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Nader R. Hasan
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Israeli Retaliation Could Light Mideast Fuse
To the editors: In its editorial, “Israel’s Inalienable Right” ( Editorial, Sept. 25 ), the Crimson staff is right on
Our Hearts of Darkness
What would we do if Europe was in ruins? Imagine, for a moment, that anarchy reigned in central Europe and
What Massacre?
How does a massacre in the most-watched part of the world go unnoticed? Amazing what you can do when you
Working With Warlords
Pop Quiz: Who is the leader of Afghanistan? If you said, “Hamid Karzai,” you are wrong. Although Karzai enjoys the
The Iraqi-Palestinian Link
Items number one and two on Saddam Hussein’s to-do list: write ‘thank you’ letters to Hamas and Ariel Sharon. Had
Patriotism and its Discontents
A lengthy e-mail from an avid Crimson reader disrupted an otherwise pleasant Wednesday morning: “Tell you what, Hasan,” it began,
Cambridge Occupied
Last Thursday, I watched an Israeli soldier harass a Palestinian woman as she struggled desperately to cross a “checkpoint” to
Letter to Sharon
To: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon From: F.W. de Klerk, former President of South Africa (1989-1994) Dear Ariel, You may not
After Arafat and Sharon
As the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reached new levels of barbarism this past week, nobody was talking about a peace agreement. The
Rethinking Phase Two
“Afghanistan is just the beginning of the war against terror,” declared a resolute George W. Bush on Nov. 21. Now
Paved With Good Intentions
In war, what distinguishes the good guys from the bad? The bad guys take aim at the innocent and the
Bringing Hate to Harvard
For those of you accustomed to seeing the term “ethnic cleansing” in articles about far-away places, this might come as
The Media War
On the eve of the one-month anniversary of the World Trade Center attack, CNN.com ran a front-page headline that read,
What We Should Have Done
As America moves from shock, to grief, to revenge, there is an ever-increasing onus on our leaders and experts to
The Victims, Then and Now
Last Tuesday, I did not want to think about the political aftermath of the World Trade Center bombings. It was
