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Pakistan

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2012

    Rep. Rohrabacher Seeks Citizenship, Medal for Pakistani Doctor Who Helped Nab bin Laden

    ​The medical doctor who helped the CIA track down Osama bin Laden--only to be left hung out to dry in Pakistan--is getting an assist from an unlikely source: Rep. Dana Rohrabacher. The Costa Mesa Republican--who blames most societal ills on illegal immigration and vomits a little in his own m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 22, 2011

    Oytun Ayse Mihalik, Turkish National Living in OC, Accused of Funding Pakistan Terrorists

    ​Ah, Pakistan, that U.S. . . . ahem . . . ally with the homegrown terrorists trying to blow up American soldiers and citizens abroad. Let's us keep those special friends in mind while checking out this: Oytun Ayse Mihalik of La Palma has been indicted on federal charges of providing material suppo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 16, 2011

    Transgender Rights in Pakistan Chewed Over at Chapman Law School Lunch

    ​Talk about a timely lunchtime topic: "Transgender Rights in Unlikely Places: The Case of Pakistan" will be discussed at Chapman University hot on the high heels of the Pakistani Supreme Court ordering the government to register transgender citizens as voters.The country's 80,000-strong transgende ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea Author Under Fire, Cancels Local Appearance

    ​Did you catch Steve Kroft's 60 Minutes report in April questioning experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan Greg Mortenson related in his bestsellers Three Cups of Tea and Stones Into Schools, as well as the way funds are allocated to his international charity Central Asia Institute?At that time, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 24, 2011

    Loretta Sanchez: Hamid Karzai Comments Backing Pakistan Over U.S. Warrant Afghan Withdrawal

    ​In a Pakistan television interview over the weekend, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said, "If fighting starts between Pakistan and the U.S., we are beside Pakistan. . . . If Pakistan is attacked and the people of Pakistan need Afghanistan's help, Afghanistan will be there with you."The comments ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2011

    Adam Gadahn, American Al-Qaeda Spokesman, Still At Large

    ​Ten years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Osama bin Laden is dead and American drone attacks along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have supposedly decimated Al Qeada's leadership. But despite repeated rumors of his demise (and in one case, capture) neither American nor Pakistani anti-terrorist ... More >>

  • Food

    August 25, 2011

    A Silver Spoon in Your Mouth

    [Hole In the Wall] The Pakistani store Irvine Halal Meat sells a great lunch buffet—and a Paki-Mexi burrito from heaven

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Report: Pasta the Most Popular Dish in the World

    ​Grand, overarching summations derived from research papers must always be viewed skeptically, but the global organization Oxfam is well-regarded for its research, and its only real agenda is feeding folks, something they've been working on since the 1940s. They know a bit about global food trends ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    Osama Bin Laden Oil Tanker Terror Plot Hits Close to Home

    ​The Department of Homeland Security announced today that among the materials Navy SEALS found in Osama Bin Laden's Pakistan hideout were al-Qaida plans to hijack and detonate oil tankers last summer to provoke an "extreme economic crisis" in the West.Officials disclosed no specific U.S. targets. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2011

    [UPDATED: Will Goat Boy Replace Bin Laden As Top Fugitive?] Adam Gadahn, OC's Terrorist Goat Boy, Silent on Bin Laden

    ​[UPDATED: MAY 3, 12:21 PM] The Orange County Register is speculating that Adam "Goat Boy" Gadahn may replace Osama bin Laden as America's top fugitive, noting that the FBI has marked former most wanted man bin Laden as "deceased," and that Gadahn is currently ranked as Number 2 on that list. The ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2011

    The Death of Osama bin Laden: Headlines From Around the World

    ​On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama announced that Osama bin Laden was killed by United States Special Forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Click here to see a collection of headlines from around the globe as the world reacts to bin Laden's death. 

  • Blogs

    November 22, 2010

    The Orange County Interwebs Horror Show Goes Downhill Fast

    ​Have you ever seen the YouTube videos of the annual Big Wheel races down Lombard Street in San Francisco? Adults in costumes get behind the handlebars of the kiddie scoot-scoots before putting their lives at risk on one of the world's most-windy streets. No wonder the sacrificial ritual is held a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2010

    OC's Adam "Goat Boy" Gadahn Still Alive, Now Hates Obama

    ​The last time we heard from Adam Yahihe Gadahn, the American voice of Al Qaeda, was four months ago, when he was reported to have been arrested in Karachi, Pakistan. Within a day, those reports had been retracted in keeping with previously discredited reports that Gadahn, better known in the Nave ... More >>

  • Film

    June 24, 2010

    American Soldiers

    'Restrepo' captures military life in Afghanistan

  • Calendar

    February 11, 2010

    Valentine's Day Show with Bryan Callen

    Brea Improv

  • Blogs

    October 23, 2009

    Orly Taitz Calls Us Out at the (Bill) Ayres Hotel in Costa Mesa

    ​Orly! I know you're reading this. After all, during your speech to the Costa Mesa Republican Assembly last night, while talking about your appearance on the Joy Behar show, you said something like "Joy Behar, who was, as this reporter here Mr. Kornbacher said... well, I won't use those words."Who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2009

    Al Qaeda's Goat Boy: Back from the Dead and as Annoying as Ever

    Goat Boy: I'm Ba-a-a-a-a-a-ack!​ Apparently, your teabagging grandma isn't the only person who thinks the election of Barack Obama spells doom for America. In celebration of the eighth anniversary of 9/11, Al Qaeda has just released a video called "The West and the Dark Tunnel." In the video, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 28, 2009

    UC Irvine, A Campus of Hate, Bigotry and Intimidation?

