With friends like these
"That the constant public celebration of Israel as “the only democracy in the Middle East” and America’s “greatest ally in the fight against terrorism” might actually be bad for Israel might be puzzling for some – but it’s not all that much of a surprise for a large number of Washington officials."
Strangers: Muslims Living Outside Dar-Ul-Islam: Rights And Obligations
"Islam bans killing or murdering any human being. Islam categorizes such an act as 'one of the major sins in Islam'."
Chechnya: A context the media does not provide
"The horrors of the Russian aggression in Chechnya show the ugly face of Russian racism. While Estonia (population over 1 million) was granted full independence, Chechnya was subjected to a brutal genocide and the 6.6 million Tatar Muslims within the Russian Federation were not only denied the right to self-determination, but prevented from returning to their homeland in Crimea."
Liberty and the Arab World
"...the true test of whether the U.S. really wants liberty and democracy in the Arab World is if we will defend aspirations of liberty, and whether we will respect the election of future leaderships, who in all likelihood will not be friendly to the US for the years we kept dictators in power."
Young sacrificed to an ancient war
"Since September 11, Russia has cast its subjugation of the Caucasus as a Russian variant of the "War on Terror", invoking all the same arguments and characterizations as the Bush Administration; a rhetorical smokescreen that has seen it largely removed from the humanitarian radar of Western governments."
