Mosaic Intelligence Report - Video Podcasts

Taliban: If You Can't Beat Them, Buy Them!

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 29, 2009) Election run-off is few days away in Afghanistan. Hamid Karzai's brother is on the CIA's payroll. Should Obama send more troops to Afghanistan? And can the Taliban be defeated?
Read more on the Huffington Post
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Afghanistan: Fraud, Opium, and Taliban

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 23, 2009) Afghanistan's recent election was hailed as an example of "democracy." But more than one million ballots were discounted due to fraud. Why isn't Karzai being held responsible for this blatant act of election fraud?
And is Afghanistan the "good" war?

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Exclusive Interview with Hamas Leader Khaled Meshal

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Steve Clemons, director of foreign policy programs at the New America Institute in Washington, conducted an exclusive interview with Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Damascus. Questions ranged from the Goldstone Report to the rift between the Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah. One example of the many thought provoking questions Clemons asks Meshal in the interview:

Clemons: [Are you] a Palestinian patriot or a Muslim patriot? Obviously from an American perspective too many Americans look at...Muslim Brotherhood, Hizbullah, Hamas and they say they are all al-Qaeda, which I know is wrong but I would like to hear how you characterize this.

Meshal: Hamas is a movement of national liberation... We adopt the Islamic thought, because we are part of [a] region that is Arab and Muslim. This is a normal thing, just like when there is a movement in Europe it is Christian. We are a liberation movement but we are an Islamic movement too because we are part of this region naturally.

This video is courtesy of Steve Clemons and the Palestine Note.

Israel-Turkey: No TV Drama

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 16, 2009) A violent Israeli incursion is an unlikely setting for a love story. But that is just what's in Turkey's drama series, Ayrilik.
Why is this Turkish show so popular in the Middle East? And will Israel lose its Turkish ally?

Read more on the Huffington Post
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The Vichy Government of Palestine

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 9, 2009) Palestinians call for the resignation of President Mahmoud Abbas. Why is he being called a traitor? And will he survive the storm? Read more on the Huffington Post

Israel vs. Iran: The Writing Is on the Wall

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: October 2, 2009) Iran reveals its new secret nuclear plant. The IAEA demands immediate access. Will Iran stop its uranium enrichment program? And will Israel attack Iran?

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Goldstone's Rosh Hashanah Bomb

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: September 18, 2009) The Goldstone Report accuses Israel and Hamas of war crimes. Israeli officials are furious and reject the findings. Why is Arab media covering up for Hamas? Is Israel above the law?
Read more on the Huffington Post

9/11: Good War, Bad War, No War

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: September 11, 2009) Eight years have passed since 9/11. The US is shifting its attention from Iraq to Afghanistan. Why does Osama bin Laden remain at large? And is the war in Afghanistan the "good war"?

Full text on the Mosaic Blog

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Settlement Freeze: Been There, Done That

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: August 28, 2009) The Obama administration hopes to announce a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. But Israel's ever-expanding network of settlements seems to stand in the way. Will a new push for "settlement-freeze" succeed? Or will Netanyahu's delay tactics prevail?

Western Media Double Standard

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Al Jazeera's Listening Post examines the murders of two Muslim women, and how only one of them caught the Western media's attention. Both were young Muslim women standing up for their right to free expression, whose murders caused outrage throughout the Arab and Muslim world. But only Neda Sultan, whose dying moments during a Tehran street protest were broadcast on televisions and computer screens, made news the world over. Mosaic's producer Jamal Dajani, a contributor to the Listening Post, and other experts try to answer why only one of these women has been turned into a martyr by the Western news media, and the other virtually ignored.

Iraq: Talk is Cheap, Blood is Cheaper

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: August 14, 2009) UPDATED! On the eve of Ramadan, bombings and shootings continue to be reported daily in Iraq. Did the surge fail? Who is targeting the Kurds? For the past five years Ramadan has been marred with violence. Will this trend continue?

Yemen: A Powder Keg Ready to Explode

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: August 7, 2009) More than 150 people were recently killed and injured in clashes between security forces and the Yemeni rebels. The secessionist movement has become more vocal about dividing Yemen. Will Yemen become a haven for militants? And why is the Obama Administration ignoring this new hot spot in the Middle East?
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Who Speaks for Palestine?

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: July 31, 2009) Fateh, the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, will meet next week in an atmosphere mired with internal divisions, charges of corruption, and tales of espionage and betrayal fit for a John Le Carré novel.

Read more in Jamal Dajani's blog on the Huffington Post

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Settlers' Spin

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: July 24, 2009) Confrontations between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barack Obama over Israeli settlement construction dominate headlines in the Arab world and Israel. Will Obama succeed where other U.S. presidents have failed? And why has this controversy been posing a PR nightmare to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)?
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Europe & Islamophobia

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

(Mosaic Intelligence Report: July 17, 2009) A Danish newspaper publishes a cartoon portraying the Prophet Mohammad as a terrorist. French President Nicolas Sarkozy calls for a ban on the burqa. An Egyptian immigrant is murdered in a German court by an Islamophobe. Why are Muslims being targeted in Europe?
And is Islamophobia the new anti-Semitism? Poll

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