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September 2003 |
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| September
30 |
| Speaking
evil to the Iraqis - Mustafa
Alrawi |
| By outlawing
Hamas, the EU sidelines Europe - Khatoun Haidar |
| Edward Said:
a study in counterpoint - Samir Khalaf |
| What Ahmed
Chalabi should say at the United Nations - Chibli Mallat |
| ‘Quartet’
must meet obligations by observer force to Palestine - MEPR |
| A clearly political refusal to
serve - Ze'ev Segal,
Haaretz |
| Hijacking the Net - Yuval Dror, Haaretz |
| The damage of total refusal - Giora Furman, Haaretz |
| Moshe Arens: The battle of Ariel |
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| September
29 |
| Robert Fisk: The Myth of Western Intelligence Agencies |
| The Magnificent 27: Pilots Who Say No to Assassination - Uri Avnery |
| William
Safire: The Mask of Warka |
| David Hirst: Israel is
in peril ? and it is self-inflicted |
| Richard Murphy: The
Saudi initiative what now? |
| Baghdad improves as window of opportunity closes - David Ignatius, Daily Star |
| Democratizing the Middle East - Rami Khouri, Daily Star |
| 3 years after Sharon’s Al-Aqsa ‘visit,’ his
policy is a ‘miserable failure’ - MEPR |
| A one-state
solution - Ahmad Samih Khalidi,
Guardian |
| Keeping a link to
Hamas - Leader, Guardian |
| The other one's in
trouble too - Peter Preston, Guardian |
| 'Americans are growing
impatient' - Press Reports,
Guardian |
| Kuwait electoral
shock - Natasha Walter ,
Guardian |
| Refuseniks in fatigues - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Threatening to harm ourselves - Akiva Eldar, Haaretz |
| Mussolini, so what? - Adar Primor, Haaretz |
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| September
28 |
| We
Broke It, Now Let’s Fix It - Newsday |
| Thomas Friedman: 2
servings of reality, please |
| My friend
Edward - Christopher Hitchens,
Observer |
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| September
27 |
| Dahlan: Some militant groups have gone too far |
| Mixing oil and terrorism: Apparent Moscow-Riyadh rapprochement is paper thin |
| Farewell to Edward Said - Mustafa Barghouthi, Daily Star |
| Edward Said: The debate continues - Charles Paul Freund, Daily Star |
| Muslims in search of the lost American continent - Abdelwahab El-Affendi, DS |
| Dissolve the Palestinian Authority to save Palestine - Paul Bera, Daily Star |
| ‘Prime ministers are like virgins and roses and last about as
long’ - MEPR |
| Patriots and invaders
- Sami Ramadani, Guardian |
| Inconclusive evidence - Ahram Weekly, Diaa Rashwan |
| On how to make enemies - Mohamed Hakki , Diaa Rashwan |
| Democratic injustice - Jonathan Cook, Diaa Rashwan |
| There is a right of return - Shiko Behar, Diaa Rashwan |
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| September
26 |
| Ready
for the truth? Iraq is getting better - Julie Flint, Daily Star |
| Bush says Mideast must be transformed by weakening violent
ideologies -MEPR |
| Voting
on an ominous future for Syria - Hussein Ibish, Daily Star |
| From Palestine to Stockholm, victims of a way of life - Chibli Mallat, Daily Star |
| Saddam Hussein Is in My Kitchen - Caroline E. Winter. Nytimes |
| The failure to fin Iraqi Weapons - Editorial. Nytimes |
| Weapons
and the war - Leader, Guardian |
| "Bush
is in big trouble" - Press
Review, Guardian |
| The price of the settlements - Editorial, Haaretz |
| The curse of the
average year - Yoel Marcus,
Haaretz |
| The Palestinian
economy did not collapse -
Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| A nod to Condoleezza - David Landau, Haaretz |
| Ze'ev Schiff: The
airport needs a fence |
