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September 10, 2003 Reality Bites; Middle East Fictions Fade The resignation of Mahmoud Abbas was sudden but not surprising. For a few months, everyone called him Mr. Prime Minister, but everyone knew that was a fiction.... September 10, 2003 9/11 in 20/20 Hindsight September 11 will be remembered as the worst terrorist attack America ever suffered — if we’re lucky. If not, if we’re not extraordinarily successful in waging the war on... September 4, 2003 Euro-Trashing How clever of President Bush. On Tuesday, he had all Washington atwitter. Everyone - or at least every Democrat and all the "realistic" Republicans such as Sen. Chuck Hagel - was saying:... September 3, 2003 War is Hell “September 11th was our generation's Pearl Harbor.” Sen. John Kerry, a leading Democratic... September 3, 2003 Don’t panic and don’t put sensitivity before common sense By Andrew Apostolou The murder of Ayatollah Baqr al-Hakim is undoubtedly a setback, but it is not a defeat. Ayatollah al-Hakim, despite 23 years of backing from the Iranians, had been wi... August 27, 2003 The Big Picture The war liberated millions. But the post-war period proved difficult. Members of the former regime went underground and continued to fight, using terrorist tactics – even against their fell... August 23, 2003 In Iraq, U.S. has many foes It's not just the usual suspects behind the rising rash of bombings and terrorist attacks in Iraq. True, intelligence sources in the U.S., Europe and the Mideast are convinced that... August 17, 2003 The Dysfunctional House of Saud By Stephen Schwartz THERE COMES A TIME in the history of every oppressive state when the need for change is suddenly and widely understood to be imperative. Inevitably, an incident occur... August 9, 2003 In Bed, but Not in Good Faith By Stephen Schwartz Saudi Arabia and its ultraextreme Wahhabi sect of Islam have come to the forefront of the American consciousness, especially after last month's release of a cong... July 31, 2003 A Refugee has Lessons for Arabs By Richard Z. Chesnoff An amazing reunion took place in Tel Aviv the other day. After being separated for 52 years, 79-year-old Salima Moshe Nissim of the southern Iraqi city of Basra em... July 30, 2003 Fencing in the Middle East A serious war against terrorism requires both an offense and a defense. Offense means using force, in a variety of forms, to detain or destroy terrorists wherever they live, recruit, train and pl... July 28, 2003 Missing Links The blacking out of 28 pages on Saudi complicity in the 9/11 attacks isn't the only hole in Congress' report on the terrorist atrocity: The rest of the report skirts issues and evidence... July 27, 2003 A Retirement Plan for Tyrants By Amb. Richard Carlson One of my partners as an observer at the South African elections of 1994 was General Olusegun Obasanjo, now president of Nigeria. We traveled around together a bi... July 24, 2003 Israel’s Fence Aids Security – and Peace By Richard Z. Chesnoff I don't understand who so many people are unhappy with the new security buffer that Israel is building between itself and the Palestinians. Yasser Arafat&#039... July 24, 2003 Learning the Hard Way Even a cursory glance at the 900-page congressional 9/11 report released Thursday should lead to some conclusions - and, hopefully, to some consensus. For example: The inquiry found no "... July 23, 2003 Kofi Talk Among Europe's many criticisms of America is now this: We refuse to relinquish substantial authority in Iraq to the United Nations. Until and unless we do, we're being told, don't... July 17, 2003 No Yellowcake Walk Two facts bring perspective to bear on what some are now calling Yellowcakegate. 1) Democrats who are serious about national security — e.g. Joe Biden, Dick Gephardt, Joe Lieberman... July 16, 2003 Think British Those who opposed the war against Saddam Hussein are having a field day. For a while, it seemed that they had been trounced. No one – not Kofi Annan, not Jacques Chirac, not even Susan Sara... July 16, 2003 How Shall Freedom be Defended? By Stephen Schwartz The Poet Archibald Macleish wrote, at the beginning of the Second World War, "How shall freedom be defended? By arms when it is attacked by arms; by truth when it is... July 10, 2003 Saudi Dupes By Stephen Schwartz Adherents of the violently uncompromising Wahhabi sect, the state religion of Saudi Arabia, are killing other Muslims overseas, and attacking coalition troops in Iraq... July 10, 2003 Scandal! The president's critics are lying. Mr. Bush never claimed that Saddam Hussein had purchased uranium from Niger. It is not true — as USA Today reported on page one Friday morning &mdash... July 9, 2003 Darn that Newt! Richard Holbrooke is a diplomat and a gentleman. Which means you can't read him the way you'd read Ann Coulter, Bill Safire, Tony Blankley  or others who make their livings spe... July 3, 2003 Symposium: Bush’s Decision to Go to War. Was it Justified? By Jamie Glazov As the controversy over the missing Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq escalates, so does the criticism of President Bush and his decision to go to war. Was the liberati... July 2, 2003 Into Africa? Why the long-suffering continent matters. Africa is failing. That's hardly headline news but maybe we can now begin at least to talk seriously about a continent that has been spiraling into chaos. In the past – for ex... June 29, 2003 Portrait of a Wahhabi By Stephen Schwartz On Thursday, June 26, I testified before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, chaired by Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz). My