This Blog is intended for use by students in the Islamic Middle East course at Northfield Mount Hermon School and guest students and teachers from other participating schools.
BBC News October 23, 2008
Summary: Economists survey the Middle East’s challenges of their global financial system. Robert Mabro, an energy economist and former director of Oxford Institute for energy studies, comments on the challenges that the Middle East will face, if they are not already. It is said that such crises like financial and associated [...]
Reasons cited include: American elections, the poor state of the global economy, Israeli government in transition.
Story at BBC
The Middle East in the News
•Ahmadinejad: ‘American empire’ nearing its end
• http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/09/24/ahmadinejad.us.iran/index.html
•Article Summary
Place: Iran, New York City
Key People: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President Bush, Jews, Larry King
Vocabulary: United Nations General Assembly, Zionist, Anti-Defamation League, International Atomic Energy Agency
Main Ideas: At a recent UN General Assembly meeting in New York City, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran attacked the US [...]
“Read between the lines” when you read and think about Iran because there may be more than meets the eye. Iran’s economic situation may not be as stable as apparent at first glance, and, challenges to President Ahmadinejad’s leadership are beginning to appear (with presidential elections coming next summer).
There are two stories of note at the [...]
The Middle East in the News - WMR 2
Your Name and Date: Victoria Wilmarth 10/12/08
Title of Article: Russian-Georgian Conflict Impacts the Middle East
Source of Article: World Press http://www.worldpress.org/Mideast/3247.cfm
Article Summary
Time: Summer – Fall of 2008
Place: Georgia and Middle East
Key People: Russia, Georgia, Iran, Turkey, NATO
Vocabulary: Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (B.T.C.) is the second longest oil pipeline in the [...]
Story at the BBC
More on Iran
More on U.S. policy in the Middle East
UK suspects that arms of Taliban are being given to them by Irans. Taliban members say they are receiving Iranian-made arms from Iran and Iranian smugglers. These weapons are deadly; “The Dragon” can be adapted to fire grenades strong enough to destroy a whole bus. These arms are improving Taliban’s ability to attack American military [...]
Source: BBC News
Date: Spetember 10 2008
The USA has recently imposed sanctions on the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). The USA has frozen all bank accounts, assets and all transactions between the US and IRSIL are banned. The US Believes that the IRISL has been falsifying documents and proliferating information.
Iran continues to enrich unranium in defiance of UN Security Council Resolution.
Iran says enrichment is for civilian atomic energy, but West believes that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. –
Iran seems to be trying to get on the West’s nerves.
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Is an invasion of Iran by Western nations (&the USA) plausible in the next five years?
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7616744.stm
http://www.ecplaza.net/news/0/14730/korean_wave_spreads_to.html
BBC Middle East