Voters approve Referendum 71 Nov 7, 2009
minnmedia wrote on Nov 5, 2009 6:16 PM:" Thank you, enlightened voters! I can, once again, say that I'm proud to be a Washingtonian - where "justice and liberty for all" is no longer just a slogan.As for those of you who want to base the law on ancient Scriptures, I hear Saudi Arabia is lovely at this time of year.) ". bobbievee wrote on Nov 5, 2009 6:17 PM:" Three cheers! ". (Longview Daily News, WA)
Palestinian Leader Abbas Threatens to Quit Nov 6, 2009
From right to left : Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Mohammad Al-Salem Al-Sabah, and Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Saud Al Faisal attend a meeting at the Palmeraie Golf Palace in Marrakech, Morocco, Nov. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Abdeljalil Bounhar). (CBS News -- Health)
The geek in charge at the Department of Energy Nov 6, 2009
But if you haven't been nonplussed enough by this news, here's one more tidbit to rock your world: Saudi Arabia has spent the last week arguing at climate talks in Bangkok if a new climate pact calls for substantial reductions in the use of fossil fuels. " Michael Casey reports: That campaign comes despite an International Energy Agency report released this week showing that OPEC revenues would still increase $23 trillion between 2008 and 2030 -- a fourfold increase compared to the period from... (Salon)
Peak oil? Don't worry -- Obama's on the job Nov 6, 2009
According to oil giant BP, it harbors proven oil reserves of 115 billion barrels -- more than any country except Saudi Arabia (with 264 billion barrels) and Iran (with 138 billion) ... These efforts, if successful (and given recent history, that remains a big "if"), would place Iraq among the world's top four or five oil producers, along with Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States. (Salon)
Obama's world outreach teetering Nov 5, 2009
"There is a general concern now, especially in the Arab world, that the administration is not delivering with respect to any issues in the region," said Chas Freeman, a former ambassador to Saudi Arabia who withdrew his appointment to chair the National Intelligence Council (NIC) this year in the face of a media campaign by neo-conservative critics close to Israel's Likud Party. "I think there's been quite a difference between how Obama as a person is perceived and how the US government as an... (Asia Times Online)
Activists rally to OK gay nuptials Nov 5, 2009
(See Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sharia Law as references to why this is a bad idea. . (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
U.S.: Israeli Settlement Growth Must Stop Nov 5, 2009
From right to left : Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheik Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Deputy Prime Minister of Kuwait Sheikh Mohammad Al-Salem Al-Sabah, and Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia Prince Saud Al Faisal attend a meeting at the Palmeraie Golf Palace in Marrakech, Morocco, Nov. 2, 2009 ... 7 billion to defend Saudi Arabia and the Gulf states who have enough money to buy our navy. (CBS News -- World)
LETTER: 'Bite the bullet or die from the wounds' Nov 5, 2009
I'm tired of being told that out of "tolerance for other cultures" we mustlet Saudi Arabia use our oil money to fund mosques and madrassa Islamicschools to preach hate in America , while no American group is allowed tofund a church, synagogue, or religious school in Saudi Arabia to teach loveand tolerance. I'm tired of being told I must lower my living standard to fight globalwarming, which no one is allowed to debate. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
The Fruits of Intervention Nov 4, 2009
We ran Saddam out of Kuwait and put U.S. troops into Saudi Arabia. And we got Osama bin Laden's 9-11. (Human Events Online)
RedState Morning Briefing Nov 4, 2009
No. 3 is Saudi Arabia (543 billion barrels), followed by China (494 billion barrels), Iran (426 billion barrels) and Canada (221 billion barrels. . (Human Events Online)
Fighting the 'good' war Nov 4, 2009
Bin Laden - the scion of a wealthy Saudi Arabian family - also received support from Pakistan and from sources in Saudi Arabia. By the summer of 1979, the right-wing rebel forces were becoming a serious threat to the Kabul regime, which eventually requested that Moscow send troops to defend the regime. (Asia Times Online)
World Briefs Nov 2, 2009