topic was &... June 29, 2003 Wahhabism & Islam in the U.S. By Stephen Schwartz EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the text of testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security on Thursday, June 26, 2003.... June 25, 2003 All Terrorists Are Created Equal “The targeting of the high-profile figure last week made it more difficult to go forward with the road map... June 22, 2003 Saudi Mischief in Fallujah By Stephen Schwartz In recent weeks, most Western media have reported the continuing attacks on U.S. troops in Fallujah, west of Baghdad, as tenacious resistance by defeated Baathists, a... June 18, 2003 The Democrats’ Dilemma Democrats face a dilemma: The war on terrorism has restored national security as a priority issue just as a new presidential-election campaign is beginning to take shape. That's a p... June 17, 2003 Perfidious PR Push By FDD The Saudi regime is desperately trying to convince us that it is fighting terrorism. Over the weekend, it arrested and killed some nonentities in Mecca and announced with great fa... June 17, 2003 Defeat Terrorism First By Tashbih Sayyed A year ago, President Bush said he wanted to help Palestinians create “a practicing democracy, based on tolerance and liberty.” A month ago, he told Arab le... June 11, 2003 Arafat Wins Again Give Yasser Arafat credit. The man has always had a genius for destruction. And in the long twilight of his career, he hasn't lost a step. In a stroke, he has derailed progress toward an Isr... June 5, 2003 Desert Dogs that Didn’t Bark Journalists are trained to report what happened, but sometimes what's most significant is what does not occur, what Sherlock Holmes called "the dog that didn't bark." Consider some of t... June 4, 2003 The Anti-anti-terrorism Campaign The Battle of Iraq may be over, but the Battle over Iraq has just begun. An odd assortment of Blame-America-Firsters, Bush-bashers, Saddam apologists and Appeasement Activists have launc... June 2, 2003 Spinning for al Qaeda By Ithaar Derweesh There was almost a sense of glee in much of the media when al Qaeda recently hit Saudi Arabia and Morocco with a series of murderous suicide bombings. Pundits and publ... May 31, 2003 The Real Roots of Islamic Extremism By Stephen Schwartz The victimized terrorists are variously thought to be directing their anger against Western-induced poverty; the Western-supported rise of Israel; or the Western impe... May 26, 2003 Slippery Roads Americans live in Canada. Canadians live in the United States. There are Germans in France, and Frenchmen in Germany, There are Arab citizens of Israel and, of course, there will be Jews in any n... May 25, 2003 Throwing Out the Baath Water By Amb. Richard Carlson The other day, General Tommy Franks made a pleasing announcement: The ruling Baath Socialist party of Iraq was dead, its carcass hung upside down on a fence. Afte... May 21, 2003 The Fire Next Time Is the War on Terrorism a real war? If this is the real thing – not just a metaphorical war like the War on Poverty or the War on Drugs – you have to expect real casualties; you can&#... May 20, 2003 What Would Scoop Do? By Donna Brazile and Timothy Bergreen Forty-eight hours after President Bush told a cheering throng of sailors on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln that major combat in Iraq was over,... May 20, 2003 Road Building By Ithaar Derweesh Despite the latest terrorist attacks, the conventional wisdom in Washington, D.C. remains that the "roadmap" for peace between Israel and the Palestinians offers the g... May 19, 2003 Trouble on Long Island By Stephen Schwartz On Saturday, May 10, I was welcomed to a memorial in Queens, honoring Shi'a clerics killed by the fascist Saddam regime. Hundreds of Shi'a imams were brutal... May 18, 2003 Road Rage Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was to meet with President Bush on Tuesday to take a hard look at the "roadmap" to Middle East peace, to decide if it's really possible to get there from... May 15, 2003 Saudi Spinning By Stephen Schwartz DENIAL IS A RIVER in Arabia, not Egypt. The proof of this axiom came Friday. In place of a serious assessment of the Saudi kingdom's increasing loss of credibili... May 14, 2003 The Real Saudi Arabia The Monday bombings in Riyadh are only the latest evidence that the Saudi government cannot and will not suppress extremism. The wake-up calls keep coming, but the U.S. refuses to recognize the k... May 14, 2003 Wahhabi Horse The latest suicide-terrorist attacks once again raise this question:  Are the Saudis the enemies or the allies of al Qaeda? The answer, frustratingly, is both. We know that al Q... May 11, 2003 Mr. Hariri Goes to Washington By Amb. Richard Carlson According to the Washington Post, a fellow you've probably never heard of named Rafik Hariri wants to build a $25 million house in Washington, D.C., a Kenned... May 7, 2003 Fork in the Road Map It happened 55 years ago. Israel had declared its independence on May 14th, 1948 and was immediately invaded by Arab armies intent on strangling the infant nation in its cradle.... May 4, 2003 Demise of a Dictator By Amb. Richard Carlson Those who have followed the war of liberation in Iraq know how slanted and unfair the news coverage has been in parts of the Arab world. Quotes like this from Pal... May 4, 2003 North of the Border By Stephen Schwartz WHILE WESTERN MEDIA and politicians peddle their alarums in the aftermath of Iraq's liberation, focusing on Syria and Iran, attention should also be paid to Saud...

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