Articles tagged with: Yemen
Women as Enemy: A Film About Brutality Toward Our Global Sisters
For far too long in history, women have been perceived as chattel, disposable and expendable. This past year we witnessed uprisings in the Middle East during their Arab Spring. Women often fought along side men to oust oppressive regimes. In Bahrain, however, women are still at risk of torture and rape. Yemen women played activists roles in toppling President Saleh, …
Mutually Assured Annihilation in Middle East?
Over the last year or so the world has witnessed a truly remarkable movement within many countries in the Middle East. It has been a concerted effort by popular uprisings of common citizens to rid themselves of long-standing despots and dictators. The struggle for freedom is far from over, as bloody conflicts and government back assassinations continue in places like …
The Information “Genie” is Released in the Middle East
The results of the so-called “Arab Spring” have permanently changed the landscape of Middle-Eastern politics, and it’s not over yet. There is little doubt that popular uprisings will continue in Syria and Yemen, and will undoubtedly spread to other places, such as Saudi Arabia, and Jordan. Each of the uprisings have resulted from different sets of circumstances, although all of …
Egyptian Uprisings Will Soon be Forgotten
In all likelihood, the results of Egypt’s uprising, whether it be the toppling of Mubarak’s government or a bloody repression at the hands of the army, will have “little to no” impact on the lives of anyone living outside the region, including the United States. The same hold true for both Yemen and Jordan.
Misfits, Miscreants and The Enemy Within
While we are sending more troops to Afghanistan and trying to determine when we can pull out of Iraq, there is a growing number of American Muslim extremists which constitute domestic terrorist threats right here on our soil.
Yemen Sells America the Brooklyn Bridge
Lurking just behind the co-operative approach being advanced by the Yemeni government is the cold hard fact that Islamic clerics throughout Yemen have threatened all-out jihad should American military forces set foot on Yemeni soil. The Islamic fundamentalist groups know full well that American foreign aid will do little to strengthen the government’s position
Obama’s Mea Culpa
The tone he struck calibrated the absolute fact that we are “at war.” The magnitude of his message must not be lost. He called out the CIA and others who had failed to “connect the dots” to the terrorist who had been trained in Yemen.
