former Israeli PM Ehud Barak is being held to account, only because the ruling Likud Party perceives him as an enemy of their agenda
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Dec. 6: Top Ten New Wikileaks on Greater Middle East
Here are this weekend’s top ten Wikileaks revelations for the Greater Middle East: The US and India wanted to slap United Nations sanctions on Hafiz […]
Map: Ethnicities Afghanistan
Map: Religions & Ethnicities of Iraq
Wikileaks and the New McCarthyism: Maybe we Just Need a More Open Government
A big issue in the Wikileaks controversy has to do with restrictions on freedom of speech in a democratic society, and the use of pressure […]
Map: Modern Iran
Modern Iran Click to go to map, click again to enlarge. Informed Comment Map Page (Under Construcion)
Jamiol: The Embarrassment of Wikileaks Leaks
Paul Jamiol on Reactions to the Wikileaks: Courtesy “Jamiol’s World”
Israel’s Mega-Fire and Climate Change’s Drying Mediterranean
You can’t relate a one-off event like Israel’s massive forest fire near Haifa to climate change, which has to be measured over a long series. […]
Charges Against Cheney Filed by Nigeria in Bribery Case
The Lagos Guardian reports that the Nigerian government has preferred charges against former US vice president Richard Bruce Cheney (they always give the full names […]
The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
The real background of the modern Middle East: Map: The Ottoman Empire, 1798-1923
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