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

The latest crisis in the Middle East involving Hezbollah and Israel and ongoing sectarian violence in Iraq has focused attention on an emerging divide between Sunnis and Shiites. The positions of heads of state in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Pakistan, among others, who represent... MORE

Despite calls and fatwas by some Sunni groups forbidding the fight alongside Hezbollah, the Lebanese Sunni Islamic resistance has joined Hezbollah in fighting the Israeli intervention. The biggest Islamic Sunni movement in Lebanon, Jamaa Islamiya, is fighting alongside Hezbollah to fend off Israel's incursion into... MORE

NORTH KOREANS ASSISTED HEZBOLLAH WITH TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION Recent reports about Hezbollah's tunnel construction capabilities have received a new twist. In addition to receiving support from Iran and Syria, Hezbollah is also believed to be benefiting from assistance provided by North Korean advisers, according to a... MORE