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Yemen Burns to Al-Qaeda’s Delight
By Joshua Jacobs
May 26, 2011
For the fifth straight day heavy fighting gripped Yemen’s capital of Sana’a as fighters loyal to the head of the powerful Hashid tribal confederation Sheik Sadiq al-Ahmar battled security forces loyal to…
Blunder in Bahrain
By Joshua Jacobs
June 1, 2011
There is no country affected by the Arab Spring that the US has made more mistakes and miscalculations in than Bahrain. Though King Hamad announced that he would lift the state of emergency as promised on…
Shifty Saleh Brings Yemen to the Brink
By Joshua Jacobs
May 24, 2011
Time has run out for Yemen’s embattled strongman Ali Abdullah Saleh. On Monday in the firmest statement yet from the Obama administration Secretary of State Hillary Clinton demanded that President Saleh stand…
Is Obama’s Policy in the Gulf Flawed?
May 24, 2011
By Abigail Casey
President Obama’s speech last week on the Arab Spring and the prospects for democratic transition in the Middle East and North Africa was largely a repeat of previously stated policy objectives and clichéd…
The Hill: Time for Legislation on Bahrain
May 12, 2011
By Matthew Mainen
On Friday, Congress’ Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission will hold a hearing on Bahrain’s deteriorating human rights conditions following its February crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Such…
The Consequences of Bahrain’s Kristallnacht
May 11, 2011
By Matthew Mainen
05/10/11 11:28 AM ETOver the weekend it was revealed that Bahrain's government quietly destroyed at least 30 Shia mosques, setting many Qurans ablaze in the process. Bahrain’s Kristallnacht, a night…
The Lowell Sun – Amnesty International report focuses more light on abuses
By Rachel Besonen -The Lowell Sun Amnesty International recently released a report about the systemic human-rights abuses taking place in Saudi Arabia. The report focused on how the al Saud family condones the arrests of thousands of…
Jeddah flood deaths shame Saudi royals
By Ali Al-Ahmed
Last week the Saudi city of Jeddah was afflicted by heavy rains that lasted only a few hours but caused massive flooding and the deaths of more than 500 people. To lessen the embarrassment, official reports shrank the…
Saudi Terror Remains a Threat 8 years after 9/11
By Lisa Weiss
Washington DC - Eight years ago, the world watched in horror and awe as World Trade Center’s Towers collapsed marking the arrival of terrorism in the hearts of the Western world. The implications of that day have…
Why civilian trials for Al-Qaeda are wrong
By Katelyn McMahon
President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have made the decision to give the 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed (KSM) andfour others -Waleed bin Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi and Ali…