Word: iraq
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...Megrahi affair might make the special relationship a bit less special? That's fine by me: the special relationship committed us to the senseless war in Iraq. If the release of al-Megrahi really was done to further British interests in Libya, it was still the decision of an independent democracy and no different from what the U.S. would have done in similar circumstances. Chris Washington, CHEADLE, ENGLAND...
...Megrahi affair might make the special relationship between the U.K. and the U.S. a bit less special? That's fine by me: the special relationship committed us to the senseless war in Iraq. If the release of al-Megrahi really was done to further British commercial interests in Libya, it was still the decision of an independent democracy and no different from what the U.S. would have done in similar circumstances. Chris Washington, Cheadle, England...
...badgering but perennially at the center of attention. For all his girth, Moore fits the mold of the little guy in classic Hollywood movies. Like Jefferson Smith and Rocky Balboa, he bucks the odds and takes on the power élite: the gun lobby in Columbine, the occupation of Iraq in Fahrenheit, the health-care industry in Sicko...
Western diplomats in Sana'a, however, suspect that the real culprits behind this year's attacks on foreigners come from the growing band of al-Qaeda operatives in Yemen. Under pressure in Saudi Arabia and Iraq, al-Qaeda is turning the lawless mountain areas of Yemen into a new staging area. U.S. officials and terrorism experts don't think Yemen is close to becoming a failed state like Somalia - just across the Red Sea. But there are warning signs that things could get worse: the Houthi rebellion, secessionists in the south, Somali pirates menacing the coast, an economy that...
...North and South Yemen merged in 1990, is one of the poorest countries in the Middle East. Long a source of jihadis, the region sent hundreds of fighters to the war against the Soviets in Afghanistan and, to judge by the number of captured, killed or identified insurgents in Iraq, continues to be one of the biggest suppliers of fighters to regional conflicts. It's common knowledge in the tearooms of Sana'a and in Western embassies that the government of northern Yemen used jihadis to help defeat the south in the civil war that ended...