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LAHORE, Pakistan — When Muhammad Saad Iqbal arrived home here in August after more than six years in American custody, including five at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, he had difficulty walking, his left ear was severely infected, and he was dependent on a cocktail of antibiotics and antidepressants.

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Kingdom denounces silence, Palestinian factions asked to unite

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia yesterday denounced the silence of the international community over the ferocious Israeli war on unarmed Palestinians in Gaza and the collective punishment inflicted on the inhabitants of the territory.

Newsflash

After oil, a gold mania

A gold mania could happen.

Here's why... Gold manias begin when investors flee real estate, currencies, bonds, and stocks because their prospects are so bleak. We're close to that right now.

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911

Nato, Terrorism and the Wretched War

Dick Cheney, still the Vice-President, said the other day that he did not know whether Osama Bin Laden (OBL) was alive or dead. This would be like slapping his boss who had committed in his Texan style that he would bring that mythical character ’dead or alive’ before his people.

MiddleEast Conflict

Burlesque Obama supports Israeli attack on Gaza

The true story is like this then: The Jews were helped into stealing the Arab lands in Palestine and the Arabs, lost in perspective, are now firing missiles into the cozy homes built by the Jews in Israel. The robbers are frustrated with this constant attack by the Palestinians, the true owners of the land, and they hired thugs disguised into mercenaries to invade the land where the owners are now camping.

Islam

Pilgrimage for Purification and Integration And the Hadith records: إن الله قد فرض عليكم الحج فحجوا (رواه مسلم) Allah has enjoined the Haj on you, so perform Haj. (from Muslim).

THE Haj has since become incumbent upon all Muslims provided they are healthy, sane, mature, and un-indebted, endangered neither by war nor epidemic, and have the means both to make the journey and to support any dependents left behind.

Features

Obama will lose Muslim supporters

Name: Asir Husain Kazi

Age: 11

School: SKTK - Ampang

True Muslim supporters will abandon President Barack Obama. This is because, as you know, the stupid Obama is supporting the Israeli attack on Gaza. What happened to Obama huh? If I could, I would buy a first class ticket to the U.S., and crack Mr. Obama up and down for siding with Israel against Palestine.

Civilization

Saudi Arabia: Youth wear scarves of solidarity to Palestine

JEDDAH: All across Jeddah, one can spot youths wearing scarves sporting the Palestinian national colors — red, green, black and white — in a show of silent public solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Islamic World

Professor Yahya and the OIC Sec Gen: A Challenging debate part 2

This is the part 2 of the critical analysis of the speech by the OIC Secretary General E. Ihsanoglu on the occasion of the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A real challenging debate launched by Professor Yahya to which we hope the OIC and its Sec. Gen. would willingly participate!

Late News Items

UK: Government endorses sharia

By Steve Doughty
Last updated at 12:09 AM on 25th October 2008

Islamic courts have been cleared to deal with family and divorce disputes.

Editor Notes

Gaza: Beside the facts we find Muslim derision

Gaza represents the future of Israeli-Palestinian relationship, that is a strong government popularly backed by Gazans against a weakening, morally corrupt yet greedy Israel. It also represents the current decay and rot in the Muslim world.

Analysis

Russia want stronger SCO Russian President to visit Uzbekistan on 22-23 January

At a meeting with the Russian head of state the president of Uzbekistan made a proposal to unite the

Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) in order "to

create a powerful organisation" on their base.

West\'s wars against Muslims

NATO and the road to Afghanistan via POTI

The US is working on the idea of ferrying cargo for Afghanistan via the Black Sea to the port of Poti in Georgia and then dispatching it through the territories of Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. A branch line could also go from Georgia via Azerbaijan to the Turkmen-Afghan border.

west wars

South Ossetia: A monumental miscalculation

We publish this opinion article from the Monday Morning newspaper published in Beirut, Lebanon. Article is written by Gwynne Dyer.

Mindanao Peace is almost there

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Healing Therapy: Bio Magnetic Bracelet

My Thoughts

Freedom of Religion

Wed, 12/31/2008 10:50 AM | Reader's Forum - The Jakarta Post

I would like to comment on the article titled "Religious freedom, tolerance in jeopardy", (The Jakarta Post, Dec. 24).

Asia Confidential

Will Obama support Anwar Ibrahim all out?

The Malaysian government is one of the first foreign regimes to have quickly congratulated Barack Husein Obama on his massive victory in the Presidential polls but their message to the newly elected President of the United States is not what the Malaysians think it is.