| Assad Homayoun: How to stop Iran's radicals from adopting the nuclear option |
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| September
25 |
| Bush on the Hill, not yet over it - David T. Dumke, Daily Star |
| Annan warns US policies would lead to
global chaos - MEPR |
| Scare Pakistan and worry about its nuclear triggers - Muqtedar Khan, Daily Star |
| Better governance means better public services - Charles Humphreys, DS |
| The price of Arafat - Leader, Telegraph |
| Iraq has now
become the crucible of global politics - Seumas Milne, Guardian |
| The concept of
2003 - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| The settlers are
smiling - Meron Benvenisti,
Haaretz |
| The price in
blood - Israel Harel,
Haaretz |
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| September
24 |
| Sharon's Preemptive Zeal
- Neve Gordon, CouterPunch |
| William Safire: The Turrkish Card |
| UN faces
‘blackmail by car bomb’ in Iraq and should resist - MEPR |
| Remembering Deir Yassin - Daniel McGowan, Daily Star |
| A more humble Washington negotiates its place in the world
- Rami Khouri, DS |
| Iraq: a road best traveled with friends - Landon K. Thorne, Daily Star |
| Dubai’s souq and the global souq - Amer Bisat, Daily Star |
| Bush leads the UN - Leader,Telegraph |
| Ze'ev Schiff:
Simulated quiet |
| That well-developed military creativity - Amira Hass, Haaretz |
| The people slumber - Gideon Samet, Haaretz |
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| September
23 |
| Prodigal son returns to the UN - David M. Malone, Daily Star |
| Just remember something: It’s the Iraqi Shiites, stupid
- Sanam Vakil, Dstar |
| Using war to swallow Palestinian land - Sara Roy, Dstar |
| Dubai should pay heed to Mother Teresa - Pranay Gupte, Daily Star |
| France, Germany can set their own terms for cooperating with
US - MEPR |
| The great statesmen don't need to grin - Adam Nicholson, Telegraph |
| Iraq's seat at the UN table - Leader, Telegraph |
| Say no to privatisation
- Leader, Guardian |
| Between the rice and the white
glass - Amir Oren, Haaretz |
| Don't cry for me, whining Israel - Hannah Kim, Haaretz |
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| September
22 |
| Arab states in limbo, flying on one wing - Adnan Abu Odeh |
| The way forward starts with leaving the archaic behind - Ibrahim S. Dabdoub |
| Recent events stem from foolish Israeli decisions - MEPR |
| How the world can aid
Iraq without helping Bush - Simon
Tisdall, Guardian |
| Democrats' dilemma - Gary Younge, Guardian |
| The price of
dignity - Anita Roddick, Guardian |
| The tidings from Dubai - Avraham Tal, Haaretz |
| Before it's too late - Aviad Kleinberg, Haaretz |
| How will differences between the
two `Abus' influence Israel? - D.
Rubinstein |
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| September
21 |
| Dark Days in Bethlehem - Joshua Hammer, Newsweek |
| Thomas Friedman:
Worried Optimism on Iraq |
| David Hirst: The war game |
| Organs of mass
distortion? - Stephen Pritchard,
Ovserver |
| Stop the war
must stop the war within - Paul
Donovan, Ovserver |
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| September
20 |
| Thomas Friedman:
France and The United States Are at War |
| Bouthaina Shaaban:
Burying Anna Lindh: mother, woman, human being |
| ‘America first’ in Mesopotamia - Charles V. Pena, Daily Star |
| Why was the Iraqi Endowment Ministry
abolished? - Hala Fattah, Daily
Star |
| No one has exerted enough pressure on Israel to accept ‘road
map’ - MEPR |
| French lesson for Bush
- Leader, Guardian |
| Washington deaf to reason - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly |
| Sharon draped in a UN flag - Hassan Nafa, Ahram Weekly |
