monthly review

Far more significant are the arms industry, which U.S. aid to Israel subsidizes; the oil industry, which sees Israel as a balance to the regional power of oil-rich Arab states; the Christian right, which believes Jewish rule over all of biblical Israel is a prerequisite for the Second Coming; and..

week in review on the battlefield

Kurdish fighters and U.S. special forces seized control of the oil-rich Kirkuk area without a fight and were close to taking hold of Mosul in northern Iraq. . Two Shiite Muslim clerics were killed by an angry mob during a meeting in Najaf set up to forge a reconciliation at one of the..

the future of the global muslim population

Egypt, Algeria and Morocco currently have the largest Muslim populations in the Middle East-North Africa. By 2030, however, Iraq is expected to have the second-largest Muslim population in the region – exceeded only by Egypt – largely because Iraq has a higher fertility..

exposit

Far from being a rosy picture of a conflict resolved without a final siege of the Imam Ali Mosque (which would have caused an uproar in Iraq and the Muslim world), al-Sadr and his Mehdi army remain an influential force in the region. ..

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