML-N candidates have established firm connections with the village headmen, or village lackeys as many Pakistanis call them.

(TEHRAN) - Since 2001, when Islamabad joined Washington’s war on terror against Pashtuns in Afghanistan, Pakistan has been sinking into the quicksand of extremism and terrorism.

The U.S. war caused numerous civilian causalities in the Pashtun areas of Afghanistan which kindled sentiments of revenge in the hearts of Pashtun fighters in the tribal areas of Pakistan that border Afghanistan.

McCain`s Visit to Syria is `High Treason`

Last month, Republican senators pressed the U.S. president for a military attack against Syria. Obama said using chemical weapons by Syria would be a red line that, if crossed, would prompt the U.S. into direct action.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - Former U.S. Intelligence Linguist Scott Rickard says Senator John McCain’s visit to Syria is “high treason” as Washington does not have relations with Damascus more than a year.

“John McCain’s visit to Syria is another clear indication of U.S. military and intelligence involvement in Syria”, he said in a phone interview with Press TV.

Thanking Bradley Manning

It’s far easier to stand up for Bradley where I live, back in the U.S. I hope many more of us will devote the time and energy we owe this young man for risking everything, as he did, to enlighten us and the world.

(KABUL) - A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APVs), gathered for an informal presentation about WikiLeaks, its chief editor Julian Assange, and its most prominent contributor, Bradley Manning.

Basir Bita, a regular visitor to the APV household, began the evening’s discussion noting that June 1st will mark the beginning of Bradley Manning’s fourth year in prison.

Petition: Arrest John McCain & Investigate US State Department & Clandestine Activity in Syria

I am sending this letter as official notice of a citizens request for the arrest of John McCain and investigation of these criminal activities in Syria.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Federal Bureau of investigations suggested I contact your office regarding Senator John McCain's illegally entry into Syria yesterday, Monday, May 27, 2013.

It is my understanding that US state department and other clandestine activity has been facilitating intelligence, logistics and weapons to militants and criminal mercenaries operating in and around Syria for over two years.

Interview with Code-Pink founder, Medea Benjamin After She `Heckled` Obama

On at least three occasions, Benjamin engaged the president, ultimately forcing him off script.

(WASHINGTON DC Op-Ed News) - Code-Pink founder, Medea Benjamin, took President Barack Obama head-on during a major foreign policy speech the president was giving Thursday on drone policy and related issues.

Benjamin demanded that the president close the Guantanamo Bay prison immediately.

The Silver Lining

Let us not oversell. The complete inability of tribes and religious rivals to resolve their conflicts in Syria hardly bodes a future without war.

(PORTLAND, OR) - If the brutal and tragic agony of Syria today has one small glimmer of hope, it is that the great powers are completely stymied, blocked, paralyzed in their ability to resolve anything by military action.

Were this 1914 and had we possessed nuclear weapons, the Syrian situation might have led to a war that ended the world.

Bombing Kills 15 in Kabul, 6 Americans: Is this What Winning Looks Like? (+ VICE video)

A sad and realistic view of the Afghan war now.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Gulbuddin Hikmatyar’s Hizb-i Islami [the Islamic Party] guerrilla group bombed a military convoy in Kabul this morning, killing 15, including 6 Americans.

The Reagan administration gave Hikmatyar billions in the 1980s because he was effective in fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan, but in 2001 the old guerrilla switched sides and allied with the Taliban in an effort to get the US back out of his country.

2 Afghan Suicide Attacks Kill 8, Wound 41 in Single Day

Militancy and violent incidents have been on rise since April 28 when the Taliban launched its so-called spring offensive in Afghanistan.

(KABUL Xinhua) - The war-weary Afghans experienced two deadly suicide bombings Thursday.

The explosions killed at least eight people, including two attackers, and more than three dozen others were injured, officials confirmed.

UN General Assembly Vote Reflects Shift in Syrian Public Opinion

A certain optimism, that was more scarce in the past, pervades many neighborhoods.

(HOMS, Syria) - It’s not hard to find critics of the Assad government in Muhafazat or Homs or for that matter, to varying degrees, in Syria’s other thirteen Governorates...

However, after nearly 27 months of turmoil, the public opinion pendulum is markedly shifting back in support of the current regime.