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WMR - US / Afghanistan / Pakistan (Political Cartoon)

Alysha Sayall – Nov. 20, 2008
US/Afghanistan/Pakistan (Political Cartoon)
Fares Garabet, Syria: http://www.cagle.com/politicalcartoons/pccartoons/archives/fares.asp?Action=GetImage
Time – Nov. 12, 2008
Place – Syria
Key People
- US troops in Afghanistan
- Pakistan 
Main Ideas
This political cartoon, published in Syria, sheds light on the American situation in Afghanistan. It portrays a US soldier in Afghanistan, evidently on a patrol seeming to try and keep the peace, yet with a ghost behind [...]

2008 11 20 Alysha Sayall Afghanistan
NMH-PA Media Reports
Pakistan
Trends Comments (0)

WMR: U.N. Agency in Gaza Runs Out of Food

Your Name and Date: Victoria Wilmarth 11/16/08
Title of Article: U.N. Agency in Gaza Runs Out of Food
Source of Article: http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/11/15/gaza.humanitarian/index.html
 
Article Summary
Time: November 2008
Place: Gaza
Key People: IDF, UN, Israeli Government, HAMAS (potentially), Ban Ki-Moon, Ehud Olmer, Mahmoud Abbas
Key Concepts:
Article Summary:  Israel sealed off the border with Gaza on November 5th in response to rocket attacks. [...]

2008 11 16 Tori Wilmarth Arab-Israeli Conflict
Israel
Palestinians Comments (0)

WMR - Veterans

The Middle East in the News
•Your Name    & Date: Kaki Elgin, Nov. 12
•Title of Editorial: The Nuances of Celebrating Veterans Day
•Source of Article — Include a Link
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/11/11/the-nuances-of-celebrating-veterans-day.aspx
•Article Summary
Time: Yesterday
Place: The US, Iraq
Key People: Veterans
Main Ideas: Our definition of the word “veteran” is being forced to change.  Growing up, the author (and we students, I suppose) [...]

2008 11 12 Kaki Elgin Afghanistan
Foreign Policy
Iraq
Islam and the West
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Trends Comments (0)

WMR - Obama quashes Iran’s hopes for change

Alysha Sayall – Nov. 12, 2008
Obama quashes Iran’s hopes for change (Article)
BBC News - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7718603.stm
Time – Sunday, Nov. 9, 2008
Place – Tehran, Iran
Key People
- President-elect Obama
- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
- Joseph Biden
- Ayatollah Khamenei
 
Main Ideas
During his running period, Obama suggested having open, unconditional talks with Iran – as a solution to the complete halt in [...]

2008 11 12 Alysha Sayall Foreign Policy
Iran
NMH-PA Collaboration
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (0)

Gen. David Petraeus and the Counterinsurgency Manual

General William Usher, our guest today, referred to Gen. David Petraeus, head of U.S. Central Command and one of the principal military officers responsible for writing ”the book” on counterinsurgency warfare. General Usher mentioned that the manual is available online. It is a large file (12.6 MB):
General David Petraeus and Marine Lt. Gen. James F. Amos, Field Manual 3-24 [...]

2008 10 28 Ted Thornton Foreign Policy
Iraq
Trends Comments (2)

Iraq Gunmen Launch Deadly Ambush

In a small Iraqi village close to the city of Baquba (located in the Diyala Province North-east of Baghdad), at least 35 people were killed by the Al-Qaeda.  The victims were primarily policemen and Sunni Arab fighters who opposed to the Al-Qaeda.  They first attacked a checkpoint and then opened fire on the police and Sunni [...]

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2008 10 23 Molly Delallo Arab World
Iraq
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports Comments (0)

Jangling Nerves

Article found in the Economist:
This current event briefly gives an overview of the state in which Yemen is in right now. Yemen is located in the south of the Arabian Peninsula west of Oman and south of Saudi Arabia. Recentl, two car bombs went off outside the American embassy in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. This attack [...]

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2008 10 22 Pam Chen Arab World
NMH-PA Media Reports
Oil Comments (1)

WMR - “Hundreds Face Saudi Terror Trials”

I already posted my WMR, but I just found this really interesting article on the CNN website “Hundres Face Saudi Terror Trials” http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/10/21/saudi.terror.trials/index.html
Here is the CNN Story Summary:
“991 suspects were rounded up in anti-terror raids
Rights group asks Saudi govt. for permission to send observers to the trials
Says some of those arrested in sweeps have little [...]

2008 10 21 Tori Wilmarth Arab World
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Oil
Saudi Arabia Comments (0)

WMR1- Female Suicide Bombers in Iraq

•Kaki Elgin; September 30, 2008.
•Families Shattered by Suicide Attacks: Female Suicide Bombers are Latest War Tactic
•Source of Article – Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091603697.html?sid=ST2008091603731&s_pos=
•Article Summary
Time
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Place
Iraq
Key People
Women, al-Qaeda, Abu Abdul Aziz al-Mohammadi, Col. Scott Maw, Gen. Abdul Karim Rubaie
Vocabulary
Naseeba al-Ansariya Martyrdom Battalion, Islamic State of Iraq, martyrdom, National Institute for Handicapped and Special Needs
Main Ideas
Women, greatly pressured by Al-Qaeda [...]

2008 10 13 Kaki Elgin Iraq
Media
Middle East
NMH-PA Media Reports
Trends
Women Comments (1)

How Pakistan Got into the Mess it is in Today

Dexter Filkins says it was Pakistan’s regional foreign policy since the mid-nineties (which we have characterized in our class discussions as at least in part ”jihadist”) that landed Pakistan where it finds itself today.  One could make an argument that jihadism in Pakistan’s foreign policy goes back even further: to the mid-seventies and the regime of Zia al-Haq.
Dexter Filkins, [...]

2008 09 28 Ted Thornton Foreign Policy
Islam and Politics
Middle East
Pakistan Comments (0)