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The World Oil Politics of the Libyan Revolt
The question of what comes after Qaddafi became more complicated on Sunday, as rival claims to forming a provisional liberated government emerged. Former Justice Minister […]
Rudolph: Can You Pass The Saudi Arabia Quiz?
Jeffrey Rudolph writes in a guest column for Informed Comment Saudi Arabia, an Islamic absolute monarchy, has enjoyed extremely close relations with the United States, […]
Top Pieces of Unfinished Business in the Mideast
1. Some 6000 protesters marched in Jordan on Friday. They said they wanted to transform the Jordanian monarchy into a European-style, constitutional monarchy and to […]
Popular Army to March on Tripoli, as Qaddafi Massacres Protesters
Aljazeeera Arabic is reporting that Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi has lost control of much of Tripoli and really only dominates the area of the capital […]
Qaddafi invokes Phony Al-Qaeda Threat as he Massacres Protesters
Muammar Qaddafi continued to be little more on Thursday than the mayor of Tripoli, but he bared his fangs with murderous attacks on protesters in […]
Clueless in the District of Columbia (Engelhardt)
I was thinking that in light of the labor and youth revolutions of 2011, Washington’s focus on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan in the past […]
90% of Libya in Rebel Hands
The LAT reports that the rebellion against Muammar Qaddafi’s 41-year dictatorship in Libya headed toward an end-game on Wednesday, as Misurata, the country’s third-largest city […]
30% of Libya in Hands of Youth Movement
If we begin at the eastern border of Libya with Egypt this morning and move west, we find the country is now divided in two, […]
Qaddafi’s Bombardments Recall Mussolini’s
The strafing and bombardment in Tripoli of civilian demonstrators by Muammar Qaddafi’s fighter jets on Monday powerfully recalled the tactics of some decades ago of […]
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