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Bitter Lemons, December 21, 2006 In 1919, the world humbly bore the loss of one of its most imaginative diplomats, when 39-year-old Mark Sykes (the
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Tags: Bush Administration, Iran, Middle East
Washington’s liberal, progressive, Democrat-oriented, anti-Bush newspaper — the Washington Post — has weighed in on a prospective war against Iran. They’re all for it. If
Tags: Bush Administration, Dialogue, Hamas, Iran, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Middle East, Palestinians
James Baker threw down the gauntlet to President Bush yesterday when he commended the Iraq Study Group report as “probably the only bipartisan report he’s
Tags: Hamas, Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Bitterlemons, November 9, 2006 He stepped in from the harsh sunlight of Egypt. He had just crossed the Sinai with two Arab friends, one of
Tags: Bush Administration, War in Iraq, War on terrorism
Bitterlemons, November 2, 2006 We might now take George Bush at his word: in the wake of the September 11 attacks, he named three nations
Tags: Hezbollah, Israel-Hezbollah war, Lebanon, Middle East
Asia Times, October 14, 2006 In the wake of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, a public poll in Egypt asked a cross-section of that country’s citizenry to
Asia Times, October 12, 2006 Introduction Writing five years after the attacks of September 11, 2001, US military expert Anthony Cordesman published an account of
Asia Times, October 13, 2006 Israel’s decision to launch a ground war to accomplish what its air force had failed to do was made hesitantly
Tags: Bush Administration, Iraq, War in Iraq
Condoleezza Rice’s recent visit to Iraq was intended to show support for the battered government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, but it was clear