Foreign Press on U.S./Middle East relations.
1. EXCELLENT REGIONAL NEWS SOURCES. The first three links provide daily news
feed of local political events--if you want a zoomed-in view of what's going
in Afghanistan and with its neighbors: Pakistan, Central Asian Republics,
China, Iran. They're all currently focusing on issues raised by the US's new
anti-terrorist foreign policy.
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EurasiaNet
eurasianet.org
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Newsline (see Transcaucasia & Central Asia;
also check out Russia)
rferl.org
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Afgha--news agency of or aligned with the National Alliance (Taliban's
competition for rule of Afghanistan), whose Tajik leader Massoud, was
assassinated two days before WTC, and which controls northern areas.
afgha.com
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Summary by country of political problems facing Afghanistan's neighbors & new
U.S. foreign policy.
washingtonpost.com
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Glossary of Islamic Terms & Phrases
usc.edu
2. SELECT FOREIGN CRITICISM OF US FOREIGN POLICY
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News, opinion critical of American policy, including such interesting things
as an open letter to Americans from Saddam Hussein.
middleeastwire.com
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Muslimedia
muslimedia.com
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ArabicNews
arabicnews.com
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Current compilation of clips from around the world critiquing pro-Israeli
media (e.g. deals at length w/question of CNN coverage of celebrating
Palestinians)
electronicintifada.net
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Bin Laden links. Includes his declaration of war (from some years ago).
msanews.mynet.net
2B. OTHER MIDDLE EAST NEWS
3. SELECT DOMESTIC CRITIQUES OF US FOREIGN POLICY
4. DOMESTIC GADFLIES OF AMERICAN JOURNALISM
Added links from SmSys