| Heikal at eighty - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram Weekly |
| Unfamiliar, not unlikely - Abdel-Moneim Said , Ahram Weekly |
| No obvious destination - Salim Tamari, Ahram Weekly |
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| September
19 |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: And after Arafat is expelled? |
| Salim Hoss: Blaming
the victims, again |
| We are facing death in
Iraq for no reason - Tim Predmore,
Guardian |
| Punish Washington by rejecting its draft resolution on Iraq
- Jason Vest, Dstar |
| Wrecks, lies and various kinds of tape - Michael Griffin, Daily Star |
| Diplomacy must convince EU that
pro-Israeli stance hurts credibility - MEPR |
| Iraq's neighbours warned - Leader, Telegraph |
| Why they still vote for Sharon - Gideon Samet, Haaretz |
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| September
18 |
| Michael Young:
Defending Tayseer Alouni, and the Arab world’s lies |
| Adib Farha: Muslims
who fuel Islamophobia - International Herald Tribune |
| Newsweek Exclusive: Is this Washington or Beirut? |
| Britain, Iran and archaic fears - Mahan Abedin, Daily Star |
| Muqtada al-Sadr and then there was one - Julie Flint, Daily Star |
| US exploiting Syria to divert attention from setbacks in
Iraq - MEPR |
| Israel, the real
obstacle to Middle East peace -
Eric Ruder, Socialistworker |
| Our role in the
terror - Karen Armstrong, Guardian |
| Everything else is tactics - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| All Palestinians now support Arafat
- Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| The panic for a fence - Israel Harel, Haaretz |
| Fence
divides Israel and U.S., Israeli and Israeli - Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| On
many fronts, Syria is the problem -
National Post |
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| September
17 |
| Gadhafi should pay money to poor, not wealthy West - MEPR |
| Pan-Arabism, dead in Baghdad’s streets - Mustafa Alrawi, Daily Star |
| Fantasy will again fail as a policy in Palestine - Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star |
| On the airwaves: more voices of America - Alan L. Heil Jr, Daily Star |
| Trade as an engine of growth and jobs - Mustapha Nabli, Daily Star |
| Analysis: Not
a lot like Chicago - Rory
McCarthy, Guardian |
| Syria: Where time stood still in
1963 - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Ze'ev Schiff: What to do about Arafat |
| Arafat
pushes new-old peace bid -
Bradley Burston, Haaretz |
| An outcome too terrible to imagine - Yigal Bronner, Haaretz |
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| September
16 |
| Veiled and Worried in
Baghdad - Lauren Sandler, Nytimes |
| Who’s winning the
‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan? - Ahmed Rashid, Daily Star |
| Powell’s Middle East mission will be incomplete without
a visit to Arafat - MEPR |
| Want peace? Make Arafat relevant - Geoffrey Aronson, Daily Star |
| Chalabi is right, indefatigable and also self-serving - Robert Rabil, Daily Star |
| The Palestinians between insurgency and statehood - Scott Lasensky - Dstar |
| David Aaronovitch: Ariel, you're ruining our conspiracy! |
| Under Blair,
Britain has ceased to be a sovereign state - Hugo Young, Guardian |
| A threat to the rich
- George Monbiot, Guardian |
| And the rais died laughing - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| Our natural counterpart - Yonatan Touval, Haaretz |
| Moshe Arens: Three
strikes and you're out |
| Disastrous leaders - Amir Orenl, Haaretz |
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| September
15 |
| Avraham Burg: The end of Zionism |
| Iran, Sept 11 and the repercussions of ‘regime
change’ - A.
