I have seen quite a few discussions about the national debt recently, and one of the arguments that always crops up, and is especially silly, is that the Government needs to save money to pay for the future costs of the baby boom generation retiring.
Now, I understand why this argument is so popular, at first […]
Sanctions on North Korea, Iran could backfire: ElBaradei
New UN sanctions imposed on North Korea and under consideration for Iran could empower hardliners in both countries, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog agency warned on Monday.Mohammed ElBaradei, executive director of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said he remained unconvinced Iran was developing nuclear weapons and […]
Islamica Magazine - Open Letter to Pope Benedict XVI
All the eight schools of thought and jurisprudence in Islam are represented by the signatories, including a woman scholar. In this respect the letter is unique in the history of interfaith relations.
It is certainly well worth clicking on through and reading the entire letter. It contains strong […]
Xinhua
Iraq’s own security forces should be able to take over security job within the next 12 to 18 months, General George Casey, the top commander of U.S. military in Iraq said Tuesday.”I believe in 12 to 18 months Iraqi security will be completely capable of taking over their own security,” Casey said in a press […]
This video on waterboarding is very interesting and there is good, serious, discussion on the torture debate. Well worth your time.(via Dean’s World)
Aljazeera.Net
Barham Salih, in London for talks with Tony Blair, the prime minister, made clear his anxiety about the change in tone from London and Washington, where senior figures are questioning whether the current strategy in Iraq is viable.Salih told BBC radio on Monday: “I’m obviously concerned about the debate both in the US and […]
Xinhua - English
The Arab League (AL) on Saturday welcomed the Mecca agreement reached by major Iraqi factions, in which Muslim Shiite and Sunni groups called for a stop to bloodshed and an end to sectarian violence, the League said in a press statement.AL Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Ahmed Bin Helli said the agreement […]
washingtonpost.com
Moving quickly to implement the bill signed by President Bush this week that authorizes military trials of enemy combatants, the administration has formally notified the U.S. District Court here that it no longer has jurisdiction to consider hundreds of habeas corpus petitions filed by inmates at the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba.In a notice dated […]
Reuters
Hamas, the Islamist group that runs the Palestinian government, said on Thursday it could never have imagined the vast international pressure it would come under after winning democratic elections earlier this year.In a candid article published in the Palestinian press, Ahmed Youssef, a political adviser to Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, said the […]
