OPINIONS & BLOGS

The age of wrong

“This is the age of Wrong and the followers of Right have passed away… Do you not see that the Divine Commands are neglected and what is forbidden is practiced with relish?” -- Imam Hussein (AS)

Allen West tells Marine critics ‘war is hell’

Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) excoriated pundits who criticized the Marines who allegedly urinatied on the dead bodies of Taliban soldiers, writing, “shut your mouth, war is hell.”...

Iran, the U.S. and the Strait of Hormuz Crisis

The United States reportedly sent a letter to Iran via multiple intermediaries last week warning Tehran that any attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz constituted a red line for Washington. ...

To avoid all-out war, let's give Iran one last chance

Three years ago, president Barack Obama came into office with a very good idea: he would reach out to the mullahs in Iran to see whether they were interested in rethinking their hate-based relationship with the US....

Henry Kissinger: "If You Can't Hear the Drums of War You Must Be Deaf"

NEW YORK - USA - In a remarkable admission by former Nixon era Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, reveals what is happening at the moment in the world and particularly the Middle East....

Carter: Egypt parliament poll reflects popular will

CAIRO (Reuters) - Former president Jimmy Carter said Friday that Egypt's first parliamentary poll since a popular uprising swept Hosni Mubarak from power "accurately" reflected the will of Egyptians....

Whoever Killed The Scientist Was Aiming At Much More

I haven’t read all the commentary — or nearly all the commentary — on the assassination of the Iranian chemist today, but I have the distinct impression that whoever targeted him had a much broader agenda than simply killing yet another scientist working on Iran’s nuclear program. I think the prospect of renewed negotiations between the P5+1 and Iran was the bigger target....

Ethnic Cleansing of Invented People

Mostafa Tamimi from Nabi Saleh, Bahjat Zaalan and his son Ramdan from Gaza died on my fiftieth birthday and just a few days after Newt Gingrich declared them an invented people. ...

US recalibrating Iran war plan

Islam Times - From the recent massacres happening in Iraq and Syria, one can gather that Washington has adamantly trodden on a path which is to be seen as a way to redefine the war in Iraq, an effective stratagem to bring the regime of Assad to its doom and recalibrate a comprehensive plan to topple the Islamic government of Iran....

Obama Seeks to Distance U.S. from Israeli Attack

January 04, 2012 - WASHINGTON, Jan 3 (IPS) - President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are engaged in intense maneuvering over Netanyahu's aim of entangling the United States in an Israeli war against Iran....