Bosnian authorities have announced plans to deport 50 naturalized citizens, mostly former Islamic fighters, according to a Bosnian commission for citizenship revision, which also reportedly acknowledged that among those slated for deportation is one with suspected links to al-Qaeda. Thus far, the commission has revoked... MORE

RATE OF VIOLENCE INCREASES IN SOUTHERN THAILAND The rate of violence in southern Thailand has been steadily increasing as insurgents continue to mount coordinated bomb attacks against government, military and commercial interests. The latest coordinated attacks were executed on August 31, when insurgents targeted at... MORE

As more details surface regarding the recent London terrorism plot to destroy U.S. bound airliners over the Atlantic Ocean, Pakistani and British security officials remain fixated on the group's alleged ringleader, Rashid Rauf, a British citizen of Pakistani origin with roots in Kashmir, currently held... MORE

On August 26, Pakistan killed one of its most prominent politicians, Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti, who was leading an armed struggle for greater autonomy over Balochistan's natural resource wealth (The News, August 27). Among other resources, Balochistan is estimated to possess 26 trillion cubic feet... MORE

The arrests of at least two women out of the 24 suspects initially held in the recently foiled plot in London highlight the potential threat posed by radical Muslim women (al-Jazeera, August 21). While little is known about the recent female detainees, women have played... MORE

EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD INCREASINGLY SUPPORTIVE OF HEZBOLLAH Since the start of the latest Israel-Lebanon conflict, the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt has increasingly offered verbal support to the Shiite Hezbollah movement. The general guide of the MB, Muhammad Mahdi Akif, announced that 10,000 MB... MORE

In light of the information emerging from the foiled London attack, the terrorists involved in the operation planned on destroying commercial aircraft by mixing together explosive chemical substances while aboard the planes. The chemicals necessary to create such explosions are easily attainable. More concerning, however,... MORE

Testing the waters for a regional reaction to a cross-border operation into Iraq's Kurdish north, the Turkish military sent troops into Iraqi territory late last month. The Turkish forces remained in northern Iraq for only a few hours and no confrontations took place; instead, the... MORE

PAKISTANI GOVERNMENT TAKES ACTION AGAINST TNSM Pakistani authorities recently arrested 24 Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM) activists after they were found burning electronics equipment such as CDs and televisions in Manglawara and Charbagh (Daily Times, August 11). Speaking to the Daily Times, Manglawara Station House Officer Khaista Rehman... MORE

SAUDI ARABIA'S SHIITES STAGE PRO-HEZBOLLAH PROTESTS As a result of the outbreak of hostilities in southern Lebanon, Saudi Arabia's Shiite minority has been staging protests in support of Hezbollah. The current conflict between Shiite Hezbollah and Israel has energized Shiites throughout the Middle East, especially... MORE