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this is a critical juncture. Every one of these awakening countries needs to make the transition from Saddam to Jefferson without getting stuck in Khomeini. Why has the Arab awakening produced so few new leaders? Partly because the electoral process is still playing out in places like Egypt and Yemen,
the Darfuris in the west, the Bejas in the east, the Nubians in the north and the Nuba in Kordofan. These peripheral regions have been exploited by Khartoum since the 19th century. But until recently, the South was the only region aware of this exploitation because it was neither Arab nor Islamic. The
r goal of "exporting the Islamic revolution" would not succeed. No doubt that Arafat's close ties with Saddam Hussein, a nemesis of both Assad and Khomeini, and his concession to recognize Israel also widened the chasm between the PLO and the Islamic Republic. From Assad's standpoint, Arafat's relation
a town granted to Sudan as part of a peace settlement [6] that allowed the southerners to secede in 2011. The northerners, based EFTA00630300 in Khartoum, then mobilized their own forces and drove the South Sudanese out of Heglig. Fighting has since npted [7] all along the contested border between th
r goal of "exporting the Islamic revolution" would not succeed. No doubt that Arafat's close ties with Saddam Hussein, a nemesis of both Assad and Khomeini, and his concession to recognize Israel also widened the chasm between the PLO and the Islamic Republic. From Assad's standpoint, Arafat's relatio
ter of Heglig, a town granted to Sudan as part of a peace settlement [6] that allowed the southerners to secede in 2011. The northerners, based in Khartoum, then mobilized their own forces and drove the South Sudanese out of Heglig. Fighting has since erupted [7] all along the contested border between
Entities connected to both Khomeini and Khartoum

Barack Obama
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United States
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Bashar al-Assad
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Terje Rod-Larsen
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Sudan
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Damascus
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Tunisia
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Tehran
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George W. Bush
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Saddam Hussein
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Lebanon
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Hosni Mubarak
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Middle East
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Marc Rich
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Cairo
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Yemen
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Bill Clinton
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Hillary Clinton
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Bahrain
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