Tag: Middle East
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The Taliban threat
Last week the president of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, signed off on a truce made in February with the Taliban in the Swat valley, which appears to have only emboldened them and increased their threat in the region. On PBS NewsHour last night, Margaret Warner moderated a short segment about the Taliban in Pakistan. She…
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A little history
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“Special relationship” with one side
If Obama Is Serious He should get tough with Israel by Aaron David Miller, NEWSWEEK, from the magazine issue dated Jan 12, 2009 Jews worry for a living; their tragic history compels them to do so. In the next few years, there will be plenty to worry about, particularly when it comes to Israel. The…
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A little history
MIDEAST How We Got to This Point By Kevin Peraino, NEWSWEEK, From the magazine issue dated Jan 12, 2009 Three recent books chart the winding path from Kermit Roosevelt with his suitcases stuffed with cash to George W. Bush’s gloomy Nobel Prize prospects. Barack Obama said virtually nothing last week about the fighting in Gaza.…
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SHOPPERS SIGN UP TO SUPPORT TROOPS
A constant question in letters written home by American servicemen and women in the Middle East is how the public is reacting to their being over there. If the more than 3,000 signatures collected on banners at two Paramus shopping malls Saturday are any measure, then support for the men and women if not for…