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"We'll make you see death"
A harrowing account from a man the CIA handed over to Jordan -- smuggled from prison on tiny paper -- exposes U.S. complicity in torture.
By Joanne Mariner Apr 10, 2008
Inside the CIA's notorious "black sites"
A Yemeni man never charged by the U.S. details 19 months of brutality and psychological torture -- the first in-depth, first-person account from inside the secret U.S. prisons. A Salon exclusive.
By Mark Benjamin Dec 14, 2007
Leaving Baghdad
As we crossed the Syrian border and saw the last of the Iraqi flags, the tears began. How can such a small distance separate life from death?
By Riverbend Sep 21, 2007
"Empty gestures" for women's rights
Surprise -- the U.N. say Middle Eastern countries are slacking off when it comes to gender equality.
Page Rockwell Dec 8, 2006
American dreamers
The Kesbeh family were called the Palestinian Cleavers when they were deported to Jordan after 9/11. Now living in dire conditions, they are determined to get back to the U.S., the only place they call home.
By Katharine Mieszkowski Sep 10, 2006
The Zarqawi effect
Bush's Mideast policies have turned a brutal terrorist into an icon of resistance -- and made violent fundamentalism more popular.
By Juan Cole Jun 27, 2006
A veil of uncertainty
While some Arab women embrace the rise of Islamist political parties, others fear they could end up groaning under Taliban-like regimes.
By Shahnaz Taplin Chinoy Jun 13, 2006
Beaten and banished
After years of special treatment under Saddam, Palestinians in Iraq are getting a brutal postwar payback.
By Michelle Goldberg May 14, 2003
Deliverance or death
A group of Iranian Kurds, who endured more than 20 years in a squalid Iraq refugee camp, are now squatting in a no man's land on the Jordanian border -- and threatening mass suicide if they are not resettled.
By Michelle Goldberg May 13, 2003
Fury and favor in the Arab world
While Qatar welcomes Uncle Sam, Egyptian police torture antiwar protesters. If the war lasts long, some say, the scales may tip toward rage.
By Eric Boehlert Apr 4, 2003
Saddam stands alone
The Arab street that once rallied for Iraq is strangely quiet, although anger and frustration sometimes boil up.
By Ferry Biedermann Feb 7, 2003
Iraq
Chemical weapons, civil war and Arab rage could turn an invasion into a disaster.
By Eric Boehlert Jan 22, 2003
"I'm not sure which planet they live on"
Hawks in the Bush administration may be making deadly miscalculations on Iraq, says Gen. Anthony Zinni, Bush's Middle East envoy.
By Eric Boehlert Oct 17, 2002
Sharon's master plan: Endless war, endless occupation
The assassination of a Hamas chief -- along with many civilians -- reveals the prime minister's pathological fear that giving anything to the Palestinians will mean the end of Israel.
By Noah Sudarsky Jul 25, 2002
"Big Brother" stripper bares truth, not boobs
Keeping her clothes on, the banished Jordan takes the high, boring road; Uma Thurman dives for body parts. Plus: Naked Daryl Hannah to make a splash in England, and Eminem shows his wife the door.
By Amy Reiter Aug 18, 2000
Dancing at the blood festival
Armed only with curiosity and a stained pair of pants, our correspondent tries to make sense of the Islamic Feast of the Sacrifice in Aqaba, Jordan.
By Rolf Potts May 9, 2000
Desperately seeking a legacy
President Clinton has little time left to improve his standing in history. Could foreign affairs, especially a negotiated peace in the Middle East, offer him a chance for salvation?
By Nina Donaghy Nov 24, 1999
The feminist queen of the Middle East
World leaders rush to pay tribute to King Hussein, but his widow, Queen Noor, deserves much of the credit for Jordan's transformation from police state to cradle of political freedom.
By Geraldine Brooks Feb 9, 1999
Why Clinton caved in to Israel
In one sign of the cost of to the Lewinsky scandal, Clinton has caved into the Israeli government and abandoned the peace process in the Middle East
By Jonathan Broder Jul 28, 1998
Newsreal: Finish the job? Not in our lifetime
The U.S. can't "go all the way" in Iraq because Saddam Hussein's neighbors need to keep him around.
By Jonathan Broder Feb 23, 1998
Discovering Petra
Maxine Rose Schur discovers that at dusk, after the tourists have left, Jordan's ancient ruin comes to splendid life.
By Maxine Rose Schur Nov 26, 1997
Newsreal: Bibi the bungler
It is being called the worst fiasco in the history of Israel's once-vaunted intelligence service, the Mossad. It raises, once again, serious questions about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's mental fitness, provoked unprecedented expressions of disgust from the Clinton administration and left experienced observers to wonder what other disastrous pratfalls the Israeli leader has in store for the dying Middle East peace process.
By Jonathan Broder Oct 7, 1997
Is Uncle Sam Coddling the Kooks?
Mindful of the fatalities and public relations disasters resulting from the Waco and Ruby Ridge sieges, federal authorities have adopted a low-key approach to the standoff with the so-called "Freemen".
By Jonathan Broder Apr 6, 1996
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