Middle East
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Middle East is Changing, and Ankara Knows It (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 16, 2010 -- "Even despots, gangsters and pirates have specific sensitiveness, (and) follow some specific morals." The claim was made by Turkish Prime Minister ...
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CIA report: Israel will fall in 20 years (Arab News)
June 17, 2010 -- (Arab News) -- A study conducted by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has cast doubt over Israel's survival beyond the next 20 years. The CIA report predicts "an inexorable ...
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The Old Gaza Boy and the Sea (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 8, 2010 -- I grew up by the Gaza sea. Through my childhood, I could never quite comprehend how such a giant a body of water, which promised such ...
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Facebook and Muslim Outrage: Gleaning the Wrong Lesson, Again (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust June 4, 2010 -- “Any depictions of the prophet are considered blasphemous by Muslims,” wrote Agencies, as reported readily by Aljazeera.net English. The above ...
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This week’s news leaves me dazed and confused (Jim Miles)
This week’s news leaves me dazed and confused May 30, 2010 (Axis Of Logic) -- There are times when I must admit that to belong to the great group of uninformed people, or perhaps uncaring people, or ...
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Karazai’s Washington Visit: The War Awaiting Kandahar (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 20, 2010 -- Clad in his usual attire of a colorful, striped robe, Afghan President Hamid Karazai appeared more like an emperor as he began his fourth day in ...
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After Haiti: A Conversation with John Perkins | Elizabeth Ferrari
Elizabeth Ferrari -- World News Trust Mar. 26, 2010 When the earthquake struck Haiti last January, the first person I wanted to hear from was John Perkins. Several years before Naomi Klein coined ...
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Western Media, Not Israeli Hasbara (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 18, 2010 -- With the dreadful threat of yet another Israeli war in the Middle East looming, Israeli propaganda machine is likely to go into full gear. In fact, ...
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The Useless Logic of Round Numbers: War is Criminal Any Day (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 12, 2010 -- The media’s habit of revisiting certain issues at set intervals can be strange and even illogical at times. For example, many news outlets commented ...
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Beware the Iron Wall, the Coming War (Ramzy Baroud)
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust Feb. 4, 2010 -- The Israeli military may be much less effective in winning wars than it was in the past, thanks to the stiffness of Arab resistance. But its military ...
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BOOKS: A Choice of Enemies - America Confronts the Middle East, By Lawrence Freedman (Jim Miles)
A Choice of Enemies -- America Confronts the Middle East. Lawrence Freedman. Anchor Canada (Random House). 2009. Nov. 17, 2009 -- The subtitle to this text carries an interesting choice of active ...
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