By HUSSAIN AFZALAssociated PressPARACHINAR, PakistanTaliban bombs targeting politicians in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday killed 11 people, the latest in a series of attacks meant to disrupt next month’s parliamentary election, police said. The wave of political violence has killed at
The Harvard “Revolutionary” Socialists gathered last week, just three days after the Boston Marathon bombings, for a forum entitled “Don’t Let Them Turn Tragedy into Racism” on the Harvard University campus. The speakers, including “one of Britain’s leading young radical intellectuals
(AFP) Three British Muslims including a convert to Islam were jailed on Thursday for planning acts of terror. White Muslim convert Richard Dart, 30, a former security guard for the BBC, was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment at England’s Old
A global rights group launched a campaign on Tuesday to ban Terminator-style “killer robots” amid fears the rise of drone warfare could lead to machines with the power to make their own decisions about killing humans. Human Rights Watch said
He helped lead the U.S. to Osama bin Laden’s hideout in Abbottabad. Ever since, Dr. Shakil Afridi has been held in a remote Pakistani prison, serving a 33-year sentence–ironically–for terrorism, trapped inside a legal system designed to keep him there.
ELLISON: Well, you know, it is too early for me to second-guess the FBI. I think we need to know more about what they knew. The fact of the matter is that it is good that they contacted him. That
(AFP)- Pakistan’s caretaker government on Monday refused to put former military ruler Pervez Musharraf on trial for treason, telling the Supreme Court that it was beyond its mandate. In Pakistan only the state can initiate treason charges. The Supreme Court
Addressing the nation on Friday evening about the actions of the Boston terrorists, President Barack Obama posed the question “why.” After all, the suspects had been direct beneficiaries of American largesse, including a successful asylum application, a green card and
On Thursday, just hours after the FBI released blurry pictures of the two suspected Boston Marathon bombers, CNN anchor Erin Burnett assumed the suspects were “stereotypically” white Americans and not linked to any foreign terror group. It turned out that
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Background profiles of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev The radicalization of the Tsarnaev brothers Generational history of Kyrgyzstan The Beslan massacre and ABC news Background profiles of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev Tamerlan Tsarnaev, left (dead),
(AP) Police arrest former Pakistani ruler MusharrafBy MUNIR AHMED and SEBASTIAN ABBOTAssociated PressISLAMABADPolice arrested former Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf overnight at his home in the capital, where he had holed up following a dramatic escape from court to avoid
(AFP) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that international sanctions imposed over his country’s nuclear drive had caused “problems”, but insisted they had not stopped progress. Ahmadinejad spoke in Ghana as he wound up a three-nation tour of west
(AP) – Thousands of people are homeless and desperate for aid in southwestern Pakistan following a deadly earthquake centered in neighboring Iran that toppled scores of mud brick homes and killed at least 36 people, officials said Wednesday. The Pakistani
David Sirota, writing for Salon.com, postulates that Americans should hope that the bomber responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings is a white domestic terrorist. Sirota avers that Americans treat white domestic terrorists in a different manner from other terrorists; they
We are finally getting small but solid pieces of information related to Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing. This means we have moved ever so slightly from speculation to clues. As of now, though, nothing is definitive. The Daily Beast’s Eli Lake
By RASOOL DAWARAssociated PressPESHAWAR, PakistanThe Pakistani Taliban have denied any role in the bombings at the Boston Marathon that killed at least three people and injured more than 140. The group’s spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, denied involvement in a telephone call
An earthquake with magnitude 7.8 occurred near Zahedan, Iran at 10:44:13.03 UTC on Apr 16, 2013. From the Associated Press: Seismologists say a major earthquake has struck a region near the Iran-Pakistan border, less than a week after a
A roadside bomb struck an election convoy of Pakistan’s main opposition party on Tuesday, killing four people, police and officials said, the third deadly attack on political targets in as many days. Sanaullah Zehri, the head of the Pakistan Muslim
(AFP) – A bomb exploded on a bus in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding seven others, officials said. “At least nine passengers have been killed and seven injured. Bomb disposal officials
(AP) – Pakistan’s top court on Monday ordered former military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf to respond to allegations that he committed treason while in power and barred him from leaving the country. The Supreme Court acted in response to private
By IBRAHIM BARZAK and DALIA NAMMARIAssociated PressGAZA CITY, Gaza StripStarting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side. Gaza’s Islamic militant
According to a Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, Christians suffer and are harassed in more places than any other religious group. Writing for The Commentator, Lawrence J. Haas asks, “How many more Christians around the world must die
A Pakistani lawyer on Friday threw a shoe at ex-dictator Pervez Musharraf as he walked to a court room to extend his bail on charges of conspiracy to murder and sacking judges. A group of around 20 lawyers protested against
(AFP) – The UN envoy to Afghanistan called on the Taliban Wednesday to join peace efforts as the bulk of NATO combat troops prepare to leave the country by the end of next year. “My message to the insurgency is
Tuesday’s new episode of NCIS showed Hollywood putting aside its liberal bias and honoring our military. Specifically, they gave a particularly touching tribute to the brave U.S. Marine War Dogs and their handlers. (Episode spoilers to follow …) If your
An estimated 80% of the roadside bombs that have killed or injured U.S. forces in Afghanistan were made with chemicals manufactured by Pakistani fertilizer maker Fatima Group. Now the company wants U.S. taxpayer funds to open a plant in Indiana.
