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The Myth of a Shia-Sunni/Persian-Arab Confrontation

by Arshin Adib-Moghaddam | Dec 1, 2010

Is there a Shia crescent threatening the stability of western Asia and northern Africa? Is there a historically coded Arab-Persian enmity driving the international politics of the region? Does it date back centuries, and is it now viewed as a battle for regional...

Torture Orders Were Part of US Sectarian War Strategy

by Gareth Porter | Nov 2, 2010

The revelation by WikiLeaks of a U.S. military order directing U.S. forces not to investigate cases of torture of detainees by Iraqis has been treated in news reports as yet another case of lack of concern by the U.S. military about detainee abuse. But the deeper...

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