Middle East’s oldest survivor has suddenly become dispensable. But if Israel doesn’t expel him this time, he may have one last use left in him.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— He’s been known to be cunning, shrewd, and a survivor with nine lives. But in recent years Yasser Arafat has added one more title to his accolades: Reusable.
Arafat is known [...]
September 1, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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Not since the fall of the Ottoman Empire has the Middle East seen such intense power politics as witnessed in Iraq today
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— Turkey, and not Saudi Arabia, has been the traditional patron of Iraq’s Sunni Muslim ruling elite for the past few centuries. When Iraq emerged as an independent kingdom in 1921, Baghdad’s leading [...]
September 1, 2003 | Posted in Uncategorized |
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Middle East’s oldest survivor has suddenly become dispensable. But if Israel doesn’t expel him this time, he may have one last use left in him.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan— He’s been known to be cunning, shrewd, and a survivor with nine lives. But in recent years Yasser Arafat has added one more title to his accolades: Reusable.
Arafat is known [...]
September 1, 2003 | Posted in
Politics |
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