Epstein Secrets

t Obama—again prodded, perhaps, by Republican critics—has inserted Putin into that pantheon of demonic foes that includes Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That has obscured past areas of cooperation, and made future cooperation much less likely. Kaiser Wilhelm was no bargain

nic foes that includes Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That has obscu

s that includes Fidel Castro, Mao Zedong, Saddam Hussein, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. That has obscured past

the Pakistani economy. Last month in Tokyo, the crown prince celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the first Japanese Muslim to make the hajj to Mecca, and more importantly, signed a number of bilateral agreements on investment, trade and security cooperation. Japan imports more than a million bar

capital, and both yesterday and today, air raid sirens wailed throughout the coastal Mediterranean city for the first time since 1991, when Iraq's Saddam Hussein lobbed scud missiles at Israel during Gulf War precipitated by his invasion of Kuwait. And in the late afternoon, the first air raid sirens in me

city for the first time since 1991, when Iraq's Saddam Hussein lobbed scud missiles at Israel during Gu

or the first time since 1991, when Iraq's Saddam Hussein lobbed scud missiles at Israel during Gulf War

aughter of a Protestant mother of Northern European ancestry and a father whose name, Abu El-Haj, tells us that a forebear made the pilgrimage to Mecca. Nadia Abu El-Haj's avowed purpose is to make clear "the ways in which `the past' is understood to be a constitutive element of the self." The ke

Henry MacMahon, the High Commissioner for Egypt, informing him of the terms for Arab participation in the war against the Turks. The letters between Hussein and Mac-Mahon that followed outlined the areas that Britain was prepared to cede to the Arabs in exchange for their help. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032013 ---

OUSE_OVERSIGHT_032012 --- PAGE BREAK --- Did the British promise the Arabs independence in Palestine? In July 1915, Hussein ibn 'Ali, the Sherif of Mecca, sent a letter to Sir Henry MacMahon, the High Commissioner for Egypt, informing him of the terms for Arab participation in the war against the Turks

Henry MacMahon, the High Commissioner for Egypt, informing him of the terms for Arab participation in the war against the Turks. The letters between Hussein and Mac-Mahon that followed outlined the areas that Britain was prepared to cede to the Arabs in exchange for their help. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_032024 ---

OUSE_OVERSIGHT_032023 --- PAGE BREAK --- Did the British promise the Arabs independence in Palestine? In July 1915, Hussein ibn 'Ali, the Sherif of Mecca, sent a letter to Sir Henry MacMahon, the High Commissioner for Egypt, informing him of the terms for Arab participation in the war against the Turks

nisters in seven months, who are Ibrahim Amoush, Hussein Majali, Salim Al Zoubi, Ibrahim al-Jazi, and Khal

dered closest of his brothers to the country's religious conservatives, would be mourned with religious services Sunday in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, state media said. The ruling Saudi family, like the government overall, follows the austere Wahhabi branch of Islam. It typically buries its membe

9 November 1947 14 May 1948 15 May 1948 29 May 1948 First World War. Letter from British High Commissioner McMahon to Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. Sykes—Picot Agreement. Balfour Declaration. 4 days of violent rioting against Jews in Jerusalem. Opening of the San Remo Conference. Treaty of

ayel. 17 September 1982 UN Security Council Resolution 520 (Lebanon). 17 May 1983 Israel and Lebanon sign a peace agreement. 19 February 1986 King Hussein of Jordan severs ties with the PLO. 11 April 1987 London Agreement. 21 May 1987 Lebanon’s parliament abrogates the 1969 Cairo agreement with the PL

he PLO had been financially dependent on the states of the Arab Gulf and the Communist bloc. The collapse of the Soviet Union and Arafat’s support of Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War of 1991 resulted in the collapse of funding for the PLO and an end to remittances to Palestinian families in Gaza and the West Ba

lapse of the Soviet Union and Arafat’s support of Saddam Hussein during the Gulf War of 1991 resulted in t

cally elected Mosaddegh regime nationalized oil fields, and supporting for the Baathist overthrow of the Qasim government in Iraq, which gave rise to Saddam Hussein. Following the end of the Cold War, America's foreign policy gravitated toward nation building, and the widespread promotion of democracy and human r

visible. Regimes once supported by the US have fallen, marking the failure of embrace and abandon. In Egypt, Mubarak was in, then deserted. In Iraq, Hussein was in, then deposed. In Libya, Gaddafi was in, then overthrown with US support. In Syria with Assad, it was the same scenario. The instability creat

the Qasim government in Iraq, which gave rise to Saddam Hussein. Following the end of the Cold War, Ameri

it is impossible for the US to move against any hostile Islamic group anywhere in the world without Saudi support. Almost two billion Muslims look to Mecca and Medina as their spiritual heartland and challenging any faction of Islam without the support of its guardian, Saudi Arabia, would be foolhardy. H