Nsyght - Last Bookmarks tagged with "middle_east"

Krak des Chevaliers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:30 GMT

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Financial Storm Hits Gulf - WSJ.com

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:27 GMT

The Kuwaiti central bank puts together a bailout package for one of that country's biggest financial institutions, and in Abu Dhabi, real estate prices have suddenly begun to soften. The article names widespread, heavily-leveraged currency trades as the p
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Shaul Magid, "Pariah or Charmed Hero: America's Obsession with Jews and Israel," ReligionDispatches (Oct. 21, 2008)

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:26 GMT

A thought-provoking piece on the deeper (and darker) meaning of America's unwavering support for Israel.
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Heavy Metal Islam, a new book by Mark LeVine

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:26 GMT

A collection of profiles of Middle Eastern musicians -- metal, punk, reggae and hip-hop. Looks to be worth checking out.
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Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Gorssman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008)

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:25 GMT

This is only an excerpt from the full interview. Even the excerpt is worth a read though. Grossman is an Israeli writer who manages to combine a powerful and ongoing activism for peace and justice for Palestinians, a strong and unapologetic sense of Israel's Jewish, Zionist, and historical distrinctiveness, and a genuinely poetic sensibility. His son Uri, a tank commander, was killed in the summer-before-last's fighting in Lebanon. Themes of the interview overlap strikingly with Appleby's work, I think.
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Anna Blackshaw, "My Enemy, My Brother (interview with David Grossman on the conflict betwen Israel and Palestine)," The Sun Magazine (October 2008)

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:53:18 GMT

THE JERUSALEM DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN ZIONISM

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:53:14 GMT

The Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem along with other local Christian leaders expresses its opposition to the mostly-American phenomenon of Christian Zionism.
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Surveying the Arab World for Ramadan's Best and Worst

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:21 GMT

A Dubai marketing firm has surveyed Muslim attitudes and practices regarding Ramadan, with some interesting results -- though I'm skeptical about some of the numbers.
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Apocalyptic prophesies and the war in South Ossetia: Glenn Beck interviews Joel Rosenberg

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:13 GMT

Transcript of a recent interview between conservative talk-show host Glenn Beck and "The Last Jihad" author Joel Rosenberg about the current Russian-Georgian conflict and the prophecies of Ezekiel 38 and 39.
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Hunting Al-Qaeda From the Skies - washingtonpost.com

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:09 GMT

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In Hunt for Bin Laden, a New Approach - washingtonpost.com

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:09 GMT

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'The girl screamed. I don't remember anything else': Samir Qantar's account of Nahariya (The Guardian)

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:41:00 GMT

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Suicide bomber attacks Indian Embassy in Kabul

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:42 GMT

If India is drawn into direct or proxy conflict with the Taliban (and by extension Pakistan's ISI), the results could be very explosive.
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Sixteenth-century "skyscrapers" in Yemen

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:41 GMT

Mud-brick buildings, four to five hundred years old, mostly seven to nine stories. Good photos.
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Interview with Jordan's Prince Hassan

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:45 GMT

Extensive, multipart interview. Crown Prince Hassan (the late Hussein's brother) is no dummy; he is an excellent, hard-headed, realistic observer of Middle Eastern politics who works for peaceful coexistence rather than ideological triumphalism.
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A Deadly U.S.-Iran Firefight | TIME

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:44 GMT

US and Iranian troops exchanged small-arms and RPG fire last September on the Iran-Iraq border. This has been kept very quiet until recently.
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Annalee Newitz, "Anti-authoritarian Cities" (AlterNet, 9/5/2007)

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:19 GMT

Reflections on the significance of new discoveries about the development of the ancient Syrian town Brak, which appears to have grown together out of various disparate groups rather than emerging from a hierarchical foundation.
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Jordan Times (Opinion Section) - "US image problem rooted in history"

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:06 GMT

An Arab-American journalist now based in Malaysia criticizes Bush's 12/12/05 speech blaming "Arabic television stations" for the U.S.'s image problem throughout the Muslim world. Via WatchingAmerica.
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Online NewsHour: A Preview of The Palestinian Elections-- January 24, 2006

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:02 GMT

Transcript of a pre-election report from PBS. Not all their predictions came true, but still, it's a thoughtful piece. It's not about U.S. pluralism, but it does raise some interesting questions about the practical and conceptual relationships between act
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For Iranians, religion relates to the nuclear issue - Africa & Middle East - International Herald Tribune

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:52:01 GMT

Popular sentiment in Isfahan suggests a connection between Shiite identity and Iran's nuclear aspirations.
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Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:59 GMT

Interview with one of the stars of "Paradise Now," a Palestinian feature film portraying 48 hours in the life of two young suicide bombers.
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Katherine Zoepf, Damascus: "We're Ready"

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:41 GMT

A disturbing report from Katherine Zoepf on the state of public opinion in Damascus.
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Is Israel's counterattack in line with just war theory?

