Resistance, not terror
The Grand Ayatollah Ahmed Alhasani al-Baghdadi
Baghdadi is one of Iraq's more outspoken Shi'ite clerics, against the occupation, against the United States' "puppet" government in Baghdad, and, surprisingly, against a "dumb devil" fellow grand ayatollah with whom he disagrees. Baghdadi differentiates between armed resistance and terrorism, and has softened his views to accommodate a timetable for US withdrawal, he tells Munthir Alkewther.
the ayatollah's website
A new face for the TalibanUzbek militants are the first casualties of Islamabad's drive to delink the Taliban from al-Qaeda and bring them back into the Pakistani sphere of influence. The point man for this is Maulvi Nazir, who leads tribal forces in South Waziristan. He's a hardened operator, but his ride will not be an easy one.
The Xinjiang factor in the new Silk Road
The conflict-oriented "Great Game" concept is no longer relevant for Central Asia. Today, the ancient Silk Road is the route to cultural, natural-resource and economic riches that could, if used wisely, benefit the world far beyond the region itself. The nexus of this dynamic 21st-century reality is Xinjiang, where Central Asia and China meet. - David Gosset
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