Posts Tagged: US

BAGHDAD â€“ With deadly attacks still claiming more lives in the war-torn country, the funeral market in Iraq has turned from a simple work into a booming business. â€œBefore US-led invasion, I had one ceremony to take care,â€ mourner Ali Abdel-Kareem al-Shuwafi, 48, told IslamOnline.net on Friday, October 30.

President Barack Obamaâ€™s aggressive outreach to the Muslim American community is reducing its sense of isolation, President Barack Obamaâ€™s envoy to the Muslim world told a conference in Washington Wednesday evening.

Karachi, Pakistan–THE United States claims that one of its top foreign policy initiatives is to spread democracy and freedom around the world. But a recent bill in the US Congress has led many to wonder whether the US wants to become one of the worldâ€™s biggest hindrances to media freedom.

This week has seen a spurt of would-be terror plots that painfully highlights the reality that our world is still not as safe as it should be, despite the two wars still being waged against purported terrorist regimes.

Thus, 28 powerful Muslim businessmen and politicians flocked to a Democratic fundraiser in Washington, meeting with White House and Democratic Congressional leaders on April 14th and 15th–a project sponsored by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC).

(April 16, 2010) â€“ When is a terrorist not considered a terrorist? When the US media identifies him or her as a â€œChristianâ€. And when is a terrorist group not considered a terrorist group? When the US media calls it an â€œanti-government militiaâ€.

The United States has rejected President Hamid Karzaiâ€™s anti-foreigner outburst as â€œtroublingâ€ and â€œpreposterousâ€, prompting a hurried effort by the Afghan leader to make amends, Agence France-Presse reported.