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:41 GMT

Michael Walzer's piece in TNR, in which he finds Israel's actions in Lebanon to be consistent with just war theory. This has apparently made something of a splash amongst pro-Israel US Democrats. I can't completely agree, intuitively, but it's cogent, cle
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UPDATED: Israeli Columnists Now Worried About War

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:40 GMT

E&P publishes a piece on the fact that opinion seems gradually to be shifting against Israel's actions in Lebanon.
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The spirit of Spinoza Cornel West - The Boston Globe

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:38 GMT

Cornel West on the underlying moral and philosophical issues regarding our response to the Middle East conflict.
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Going the Distance - Interview with Milt Bearden, former CIA official

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:38 GMT

Interviewee suggests that the current Israel-Hizbullah-Lebanon conflict has already destroyed a lot of the future prospects for peace and democracy in the region.
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TOO NICE TO WIN? ISRAEL'S DILEMMA By JOHN PODHORETZ - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:39 GMT

Argues that Israel (and the US) cannot stomach the ruthlessness required for successful war-fighting any more. Strikes me as absolutely preposterous.
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AUB - Outlook Student Newspaper :: Latest Issue

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:39 GMT

An interview with Timur Goksel, the former head (a Turk) of UNIFIL, now a prof. at American University of Beirut.
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Religion & Ethics Newsweekly: Battle for the Middle East

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:34 GMT

PBS on the Shia-Sunni split. Interview with Vali Nasr of the Naval Postgraduate School.
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Seymour Hersh, Watching Lebanon | The New Yorker: Fact

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:35 GMT

Seymour Hersh's latest on the Bush administration and the Lebanon crisis.
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On the Face :: The most blogged war?

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:34 GMT

On the fact that ordinary Lebanese and Israelis were communicating in real time during the conflict via the Internet.
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Bomb shelter #30, Metulla on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:34 GMT

Somehow this picture seems very powerful
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Hezbollah fighter's zeal undiminished

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:34 GMT

Interview with a purported Hizbullah fighter. Suggests the depth and extent of the organization's roots in Lebanon's countryside.
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Inside a death house | Features | The Australian

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:34 GMT

Includes very grisly details about the experience of civilians trapped during the Israeli bombing of Qana, early Aug. 2006.
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Afghan Symbol for Change Becomes a Symbol of Failure - New York Times

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:28 GMT

A truly depressing article, on how disastrously the U.S. effort in Afghanistan (remember Afghanistan?) has failed.
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Seymour Hersch | Last Stand: The military’s problem with the President’s Iran policy.

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:25 GMT

Why the U.S. military is objecting to Presidential plans to attack Iran (from July 2006).
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American Prospect Online - ViewPrint

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:22 GMT

A profile of evangelical pastor John Hagee and his "prophetic" perspective on Iran. Hint: he thinks we should invade.
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AlterNet: Lobbying for Armageddon

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:22 GMT

On the overlap between the neoconservative agenda in the Middle East and the "Christian Zionist" drive towards Armageddon.
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Bombing "softens Muslims" to Gospel

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:09 GMT

From July 2006: Samaritan's Purse finds that getting the shit bombed out of them makes Muslims more likely to accept Jesus. Via http://snurl.com/11q5v
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B'tselem: an Israeli human rights information group

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:51:02 GMT

The site of an Israeli group dedicated to documenting a broad spectrum of human rights abuses in the Occupied Territories. A well-designed website with a lot of information.
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Negroponte warns of growing Shiite militancy in Iraq

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:59 GMT

While everyone's arguing about the "surge" and about whether there's a "civil war" going on yet, signs of a broader, more ominous, region-wide destabilization are on the horizon.
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Syrian intel agency influencing Western policies? [4]

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:56 GMT

Maher Arar, the Canadian who was seized by US operatives while changing planes in NYC, shipped to Syria, tortured for ten months and then set free, is receiving a settlement from the Canadian government. Tthe US denies wrongdoing. This column details the
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Syrian intel agency influencing Western policies?

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:56 GMT

Here's the "proof" of Iranian involvement in Iraq

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:52 GMT

Talking Points Memo has posted the briefing, in the form of Powerpoint slides, given to reporters a few days ago in Baghdad, which purports to prove that Iran is behind attacks on US troops in Iraq. Worth a perusal. It's interesting to note what it does a
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Poll: Bethlehem's Christians fear Israelis, not Muslims

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:50 GMT

An interesting polling result from OpenBethlehem.org. They find that Americans have enormous misconceptions about Bethlehem's history, demographics, and even location; while Christian Bethlehemites, who are mostly Palestinians, see Israel as systematicall
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"Our enemies aren't drinking lattes": logistics and supply lines in the US military

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:51 GMT

An interesting piece from summer 2006 on the massive military infrastructure devoted to logistical operations and how that may be hampering performance in other areas.
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It's official: Iraq's oil belongs to US corporations

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:49 GMT

According to commentary from the Asia Times Online, the newly mandated "Federal oil council" of Iraq, which will control the country's energy resources, is going to consist largely of U.S. oil executives.
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Military opposition to possible war on Iran

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:50 GMT

UK intelligence sources report in the Times (London) that there will likely be a wave of resignations among high-level staff officers should the Bush administration decide to launch a military operation against Iran.
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Mark Juergensmeyer commentary: "The Moral War Against Iraq," September 13, 2002

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:48 GMT

Commentary by Mark Juergensmeyer on Bush's United Nations speech of September 2002, in which he laid out the case against Iraq. Juergensmeyer remarks particularly on his use of quasi-religious language to make his case. (He's skeptical.)
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Egypt arrests 2 Muslim Brotherhood MPs, 10 others, in ongoing crackdown

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 07:50:38 GMT

The Mubarak government's crackdown on the banned Muslim Brotherhood continues in an apparent effort to prevent the organization from fielding candidates for parliamentary elections. Wouldn't want to bring TOO much democracy to the Middle East, now.
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