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ss," the Brotherhood's Secretary General Mahmoud Hussein said during the conference explaining the reason

5. Los Angeles Times A nuclear Iran is too much to risk Alan J. Kuperman Article 6. The Wall Street Journal Obama and the Eisenhower Standard Fouad Ajami Article 7. The Washington Post Book review: 'The Crisis of Zionism,' by Peter Beinart Alana Newhouse Anick I. Foreign Policy The Muslim Brothe

gotry, that old "Arab street" — farewell to it, once and for all — had nothing to say about the terror inflicted on Shiites and Kurds in Iraq, for Saddam Hussein was beloved by the crowds, a pan-Arab hero, an enforcer of Sunni interests. Nor did many Arabs take notice in 1978 when Imam Musa al-Sadr, the lead

rror inflicted on Shiites and Kurds in Iraq, for Saddam Hussein was beloved by the crowds, a pan-Arab her

flicted on Shiites and Kurds in Iraq, for Saddam Hussein was beloved by the crowds, a pan-Arab hero, an e

2. Los Angeles Times Winds of change in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack Article 3. Article 4. NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty Fouad Ajami Washington Post Could the next Mideast uprising happen in Saudi Arabia? Rachel Bronson Article 5. The Guardian China crackdown: A tweak of the

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ing this was the best the Arabs could do. In a sudden burst of Wilsonianism in Iraq and after, the United States had put its power behind liberty. Saddam Hussein was flushed out of a spider hole, the Syrian brigades of terror and extortion were pushed out of Lebanon, and the despotism of Hosni Mubarak, long

United States had put its power behind liberty. Saddam Hussein was flushed out of a spider hole, the Sy

States had put its power behind liberty. Saddam Hussein was flushed out of a spider hole, the Syrian bri

erje Rod-Larsen Sent: Wed 1/25/2012 7:20:50 PM Subject: January 25 update 25 January, 2012 Foreign Affairs The Arab Spring at One Article 1. Fouad Ajami NYT The State of the Union in 2012 Article 2. Editorial Wall Street Journal The State of His Policies Article 3. Editorial Los Angeles Times

gotry, that old "Arab street" — farewell to it, once and for all — had nothing to say about the terror inflicted on Shiites and Kurds in Iraq, for Saddam Hussein was beloved by the crowds, a pan-Arab hero, an enforcer of Sunni interests. Nor did many Arabs take notice in 1978 when Imam Musa al-Sadr, the lead

rror inflicted on Shiites and Kurds in Iraq, for Saddam Hussein was beloved by the crowds, a pan-Arab her

flicted on Shiites and Kurds in Iraq, for Saddam Hussein was beloved by the crowds, a pan-Arab hero, an e

an world Robert D. Kaplan Los Angeles Times Winds of change in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty Fouad Ajami Washington Post Could the next Mideast uprising happen in Saudi Arabia? Rachel Bronson The Guardian China crackdown: A tweak of the tiger's tai

fraid. In 1989, Americans gloated as the Soviet Union, our former rival for Middle Eastern supremacy, retreated ignominiously from the region. When Saddam Hussein tried to challenge us from within, we thrashed him in the Gulf War. Throughout the 1990s, we sent our economists, law professors and investment ba

red. Lines were being drawn—between Arabs and Persians, between Sunnis and Shiites. EFTA00586649 18 A decent man tried to broker this feud, King Hussein of Jordan, himself a Sunni claiming descent from the prophet. He wrote to Gadhafi: These are "sensitive times," he said, for Palestinians and Leba

y, retreated ignominiously from the region. When Saddam Hussein tried to challenge us from within, we th

How Did this Nakba Day Differ from All Other Nakba Days? Elliott Abrams Article 6. Article 7. Wall Street Journal Gadhafi And The Vanished Imam Fouad Ajami The National Interest Another Revolution Betrayed Walter Laqueur EFTA00586633 NYT The Long Overdue Palestinian State Mahmoud Abbas May 16, 2

, as Muhammad Sahimi wrote in Tehran Bureau, the reason that the Qods Force was established in the 1980s: to train Iraq's Kurds (and Shia) against Saddam. Interestingly, noted the same author, Soleimani and his generation of fellow IRGC commanders never got over the fact that the West (and indeed the

g down problems that will only grow more complex and dangerous with time. There have been some admirable exceptions — Libya is certainly one — but Fouad Ajami of the Hoover Institution describes the sum as a "foreign policy of strategic abdication." Ideology is partly responsible. Mann's book describes a

Association notes that, "Even after crushing Iraq in the first Gulf War, the international coalition only imposed a 150-kilometer range ceiling on Saddam's ballistic missiles. A demand to eliminate all ballistic missiles would be unprecedented in the modern era-- removing any doubt among Iranians that

ruary 24 update 24 February, 2012 Article 1. The Economist Bombing Iran Article 2. Wall Street Journal America's Alibis for Not Helping Syria Fouad Ajami Article 3. NYT Deep Divisions Hobble Syria's Opposition Neil MacFarquhar Article 4. NYT How to Halt the Butchery in Syria Anne-Marie Slaughter

he Palestinians Appealing to the UN?' An interview with Arab League Head Nabil Elaraby Ancle 5. | Wall Street Journal From 9/11 to the Arab Spring Fouad Ajami Article 8. | Guardian Israel should be wary of celebrating the 'Shia crescent’ setback Jonathan Spyer Article 7. Daily Beast Mideast’s Changing

It was a blighted and miserable land at a safe distance. But the American war, and the sense of righteous violation, soon hit the Arab world itself. Saddam Hussein may not have been the Arab idol he was a decade earlier, but he was still a favored son of that Arab nation, its self-appointed defender. The topplin

hteous violation, soon hit the Arab world itself. Saddam Hussein may not have been the Arab idol he was a

violation, soon hit the Arab world itself. Saddam Hussein may not have been the Arab idol he was a decade e