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The Middle East’s three-way war

The Hill: How to make sense of the different factions and forces now fighting in Syria and Iraq? The conflict is best understood as a...
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Don’t expect the arsonist to put out the fire in Iraq– reject Iranian meddling

The Hill: The rise of Islamic extremists in Iraq is extremely problematic for US policy. But it is every bit as problematic to equate the...
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Fox in the henhouse: Obama’s newest middle-east mistake

American Thinker: With our typical lack of foresight, we have sanctioned that Iran send its special black-ops forces to protect Baghdad. How conveniently we have...
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A fictitious ISIL to scare us away from the truth in Iraq 

Huffington Post: Amidst a rising discontent against Iraqi prime minister Maliki and his blatant human rights violations, and at a time when the public as...
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Iraqi crisis: Terrorist attacks or popular uprising?

UPI: The popular uprising continues unabated in Iraq, with the successive liberation of its cities and the collapse of Maliki's forces as they retreat...
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5 Principles for Iraq

New York Times: It was Iran that armed its Iraqi Shiite allies with the specially shaped bombs that killed and wounded many American soldiers. Iran...
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Arm Syria’s Opposition

New York Times: In February, I resigned as the American ambassador to Syria, after 30 years’ foreign service in Africa and the Middle East. As...
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The future presidents of Iran and Syria

Al Arabiya: In an unprecedented move, the head of the Syrian coalition Ahmad al-Jarba dared to meet with head of the Iranian opposition Mariam Rajavi....
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