"We are all hostages"
"We hear that the U.S. is bringing “freedom” and “democracy” to Afghanistan, Iraq and next Iran. That is not true. Those people are hostages. Hostages of our troops and hostages of puppet regimes we put in place to control them."
Constant threat
"The Islamic Waqf does not have detailed information on the excavations, because the Israeli occupation authorities have barred access to Waqf engineers. We can, however, say for sure that exposing the foundations of the Aqsa Mosque by digging up the ground around it will place the Aqsa in grave danger."
Saudi plan to send Muslim troops to support US in Iraq confirms their irredeemable...
"For Muslims, however, the fact that the Saudi government is so beholden to the US -- and perhaps to the Bush regime in particular, given the close business and other links between the Bush family and Aal-e Saud -- that they can be forced into such posturing is yet another sign of their irredeemable illegitimacy."
US Christian evangelicals raise the stakes
"This interest in the end times and the prophetic role of Israel has meant tens of millions of dollars of support every year from evangelical Christians in the US. This funds projects in Israel ranging from helping immigrants and planting
vines to promoting settlement expansion and decrying any plans for Jerusalem other than unilateral control by Israel."
Good Governance?
"...there is always hope that the technocrat in Shaukat Aziz will prevail over his Cabinet colleagues to deliver on the promises made ad nauseam to the people of Pakistan by our rulers without really meaning to keep those promises."
