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...78th Annual Academy Awards may well be the most politicized Oscars ever televised. Many of the nominated films and performances tackle contentious social issues including homosexuality, race relations, and the war on terror. Adding fuel to the fire, Jon Stewart—the anchorman of Comedy Central’s left-leaning satirical newscast “The Daily Show”—has been invited to host...
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...Bernard: I’m impressed by the number of nominated films that address the war on terror. I’m thinking particularly of “Syriana,” “Munich,” and “Paradise Now.” “Munich” and “Paradise Now” both deal with terrorism in the Israeli context, but it’s impossible to watch them in the present political climate without subconsciously substituting the United States for Israel...
...question - is discussed during President Bush's one-day visit, not even the latest Qaeda bust is likely to deflect attention from the mounting problems facing Washington's shaky alliance with Musharraf. The Bush Administration has backed Musharraf on the basis that he is cooperating in the war on terror - even if not to the extent the U.S. demands - and that the alternatives are worse. But many secular liberals in Pakistan complain that Musharraf brandishes the jihadi threat to maintain military rule and suppress Pakistan's main moderate political parties, quite a far cry from the democratic values trumpeted...
...Sunnis overwhelmingly view the Shi?ite-dominated security forces-especially the Ministry of Interior?s special police commandos-as militias in government clothing, and accuse units such as the infamous ?Wolf Brigade? of conducting a planned campaign of terror, intimidation and assassination against the Sunnis. They are taking their revenge for the terror of Saddam, they...