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Iran is central to the regional polarization because of its alliance with Syria and backing for Hizballah and Hamas, which the rival moderate camp interprets as Persian meddling in Arab affairs at its expense. "In the past, the Arabs showed their disagreements by closing borders, interrupting trade and massing troops...
The chorus of condemnation will grow with the proportions of the conflict: Israeli forces are massing tanks and 6,500 troops for a possible land assault into Gaza. In anticipation, Hamas fighters are believed to be preparing Iraq-style roadside bombs and suicide bombers. Judging by Israel's disastrous 2006...
A massing of Taliban fighters in Arghandab is a departure from the militant tactics that have evolved over the past two years. In 2006 NATO forces soundly defeated a Taliban force in nearby Panjwayi, and declared the movement all but dead. Since then there has been an increase in suicide...
But back to the Goliath thing. The Sunday before the tournament begins, all the contenders are ranked from 1 (the awesomest of the awesome) to 16 (the meekest of the meek) in each of four regional groups. Then 16 plays 1 and 15 battles 2 and so forth in a...
But the OAS, a sort of hemispheric United Nations, may yet surprise the doubters. On Wednesday, after four days of bellicose rhetoric from all sides and the massing of Venezuelan troops and tanks on the Colombian border, the Washington, D.C.-based body - which has, since its founding in 1948, too...