Wikileaks Afghanistan: leak inquiry centres on US intelligence analyst The investigation into the biggest leak in US military history centres on a US Army intelligence analyst who allegedly boasting online that he was going to reveal “the truth” about the war in Afghanistan. By Gordon Rayner and Alex Spillius in Washington telegraph.co.uk Bradley Manning is currently awaiting court martial Photo: AP Bradley Manning, 22, was arrested in Baghdad in May and charged earlier this month with multiple counts of mishandling and leaking classified data, after a computer hacker turned him in. During online chats with the hacker, a man thought … Continue reading Bradass87

Respected Hitlerji, please don’t be so unfair! By Jawed Naqvi dawn.com Everything coincides with the opening of the parliament’s monsoon session on Monday. –File Photo With clockwork precision and often with a detailed script, fascism consolidates itself in stages. In the advanced mode, ideologically driven street lumpens are let loose to terrorise the people and then quasi-legal measures are summoned comprising police and military to rein in the minions who were only carrying out orders. To the average TV watcher in India this may give the impression that rule of law has been restored when in reality fascism has just … Continue reading Hitlerji!

Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Ali Al Nuaimi (© AFP/ KAMIR JAAFAR/ GETTY IMAGES) By Joel Schoppig Published: Friday 04 June 2010 Updated: Friday 04 June 2010 Saudi Arabia is positioning itself well in the global economy. It opened its stock market to foreign investors in 2008 and thanks to strong macroeconomic fundamentals and highly positive demographics, it is becoming an increasingly attractive place to invest in. Saudi Arabia is positioning itself well in the global economy. It opened its stock market to foreign investors in 2008 and thanks to strong macroeconomic fundamentals and highly positive demographics, … Continue reading Attracting Capital to Saudi Arabia

India’s Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal displays a low-cost tablet at its launch in New Delhi on Thursday. The device looks like an iPad and is 1/14th the cost. India has unveiled the prototype of a US$35 basic touch screen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011. (AP) By ERIKA KINETZ | AP Published: Jul 23, 2010 14:32 Updated: Jul 23, 2010 14:39 MUMBAI, India: It looks like an iPad, only it’s 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to … Continue reading India unveils prototype of $35 iPad!

An Interview with Professor Ismail Kara Turkish Islamists women attend 26 November 2006 in Istanbul a rally against the upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI. By Nicholas Birch Published: Sunday 18 July 2010 Updated: Sunday 18 July 2010 In this interview with The Majalla, Ismail Kara, professor of Turkish intellectual history, speaks about Islam’s relationship with modernity and the state. Professor Kara discusses, among other things, political Islamism and its origins, and the increasing visibility of Islam in Turkey. Born in 1955 in the north-eastern Turkish province of Rize, the son of a village religious teacher, Ismail Kara is professor … Continue reading Islamism Versus Islam

Between Peacekeeping and War Making in Afghanistan Members from the US Army’s Basic Combat Training Brigade stand at attention at Fort Benning, Georgia. By Paula Mejia Published: Monday 19 July 2010 Updated: Monday 19 July 2010 Although soldiers are trained to fight conventional wars, the American counterinsurgency in Afghanistan resembles a peacekeeping effort more than anything else. The values that counterinsurgency efforts depend on are not those that soldiers are trained to appreciate. Given this contradiction and the US’s questionable successes in Afghanistan, it is time to review what our expectations are of a military that is doing a job … Continue reading Trained to Kill