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Tag Archives: 9/11
Chas Freeman’s Saudi fable
The other day, I brought this January 2004 quote from Chas Freeman, just named to head of the National Intelligence Council (NIC): The heart of the poison is the Israel-Palestinian conundrum. When I was in Saudi Arabia, I was told … Continue reading
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Chas Freeman and 9/11
How important has resentment of Israel been to Al Qaeda’s terrorism? Here is one side of the argument, by an American who knows Saudi Arabia well: The heart of the poison is the Israel-Palestinian conundrum. When I was in Saudi … Continue reading
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Cole spills wine at Cana
Juan Cole today opens a dramatic post with the following passage, in response to the deaths yesterday, from Israeli fire, of several dozen Palestinian civilians sheltering at an UNWRA school in Gaza: In 1996, Israeli jets bombed a UN building … Continue reading
Making Cole-slaw of history
For a trained historian, even in Middle Eastern studies, Juan Cole is scandalously incompetent when it comes to cause and effect. Here’s his latest gaffe, made in the context of the London bombings: According to the September 11 Commission report, … Continue reading
The War on Terror
Martin Kramer delivered these remarks on October 20, 2001, at the Weinberg Founders Conference, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. They were published in War on Terror: The Middle East Dimension (Washington, D.C.: The Washington Institute for Near East … Continue reading
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