Word: arabism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...further stains the global image of the United States, endangering American troops and civilians and injecting rage and resentment into the insurgency in Iraq. Under Saddam Hussein’s regime of oppression, Abu Ghraib was an epicenter of cruelty and suffering for the Iraqi people. To the Arab world, the United States, the self-styled “savior” of the subjugated Iraqi people, has made little improvement upon the agony and persecutions of Hussein’s deposed regime...
...Administration beset by troubles, from the war in Iraq and the Medicare drug benefit confusion to, most recently, the controversial ports management deal with the United Arab Emirates, India represents something of a bright spot. While the Iraq War has caused notable strains between the U.S. and many of its Western allies, the two formidable countries have actually grown closer in recent years - the product of increased trade, a joint struggle against Islamic-based terrorists and a commitment to common democratic values. "The trip will underscore the very dramatic strides that have taken place in the relationship," says Robert Hathaway...
...right to choose its own editorial content. In the case of the Salient in particular, we must examine the Danish cartoons in the context in which the Salient displayed them. They were accompanied by editorial text and placed alongside other anti-Semitic cartoons that have already been published by Arab-language newspapers—and this juxtaposition was specifically intended to foster dialogue about religious censorship rather than blatantly offend readers. This also begs the question of why offensive Muslim images have caused such furor, both among some readers on campus and abroad, when similarly offensive anti-Semitic cartoons have...
...Identified in court papers only as "the Trainer," he earned the trust of the three men because, says Getz, "he was from the Muslim community." Getz would not say if "the Trainer" is of Arab descent or a long-time Muslim but said that he had cooperated voluntarily with the government from the beginning of the investigation going back at least to November 2004 and he was "acting on behalf of the [U.S.] government" the entire time...
...high-profile meeting in Cairo with Egyptian opposition figures to make the point that, as she put it last week, "Egypt... needs to keep pushing ahead on the democratic course, because it is a great civilization and a great people and it can lead the democratic progress in the Arab world and I would hope that it will do that...