Mideast News & Views
Quick roundup runs a gamut. MEMRI first:
Liberal Author Dr. Shaker Al-Nabulsi: Secularism Will Triumph in the Arab World; Terrorism’s Crimes Are ‘The Death Struggle of Fundamentalism
Eminent Indian Islamic Scholar Maulana Wahiduddin Khan: Decondition the Muslim Mind to Eliminate Supremacist Views and Hatred
Arab Islamist Clerics to Palestinians: Slaughter the Jews Like You Did in 1929; Blow Yourselves Up in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv
Sa’d Eddin Ibrahim: The Muslims Should Learn Openness from the Catholic Church in France
Israel Matzav: “So that’s why they hate us … ” Channeling an Egyptina commetator’s disguts over racism.
Mubarak via JPost: “Iran wants to devour the Arab World”
Omar Fadhil of Iraq The Model fame, everyone’s favorite Baghdadi turned Gothami, with a Communique op-ed on the same subject:
The solution to this crisis is in Tehran’s hands. If the Iranians decide to avert catastrophe, then they must come clean and let the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors do their job. By obstructing inspections, Iran appears to be hiding something fishy. Tehran needs to reverse course and honor the Non- Proliferation Treaty it signed and begin implementing the obligations the document entails.
Unfortunately, I don’t think Iran will wise up and spare us yet another war in the Gulf. The signs are ominous and there is a striking resemblance between the way Tehran acts today and the way Baghdad did under Saddam. The missile tests, the gloating about military industrial breakthroughs, the work of Quds Forces and yes, talk of annihilating Israel sound all too familiar to me. As we say in Iraq, “I’ve seen this movie before.”
Topping Fars tonight: Int’l Music Festival Underway! A couple of headlines down: French Ambassador called to FM.
“France’s extremist and tactless attitude will have undesirable consequences on relations between the two countries,” Safari warned.
In some naively-stated remarks, Sarkozy had said that he could not even sit at the same table as Ahmadinejad due to the Iranian president’s anti-Israeli positions.
The French president had also alleged that Ahmadinejad does not represent the people of Iran.
Totten in Baghdad: “Iraq at the end of the surge” … and fears of a new surge when the Americans leaves.
Yon in Baghdad: “The Art of the End of War” … yes, the war is over.
Blacksmiths of Lebanon: Aoun winds up handshakefest in Syria. Assad releases 50 criminals as a show of good faith. BOL is less than underwhelmed.
Egyptian Sandmonkey sneers at the idea of bloggers as reformers in the Muslim Brotherhood. The worldly Sandmonkey also brings us news of a pornwar. I haven’t clicked through as yet but admit to temptation. I don’t think this war threatens Middle East stability. Yet.
Topics: Arabs, Iran, Iraq, Islam, middle east, military
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:40 pm Comments (0) on Thursday, December 11, 2008
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