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Iraq, Elections, and the Future

January 31, 2009
Middle East

Reports of peaceful elections in Iraq today are a sign of progress, not only because the prospect of violence was absent amid tight security, but also the implications for future progress and peace.  Yesterday’s elections in the Middle East, at least in my mind, casts hope that progress can be made in spite of the tensions between Shia and Sunni groups that have ran throughout history. The first thing peaceful …Read the Rest

Hamas Tactical Move: Operation Human Shield?

January 7, 2009
Middle East

The aerial campaign waged by Israel on Gaza claimed a lot of lives.  A lot of civilian lives, which caused …Read the Rest

Gaza Strip: A Timeout Is Not a Truce

January 7, 2009
Middle East

A three hour lull in the Israeli offensive in Gaza has been accepted as the beginnings of a truce or …Read the Rest

Unrest is Contagious

January 2, 2009
Middle East

The majority Muslim area of Kashmir in India leaves 50 injured after protests against what is occurring in the Gaza …Read the Rest

Another Round for the Gaza Strip

December 28, 2008
Middle East

Day 2 of the airstrikes, and now Israel is preparing for a possible invasion of the Gaza Strip… The reason…Israel …Read the Rest

No Peace in the Middle East?

December 27, 2008
Middle East

Yesterday an escalation between India and Pakistan… Today, news of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip… All notions of Peace …Read the Rest