Archive for June, 2008
America’s victory in Lebanon
By Mark Perry, Bitterlemons, June 12, 2008
The prime minister of His Majesty’s Government, the rotund Lord North–reputed (falsely) to be the bastard son of George III–once sniffed to his cabinet that if it were not for the interference of France, the American colonists would surely return to the loving arms of their mother country. He […]
Posted: June 20th, 2008 under ARTICLES, Bush Administration, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Mark Perry.
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Understanding Political Islam
A two-day specialist course organised by British Muslim Initiative and supported by Al Jazeera Centre for Studies, Conflicts Forum, Demos, Forward Thinking and The Cordoba Foundation.
Venue: Olympia Conference Centre
Date: 12-13 July 2008
As recognized or unrecognized oppositions, parties in coalition governments or fully in power, or active players in civil society, Islamists have risen to prominence […]
Posted: June 16th, 2008 under CF CONFERENCE, Political Islam.
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Terror and truth
By Alastair Crooke, The Guardian, June 1, 2008
Sir Hugh Orde speaks rarely heard truth when he says that he has never heard of a terrorist campaign that was “policed out”, adding that he could not think of one that had not ended through negotiation.
There has been an unshakeable faith in Europe that western law-enforcement officers […]
Posted: June 3rd, 2008 under ARTICLES, Al Qaeda, Alastair Crooke, Dialogue, Islamists.
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