Saudi police discover al-Qaida weapons cache RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi authorities have discovered large quantities of weapons in the capital of Riyadh belonging to al-Qaida terror network, an Interior Ministry spokesman said Sunday. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted Maj. (Erie Times-News, PA)
Eight held in deadly U.N. attack in Kabul Nov 1, 2009
Imam who runs mosque in Afghan capital is detained in Saudi Arabia ... KABUL - Authorities have arrested eight people, including one in Saudi Arabia, in connection with this week's deadly attack on a guest house used by United Nations employees, the Afghan intelligence chief said Saturday. (MSNBC -- International)
Abdullah Plans Runoff Boycott To Delay Afghan Vote Nov 1, 2009
Saleh said eight people had been arrested for their roles in the attack, including an Afghan imam who was apprehended when he arrived by plane in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia. Saleh said the detainees told interrogators the attackers came from Pakistan's Swat Valley and that the al-Qaida mastermind fled across the border into Pakistan's lawless tribal area, where the al-Qaida leadership is believed hiding. (KCRA 3, CA)
Are the Tea Partiers good or bad for the GOP? Oct 30, 2009
" Limbaugh was hardly the only one of Obama's opponents to take this sort of stance. There were conservatives -- like , and Tim Pawlenty -- who congratulated the president, and even their ideological compatriots about their criticism of him. And there were plenty of people of all ideologies who questioned whether Obama really deserved the award. But on the right, the dominant reaction was harsher, more akin to Limbaugh's -- mocking and dismissive at best. Below, a sampling of that reaction. Of... (Salon)
Taliban take over Afghan province Oct 29, 2009
This happened during the jihad against the Soviets in the 1980s, when a virtually autonomous Salafi "kingdom" was established with aid from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. This was later eliminated by the Taliban. (Asia Times Online)
Why Aren't We Connecting the Dots on Iran? Oct 27, 2009
This is evidenced by attacks, carried out by terrorist proxies but masterminded in Tehran, against our Marine Barracks in Lebanon in 1983 and Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia in 1996. Iran has been the source of weapons and munitions that have killed American soldiers in Iraq for the past six years. (Human Events Online)
Truth must stand in Afghanistan Oct 27, 2009
Saudi Arabia for instance, is the enemy in plain sight. A theological police state which barely tries to hide its subversion and deceit in the way it funds Wahabi proselytisation (D'awa) and Jihad around the world. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The BNP's constituency can't be dismissed Oct 26, 2009
If the next government takes steps to stop mass immigration that prove effective and stop cravenly giving in to every attempts by the islamofascists to change our society to something resembling Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Taliban ruled Afghanistan the BNP will wither in all likelihood. SP on October 25, 2009 at 12:48 PM. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Liberals Open Fire on Harry Reid Oct 23, 2009
Liberal Advocacy Groups Say Majority Leader Will Lose His Reelection Bid if There's No Public Option in Health Care Bill. CBS News Capitol Hill Correspondent Nancy Cordes and Capitol Hill Producer Jill Jackson join Sharyl Attkisson to break down everything you need to know about the five health care bills in the House and Senate. (CBS News -- Politics)
Camille Paglia Oct 23, 2009
Nations like Algeria, Egypt and Lebanon, for example, are far more supportive of educational opportunities for women than the Sudan, Yemen or Saudi Arabia ... There has been one needless gaffe after another -- from the president's tacky appearance on a late-night comedy show to the kitsch gifts given to the British prime minister, followed by the sweater-clad first lady's over-familiarity with the queen and culminating in the jaw-dropping spectacle of a president of the United States bowing to... (Salon)
Saudi-Iranian hostility hits boiling point Oct 21, 2009
This brings us to Saudi Arabia, whose relations with Iran are passing through a period of mutual antipathy bordering on hostility ... Saudi Arabia has two great worries over Iran ... Riyadh is worried that Iran's status as a regional power will get a massive boost if the normalization process with the US advances, and that can only be at the cost of Saudi Arabia's pre-eminence in the region. (Asia Times Online)
