And Then All Hell Broke Loose: Two Decades in the Middle East (30 page)

ransoms and,
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Kooistra, John,
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–76,
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Koran,
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Saddam and,
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Kufa,
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Kurds,
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Kuwait,
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–5,
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,
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ISIS in,
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–201

Laos,
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Lebanon,
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–26,
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,
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,
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Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp in,
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–38

Bint Jbeil,
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civil war in,
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Engel in,
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–11,
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Hezbollah in,
see
Hezbollah

Israel’s cease-fire with,
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–25

Israel’s war with,
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–26,
127
–28

map of,
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Maroun al-Ras,
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,
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Nabataea,
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Qana,
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–23

Tripoli,
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Tyre,
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Lebanon War (1982),
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Libya,
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–69,
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Ajdabiya,
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Benghazi,
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–66,
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Engel in,
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–68,
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map of,
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Misrata,
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–66

NATO airstrikes in,
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–67,
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Sirte,
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Tobruk,
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Tripoli,
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–68

Zawiya,
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Zintan,
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–66

Lighthouse,
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–40

Likud Party,
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Livni, Tzipi,
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Lockerbie, flight over,
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Luxor, attack in,
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Ma’arrat Misrin,
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Madaen,
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Mahdi Army,
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Manama,
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maps:

Iraq,
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Lebanon,
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Libya,
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Middle East,
25

Ottoman Empire,
24

Syria,
170

West Bank,
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Marines,
135

Maroun al-Ras,
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,
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Marrakech,
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,
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,
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Mashhur, Mustafa,
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–18

Mecca,
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–42

Medina,
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–42

Meet the Press,
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–23

Mehmed II,
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Mesopotamia,
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Middle East,
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–19

democracy in,
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–29,
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Europeans’ creation of borders in,
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history and,
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instability in,
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journalists in,
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–15

leaders in,
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–9,
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,
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–10

nation-state system and,
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oil in,
see
oil

map of,
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refugees from,
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–14

US policy in,
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Middle East Times,
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–22,
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Misrata,
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–66

Mohammed (hacker),
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Mohammed (ISIS victim),
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–5

Mohammed (Prophet),
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,
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cartoons of,
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Moldova,
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Mongol invasions,
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–31,
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Moon, Sun Myung,
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Morocco,
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Morsi, Mohammed,
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Mosul,
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–94,
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Mu’awiyya,
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Mubarak, Gamal,
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Mubarak, Hosni,
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–55,
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–67,
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Obama and,
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,
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mujahideen,
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,
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,
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see also
jihadists

Mujahir, Abdullah al-,
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–35

Munir Hadad,
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–38

Muslim Brotherhood,
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Engel and,
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logo and slogan of,
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Muslims,
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Crusades and,
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–35,
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fundamentalists and extremists,
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golden age of,
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jihadists,
see
jihadists

Mongol invasions and,
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nation-state system and,
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,
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,
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Ottomans and,
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pirates,
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reformers,
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Salafi,
see
Salafi Muslims

Shia,
see
Shia Muslims

Sunni,
see
Sunni Muslims

see also
Islam

Mustafa,
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,
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Nabataea,
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Nablus,
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Nachlaot,
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Nafusa Mountains,
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–66

Najaf,
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–93

Napoleon I, Emperor,
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Nasrallah, Hassan,
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–19

Nasser, Gamal Abdel,
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National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC),
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National Intelligence,
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National Security Council,
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NATO,
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–67,
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,
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,
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NBC,
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Engel at,
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Engel as Beirut bureau chief at,
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–28,
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and kidnapping of Engel and crew,
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–89

Meet the Press,
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Nightly News,
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,
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Syria and,
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Today,
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Netanya,
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New York,
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New York Times,
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Nightline,
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Nightly News,
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Nile River,
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9/11 attacks,
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Noble Sanctuary (Al-Aqsa),
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North Korea,
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nuclear power,
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Iran and,
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Nusra Front,
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Obama, Barack,
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–9,
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Assad and,
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Bahrain and,
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,
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Benghazi and,
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bin Laden and,
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Mubarak and,
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,
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Syria and,
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–83

Obama Doctrine,
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–56

oil,
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–7,
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,
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,
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in Saudi Arabia,
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–42,
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Olmert, Ehud,
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,
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Operation Defensive Shield,
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Operation Jawbreaker,
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Operation Southern Focus,
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Operation Tailwind,
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Oslo II Accord,
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–54

Ottoman Empire,
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,
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–35,
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,
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,
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European powers’ division of,
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,
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,
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,
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–35,
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map of,
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Wahhabi movement and,
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–40

Ottoman Wahhabi War,
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Otyan, Turki al-,
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Pakistan,
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,
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,
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,
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Palestine, Palestinians,
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,
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–53,
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in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp,
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–38

Britain and,
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Engel as Palestinian-affairs correspondent,
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–53,
58
,
63

Gaza,
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,
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–14,
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,
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,
214

Hamas,
see
Hamas

Israeli conflict with,
see
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Jews and,
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,
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in Lebanon War,
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prisoners,
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PR operations of,
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Palestine Hotel,
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,
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–81,
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–85

Palestinian Authority,
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Palmyra,
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–200

Parthenon,
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Pashtuns,
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Pearl Square,
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Pentaki, Efi,
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Peretz, Amir,
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Persian Gulf,
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Petra,
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Phalanges,
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Philippines,
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pirates,
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Power, Samantha,
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Press TV,
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Prussia,
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Public Radio International,
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Putin, Vladimir,
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Qalandia,
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Qalqilya,
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Qamishli,
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Qana,
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–23

Qatar,
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–5,
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,
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Queen Boat,
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Rahman, Abu Abdul (Aarqawi’s deputy),
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,
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Rahman, Abu Abdul (Tunisian man),
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–6

Ramadan,
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Ramadi,
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,
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,
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Ramallah,
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,
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,
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Raqqa,
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Redd, John Scott,
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–47

Republican Guards,
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,
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Rezgui, Seifeddine,
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Rixos Hotel,
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Robertson, Nic,
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Roman Catholic Church,
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Rommel, Erwin,
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rubber bullets,
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,
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–59