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Posts Tagged ‘Iraq’

The Palestinians of Iraq

By Iqbal Tamimi • Aug 5th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Nakba and Right of Return, Newswire, Palestine, Uprooted Palestinians' Testimonies, War, Zionism

The Palestinians residing in Iraq came from villages around Haifa, which used to be called the villages of Alhamamah Albeda (The White Dove). Those were the villages of (Ijzim, Jabaa and Ayn Ghazal). These villages have witnessed many battles between the Palestinian citizens and the Zionist gangs. Many families lost their men while defending their [...]


Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll

By Mary Rizzo • May 10th, 2008 • Category: Analysis, Documents, Israel, Middle East Issues, Newswire, Opinions and Letters, Palestine

The Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development has released its poll results.  The poll was conducted under strict sampling methodology (margin of error +/- 1.6%) amongst a representative population in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Lebanon and Jordan.  The full survey can be viewed here: 2008 Arab Public Opinion Survey (power point).
Key [...]


Army Times: “No GWOT”, the name has got to go

By Mary Rizzo • Apr 27th, 2008 • Category: Counter-terrorism, No thanks!, Middle East Issues, War

The House Armed Services Committee is banishing the global war on terror from the 2008 defense budget.
This is not because the war has been won, lost or even called off, but because the committee’s Democratic leadership doesn’t like the phrase.
A memo for the committee staff, circulated March 27 (2007), says the 2008 bill and its [...]