http://dir.salon.com/topics/middle_east/?source=rss&aim=middle_east en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT By Gregory Levey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/02/obama_israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/02/obama_israel/index.html?source=rss He's facing nervous Jewish voters in Florida, attacks by Joe Lieberman and smear tactics in a political war that threatens his campaign. By Gary Kamiya Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/06/03/appeasement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/06/03/appeasement/index.html?source=rss The GOP and establishment media are attacking Barack Obama for being willing to talk to "terrorists" -- but many parties, including Israel, are doing just that. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/23/goodbye_baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/23/goodbye_baghdad/index.html?source=rss Unlike many who would also like to leave, today I board a cargo plane and fly away. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/22/broken_hearts/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/22/broken_hearts/index.html?source=rss In a tiny room in Baghdad, U.S. soldiers connect with their friends and family back home. Sometimes hearts break. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/21/services/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/21/services/index.html?source=rss With pools of open sewage in the streets and little electricity, life for most Iraqis remains bleak. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/20/bread/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/20/bread/index.html?source=rss Iraqis scrimp to pay for black market power so their food won't rot in the desert heat. Plus: Shopping for bread in a Bradley. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/paradise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/17/paradise/index.html?source=rss On patrol with U.S. soldiers in Risala, sewage seeps through the dirt and pools underfoot. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/15/baghdad_dispatch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/15/baghdad_dispatch/index.html?source=rss The Iraqi government still can't provide its citizens with basic security and services. So many look to Americans -- for everything. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/12/baghdad/index.html?source=rss At a U.S. combat outpost in the Iraqi capital, money is just as important as guns. Plus: Tensions flare in a neighborhood council. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/10/bradleys/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/10/bradleys/index.html?source=rss As the hatch closes, I think about the four men from the platoon I'm with who were charred to death in one of these fighting vehicles. Andrew O'Hehir Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/09/oss_117/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/09/oss_117/index.html?source=rss He might be the star of "OSS 117," a deadpan, borderline-brilliant satire of postwar spy movies and preening Euro-idiocy in the Middle East. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/iraq_latrines/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/09/iraq_latrines/index.html?source=rss U.S. soldiers drink water, lots of it, in scorching hot Baghdad. Plus, patrolling the streets with a less than disciplined Iraqi army squad. By Anna Badkhen Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/iraq_traveling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/05/07/iraq_traveling/index.html?source=rss Military travel is grueling, especially for a soldier with a hole in his face from a sniper bullet who's trying to get back home to Missouri. By Gregory Levey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/04/22/levey_shutupimtalking/index.html?source=rss I was a young law student applying for a part-time internship. To my amazement, I was soon casting votes at the U.N. and working for Ariel Sharon. By Gary Kamiya Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/15/iraq_ten_commandments/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/04/15/iraq_ten_commandments/index.html?source=rss In honor of Charlton Heston, here are 10 lessons we should engrave on our foreign policy tablets as we prepare to leave Iraq. By James Martin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/14/militants/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/14/militants/index.html?source=rss As experts long warned, Islamic militants steeped in urban warfare against U.S. troops in Iraq have expanded their violent campaign beyond Iraq's borders. Lynn Harris Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/02/oil_not_islam/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/04/02/oil_not_islam/index.html?source=rss Blame oil, not fundamentalism, for keeping the Middle East's women down. By Dan Hoyle Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/25/oil_politics/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/25/oil_politics/index.html?source=rss Why I hope the president of Nigeria will make good on his plans to attend my show on oil politics. By Joe Conason Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/03/21/mccain_iran/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/03/21/mccain_iran/index.html?source=rss John McCain's gaffe about an Iran-al-Qaida connection revealed how he and his hard-line allies are itching to target the mullahs next. By Juan Cole Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/19/iraq_five/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/03/19/iraq_five/index.html?source=rss How President Bush and his advisors have spent each year of the war peddling mendacious tales about a mission accomplished. By Gary Kamiya Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2008/03/18/iraq_anniversary/index.html?source=rss Five years after Bush invaded Iraq, anti-Americanism has metastasized. But we can still beat it. By Hooman Majd Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/obama_muslims/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/21/obama_muslims/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama is perceived by Muslims abroad like no other candidate. He would begin a presidency with tremendous potential to heal U.S. relations with much of the world. By Leigh Flayton Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/18/samantha_power/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/02/18/samantha_power/index.html?source=rss Foreign policy whiz Samantha Power sheds light on a legendary diplomat killed in Iraq, advising Barack Obama and how America can emerge from the Bush era. By Jeffrey Dvorkin Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/12/ombudsman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/12/ombudsman/index.html?source=rss A nervous news industry is killing off its ombudsmen. But after facing enraged NPR listeners when I had that role, I know the public has the most to lose. By David Grossman Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/israel/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2008/02/11/israel/index.html?source=rss Israel's disastrous Second Lebanon War showed we've become an existential danger to ourselves. Our future depends on fundamental change.