Epstein Secrets

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

— quit Arab lands. In Tunisia, a hairdresser-turned-despot's wife, Leila Ben Ali, now pronounced on all public matters; in Egypt the despot's son, Gamal Mubarak, brazenly staked a claim to power over 80 million people; in Syria, Hafez al-Assad had pulled off a stunning feat, turning a once-rebellious republ

make a country's transformation self-sustaining, unless the people themselves want to take charge of the process. In Iraq, George W. Bush removed Saddam Hussein, who had EFTA_R1_00441189 EFTA01964441 been governing that country vertically, from the top-down, with an iron fist. Bush tried to create the co

of the process. In Iraq, George W. Bush removed Saddam Hussein, who had EFTA_R1_00441189 EFTA01964441

process. In Iraq, George W. Bush removed Saddam Hussein, who had EFTA_R1_00441189 EFTA01964441 been g

icate the Taiwan model: to have elderly autocrats lay the foundations for liberalizing heirs to undertake reforms. Hopes for change now rested with Gamal Mubarak in Egypt and Saif-al- Islam Gadhafi in Libya being able to take the reins of power. This strategy continued during the first years of the Obama adm

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

— quit Arab lands. In Tunisia, a hairdresser-turned-despot's wife, Leila Ben Ali, now pronounced on all public matters; in Egypt the despot's son, Gamal Mubarak, brazenly staked a claim to power over 80 million people; in Syria, Hafez al-Assad had pulled off a stunning feat, turning a once-rebellious republ