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Egypt among states attempting to weaken UN Anti-Corruption Convention enforcement mechanism

CAIRO: International NGOs are warning that the United Nation’s global corruption convention will “fail” if states attending the third Conference of States Parties to the treaty in Doha do not

The Evil Empire

The US government is now so totally under the thumbs of organized interest groups that “our” government can no longer respond to the concerns of the American people who elect

Tariq Mehanna: Obama’s Latest Muslim Target

Post-9/11, Muslims have been victimized, vilified, and persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, prominence, activism, and charity. They've been targeted, hunted down, rounded up, held in detention, kept in isolation, denied

Taliban Decline US Offer Of 6 Provinces for 8 Bases

The emboldened Taliban movement in Afghanistan turned down an American offer of power-sharing in exchange for accepting the presence of foreign troops, Afghan government sources confirmed.

War Crimes Commission Hears Graphic Accounts of US Torture From Former Detainees

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission today heard harrowing testimonies about the atrocities committed against the Guantanamo Bay detainees, which included psychological torture and routine humiliation.

Afghanistan: Obama’s Vietnam?

There's a rapidly growing discussion here in the US about "what to do in Afghanistan." Some of it is thoughtful, well-informed, and serious.

MB: Obama’s Speech For Improvement of America’s Image, Offers No New To the Islamic World

In their statement on Saturday, the MB emphasized that if the American-led campaign against Muslims didn’t stop tension would continue and rise, resistance would increase and strengthen, and the instability

Again, Zawahiri Slams Muslim Brotherhood

Zawahiri’s latest audio release criticized the Muslim Brotherhood claiming its leaders come to Kabul on American tanks “talking about wanting to liberate it from the Taliban and agents of Pakistan,”

Pakistan Islamic Group: Zardari Wants To Show U.S. He is Another Ally in the “War

Abdul Gaffar Aziz (Deputy Leader of the Pakistani Islamic Group) said in an interview with Ikhwanweb that Asef Zardari (the newly elected Pakistani President) wants to prove to the U.S.

Free Pakistan

It"s Monday, February 18, 2008, and the entire world is anxiously focusing on Pakistan. After nearly a month"s delay due to Benazir Bhutto"s assassination, Pakistan"s contentious and, some say, "historic"