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LEBANON
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Dossier: Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir
The patriarch of Lebanon's Maronite Church has abandoned the campaign against Syria's occupation he spearheaded two years ago, a dramatic turnabout influenced by pressures from the Vatican, inter-Christian political dynamics, and skillful Syrian diplomacy.
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Gary C. Gambill
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Intelligence Briefs
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SYRIA
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Confronting Syrian Support for Terrorist Groups
The United States is demanding that Syrian President Bashar Assad not only suspend his regime's sponsorship of terrorist group, but get out of the terror business altogether.
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Matthew A. Levitt
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IRAQ
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Interview: Hamid al-Bayati
A leader of Iraq's leading Shiite political movement talks with MEIB about Iraq's future.
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Mahan Abedin
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REGION
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Democratization of Capital in the Arab World
The Arab world is poor because authoritarian governments in the region fear the political ramifications of unrestricted access to capital.
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Ziad K. Abdelnour
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Al-Qaeda Strikes at the Kingdom
The nearly simultaneous bombings of three expatriate housing compounds in eastern Riyadh may signify an escalation of al-Qaeda's terror campaign from targeting American interests to targeting the Saudi royal family.
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Richard Sale
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