Notable Sunday Reads

Michael Ledeen has an interesting article on Iran's dissidents. We in the West need to find a way to help them before the mad mullah gets nukes.

MURDER'S ROW RULES

The mullahs and us.

by Michael A. Ledeen

NRO July 15, 2005
Iranian dissidents appealed to the United Nations to support calls for freedom for Akbar Ganji, the brave writer who is being tortured in Tehran for the sin of exposing the murderous activities of the theocratic regime of the Islamic republic. The top dog at the U.N., Kofi Annan, declined to take a stand, claiming he did not know enough to have an opinion. The U.N.'s lapdog at the U.S. Senate, Indiana's Richard Lugar, similarly declined comment, thereby relegating himself to the honor roll of appeasers of terrorists, murderers, and torturers. With the exception of the New York Sun, no major newspaper has supported Ganji, nor, for that matter, the broader cause of Iranian freedom.

Also Read: Saad Eddin Ibrahim's column, a pro-democracy challenger to Mubarak in Egypt.

AN EGYPTIAN 7/7 OF GRIEF AND CONFUSION

by Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Morocco Times July 13, 2005
Cairo -- The horrific terrorist attack in London on 7/7 understandably dominated the world's airwaves. It dwarfed other newsworthy events, including the G-8 Summit with its important agenda for combating African poverty and global warming. London's 7/7 is now added to New York and Washington's 9/11 and Madrid's 3/11 and the other terrorist tragedies which have spanned all six continents in four years.