Asgarkhani, DS |
| America, not Israel, is behind the plan to expel Arafat - MEPR |
| Embracing democracy, Arab style - Laurie King-Irani, Daily Star |
| Retired General Wesley Clark says, ‘I told you so - David Ignatius, Daily Star |
| Free trade, not much regional reform - Richard Youngs, Daily Star |
| Arafat's
assassination won't resolve conflict - Barbara Amiel, Telegraph |
| Insisting on stupidity - Editorial, Haaretz |
| A new strategic triangle - Adar Primor, Haaretz |
| Ugly discrimination - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| A black September for Abu Mazen
- Arnon Regular , Haaretz |
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| September
14 |
| Thomas Friedman: One Wall, One Man, One Vote |
| The Martyr Complex - Eden Naby and Richard N. Frye, Nytimes |
| Time
Has come to deal with Arafat appropriately now - Neal Heller, BocaNews |
| Stephen Pollard: Why Israel is
right to assassinate Hamas leaders |
| Simpson on Sunday: Why Israel must resist the urge to throw out Arafat |
| The damaging
questions keep coming - Andrew
Rawnsley, Observer |
| Victory? What
victory? - Richard Ingrams,
Observer |
| A stupid decision - Editorial, Haaretz |
| From Oslo to the Muqata - Uzi Benziman, Haaretz |
| A terrorist souffle - Zvi Bar'el, Haaretz |
| Arafat rises anew like the phoenix - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Abbas: Arafat and his men sabotaged
my cabinet - Arnon Regular,
Haaretz |
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| September
13 |
| Calling the shots on the Middle East - Tim Cavanaugh, Daily Star |
| Holding Syria accountable, though selectively - Chris Toensing, Daily Star |
| Fighting a hereditary republic in Egypt - Kamel Labidi, Daily Star |
| The trend toward democracy in the Arab world is palpable and
should be recognized - Adib Farha,
Daily Star |
| The saga of Sept. 11 is just beginning - Yossi Alphe, Daily Star |
| Expelling Arafat will only make matters worse - MEPR |
| Getting rid of Arafat - Telegraph |
| Jonathan Freedland: Enough of war, enough of bloodshed. Enough |
| Containing divisions - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly |
| A matter of choice - Azmi Bishara, Ahram Weekly |
| They made him fail - George Giacaman, Ahram Weekly |
| Technology and chaos - Anouar Abdel-Malek, Ahram Weekly |
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| September
12 |
| A peace
process in reverse - Washington
Times |
| Impressions on a new UN role in Iraq - Giandomenico Picco, Daily Star |
| Guess what’s the best engine for change in Saudi
Arabia? - Nawaf Obaid, DS |
| After Sept. 11, the Arabs and ‘Fortress America’ - Mona Makram-Ebeid, DS |
| Bin Laden’s ability to hide is better than
Washington’s striking power -
MEPR |
| It's good to talk - Leader, Guardian |
| There are no miracle solutions - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Sharon, talk to us - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| A time to act - Ze'ev Sternhell, Haaretz |
| No success like failure - Doron Rosenblum, Haaretz |
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| September
11 |
| Michael Young: Still
being fooled by Osama |
| Thomas Freidman:
Breaking Death's Grip - Nytimes |
| Maureen Dowd: We're
Not Happy Campers - Nytimes |
| How the West is winning - Leader, Telegraph |
| Better off after Sept. 11 - Ali Abunimah, Daily Star |
| The USA Patriot Act: just an act? - Alia Malek, Daily Star |
| America needs to help Qorei by pressuring Sharon - MEPR |
| Two years on, is the world a different place? - Independent |
| Days of attacks and strikes - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Terror doesn't need Hamas leaders - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| Building ties that bind - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| International community supports a
deluxe occupation - M. Benvenisti,
Haaretz |
| Two lost years - Leader, Guardian |
| Out of the
ashes - Gail Sheehy, Guardian |
| Two 9/11s, one
story - Roger Burbach , Guardian |
| The road to
peace seems to stretch for generations - Guardian |
| The slaves of money -
and our rebellion - Subcomandante
Marcos, Guardian |
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| September
10 |
| Geoge Friedman: Two Years of War |
| Islamists
key to understanding Iraq's resistance - Fawaz Gerges, Csmonitor |
| William Safire:
Baudelaire's Bird |
| Palestinians
need a new plan, not just a new prime minister - MEPR |
| Leap to a
final Israeli-Palestinian deal - Hussein Agha |
| Before and after Sept. 11 the challenge remains ungrasped
- Rami Khouri |
| A killing Iran might not be able to shake - Ahmad Sadri, Daily Star |
| You can't make a
deal with the dead - Kevin Toolis,
Guardian |
| America's dirty torture
secret - Henry Porter,
Guardian |
| The threat to civil aviation - Reuven Pedatzur, Haaretz |
| No master plan - Amira Hass, Haaretz |
| Expulsion would strengthen Arafat
- Yosef Paritzky, Haaretz |
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| September
9 |
| Sharon’s
passage to India - Arnab Neil Sengupta, Daily Star |
| What’s at play ? and at risk ? in battlefield Iraq - Landon K.
