A group of political, diplomatic and military leaders from the Asia-Pacific region – representing an area with the largest number of nuclear weapons states – is launching a campaign to help abolish the world's most destructive weapons, beginning in their own backyard. The convenor of the group, former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, said Monday, "The quest to eliminate …
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Putin Accuses US In Murder Of Gaddafi By AFP
Russia’s Vladimir Putin implicated Washington today in the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi and launched a tirade against Senator John McCain in an extraordinary attack on US policies. The Russian premier used his annual televised phone-in to unleash the type of no-holds-barred attack that characterised his 2000-2008 term as president and threatens to shadow his expected return to the …
Read More »“Yankee Go Home” Iraq Celebrates US Army Withdrawal By Reuters
Iraqis burned American flags, brandished banners and thronged the streets of the western city of Falluja to celebrate the withdrawal of US troops. Some 3,000 people flooded the mainly Sunni city carrying Iraqi flags, banners with "Falluja: The City of Resistance" printed on them, and photos of Falluja residents killed by US forces after the 2003 US-led invasion. Part of the crowd …
Read More »US Troops Begin Operations on the Jordan-Syria Border By Sibel Edmonds
According to first-hand accounts and reports provided to Boiling Frogs Post by several sources in Jordan, during the last few hours foreign military groups, estimated at hundreds of individuals, began to spread near the villages of the north-Jordan city of "Al-Mafraq", which is adjacent to the Jordanian and Syrian border. According to one Jordanian military officer who asked to …
Read More »Exploitation of Islam; Non projection of Quran, Rise in Masjid building activities in the West; Misuse of funds; Vested interests of Masjid Management-Boards/Comittee; Need for regular elections and accountability:
Our Ajmi Muslims due to lack of Quranic knowledge and understanding suffer from deviations, Shirk, Bidah, falsehood, grudge, enmity, extremism, sectarianism, Maslak and Fiqah differences, bad behaviours, sins and evils, un Islamic customs and practices, exploitation of Islam by vested interests, groups and parties, misguidance by Taghoots, Pirs, Faqirs, Aamils, Babas etc. Our Aalims/Moulvis particulalry Masjid Imams hardly project Quran and Allah's directives in all walk …
Read More »Saudi Warning Could Escalate Nuclear Arms Race By Thalif Deen
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 9, 2011 (IPS) – The world's nuclear powers – both declared and undeclared – have come primarily from Asia: China, India, Pakistan and possibly North Korea. The Middle East was dominated by a single nuclear power – Israel, which has refused to publicly declare its status. But that domination has been threatened by Iran, which the Western …
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