The Middle East War For Hearts and Minds
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By rushing to rebuild Lebanon, Hizballah and Iran are spreading their influence in the Middle East. Can the U.S. do more?
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This week in 1967 Israel defeated its neighbours in a war which lasted six days - but whose consequences have reverberated for 40 years
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The Pentagon is trying to figure out how to beat jihadists in the propaganda war.  So they're looking to build virtual versions of Middle Eastern countries, to see how "media and rumor propagation" works over there.  Good luck.
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Comment is free: Naomi Klein: Political chaos means Israel is booming like it's 1999 - and the boom is in defence exports field-tested on Palestinians.
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Events in Beirut expose the divisions of a small state on the faultlines of the Middle East
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A 34-day war didn't work. Now Prime Minister Olmert must negotiate for the release of the two soldiers in Lebanon and a third in Gaza. The  price may be steep
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No doubt some will say the Jakarta bomb is a vicious retort to Howard&#39;s Iraq policy. It requires a medieval mindset to conceive of the sort of savagery the world witnessed in Beslan.
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US-funded efforts to spread democracy in Middle East meet with resistance.
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I am reminded of an event 93 years ago, in which Franz Ferdinand was shot, plummetting Europe into war. World War III is coming, and the flashpoint is the Islamic world. Much like Serbia in 1913, it is fragile and fragmented and there is a determination by a large focused interest group to see violence done in the name of their agenda. And, in the use of violence, they have successfully advanced their agenda.
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A documentary called âObsession: Radical Islamâs War Against the Westâ has become the latest flashpoint in the bitter campus debate over the Middle East.
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But the most important entry on Middle East watchers&#39; list is George W. Bush: in for four more years. The recent death of Arafat, the Palestinian Authority president, creates an opportunity for the United
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After winning one of the toughest political fights of his career before Israel&#39;s parliament, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faces a colossal battle
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The Middle East is entering a historic process. Iraq under US occupation, and Palestine under Israeli occupation will hold two critical elections in January (if they are not postponed).
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Recent events in the Middle East have the potential to positively impact the region. Lost amongst all of the coverage of Yasser Arafat&#39;s passing was a historic 67-45 vote by Israel&#39;s parliament
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Looking back at the major events that took place in the Middle East in 2004, the death of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is undoubtedly a world-shaker.
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TETOUAN, Morocco -- In the Arab world, this hilly North African city is about as far as you can get from Iraq. But for many young men here, the call to join what they view as a holy war resonates loudly across the 3,000-mile divide.
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Yasser Arafat&#39;s last days on earth, a subject of intense interest throughout much of the world, have evoked mixed emotions in the country that was his life&#39;s obsession: Israel.