Editorial Articles
Modest Proposal: A Plan for Peace (View on ABCNews.com.)
Tuesday, August 1, 2006 - ABCNews.com
As Israel's war in Lebanon enters its third week and the Lebanese civilian casualties increase by the hour, international diplomacy has gone into full swing. A consensus appears to have finally emerged that the fighting must stop ... [Full Article Text.]
No Cease-Fire in Lebanon, Israel: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Visits Beirut (View on WashingtonPost.com.)
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - WashingtonPost.com
Fawaz Gerges, author of "The Far Enemy: Why Jihad Went Global" and professor of international affairs and Middle Eastern studies at Sarah Lawrence College, was online Tuesday, July 25, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss ... [Full Article Text.]
A widening sectarian rift pushes Iraq to the brink of civil war (View on The Christian Science Monitor.)
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
While Israel's war in Lebanon dominates news headlines, Iraq is sinking deeper into sectarian strife. Hardly a day goes by without a massacre carried out by either a Shiite death squad or an extremist Sunni group.
Iraq stands on ... [Full Article Text.]
The Man Behind Hezbollah (View on The New York Daily News.)
Saturday, July 22, 2006 - The New York Daily News
As I write this, I am holed up in Beirut, and Israeli fighter planes and naval ships are flattening buildings in the northern suburbs housing the home and offices of Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah.
Still, Nasrallah ... [Full Article Text.]
Postcard From Lebanon (View on The Washington Post.)
Monday, July 17, 2006 - The Washington Post
This is a sad city. The smell of war fills the air. There is no talk except war talk. Life has come to a standstill in this vibrant and lively city, built layer upon layer on top of vanished civilizations.
I came from northern ... [Full Article Text.]
Al Qaeda's Hydra head in Iraq (View on The Christain Science Monitor.)
Thursday, June 22, 2006 - The Christain Science Monitor
The gruesome deaths of the two young American soldiers, Pfc. Kristian Menchaca and Pfc. Thomas Tucker, as well as the death of another at the sight of the ambush this past week, Spc. David Babineau, is likely a move by Al Qaeda in... [Full Article Text.]
Is political Islam on the march? (View on The Christian Science Monitor.)
Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Since the Sept. 11 terror attacks nearly five years ago, Americans have come increasingly to believe that political Islam is a mortal threat to the West, an aggressive and totalitarian ideology dedicated to random destruction and ... [Full Article Text.]
What Does History Bring to the Study of Jihadism? (View on History News Network.)
Monday, May 15, 2006 - History News Network
Fawaz A. Gerges is the author of the recently published "Journey of the Jihadist: Inside Muslim Militancy" (Harcourt Press, 2006), is the Christian Johnson Chair in Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence Colleg... [Full Article Text.]
Al Qaeda Talking Heads (View on YaleGlobal Online.)
Thursday, May 11, 2006 - YaleGlobal Online
Hair-raising threat: Recent boasts by terrorist leaders like Abu Musab al-Zarqawi may be designed to hide their weakness
Only days after Iraqi leaders selected a new prime minister and president, Al Qaeda launched a media blitz... [Full Article Text.]
Zarqawi: the man, the image, the video star (View on The Christian Science Monitor.)
Friday, April 28, 2006 - The Christian Science Monitor
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the elusive leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, made his screen debut this week. In a 35-minute video, the man responsible for the car-bomb deaths of hundreds of Iraqi civilians and the beheadings of numerous foreign... [Full Article Text.]