The riots afflicting London and other parts of the UK have made headline news around the world. What has this got to do with coverage of the Middle East however? Often, anti-Israel bias or activism is but one part of an individual’s or even a media outlet’s overall world view or political slant. While reserving […]
Russian security serves have foiled a plot by a group of Islamists to blow up a high-speed train running between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, the Kommersant business daily said Monday. A blast on the same route that authorities blamed on Muslim rebels killed 26 people in November 2009. The respected daily said the group of […]
U.S. media commentators acted with surprise about reports that Pakistani officials may have given the Chinese access to the downed helicopter left behind in Pakistan following the May 2 Osama bin Laden raid. What is more surprising is that some media outlets still refer to Pakistan as a U.S. “ally” in the fight against terrorism. […]
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan gave China access to the previously unknown U.S. “stealth” helicopter that crashed during the commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May despite explicit requests from the CIA not to, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The disclosure, if confirmed, is likely to further shake the U.S.-Pakistan relationship, which has […]
Geert Wilder Is Forming the International Freedom Alliance to stop all Muslim Immigration to the Western Democracies stop mosque building and close all islamic schools preaching hatred toward the west. Mr Wilders will launch the movement later this year in five countries: the United States, Canada, France, Germany and Britain. [youtube f-nWvtEQi6A nolink]
Three Muslims were charged on Friday with trying to sneak a fake bomb past a screening area at a Phoenix airport, in what the FBI describes as a possible test of security. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Arizona also states that the discovery of the suspicious item, which was a candy box […]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the UN Security Council to step in and investigate the recent unrest gripping Britain. The Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as having told reporters after a cabinet meeting, I advise the British statesmen to be aware that the era of colonialism has come to an end. And they […]
Though nothing new, it is amazing how issues with Obama’s so-called original birth certificate just keep crawling out of the woodwork. Earlier this spring, in an attempt to silence well-founded rumors that Obama is in fact not an American citizen – and perhaps not even a legal immigrant! – the White House posted an image […]
Egypt and Saudi Arabia want to construct a giant bridge to accommodate road and rail traffic across the Gulf of Aqaba, Der Spiegel reports. Egyptian officials say the project, under discussion since 1988, has been approved. Egypt’s interim Prime Minister Essam Sharaf of the ruling junta has reportedly put General Abdul Aziz, chairman of the […]
Zvi Mazel, Israels former ambassador to Egypt, said Thursday that the end of the regime of former President Hosni Mubarak, does not necessarily mean the beginning of a new era in Egypt. Mazel, who spoke to Arutz Shevas Hebrew-language news service following the beginning of Mubarak’s trial, said that Mubarak kept the peace with Israel. […]