Thorne, Daily Star |
| A Pakistani thorn in the American side - Michael Griffin, Daily Star |
| Abbas’
resignation represents final blow to Oslo Accords - MEPR |
| Wily PLO veteran faces ultimate balancing act - Anton La Guardia,
Telegraph |
| Ze'ev Schiff: An Iranian victory, an American defeat |
| Abu Ala's chances - Editorial, Haaretz |
| In the twilight of a kingdom - Yoel Marcus, Haaretz |
| Deadly diplomacy
- Randeep Ramesh, Guardian |
| 'I became the profane
pervert Arab blogger' - Salam Pax,
Guardian |
| The myth of localism
- George Monbiot, Guardian |
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| September
8 |
| Adopt Ghassan Salameh’s plan - David Ignatius, Daily Star |
| The Arab boardroom’s plea to the state: Reform
now - Fadi Ghandour, DS |
| A path of blood, anguish and suffering - Hisham H. Ahmed, Daily Star |
| Israeli women working to end occupation - Gila Svirsky, Daily Star |
| The UN in Iraq? That's the last thing that America needs
- Barbara
Amiel, TGR |
| Arafat is the problem - Telegraph |
| Let Israelis and
Palestinians vote on a final settlement - Guardian |
| No sex please, you're
American - Suzanne Goldenberg,
Guardian |
| When dogma meets
democracy - Larry Elliot, Guardian |
| The lessons from the resignation - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Cornered, besieged and in charge
- Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| The passersby will pay, as usual - Amir Oren, Haaretz |
| The Hidden Roots of 9/11 - Robert S. Wistrich, Haaretz |
| Analysis:
Arafat will be forced to nominate strong PM - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
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| September
7 |
| Behind the Scenes of Yassin Strike - Debka File |
| Abbas’s Exit Turns Page to Fresh Palestinian Violence- Debka File |
| Thomas Friedamn: The
Wailing Wall |
| Putting the American in 'American Muslim' - Muqtedar Khan, Nytimes |
| From Swagger to Staggers - Maureen Dowd, Nytimes |
| Mid-East papers see end of roadmap |
| 'Small'
Wars - Zuheir Kseibati,
Al-Hayat |
| Donald
Rumsfeld Al Tikriti - Ghassan
Charbel, Al-Hayat |
| Jason Burke: Evil awakening gives new life to terrorism |
| Four steps to
peace in Iraq - Observer |
| Paul Rogers: Has the war on terror made the world a safer place? |
| Iraq at the
crossroads - Robert L.
Barry, Observer |
| Analysis:Amos Harel on how the entire Hamas leadership has become a target |
| Analysis: Danny Rubinstein on Abbas' resignation as the lesser of all evils |
| Restoring
Hamas to its natural size - Zvi
Bar'el, Haaretz |
| The
empty square - Gideon Levy,
Haaretz |
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| September
6 |
| Give the Sunnis a break and a stake - Michael Eisenstadt |
| Time to stop the Palestinian suicide bombings - Khatoun Haidar |
| Spies who are coming out from the cold - Mahan Abedin |
| Why the David Kelly tragedy may hurt the BBC - Julie Flint |
| US pressure on Iran is reminiscent of
lead-up to invasion of Iraq - MEPR |
| Iraq is everyone's war - Telegraph |
| Michael Meacher: This war on terrorism is bogus |
| Back to the UN - Guardian |
| Root and branch - Ibrahim Nafie, Ahram Weekly |
| A lifetime credo - Mohamed Sid-Ahmed, Ahram Weekly |
| Between pillar and post - Abdel-Moneim Said , Ahram Weekly |
| Manufacturing blindness - Ran HaCohen, Ahram Weekly |
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| September
5 |
| A Palestinian partner or proxy? - Adnan Abu Odeh |
| Switching on political change in the Arab world - Charles Paul Freund |
| The slow but sure pace of Saudi reform - John R. Bradley |
| Islamic dynasties: sacred politics or pragmatism? - Adam Sabra |
| Mario Vargas Liosa: Is there hope for the people of
Baghdad? |
| Analysis: Iraq's fresh start may be
another false dawn - Brian Whitaker |
