http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID$481 Exclusive: ‘Terrified of Saddam Hussein’ Essam Al-Ghalib, Arab News War Correspondent UMM QASR/BASRA, 30 March 2003 — Four days ago my friend, Mohammed Al-Deleami and I were invited by Abdul Rahman Almotawa, a...
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0304.marshall.html Practice to Deceive Chaos in the Middle East is not the Bush hawks’ nightmare scenario–it’s their plan. By Joshua Micah Marshall Imagine it’s six months from now. The Iraq war is...
I’m going to start calling this new war “DESSERT STORM”. 🙂 I frankly find the whole “Operation Iraqi Freedom” moniker insulting to my intelligence. I think that this war will quickly become one between The West and The Arabs. That’s...
The General appears to be correct. However, he has missed one point: today’s failed Apache assault appears to reveal the cold reality that much of the coming Battle of Baghdad will occur without effective Close Air Support from tools like the A-10, the Apache,...
The New York Times March 23, 2003 The Philosopher of Islamic Terror By PAUL BERMAN In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, many people anticipated a quick and satisfying American victory over Al Qaeda. The terrorist army was thought to be no bigger than a pirate ship, and...
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