There he goes again! Standing in front of thousands of applauding soldiers at Fort Campbell in Kentucky, President Bush staunchly defended the US-led invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein.

"The consequences of success in Iraq will resonate far beyond that country's borders... will...

On her eighth and possibly final trip to Israel and the West Bank, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared during a press conference in the town of Jenin that both Palestinians and Israelis remain committed to peace negotiations, and the U.S. will continue to support their efforts.

"The...

It still amazes me how after seven years, the U.S. media is still suckered by what al- Qaeda leaders have to say or preach. The interesting thing is that hardly anyone in the Middle East these days pays close attention to their speeches.

Arab broadcasters such as Al Jazeera,...

There is nothing more exciting to watch on Iranian state-run television than another spectacular missile launch followed by a fiery speech by Ahmadinejad. Yet, the scenario is predictable.

On Wednesday, the Iranian armed forces successfully test fired a new generation of surface-to-surface missiles.

"The launch of the Sejil missile...

As Americans celebrated Obama's victory in Chicago's Grant Park, Arabs, Israelis, and Iranians were sipping their morning coffee, watching live coverage of Barack Obama's victory speech. Some of them were even reading newspapers that carried the headlines, "Obama Victorious." Several newspapers took the gamble and predicted the outcome.

Barack Obama...

With all the attention there has been on the voting behavior of different religious and ethnic segments of the population, it is plainly clear that the Muslim vote has been overlooked. There are only a few hours left until the outcome of the most important election of our time, when...

Another bizarre incident was added to the string of assassinations and attacks that have plagued Syria for the past year. On October 26th an American commando raid on a farm in Syria near the Iraqi border claimed the lives of eight civilians, including a woman and three children according to...

It's been more than half a year since Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad embarked on a historic trip to Baghdad, accusing the United States of fueling the violence in Iraq and portraying his nation as a close friend of the neighbor it once fought in a bitter eight-year war.

"The Iraqi...

Six years ago on this date, the House and Senate voted overwhelmingly to grant President Bush the power to attack Iraq unilaterally, remove Saddam Hussein from power, and abolish that country's nuclear, chemical and biological weaponry. I was interviewed by a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle to explain...

Remember when Sarah Palin said that "the surge principles that have worked in Iraq need to be implemented in Afghanistan." Well...as Ms. Palin would say, many Afghans working for the Afghan security forces are now switching sides and are now defecting to the Taliban.

Guess who trained many of...

When America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold...well, this cold has reached the hot desert of Arabia. The demise of Wall Street has reached the Arabian Sahara and is threatening to put an end to its construction boom, which has flourished from several years of petro-bonanza.

I have to give credit where credit is due. Last night, Sarah Palin managed to say Ahmadinejad three times without stumbling or stuttering like her partner John McCain did when he debated Barack Obama. And yes, I know she confused McClellan for David McKiernan when referring to the commanding general...

With the U.S. financial crisis taking center stage in American politics, no one these days has been paying much attention to Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan, or for that matter the entire Middle East.

Shortly before presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain met with President Bush on Thursday to work...

Tonight, President Bush will address the nation to drum up support for his 700 billion dollar bail out of Wall Street at a time when 55% of Americans oppose government aid to failing financial firms, according to a poll conducted by the Los Angeles Times and Bloomberg.

I'm not a...

It's been several months since a war of words erupted between Iran and Israel, raising speculations that a possible Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, which the West and Israel suspect of enriching uranium for the purpose of making nuclear bombs, might be near. However, Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad recently...

Today is the seven year anniversary of the 9-11 attacks. The Bush administration is entering its final months, and a new president will inherit two wars and face an evolving terrorist threat.

On this day, I cannot help but reflect on a forgotten moment during the Republican National Convention....

Patriotism and "Country First" have become the theme for John McCain's campaign. Several speakers, including the Republican nominee himself, John McCain, touted the success of the surge in Iraq at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. Amidst chants of "USA, USA," the Iraqi people's suffering was forgotten. In...

It has been a dizzying week trying to watch most of the speeches at the DNC while they are talked over by network anchors, then sliced and diced by their "best political teams." CNN's Wolf Blitzer and Company took center stage in the arena like sportscasters, while other network anchors...

Two days in a row this week car bombs rocked towns near the capital of Algeria, killing 60 members of the security forces, police recruits, and Canadian workers. The North African wing of the al-Qaeda terror network, known until last year as the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, has...

It is very unusual in the Middle East to turn on the television or read a newspaper without finding a major story about a new development in Iraq, Lebanon, Iran, Israel and Palestine. However, this week was different. The crisis in the Caucasus stole the headlines, but it was not...