Market Forecaster Oct 20, 2009
The primary destinations were China (184,100 MT), Taiwan (176,200 MT), France (60,000 MT), Mexico (59,800 MT), Saudi Arabia (55,000 MT, switched from China), and South Korea (31,800 MT, including 29,000 MT switched from unknown destinations). Decreases were reported for unknown destinations (45,300 MT). (Midwest Bulls Eye, NE)
Afghan Troop Decision Tied to Election Oct 19, 2009
Bombing Saudi Arabia back to the stone age. After all everyone the government blamed for 9/11/01 was a SAUDI. It would have been very dangerous to tie this into a country with a real army navy and air force that could put up a fight. (CBS News)
Iran must confront its ethnic tensions Oct 19, 2009
They have also intimated that Saudi Arabia and the United States have acted as sources of funding for the group ... If Jundullah indeed enjoys logistic support from Pakistan and funding from Saudi Arabia and the US, as Tehran has claimed to be the case, the bombing could have serious repercussions for Iranian-Pakistan and Iranian-Saudi relations, as well as the US-Iranian dialogue. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Ed Koch: Obama Failing on Healthcare, Afghanistan Oct 16, 2009
I believe if Iran is allowed to get a nuclear bomb, it is a huge threat to not only Israel but (also) the United States parts of it to Europe and to our Arab allies: Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states. The problem we are facing is that the Russians and Chinese do not want to cooperate with tough sanctions. (Newsmax)
'Hannity' Exclusive Oct 15, 2009
Brazil is about to become the Saudi Arabia of the western hemisphere with offshore oil. If Brazil can do it, we're going to allow Russia and China to drill off Key West. (Fox News)
MINOR/USNS Medgar Evers Oct 15, 2009
Mabus, who had been named ambassador to Saudi Arabia by President Bill Clinton, told this reporter he had broken with such fellow Mississippi Democrats as William Winter on a hunch to back the relatively unknown Obama. Winter and other Democratic associates of Mabus had supported former First Lady Hillary Clinton. (Philadelphia Neshoba Democrat, MS)
Progress on political rights for Kuwaiti women Oct 15, 2009
The historic right granted to women in Kuwait is one granted to women in every other Arab country that has the vote, with the notable exception of Saudi Arabia. Still, Kuwaiti women won't get to exercise their rights immediately. (Yahoo News -- Kuwait)
Seven steps to a secure Afghanistan Oct 14, 2009
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - As President Obama considers what to do about Afghanistan, it is important that he hear perspectives from all sides concerned about that critical region ... Fourth, convene a meeting of the security-intelligence departments of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, China, and Saudi Arabia to devise ways of eliminating Al Qaeda's leadership ... China, Russia, and Saudi Arabia have a longstanding vendetta against Al Qaeda and will contribute intelligence and other resources to rid... (Christian Science Monitor)
Karzai Angered by Afghan Election Critics Oct 14, 2009
Even those dumb enough to believe the government version of 9/11/01, have to admit the country involved with flying the airliners was Saudi Arabia. Even the guy they claim planned 9/11/01, was a Saudi. (CBS News -- World)
Kuwait protest for women's rights Oct 14, 2009
MID-EAST WOMEN'S RIGHTS Women can vote and be elected: Iraq, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Palestinian territories, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Yemen, Morocco, Tunis, Algeria, Iran Women cannot vote or be elected: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia There are no elections: Syria (holds presidential referenda in which women can vote), UAE, Libya. "We cannot be elected or give our vote to any political candidate. We are deprived of this political right," Ms Mullah, from the Kuwaiti Women's Cultural and Social... (Yahoo News -- Kuwait)
Afghan Vote Fraud Probe Marred By Setbacks Oct 13, 2009
There is no real evidence of this, in fact common sense had it prevailed we would be looking at what was left of the country of Saudi Arabia. Of course since the Bush family had years of close relationships with the Saudi royal family, any Saudi in America on 9/11/01 was given priority air travel out of the country. (CBS News -- World)
LETTER: Americans have cause to be 'uneasy' Oct 13, 2009
