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Gulf News is the main newspaper devoted to the entire Persian Gulf . Circulation: more than 90,000 editions. Edited in Dubai in English, it is read largely by the important foreigner community residing in the region.

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“U.S. must act now to end genocide in Sudan”

by Joseph R. Biden Jr.

10 March 2006

In Darfur, we are witnessing a methodical kind of genocide which has claimed between 180,000 and 400,000 Sudanese lives and the displacement of 2 million people since the early 2004. That is the result of systematic elimination campaign launched by the Sudanese regime, whose target are the (…)

“Air strikes expose an uneven alliance”

by Husain Haqqani

3 February 2006

A CIA drone plane attacked the Damadola village in Pakistan to eliminate Ayman Al Zawahiri, Al Qaeda’s second in command. Al Zawahiri is a legitimate target ,but instead, 18 people died and 14 of them, at least, were Pakistani civilians. The reports affirm the other four were members of Al (…)

“We should be very worried about Iran”

by John Keegan

27 January 2006

I was in favour of the war against Iraq but had my doubts, which I still have. Those who are against it have their reasons and they could even use the Machiavellian argument that Saddam Hussein was a valuable allied against Iran. And today we have realized that Iran wants to become a nuclear (…)

“The Iranian crisis is likely to explode”

by Patrick Seale

27 January 2006

The controversy about the Iranian nuclear program has been revived and many analysts have predicted that it is going to be the main international crisis in 2006. The issues involved in this crisis are simple: Iran claims its right to have full control of the uranium enrichment cycle for pacific (…)

“It’s time to end to the shame”

by James J. Zogby

20 January 2006

Three years ago, thousands of Arabs and Muslims were called to the Immigration offices to be registered, photographed, interrogated, and fingerprinted. It was the first stage of a National Security Entrance and Exit Registration System (NSEERS) – a program launched by John Ashcroft and presented (…)

“Has Syria been blixed?”

by Linda S. Heard

22 November 2005

Detlev Mehlis, head of the UN Commission investigating the assassination of Rafic Hariri, told Der Stern magazine that he knew his report would make the campaign against Syria easier and that he understood what Hans Blix has felt. However, contrary to Blix who has admitted he suffered pressure, (…)

“Punishing Syria will boomerang”

by Amir Taheri

22 November 2005

While the Security Council discusses the Mehlis report, thinking about the best and the worst of all possible scenarios is convenient. At the very best, the Security Council would ask Syria to cooperate and it will agree. Therefore, inspectors will be allowed to question the suspects. In the (…)

“Is Saddam’s trial a mistake?”

by Patrick Seale

14 November 2005

Saddam Hussein’s reign was so brutal that most of Iraqis would probably applaud if he is sentenced to death. Yet, in spite of all his crimes, his trial – which opened last week only to be adjourned until November 28, has provoked widespread criticism from jurists and Human Rights groups. The (…)

“Post-9/11 US foreign policy is in doldrums”

by Marwan Al Kabalan

19 September 2005

Four years after September is about time to look at the policy conducted by George W. Bush and to see if, in effect, it has made the United States a safer place. Bush’s revolution in foreign policy was outlined in the 2002 National Security Strategy, the US’s official response to the September (…)

“Who are the men in this photo?”

by Amir Taheri

15 July 2005

Even before the results of the ballot, Mahmud Ahmadineyad was at the center of controversies regarding his past. He makes no secret of his revolutionary past. But still there are questions as to whether he was one of the hostage-holders during the occupation of the United States Embassy in (…)

"Iran Poses a Challenge to All"

by Patrick Seale

15 July 2005

The outstanding electoral victory of Mahmud Ahmadinejad represents a happy event for the Middle East, deeply affected by unresolved conflicts, corrupt circles and violent foreign interventions. On August 4, when he’ll take power, his work will be closely watched to see that he’ll be (…)

“When one scandal hides another”

by Alain Gresh

6 July 2005

A scandal has got the attention of the American congress. The “Oil for Food program” allowed Saddam Hussein to embezzle millions and those in charge of it in the UN to get important sums between 1996 and 2003. Such accusations must be studied. However, a considerable part of the information (…)

“Turning Point in Middle East Peace”

by William B. Quandt, Zbigniew Brzeziński

5 July 2005

George W. Bush’s statements during his recent meeting with Mahmud Abbas deserve our attention. It had an impact on Israel, but not on the U.S. Bush said that Israel and Palestine final statute should “be the fruit of an agreement between the different parties and that the changes in the lines of (…)

“Islamist Regime In Total Control”

by Amir Taheri

4 July 2005

The second round of Iran presidential elections has caused an earthquake. Mahmud Ahmadineyad has become president, defeating one of the regime’s greatest leaders since 1979. Ahmadineyad is the most learned of all Iranian presidents and is the first president of the Islamist Republic who has a (…)

“There is progress in Iraq”

by Kofi Annan

30 June 2005

I am in Brussels to join the representatives of more than 80 governments and institutions meeting to send a loud and clear message of support for the political transition in Iraq. A year ago, Resolution 1546 of the Security Council set out the time table that Iraq was expected to fulfill. Today, (…)

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