الحرب الكونية ضد الارهاب – اعلى مراحل الاستعمار

The Global War on Terror - The Highest Stage of Colonialism

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Lenin inverted: "The War on Terror — the highest stage of colonialism." Instead of drying terrorism's sources, the sources are destroyed and their people displaced.

الارهاب

Terrorism

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Terrorism is not mere violence, but a weapon in states' foreign policies and a face of administrative savagery, which cannot be eradicated by military solutions that ignore its true sources of grievances and discrimination.

رأسمالية بلا مصالح – وامبريالية من دون استغلال 

Capitalism Without Interests - And Imperialism Without Exploitation

Al-Akhbar

Debate: capitalism without interests, imperialism without exploitation — post-colonialism replaces the thing with its image. Arafat asked for "understanding" in exchange for oil; the demand degraded to "some interest."

العراق: خربوا البلد وهربوا

Iraq: They Destroyed the Country and Fled

As-Safir

They destroyed the country and fled—150,000 dead, 4.7 million displaced, and Iraqis still clash with police over electricity.

الانسحاب من العراق

The Withdrawal from Iraq

As-Safir

The US withdrawal from Iraq is a managed process, not an end, linked to a series of diplomatic moves that pressure Palestinians and threaten Iran, all serving Israel's boundless security demands.

Hezbollah’s New Political Platform

As-Safir

Translation: Hezbollah abandoned the Islamic state and Wilayat al-Faqih—but its new platform accepts full partnership in the confessional system and its economic conditions. "Order is from faith"—or from serving bankers?

السعودية في حرب اليمنوالرقص بين الثعابين!

Saudi Arabia in the Yemen War and Dancing Among Snakes!

As-Safir

Saleh armed the Houthis in 1994—now frames them as Iran's threat to extract Saudi funding. He dances between snakes.

العراق: هل مَن يريد للاميركيين ان يغادروا؟

Iraq: Does Anyone Want the Americans to Leave?

As-Safir

The occupation punished a whole sect for a regime's crimes and convinced Iraqi forces to define themselves sectarianly. Who actually wants the Americans to leave?

السيادة العراقية بين الاتفاق الامني وخصخصة النفط

Iraqi Sovereignty Between the Security Agreement and the Privatization of Oil

As-Safir

The occupation exits through the military window and returns through the oil gate—Basra follows Kurdistan in privatizing Iraq's wealth.

Saudi expansion: The Lebanese Connection (1924-1952)

Hussein 'Uwayni—the first "Saudi national" to govern Lebanon, four decades before Hariri—and through him the Kingdom penetrated Lebanese politics: wealth buys honor, and the regional broker makes prime ministers.

الجولان في «الحرب الكونية ضد الارهاب»

The Golan Heights in the "Global War on Terror"

Al-Quds Al-Arabi

Amidst the "global war on terror," Netanyahu seeks to solidify the annexation of the occupied Golan, exploiting the Syrian regime and opposition's missed opportunities to reclaim it.

Senile Orientalism

Allah will know his own: Lewis attributed a Catholic Crusader phrase to Islam—and his real argument is that Iran has no right to what Israel already possesses in nuclear warheads.

Was the Iraq War Inevitable?

Was the war inevitable? Saddam knew there were no WMD yet procrastinated—and our rulers follow Machiavelli in repression but fail to uncover traps like the fox.

The New Middle East – what’s in a name?

Every time the US hits a dead end in the region it invents a new name—and the priority is now "moderation," not democracy: Rice admitted the "moderates" are not democratic.

Lebanon in the Middle East Peace Talks: Player or Bargaining Card?

The Oxford International Review

Lebanon between the Syrian-Israeli "condominium": player in the peace talks or bargaining card? Ghazi Kanaan: "Let the Lebanese trade and leave politics to the Syrians."

Zionism and Imperialism in the Middle East

New Left Review

A foundational 1969 paper: the fundamental contradiction combines Zionist colonialism and Western imperialism in one confrontation—and the national and class contradictions condense into one.