    UC Irvine: A battlefield?In today's issue of the JewishJournal.com, Judea Pearl--an acclaimed UCLA professor and the father of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was decapitated by nuts in Pakistan in 2002--has written "The Crucible of UC Irvine," which slams the Orange County univer ... More >>

  • Film

    May 14, 2009

    [Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More

    UC Irvine: A battlefield?In today's issue of the JewishJournal.com, Judea Pearl--an acclaimed UCLA professor and the father of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl who was decapitated by nuts in Pakistan in 2002--has written "The Crucible of UC Irvine," which slams the Orange County univer ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2008

    Dead Again!

    For the second time in a year, a terrified American public has received the reassuring news that Adam Gadahn, a.k.a. "Goat Boy," is dead. Probably. As far as we know. Seeing as how we haven't heard much from him lately and he likes to harangue his former countrymen with annoying lectures about U.S. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 14, 2008

    Goat Boy Gone?

    NB_C News is reporting that Goat Boy, Orange County's favorite terrorist nutball, seems to have disappeared. Goat Boy would bed Adam Yahiye Gadahn, the former death-metal fan turned Muslim convert who grew up on a goat farm in Riverside County be fore moving to Garden Grove, where he became a radic ... More >>

  • Film

    June 21, 2007

    Pearl Harbor

    Michael Winterbottom gives Mariane and Daniels story A Mighty Heart

  • Columns

    May 31, 2007

    !Ask a Mexican!

    'Please fully explain your answer and include economical, cultural and quality-of-life issues in 25 words or less'

  • News

    April 19, 2007

    So I Married a Terrorist . . .

    Saraah Olsons strange trip through the U.S. war on terror

  • News

    September 21, 2006

    'I've Never Been to America. America Came to Me'

    Ex-Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg recalls his three-year journey through Americas war on terror

  • Columns

    August 24, 2006

    Letters

    'You would have enjoyed the stream of mucus-laden iced tea which spewed forth from my nose when I got to the end of that quip'

  • News

    June 15, 2006

    Where Is OCs Missing Terrorist?

    Terror suspect Khalil Deek moved from an Anaheim apartment to a Jordanian prison. Current whereabouts unknown

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2006

    The Incredible Bravery of Hugh Hewitt

    How brave is our boy Hugh Hewitt, the talk radio blatherer/lawyer/pundit/Nixon fetishist/blogger/moralizer/George W. Bush worshiper/professional Vermont boycotter? Brave enough to take the GWOT (Global War on Terrorism-- though the Bush administration may have changed the brand name by now) to the t ... More >>

  • News

    February 9, 2006

    Heavy Metal Muslim

    Salman Ahmad really does rock the Casbah

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2006

    Look Out Below!

    Mark Taggatz, who identifies himself as the president of a company called Aquentium, Inc., has invited the Weekly to Palm Springs at the end of this month for Media Day-Housing Invention for Disaster Relief. "We will be unveiling our newly developed housing solution for disasters," Taggatz writes. " ... More >>

  • Features

    September 8, 2005

    A Terrorist Tool?

    Mark Taggatz, who identifies himself as the president of a company called Aquentium, Inc., has invited the Weekly to Palm Springs at the end of this month for Media Day-Housing Invention for Disaster Relief. "We will be unveiling our newly developed housing solution for disasters," Taggatz writes. " ... More >>

  • Unknown

    June 9, 2005

    This Week in Places

    Mark Taggatz, who identifies himself as the president of a company called Aquentium, Inc., has invited the Weekly to Palm Springs at the end of this month for Media Day-Housing Invention for Disaster Relief. "We will be unveiling our newly developed housing solution for disasters," Taggatz writes. " ... More >>

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Hide & Go Deek

    Why does the U.S. keep blowing chances to question a top deputy of al-Qaeda?

  • Features

    January 15, 2004

    Organs

    Why does the U.S. keep blowing chances to question a top deputy of al-Qaeda?

  • News

    May 8, 2003

    Grading the Peace Movement

    Did activists stop a world war?

  • News

    November 21, 2002

    The Party's Over

    Did activists stop a world war?

  • News

    August 8, 2002

    It's the Economy, Stupid

    Did activists stop a world war?

  • News

    July 11, 2002

    No Escape

    Did activists stop a world war?

  • News

    June 20, 2002

    Ashcroft Hypes a Dirty Bomber

    Did activists stop a world war?

  • Food

    May 23, 2002

    People Are Stupid

    Otherwise theyd go to Orange Bar.B.Q.

  • News

    April 25, 2002

    Victims of the Dragnet

    Otherwise theyd go to Orange Bar.B.Q.

  • Columns

    April 11, 2002

    Letters

    Otherwise theyd go to Orange Bar.B.Q.

  • News

    March 28, 2002

    More Fuelish War Talk

    Otherwise theyd go to Orange Bar.B.Q.

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    World Wars III, IV and V

    Otherwise theyd go to Orange Bar.B.Q.

  • News

    February 21, 2002

    Bushwa

    Does the Times have the courage to call the president a hypocrite?

  • News

    September 27, 2001

    Under Suspicion

    For Tawfiq Deek, it runs in the family

  • Food

    September 13, 2001

    Familiarity Breeds Contentment

    Punjab isnt flashy, but fabulous

  • News

    January 18, 2001

    The CD Case

    An Anaheim computer geek languishes in a Jordanian prison

  • News

    July 20, 2000

    The Terrorist Next Door

    The U.S. says a former Anaheim resident is trying to kill us all

  • Food

    December 23, 1999

    Peace Meal

    The borderless delights of Pakistani and Indian food

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