Archive for 'CF Interviews'
The rules of the game
Mark Perry interviewed by Laura Rozen, The American Prospect, July 14, 2006
Mark Perry is co-director of the Conflicts Forum, a Beirut-based nongovernmental organization that has, over the past three years, put former senior American and British policy-makers and intelligence officials in talks with Hezbollah and other militant political Islamic groups in Lebanon. He formerly worked […]
Posted: July 14th, 2006 under ABOUT CF, ARTICLES, CF Interviews, Hezbollah, Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanon, Mark Perry.
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Interview with Alastair Crooke
Sarah Stewart, The Middle East in London, July-August, 2006
SS:How did you become involved in the Middle East and how did this lead to your particular interest in perceptions of Islam in the west?
AC: It started in the 80s. I was based in Afghanistan and responsible for liasing between the Mujahadeen leaders and the British government. […]
Posted: July 1st, 2006 under ABOUT CF, Alastair Crooke, CF Interviews, Political Islam.
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Interview: Theedrinken met terroristen
Alastair Crooke interviewed by VRIJ Nederland, May, 2006 (Dutch)
Het WRR-pleidooi voor een dialoog met Hamas en Hezbollah werd door Nederlandse politici met hoon overladen. Maar Alastair Crooke, voormalig politiek rapporteur van de Britse inlichtingendienst MI6, geeft de WRR groot gelijk. ‘Het is bizar: we willen een wereldcrisis bezweren door met steeds minder mensen te praten.’
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Posted: May 6th, 2006 under ABOUT CF, Alastair Crooke, CF Interviews, Hamas, Hezbollah.
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Interview: Éviter de pousser les islamistes vers al-Qaida
Alastair Crooke interviewed by Le Figaro, February 18, 2006 (French)
LE FIGARO: Que pensez-vous de la décision de l’Union européenne de ne pas parler au Hamas?
ALASTAIR CROOKE: C’est une erreur stratégique. Après la rupture de mes contacts avec le Hamas en août 2003, deux pays européens seulement ont continué secrètement de discuter avec lui. L’Europe […]
Posted: February 18th, 2006 under ABOUT CF, Alastair Crooke, CF Interviews, Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Interview: Fostering Muslim-West dialogue
Alastair Crooke interviewed by Humayun Chaudhry, Al Jazeera, August 8, 2005
Alastair Crooke is a former official with Britain’s MI6 intelligence agency who has worked in some of the world’s most dangerous hotspots.
He spent many years in the Arab and Muslim world and engaged in dialogue with Hamas and Hizb Allah, as well as facing paramilitary […]
Posted: August 8th, 2005 under ABOUT CF, Al Qaeda, Alastair Crooke, CF Interviews, Dialogue, Middle East, War in Iraq, War on terrorism.
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Interview: The need for dialogue
Alastair Crooke interviewed by Share International, June 1, 2005
Alastair Crooke spent almost 30 years in the British diplomatic service working on conflict resolution in Ireland, South Africa, Namibia, Afghanistan, Cambodia and Colombia. He was Adviser for Special Security to European Union High Representative Javier Solana, and co-ordinated mediation between all parties in the Arab-Israeli and […]
Posted: June 1st, 2005 under ABOUT CF, Alastair Crooke, CF Interviews, Dialogue, Political Islam.
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