warrior wrote on Oct 11, 2009 2:42 PM:" You have people on here saying Right Wingers are whining because Obama received the Noble Peace Prize. Then these people say the right wingers say he didn't deserve it because:1. too inexperience - right he was becasue he was nominated 17 days after taking office and the only thing Obama had done at that point was decide what color to paint the Master Bathroom.2. He was to black - wrong he's seems to be more muslim the way he is kneeling and kissing their... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Pakistan Briefly Blocks 2 News Channels Oct 11, 2009
By the way where is Saudi Arabia and the other Arab countries in all this. Didn't we pull their **** out of the wringer when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990. (CBS News)
Glenn Beck in No Spin Zone Oct 10, 2009
Gosh, what happens if all of a sudden Saudi Arabia says, "By the way, the oil, no longer paid for in dollars." This is garbage ... Now, Saudi Arabia said that they didn't have this meeting, and they have no short-term plans of getting out of the dollar. (Fox News)
Cal Thomas: Obama administration budget would mortgage our future Oct 9, 2009
If we don't, the future belongs not to us, but to China, Japan, Qatar, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia, among others all holders of our national debt. About Comments. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Syria, Saudi Arabia plot peace path Oct 8, 2009
Although Lebanon was the source of tension between Syria and Saudi Arabia, both sides stress today that it is not the reason for rapprochement. Syria and Saudi Arabia mended fences over a summit on Gaza in January 2009 ... Since then, Assad has visited Saudi Arabia once, to confer with King Abdullah and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, and his Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem went to Riyadh ahead of the parliamentary elections in Beirut in June. (Asia Times Online)
A Muslim solution for Afghanistan Oct 7, 2009
The Organization of the Islamic Conference, the association of more than four dozen Muslim states, should set up an Afghanistan contact group, led by Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey ... It would also provide regional rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia with a platform to constructively resolve a problem integral to their security concerns and interests. (Christian Science Monitor)
Orly Taitz: Lawyer, Dentist, Birther Oct 7, 2009
-- that he is secretly controlled by Saudi Arabia ... -- that he is secretly controlled by Saudi Arabia. (CBS News -- Politics)
Few Successes in Obama's Ambitious Agenda Oct 7, 2009
Engaging world leaders in Europe, Turkey, Latin American and the Caribbean with "strength and humility." - Bowing to the King of Saudi Arabia and kissing the behinds of Russia and China is not showing strength. Perhaps after the absolute awful mess left by George Bush, we could give the man a bit of time to fix it. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Boris Johnson on Blair as Europe president Oct 6, 2009
" But there isn't a constitution is there????? Geoff Turner on October 05, 2009 at 08:10 AM I watched what severely restricted sections of the Treaty were permitted to be debated by MPs in the house of commons before the treaty was rammed through just as so much bad legislation is rammed through. A pitifully small group of MPs bothered to turn up, making it clear they thought it a pointless waste of their time, and most just appeared in time to vote as ordered by the whips, despite this being an... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Without Bush, media lose interest in war caskets... Sep 30, 2009
The true centers of crime and corruption are Saudi Arabia and washington D.C. The Saudis fund many of the mosques and schools where there suicide bombers are trained. Drill for our oil and let the Saudis pound sand. (The Drudge Report)
Microscopic View Of Prez. Atta Mills From Afar Sep 30, 2009
May be the President does not know; a BBC news bulletin monitored in Accra recently disclosed the within named NDC 1 high ranking NDC 1 officials Hon. Amadu Seidu, Minister of State at the Presidency, Dr. George Sikpah Yankey, Minister of Health, Kwame Peprah, the convicted ex-Finance Minister and a Board Member of SSNIT, Baba Kamara, Ghanas Ambassador-designate to Saudi Arabia, Dr. Attoh Quarshie, a leading member of the NDC are still at post. The President should see wisdom to halt them... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
OUR VIEW: Terrorist bomb plot comes to the prairie Sep 30, 2009
