Monthly Archives: August 2022

On 17 May 1989, an Iraqi aircraft was detected by an American AWACS aircraft flying toward an excursion  zone in the Persian Gulf headed straight for the American Destroyer Stark. It demanded the Iraqi jet identify itself but there was … Continue reading →

Salman Rushdie in 1988 wrote the Book The Satanic Verses, a book few read and even fewer understood. An Indian Muslim by birth and educated in England it was not until the book was published in the US that suddenly … Continue reading →

Inserting my older but still relevant PPT of the obstacle to progress in the Middle East. I think these slides are self explanatory..at least for those who follow the Middle East. After these 6 years there has been no noticeable … Continue reading →

The demise of Ayman Zawahiri was a welcome event. It would have been unfortunate to allow him to die in bed. Moreover he did not die on the battlefield but in his comfy Taliban supplied lodging.. ..a rather unheroic death … Continue reading →