Kosovo
by Ignacio Ramonet

GLOBAL JIHAD SPLITS INTO WARS BETWEEN MUSLIMS
Al-Qaida: the unwanted guests
by Syed Saleem Shahzad
As the arc of chaos grows from Afghanistan to Somalia by way of the Middle East, the region's states are growing weaker and their armed groups gaining in power. But in this battle for competing visions between the US and al-Qaida, the Sunni resistance is now opposing al-Qaida in Iraq, as are theTaliban in Afghanistan.
    

Takfirism: a messianic ideology
by Syed Saleem Shahzad    

A new enemy, the Shiaby Alain Gresh

BEHIND THE FATAH-HAMAS CONFRONTATION
Palestine wrecked
by Alain Gresh
The United States and Europe have unblocked aid to the Palestinian Authority after the eviction of Hamas. But since the Oslo peace process ground to a halt, the key question remains. Is Israel prepared to withdraw from the territory it occupied in 1967 and allow the creation of an independent Palestinian state? There seems little ground for optimism.

Gaza: chaos foretold
by Ramzy Baroud
The fragmentation of the Palestinian national identity is rooted in the failure of Oslo and in Israel's divide and rule tactics in the West Bank and Gaza.

New rights
by Maurice Lemoine
   

Facts and figures     

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