Despite Barack Obama’s promises to salvage America’s reputation abroad from all the damage supposedly done by the Bush administration, a survey shows support for the United States in several Middle East countries has dipped below its level from George W.
Imran Firasat was granted asylum in Spain due to threats against his life in Pakistan after he converted to Christianity from Islam in 2004. But as Breitbart News has been reporting, he has spent the past few months facing the possibility
ISLAMABAD, March 19 (UPI) —A suspect in the gruesome 2002 beheading of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl has been arrested, Pakistani officials said. A senior Pakistani official said authorities believe Qari Abdul Hayee facilitated Pearl’s kidnapping, CNN reported Tuesday.
Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) is the unsung heroine of the foreign policy debates of the past few months. A Tea Party candidate who was elected in the 2010 wave, Ayotte has been one of the most reliable voices on the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Saudi Arabia is running out of swordsmen to behead people Terrorists disguised as cricketers kill 5 Indian soldiers in Kashmir Xi Jinping envisions ‘China’s Dream’ – world economic and military domination Saudi Arabia is
In Pakistan, hundreds of Christians fought with police on Sunday as they demonstrated against the lack of will shown by the Pakistani government in defending them from Muslims who have terrorized them. In Lahore and Karachi, at least 1,000 Christians
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad under fire for hugging Hugo Chávez’s mother U.S. rift with Afghanistan throws withdrawal strategy into doubt Withdrawal plans from Afghanistan’s Wardak province in limbo Lahore Pakistan turns into a war zone
The headline you’ll never see: “Peaceful Christians torch dozens of Muslim homes in Patterson NJ” Blasphemy against the prophet Mohammed is a serious crime in Pakistan that can carry the death penalty. However, proof of blasphemy is rarely required. AP
Osama bin Laden’s son-in-law Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was seized by CIA agents and taken to the United States after Turkey deported him to Jordan this month, a Turkish newspaper reported on Thursday. Abu Ghaith, the former spokesman of the Al-Qaeda
Who is this Vali Nasr person, who dares say such things about Dear Leader? Go get ’em Team Marvel! – Burn the witch! Via The UK Telegraph: Barack Obama is a “dithering” president whose controlling tendencies and extreme risk-averse attitude
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Terrorist bombs target Shias in Karachi, Pakistan, killing 47 Nearly 60 dead in four days of deadly ethnic clashes in Bangladesh The ‘Harlem Shake’ is shaking up the Mideast Terrorist bombs target Shias in
(AP) – A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation’s 1971 war for independence, a politically charged decision that sparked violent protests that left at least
The Embassy of India criticized Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel for remarks he made in 2011 at Cameron University in Oklahoma, in which he alleged that India was using Afghanistan to sponsor terrorist attacks against neighboring Pakistan. The remarks
A new speech by former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) has emerged–a 2011 address at Cameron University in which the Secretary of Defense nominee accused India of using Afghanistan to fight a proxy war against Pakistan by sponsoring terror attacks against