China Reform Monitor: No. 683
China's surging surplus;
A corruption crackdown in the CPC
China's surging surplus;
A corruption crackdown in the CPC
Russia's Communist Party on the defensive;
Bukovsky denied presidential bid
Russian media looks abroad;
Kirkuk's fate on hold;
The terrorist pulse in Turkey;
Terrorists flood the Strip;
Sectarian tensions linger in Bahrain
A different take on Georgia's elections;
New questions about Nord Stream
Adam Gadahn, a.k.a. Azzam al Amriki, has come a long way since his days living on a goat farm and playing in his one-man death metal band Aphasia. The 30-year-old California native has quickly become the American face of al Qaeda. Azzam’s purpose is to make an appeal to the American people, to explain the current situation in the war and to exhort them to join in supporting al Qaeda and its cause.