Word: arabism
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...worked for the U.S. government. But that's still just a fraction of the number of Iraqis in need. And although the Bush Administration has offered to cover about a third of the $60 million that the U.N. says is needed for the refugees, the U.S.'s European and Arab allies think Washington should cover far more of the costs resulting from what they view as America...
...both cases, U.S. leaders calculated that the country's national interests trumped its moral responsibilities. But in Iraq, a more magnanimous stance toward refugees would help the U.S.'s broader interests. It would be good propaganda in the Arab world, where the U.S. image needs burnishing. It would be a tool to counter one of the root causes of terrorism: regional instability caused by mass migration. And it would provide Washington with a basis for talks with Iran and Syria, whose help the U.S. needs to stabilize Iraq. Despite the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, the Bush Administration...
...several student groups as well as by MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. And at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Norman Finkelstein, an assistant professor at DePaul University, spoke at an event sponsored by the Palestine Awareness Committee, the Society of Arab Students, and other campus groups...
...refugee issue is also changing Syria in deeper ways, altering the country's image in the Middle East--and bolstering its leverage with the U.S. While the Bush Administration has accused it of supporting terrorism in Iraq, Israel and Lebanon, Syria has established itself as the lifeboat of the Arab world. Having taken in 180,000 temporary Lebanese refugees fleeing the war with Israel last summer, Syria is the only Arab country that has been equally welcoming to all of Iraq's religious sects, according to Syrian human-rights groups. Only Jordan--which has received 750,000 Iraqis...
...army, or by other countries. Lebanon cannot afford to be allying itself with one group of countries against other groups. We want to be good with everybody. We don't have any enemies, except Israel. We are ready to go to peace [with Israel] only when all the other Arab countries go to peace...