September 11, 2007
Six Years After 9/11
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By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
BEIRUT -- This week’s sixth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States sees the top American military and diplomatic officials in Iraq speaking to the US Congress about American strategy in Iraq. The juxtaposition is noteworthy: Six years ago, a small band of Al-Qaeda militants attacked the United States and killed some 3000 people. Today, an army of over 160,000 American troops wages a war in Iraq that has seen tens of thousands of people killed since 2003. Neither policy makes much sense to anyone in the world, other than to those fanatics on both sides who decided to pursue these actions.
September 8, 2007
Power and Sanctions or Law and Life?
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By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
The United Nations should thoroughly review its optimum role in a transforming world, because its existing contradictory policies risk damaging its credibility and efficacy for years to come.
September 4, 2007
The Law Applies to All, or only Some?
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By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Rami Khouri reflects on the British withdrawal from Basra and Bush's simultaneous photo-op visit. The day's events, and especially Bush's deceitful words in Iraq, provoke the question of UK and US accountability for the militarism, death, and destruction they foment throughout the world.