Finton later received money from someone in Saudi Arabia and traveled there in April 2008. Last Wednesday, Finton drove a van containing what he thought were explosives and parked it in front of the federal building. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
A new cold war in Kashmir Sep 30, 2009
Inevitably, someone in the room will say: "Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia ... is that what you would prefer?". Whether democracy should be the utopia that all "developing" societies aspire to is a separate question altogether. (Asia Times Online)
Analysis: New Iran charge boosts sanctions move Sep 26, 2009
"They have turned down negotiations or resisted them for the past three years. "Now that they are going to start talks with the U.S., I think we should expect Iran is going to be extraordinarily difficult in these negotiations and that there is a very good prospect that they will not succeed," he said. In Burns' view, making the attempt at bargaining strengthens Obama's hand in the event the talks fail and he resorts to seeking tougher sanctions. Even the sanctions path would be an uncertain... (WSVN-TV Miami, FL)
What I Saw at the (Muslim Prayer) Revolution Sep 26, 2009
In Muslim majority nations, such as Saudi Arabia, non-Muslims are regarded as Dhimmis, second-class people whose testimony in court is worth only a fraction of that of a Muslim and who must pay extra taxes. Forget equality under the law, and dont even ask how they treat Dhimmi women. (Townhall.com)
Obama's Foreign Policy Needs a Domestic Boost Sep 25, 2009
The other Arab states in the region, especially Saudi Arabia, have refused to provide diplomatic incentives to nudge the Israelis toward peace, even though a Sunni-Israeli alliance seems the most rational way to confront the Iranian nuclear threat. Meanwhile, the Iranian leadership, stung by the embarrassment of the rigged elections and the regime's subsequent violence against its own people, seems unlikely to concede very much when formal talks begin about Iran's potential weaponization of the... (Time.com)
Click to read:Poll: Afghanistan Troop Increase Unpopular Sep 25, 2009
This was followed by 9 years of confrontation between the Soviet troops and mujahideen rebels backed by the USA, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, which were trying to protect their interests in the region. Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan in 1989, but continued to support the government. (CBS News)
Stay and fight or cut and run? Sep 24, 2009
" It turned out that al Qaeda was actually the name of a CIA database of international jihadis used by the US to attack its enemies, principally the Soviet Union. Moreover, as India knew well before 9-11, the center of Jihadi terrorism was Pakistan, a US ally, and not Afghanistan, which was then merely a Pak colony controlled by the Pak-indoctrinated Taliban and the ISI. While the Yanks got bogged down in Afghanistan, Jihadi terrorism continued unabated from Pakistan, based mostly in... (The Drudge Report)
Yemen faces 'humanitarian crisis' Sep 23, 2009
Both sides see unwelcome influences from abroad, with the government accusing rebels of having Iranian backing and rebels accusing the government of being influenced by Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia. The Yemeni government is also battling secessionists in the south and has been criticised by the US for its failure to tackle al-Qaeda militants in the east and pirates off the coast. (BBC News -- Africa)
Q&A: The G20 summit Sep 23, 2009
Full membership of the G20: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the US and the EU.. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Business)
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Heads for Saudi Arabia, Not New York Sep 22, 2009
com: Nigeria: Yar'Adua Travels to Saudi Arabia Again (Page 1 of 1) ... Yar'Adua Travels to Saudi Arabia Again ... Any moment from now, President Umaru Yar'Adua shall be travelling to Saudi Arabia again. (allAfrica.com)
What's Behind the 'Mad as Hell' Movement? Sep 21, 2009
" by Solarrays247 September 20, 2009 5:50 PM EDT Biasbuster September 20, 2009 4:32 PM EDT This is very insulting. I am sorry if it is true that you have a couple racist friends. That is unfortunate. But to paint Republicans as racist strikes me as just as bigoted and why The American people are rejecting phony cries of racism for political gain.l****************************************************************My concern is that you and your fellow non-racist Republicans are just sitting there... (CBS News)
