Posted in Counterinsurgency, Iraq, Maps on Feb 18th, 2008 Comments Off on Pacification of Baghdad
From MESH Admin Here is the latest (January 17) map of trends in ethno-sectarian violence in Baghdad, from the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-I). The green areas are predominantly Shiite, the blue are mostly or predominantly Sunni, and the brown areas are closely mixed. The yellow-orange-red inflammation indicates “incidents where deaths occurred from any means that […]
Posted in Arab Gulf, Public Diplomacy, Qatar, Tamara Cofman Wittes on Feb 17th, 2008 Comments Off on Arabs for Obama?
From Tamara Cofman Wittes I’m in Doha for the 5th Annual U.S.-Islamic World Forum—my fourth year at this annual confab (organized by my fine colleagues in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution) that brings together Americans with Muslims from Nigeria to Malaysia and everywhere in between. This year we’ve included […]
Posted in Demography, Iraq, Maps, United Nations on Feb 17th, 2008 Comments Off on Displaced Iraqis
From MESH Admin This new map, prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), illustrates the disposition of Iraqi IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and refugees, as of last September. Click on the map to see it in larger (legible) size.
Posted in Andrew Exum, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Martin Kramer, Michael Young, Terrorism on Feb 14th, 2008 3 Comments »
From Martin Kramer As Hezbollah’s official funeral of Imad Mughniyah unfolded today—Hezbollah’s leader eulogizied him over a coffin decked in Hezbollah’s flag—it is useful to recall the party’s denial of his very existence over all these many years. Mention of his name to Hezbollah officials would draw a blank stare or blanket denial. “Hezbollah professes […]
Posted in Andrew Exum, Barry Rubin, David Schenker, Hezbollah, Israel, Jon Alterman, Lebanon, Michael Young, Syria, Terrorism on Feb 13th, 2008 8 Comments »
From Andrew Exum Imad Mughniyah is dead, killed in Damascus by a car bomb at the age of 45. Mughniyah was believed to have been Hezbollah’s chief of military operations, and his assassination marks the first time a major figure in the movement has been killed since secretary-general Abbas Musawi in 1992—an assassination which brought […]
Posted in Hamas, Israel, Palestinians, Robert O. Freedman on Feb 12th, 2008 Comments Off on For an all-out assault on Gaza
From Robert O. Freedman The recent destruction of part of the wall separating Gaza from Egypt underscores the weakness of Israel’s current strategy toward Hamas-ruled Gaza. With rockets being fired against the Israeli town of Sderot as well as against the city of Ashkelon, Israel has yet to find a means of stopping the attacks. […]
Posted in Adam Garfinkle, Michael Horowitz, Qaeda, Terminology, Terrorism on Feb 11th, 2008 2 Comments »
From Assaf Moghadam In recent years, a growing number of analysts and policymakers, have referred to the doctrines guiding Al Qaeda and its associates as an ideology, and appear to have influenced the Bush administration into adopting the term as well. President Bush, for example, has characterized the 9/11 suicide hijackers as men who “kill […]
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