Guantanamo remembered: A personal perspective
 London, United Kingdom.. "You are now the property of the United States and you have no rights" - these were the first words to greet me and other prisoners held in the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay. Ten years on, little has changed there. My life was changed irretrievably on January 31, 2002, when Pakistani and US intelligence agents...
Musharraf’s call for recognizing Israel invokes criticism
 Written by: Aamir Latif.. Pakistan’s former military dictator, General Pervez Musharraf’s call for recognizing Israel—which according to him, is in the country’s interest—has invoked widespread criticism from political and religious parties. “No patriotic Pakistani can even think to recognize the Zionist state, which has been created on the dead bodies...
Iran could close Hormuz -- but not for long
 By Peter Apps.. "Then, I think it would happen pretty much automatically," he said. "The Iranians have been saying for a long time that is an option, and they would have little choice but to stick to that. But otherwise, I think it's very unlikely". For many long-term watchers of the region, the real risk remains that in playing largely...
Analysis: Chechnya: How did Putin's party win 99 percent?.
 By Thomas Grove.. Dagmein Khaseinova beams with pride recalling the day her Chechen village, devastated a decade ago in a war launched by Vladimir Putin, gave the Russian ruler's party nearly 100 percent support in a parliamentary vote this month. Her little village of Mekhketi, she said, is even on the way to winning the cash...
 Why Islamists Are Better Democrats
Bonn talks on Afghanistan: Doomed to fail?.
Egypt's Brotherhood plunges into political maelstrom
Analysis: Egyptians will resist any army bid to keep power
Afghan-US Relations since 2001.. The Legal, the Illegal and the In-between
Why Doesn't America Release Dr. Omer Abdul Rahman?
Sheikh Omer Abdul Rahman is more than all of this
Egypt's revolution is just the beginning
End the crisis
Unforgivable crime in al Tahrir square
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