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The New York Times reported today that Sunnis in Iraq formerly allied with the U.S. appear to be (re)joining the Qaeda-led insurgency. The ...

Another interesting tidbit mentioned by Somekh: apparently the teaching corps for the Arab education sector in the Triangle (Meshulash) reg...

Haim Blanc, whom I mentioned in yesterday's post on Sasson Somekh's lecture, looks like a remarkable figure in his own right. Somekh...

BY AMOS Sasson Somekh (see post below ) also gave me the definitive etymology for the popular fast-food dish known as "sabih" in I...

BY AMOS Earlier today, Professor Emeritus Sasson Somekh (b. 1933) delivered the first of three lectures held under the auspices of the a...

BY AMOS UPDATE: Here is some more behind-the-scenes detail as well as speculation about Hashimi's vote. The author suggests that Hashim...

BY AMOS The Iraqi parliament passed a crucial elections law yesterday, which is said to end a political stalemate that had prevented any pro...

Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) (Photo credit: webb.senate.gov) Don't hold your breath. After two grueling days of Gen. Petraeus' Congressional...

Baghdad. I don't know whether Jabbur, on the southern bank of the Tigris, is the Arab Jabour cited as the operation's location (Map:...

Iraq Oil Infrastructure ( source ) From Lieutenant General Martin Dempsey 's testimony ( watch it on CSPAN) at the House Armed Services...

Southeastern Turkey, Syria, and northern Iraq ( Perry-Castaneda ) There is currently a media blackout on Turkey's military operation in ...

Berkeley students lining up to see President Carter (May 2, 2007) If you put 1,500 college students in a room and make them listen to 30 min...

Berkeley and Oakland's own Barbara Lee (Photo: motherjones.com ) The US House of Representatives took one small step toward ending the w...

As'ad AbuKhalil at UC Berkeley (March 15, 2007) I'm not sure how much I can add to Amos's report of Angry Arab 's presentat...

Sean O'Neill (l.) and As'ad AbuKhalil (r.) Professor As'ad AbuKhalil of California State University - Stanislaus, the man also k...

Baghdad (Source: Perry-Castaneda) Yesterday's suicide bombing in a Baghdad market was the worst such attack in the war. The bombing, whi...

We still do not know all the details about the bold January 20 attack on a secure American compound, which killed five American soldiers in ...

David Petraeus faces one tricky task after another in Iraq (Photo: msnbc .com) President Bush's recent announcement of a naval buildup ...

Former Under Secretary of Defense Dov Zakheim , in an article published in the Financial Times on January 6, argues that the U.S. should...

Nancy Pelosi (from her website ) The Democrats are putting pressure on U.S. President Bush just ahead of his much-anticipated new Iraq strat...