Israeli Official: Palestinians Entitled to East Jerusalem Sep 19, 2009
Prince Turki al-Faisal was head of Saudi Arabia's intelligence service for a quarter of a century. He was a key player in the U.S.-Pakistan-Saudi Arabia coalition that organized the resistance that defeated the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s ... Absent a similar pledge from Israel to evacuate all occupied territories, which President Barack Obama has urged Israel to do, Faisal wrote in the International Herald Tribune, Saudi Arabia and the other Arab countries could not offer what... (Newsmax)
Pawlenty Raises Specter of Appeasement... Sep 19, 2009
War on Terror - Clinton 0 and Al Qaeda - 7 1993 - The first World Trade Center bombing 1995 - Attempted crashing of plane on White House 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing 1996 - Khobar Towers bombing - Saudi Arabia 1998 - U.S. Embassy bombings Kenya/Tanzania 2000 - USS Cole Bombing - Yemen Clinton response - Little or NOTHING ... War on Terror - Clinton 0 and Al Qaeda - 7 1993 - The first World Trade Center bombing 1995 - Attempted crashing of plane on White House 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing 1996 -... (The Drudge Report)
Afghanistan: Why Efforts to Disarm the Taliban Have Failed Sep 18, 2009
Mullah Omar broke off talks through Saudi Arabia several months ago, saying that the Taliban would only talk with Karzai once all foreign troops had agreed to withdraw from Afghanistan. Taliban experts say that, if anything, the fraud-tainted elections have damaged Karzai's standing so badly that the Taliban and their supporters in Pakistan no longer see the need for peace talks. (Time.com)
Many dead in north Yemen air raid Sep 17, 2009
According to witnesses, many of those killed in the raid - which took place near the border with Saudi Arabia - were women, children and old people. Government forces have been trying to contain a growing insurgency by Shia rebels in the area. (BBC News -- Africa)
Saving the penny Sep 16, 2009
One wonders how much money Moore would make and how much artistic freedom he would have in the dictatorships that are controlled by the above-named despots or in China, Burma, Saudi Arabia or any other of the countries with communist/totalitarian governments that they so admire. If Moore hates America and the system that has made it great, then he is free to leave and let the rest of us suffer with what we have, freedom. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Canadian Dollar Falls by Most in September as Oil Declines for Second Day Sep 15, 2009
Canada sits on the largest pool of outside Saudi Arabia, the equivalent of 178 billion barrels. Going to Struggle. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Its not about Democrats or GOP, local ralliers say (7) Sep 14, 2009
When he (Obama) went to Saudi Arabia and said we re no longer a nation under god, that was a turning point ... supermancan wrote on Sep 13, 2009 3:34 PM:" Second President Obama gave a speech in Cairo which is in Egypt , which is on the continent of Africa , not Saudi Arabia , which you know, is not. From factcheck.org www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_obama_say_we_are_no_longer.html Obama, June 28, 2006 (as delivered): "Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation at least,... (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
A Muslim model: What Indonesia can teach the world Sep 13, 2009
How did Indonesia develop into a success, while countries such as Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia still struggle just to build the fundamentals of democracy ... This strategy stands in sharp contrast to Saudi Arabia, where the government plays a major role in overseeing clerics - or even to Pakistan, where former president Mohammad Zia ul-Haq used the power and the purse of the state to institute laws consistent with sharia and pack the courts with Muslim scholars he considered allies ...... (Boston Globe)
U.S. Accepts Iran's Offer for Talks Sep 13, 2009
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12, 2009. In Reversal, Tehran Extends Invitation for Negotiations, Including on Nation's Nuclear Program. (CBS News)
The dark day Sep 11, 2009
In two important countries where it once seemed strong - Iraq and Saudi Arabia - it has been pushed on to the defensive. But the same experts tend to think that, in the global battle for Muslim hearts and minds, al-Qaeda has outperformed its adversaries. (BBC News -- Americas)
