BEIRUT - Lebanese doctors, aid workers, and refugees are all reporting that the official number of dead in Lebanon is far lower than the actual. "I think that the real number is at least 750 dead so far," Dr. Bachir el-Sham at the Complex Hospital in Sidon...
"Trust that Iraq will be the graveyard for terrorism and terrorists for the good of all humanity," said Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in an address to a joint session of Congress that went reasonably well despite some grumbling in advance. "Iraq...
The Human Shields of Nazareth Dear fellow activists, … Jonathan Cook's article clearly demonstrates that yet another journalist (Matthew Price) within the BBC has been "reporting" fallacies and hinting at a pro-Israeli stance. This must be combated by truthful...
Hopes by the George W. Bush administration for the emergence of an implicit Sunni-Israel alliance against an Iranian-led "Shia Crescent" have faded over the past week as Arab public opinion has become increasingly united by outrage over the Jewish state's...
Zbigniew Brzezinski, speaking at a forum sponsored by the New America Foundation, had this to say about the Israeli invasion of Lebanon: "I hate to say this but I will say it. I think what the Israelis are doing today for example in Lebanon is in effect, in...
Intervention begets intervention. No intervention is ever complete; new countries must be constantly conquered or transformed to finish the job. Having intervened, one must continue to intervene to achieve one's original objectives. There are always unintended...
Unembedded: Four Independent Photojournalists on the War in Iraq. By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Kael Alford, Thorne Anderson, and Rita Leistner. Chelsea Greene, 2005. 196 pages. Hardback and paperback editions available. When the U.S. invaded the Middle East in 2003, the...
Hezbollah, by kidnapping two and killing several Israeli soldiers, has drawn a forceful response from the Jewish state. One perspective is that the Islamist organization was surprised by the ferocity of that response. It can also be argued that such intensity only...
BEIRUT - Amid the rapidly worsening situation in Lebanon, the government finds itself too weak and divided to deal either with Israel or Hezbollah. In turmoil since the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005, the government of this tiny...
Like 1967 and 1982, the summer of 2006 may serve as a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. As in those previous summers, Israel is now intent on pursuing political goals through military means, eschewing diplomacy for a massive show of force....
