Bibles with ‘Allah’ are Confiscated

 http://www.latimes. com/news/ nationworld/ world/la- fg-briefs30- 2009oct30, 0,7232083. story
 
October 30, 2009
 
MALAYSIA
Bibles with ‘Allah’ are confiscated

Malaysian authorities have confiscated more than 15,000 Bibles because they referred to “God” as “Allah,” a translation that has been banned in this Muslim-majority country, Christian church officials said.
The Rev. Hermen Shastri, general secretary of the Council of Churches of Malaysia, said [...]

C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help to Kill Jihadists

August 20, 2009
C.I.A. Sought Blackwater’s Help to Kill Jihadists
By MARK MAZZETTI

WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency in 2004 hired outside contractors from the private security contractor Blackwater USA as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of Al Qaeda, according to current and former government officials.
Executives from Blackwater, which has generated [...]

SBY Covered Up Ambush Murder of U.S. Citizens

From: John M Miller <fbp@igc.org>
Subject: SBY Covered Up Ambush Murder of U.S. Citizens
To: etan@etan.org
Date: Wednesday, July 1, 2009, 9:45 AM
SBY Covered Up Ambush Murder of U.S. Citizens
 
Eben Kirksey, Ph.D., University of California (Santa Cruz)
+1.831.429.8276 or +1.831.600.5937  (English or Bahasa Indonesia)
Paula Makabory, Institute of Papuan Advocacy and Human Rights (Melbourne)
+61.402.547. 517 (English or Bahasa Indoneisa)
John M. Miller, [...]

Obama: From Anti-war Law Professor to Warmonger in 100 Days

Obama: From Anti-war Law Professor to Warmonger in 100 Days
It didn’t take long for President Barack Obama to swing behind targeted assassinations and bombing raids, says Alexander Cockburn
By Alexander Cockburn
May 21, 2009 “First Post” — How long does it take a mild-mannered, anti-war, black professor of constitutional law, trained as a community organiser on the [...]

Obama’s Middle East Imperialism

 By Shamus Cooke
Global Research, May 10, 2009
http://www.globalre search.ca/ index.php? context=va&aid=13556
The velvet gloves are off and the reality of Obama’s Middle East plans are being revealed: a bare-fisted pummeling of Afghanistan and Pakistan — with Iraq’s fate yet to be determined.
The media have been preparing this for months, with incessant talk about

the alleged “troop drawdown” in [...]

Indonesia’s dark-horse candidate

http://www.atimes. com/atimes/ Southeast_ Asia/KC31Ae01. html
Mar 31, 2009
Indonesia’s dark-horse candidate
By Katherine Demopoulos
JAKARTA – Career soldier Prabowo Subianto is still a dark-horse candidate among the 38 different political parties jockeying for position ahead of next month’s legislative elections and a looming presidential race set for July.
A former son-in-law of dictator Suharto, and an alleged mastermind of the [...]

An open letter from Dr. Mahathir to Obama

January 1, 2009
Dear Mr. President,
I did not vote for you in the Presidential Election because I am
Malaysian. But I consider myself one of your constituents because what you
do or say will affect me and my country as well. I welcome your promise
for change. Certainly your country, the United States of America needs a
lot of changes.
That [...]

Abrahamic faiths on birth of Jesus

The full text of a Christmas message from Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
The full translation of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s Christmas message that will be broadcast on Channel 4 tonight:
“In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful.
“Upon the anniversary of the birth of Jesus, Son of Mary, the Word of God, the Messenger [...]

Memo to Peace and Justice Activists: Can We Create a Movement for Change?

Weekend Edition
November 28-30, 2008
Memo to Peace and Justice Activists
Can We Create a Movement for Change?
By ROBERT ROTH
“If you want peace, work for justice.”
- Pope John Paul IV
There are literally thousands of organizations in the United States alone working for peace and justice.  I would probably think of them as constituting a [...]

Beware The Obama Hype: What “Change” In America Really Means

Beware The Obama Hype
What “Change” In America Really Means
By John Pilger
November 12, 2008 “Information Clearinghouse“ – -My first visit to Texas was in 1968, on the fifth anniversary of the assassination of president John F Kennedy in Dallas. I drove south, following the line of telegraph poles to the small town of Midlothian, where I [...]