Following a game of golf on Monday with President Barack Obama, Sen. Bob Corker hinted that the U.S. is moving closer to providing military aid to the Syrian rebels in their battle against President Bashar al-Assad’s military forces. The veteran GOP member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hinted after his golf game with Obama [...]
The post Obama Administration Moving Closer To Arming Syrian Rebels, Says GOP Senator appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Timothy Karr Is your Internet bill too high? You can thank the phone and cable companies for that. Today, high-speed broadband services offered by these national carriers cost more than $500 a year and even more when customers are forced to bundle Internet access with cable or phone packages. These rates put access out [...]
The post The Internet Racket – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
The registration of presidential candidates for the June election in Iran began today, Tuesday May 7, and will continue until Saturday. Interior Minister Mostafa Najjar announced that the Guardian Council will decide on the eligibility of candidates during five days of deliberation that begin on May 12. For the first time, the presidential election will [...]
The post Iran’s Election Machinery Swings Into Motion appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By David Swanson This past Saturday morning felt like mid-winter in Asheville, North Carolina, but was actually some weeks past tax day, and dozens of people were gathered in front of a federal building to say something about what federal income taxes are used for — something much more unusual than one would expect. Posters [...]
The post US Tax Buys Bombs Israel Drops On Syria – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Endy Bayuni The Western and Muslim worlds drifted apart in the wake of 9/11. The 11 September 2001 suicide hijackings in the United States were followed by other equally devastating attacks in Bali, London, Madrid, Mumbai and elsewhere in the world, all of which were conducted in the name of Islam. After more than [...]
The post Dancing To The Beat Of A New Drum Twelve Years After 9/11 – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Shiraz Ahmad There have been worrying signs of breakdown in ethnic relations in Pakistan – including accounts of ethnic Hazaras (a Farsi-speaking, predominantly Shia group) taking up arms and forming their own militia after bombings in Quetta, and Christian protestors clashing with police in Lahore in response to anti-Christian mob violence earlier this year. [...]
The post Grassroots Organization Fights Minority Discrimination In Pakistan – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Aron Lund for Syria Comment The Islamic Ahrar al-Sham Movement, which is the leading faction of the Syrian Islamic Front (SIF) and probably the biggest salafi group in Syria, has issued a statement about Jabhat al-Nosra’s recent declaration of allegiance to al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Ahrar al-Sham statement is available in Arabic on Aaron [...]
The post Syria: Major Salafi Faction Criticizes Jabhat Al-Nosra – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Aron Lund for Syria Comment The Haqq Battalions Gathering, a militant group in the Hama province, announced in mid-April 2013 that they are joining the Syrian Islamic Front (SIF). This is the first time since the SIF’s creation in December 2012 that an independent outside organization of any consequence decides to join the front. [...]
The post New Addition To The Syrian Islamic Front – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Shujaat Bukhari The killing of Sarabjit Singh at the hands of his fellow inmates at Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail and a murderous assault on Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah in Jammu’s Kot Bhalwal jail are two horrifying incidents which unravel the level of animosity with which India and Pakistan had been living for the last 65 [...]
The post India-Pakistan: Animosity Prison-ified – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Vijay Shankar What would appear to have passed muster is China’s incremental transformation of the idea of a nuclear weapon; from one whose power lay in its non-use and which had enjoyed thus far, an admittedly, puerile yet tolerable and stable relationship with the world at large; into one of possible delinquency and deepening [...]
The post Carnegie Nuclear Policy Conference 2013: China’s Strategic Nuclear Posture – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
When Barack Obama orders the US military to attack people in another country, whether in a war or by using an illegal drone strike, he knows that people, including innocent men, women and children (called ‘collateral damage’), will be killed. How can he do this? When Benjamin Netanyahu orders Israeli military attacks on unarmed Palestinians, [...]
The post Understanding People Who Kill – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Alsir Sidahmed The respected US Pew Research Center released its findings about Muslims and their aspirations around the world last month. The survey is an interesting one, given its outcome, its subject and its timing. The survey assumes significance as it represents the most comprehensive coverage so far. As part of the survey, the [...]
The post Attitudes Of World Muslims – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Osama Al Sharif If the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria was a “game-changer” in the view of US President Barack Obama, then this week’s Israeli bombardment of targets in Damascus is equally a major change in the rules of the game that threatens to take the crisis across borders. It was the [...]
The post A New Twist In Syrian Conflict – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers Recently, news reporters have been sounding almost giddy, saying that unemployment is dropping, housing prices are rising and the stock market is growing to new highs. But, these reports do not ring true with what people see around them. When you look beyond the sunny headlines, the sad reality is [...]
The post Turning Mirage Recovery Into Real Recovery – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
In an experimental bid to determine whether wider gun ownership could lead to a decline in crime, a University of Houston graduate student and the Armed Citizens Project is looking to give away shotguns to residents of fifteen cities. Kyle Coplen, 29, is the founder of the Armed Citizens Project, a group which announced that [...]
The post Group Plans To Distribute Free Shotguns In Major US Cities appeared first on Eurasia Review.
The reported accident at an election meeting in Lahore on May 7, 2013, at which Imran Khan, the leader of the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf (PTI), was injured requiring hospitalisation, has added to the unpredictability of the Pakistani elections being held on May 11. The election campaign has already lost much of its value due to the [...]
The post Pakistan: Elections Of Questionable Value – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
(RFE/RL) — Pakistani politician and former cricketer Imran Khan was rushed to hospital with head injuries on May 7 after falling off a lift taking him onto the stage for an election rally. Television footage showed Khan, who is the leader of the Pakistan Movement for Justice party (PTI), bleeding from the head as he [...]
The post Pakistan’s Imran Khan Hurt In Fall At Campaign Rally appeared first on Eurasia Review.
Seven Muslims in Burma have been charged with the murder of a Buddhist monk that fueled deadly communal riots two months ago in central Meikhtila city, lawyers said Tuesday. Six of them face the death penalty if convicted in one of the most high profile cases since sectarian violence first flared nearly a year ago. [...]
The post Seven Burmese Muslims Charged With Monk’s Death appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Anes Alic An amendment to the conflict of interest law in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) transfers authority in the cases to a parliament commission, a change that analysts and NGOs say could open the political sector up to corruption. Currently, the Central Elections Commission is the authority in determining officials’ involvement in conflict of [...]
The post Bosnia: Analysts Question New Transfer Of Authority Law appeared first on Eurasia Review.
By Yasmin Najjar Tunisian security forces arrested 37 suspects connected to jihadist violence in Jebel Chaambi, the interior ministry revealed on Tuesday (May 7th). Interior ministry spokesperson Mohamed Ali Aroui also said the remaining militants belonged to the Okba Ibn Nafaa brigade, which is linked to al-Qaeda. He made the announcement at a joint press [...]
The post Tunisia: Al-Qaeda Linked To Jebel Chaambi Militants appeared first on Eurasia Review.
