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...last time Dick Cheney visited the Middle East as a Cabinet member in a Bush Administration, he was trying to sell wavering Arab states on a U.S.-led war against Saddam Hussein. Some things never change. Briefing reporters before his 10-day trip--which will include stops in Britain, Turkey, Israel and nine Arab states--Cheney did not mention Iraq, saying only that his discussions would focus on America's campaign against al-Qaeda. But aides later acknowledged what everybody suspected: Cheney this week will present his hosts with the Administration's case against Saddam and inform them that...
Take the 1993 animated release Aladdin. Set somewhere in the “barbaric” Middle East, the movie was assailed for its stereotypical, inaccurate depiction of the Arab world. As reported by the New York Times, Disney was presented with two sets of lyrics written for the opening song, “Arabian Nights,” and chosen to record the more racist version. Borrowing from the song’s lyrics, the Times headlined its article, “It’s racist, but hey, it’s Disney...
...colored-pencil drawings are part of a nationwide travelling exhibit which leaves Harvard today. Entitled “Innocence Under Fire,” the exhibit is sponsored by the Society of Arab Students (SAS) and is organized by the Chicago-based Palestinian arts council al-Phan...
...count (163 Palestinians have been killed over the past two weeks) but it has failed to curb attacks on Israelis - 59 Israelis were killed in Palestinian attacks over the same period. Escalation has begotten only further escalation, with no end in sight. And with the U.S. now actively courting Arab support for a campaign against Saddam Hussein, the price of inaction had become intolerable for Washington - America's Arab allies warned Vice President Cheney this week that they currently see Sharon as a greater threat to regional stability than Saddam...
...Zinni's cease-fire mission is in no small part to run interference for Cheney's efforts to recruit Arab support against Saddam, and the Israelis have adjusted their posture accordingly. Sharon has dropped his insistence on seven days of calm before implementing a cease-fire, vowed to ease travel restrictions on Arafat, and ordered Israeli troops out of the West Bank town of Ramallah. Still, the Bush administration on Thursday asked for more - an Israeli pullout from all Palestinian Authority (PA) territory. The Palestinians have long said that there would be no cease-fire talks as long as Israeli...