| The worst may
not happen, but we must prepare for it - Martin Woollacott |
| Hey, let's call
in the UN -
John O'Farrel, Guardian |
| A
government without a head -
Editorial, Haaretz |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: Security vs. the settlements
budget |
| At
the end of his road - Gideon
Samet, Haaretz |
| False
frontier - David Landau, Haaretz |
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| September
4 |
| Robert FisK: A Nation On the Brink of
Civil War |
| Playing
With Fire - Jihad Al Khazen,
Al-Hayat |
| Daniel Pipes: Who supports Israel? |
| "First of All This Wall Must Fall" - Uri Avnery, Counter Punch |
| An Iraqi civil war has just become inevitable - William O. Beeman, Dailly Star |
| Ehud Barak: Israel’s worst and dimmest - Michael Young, Daily Star |
| Mistaking bullets for rose water - Jason Vest, Daily Star |
| What is wrong with What Went Wrong - Adam Sabra |
| Jack Straw fears failure in
Iraq: determination is the answer
- Telegraph |
| Sharon
is saved from the threat of peace - Aluf Benn, Haaretz |
| The
report that widened the breach -
Israel Harel, Haaretz |
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| September
3 |
| Nice War. Here's the Bill. - Donald Hepburn, Nytimes |
| George Friedman: Events
may help push US, Iran toward a powerful alliance |
| Paul Wolfowitz: War
against terror is being fought – and won – in Iraq |
| Sunni Islamists of Iraq: their background, principles |
| Sharon, settlements and making Dante blush - Geoffrey Aronson, Daily Star |
| New Iraqi Cabinet seen as just another American
‘plot’ - MEPR |
| The Iraqi babies scam is still alive - Matt Welch, Daily Star |
| We can learn much from the American civil rights movement
- Rami Khouri |
| Iraq in the balance - Leader, Guardian |
| 'America is building a
world order' - Press Review,
Guardian |
| Ze'ev
Schiff: To deport
or not to deport |
| The blind
prophet - Jonathan
Freedland, Guardian |
| Barricade or prison?
- Chris McGreal , Guardian |
| One
step before the abyss - Gideon
Samet, Haaretz |
| What
the fatality statistics tell us -
Amira Hass, Haaretz |
| Barak's
`Windows 2006' program - Amir
Oren, Haaretz |
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| September
2 |
| The US loses a supremely reluctant ally - Juan Cole, Daily Star |
| Hizb al-Tahrir: the paradox of a very British party - Abdelwahab El-Affendi |
| Turkey
makes up for lost time in Iraq -
Philip Robins, Daily Star |
| Shooting
the messenger - Rami G. Khouri, Daily Star |
| So George, how do you
feel about your mom and dad? -Oliver
James, Guardian |
| Meeting Mr Bechtel - Betool Khedairi, Guardian |
| The
Ayatollah: Iraq's archduke? -
Mideast Dispatch, Guardian |
| How Tony Blair
climbed the foothills of the big lie - Hugo Young, Guardian |
| A
grave report, tepid conclusions - Editorial, Haaretz |
| Supplementing
the silence - Amir Oren, Haaretz |
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| September
1 |
| Analyses: Iraqi cabinet reflects power-sharing formula - Reuters |
| Gaddafi: 'God curse money!'
- Paul Reynolds, BBC |
| What they’re watching at the Pentagon - David Ignatius, Daily Star |
| America needs to understand Iraqi Shiites - Roy Parviz Mottahedeh, Daily Star |
| The interrupted Arab state: a result of 2 contrasting worlds
- Shafeeq Ghabra |
| US, ‘Zionist regime’ and allies benefit from the
destabilization of Iraq - MEPR |
| Yes, nonviolent methods work in Islam - Mohammed Abu-Nimer, Daily Star |
| America can't hide - Patrick Bishop,
Telegraph |
| John Sutherland: Post-9/11 paranoia struck deeply in American universities |
| 'Independence'
will topple Abbas - Danny Rubinstein, Haaretz |
| The differences between Arafat and Saddam -Akiva
Eldar, Haaretz |
| Dealig
with the Iranian threat -Adar
Primor, Haaretz |
