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cover1_Cover1 10/26/11 6:31 PM Page 1 NEOCONSNEOCONS BLAMEBLAME OBAMAOBAMA FORFOR IRAQIRAQ DISASTERDISASTER upa_ad_c2_UPA C2 DECEMBER 2011 10/24/11 11:19 AM Page c2 United Palestinian Appeal DO THESE PALESTINIAN CHILDREN DESERVE A CHANCE TO SUCCEED? Education is a universal human right. United Palestinian Appeal (UPA) works with its partner organizations to ensure that, despite ongoing challenges of life under occupation, the most vulnerable Palestinians are not deprived of this right. rough a grant from UPA, the Spaord Children’s Center in the Old City of Jerusalem provides special education and psychological support for children suering from post-traumatic stress disorder, speech impediments, and learning disabilities. Your support helps Palestinians in need. Visit helpupa.org today to donate online. /FX)BNQTIJSF"WF/8t4VJUFt8BTIJOHUPO %$t8FCTJUFIFMQVQBPSHtDPOUBDU!IFMQVQBPSH 5FM t645PMM'SFF t'BY United Palestinian Appeal, Inc., is a registered 501(c)(3) non-prot organization. Contributions are tax-deductible according to applicable laws. toc_3-4_December 2011 TOC 10/27/11 1:26 PM Page 3 On Middle East Affairs Volume XXX, No. 9 December 2011 Telling the Truth for 29 Years… Interpreting the Middle East for North Americans I Interpreting North America for the Middle East THE U.S. ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION OF PALESTINE 8 Obama’s Speech to the U.N.: In Distorting the Facts 24 Afghanistan: Ten Years of Aimless War He Revealed the Truth—Rachelle Marshall —Eric S. Margolis 12 28 Years: One Palestinian Prisoner’s Story 25 What Lay Behind the Libya Intervention? —Mohammed Omer —William Pfaff 26 The Assassination of Anwar Al-Awlaki—Two Views 13 Inside the Mideast Prisoner Swap—Ali Abunimah —Patrick Seale, Rep. Ron Paul 14 “Price Tag” or Pogrom? West Bank Settlers Now 28 Republican Frontrunner Mitt Romney Touts Running Amok in Israel as Well—Jonathan Cook Neoconservative Foreign Policy—Jim Lobe 17 Washington Impaling Itself on the Horns of a 30 Congress Echoes Israel’s Near Hysteria Over Diplomatic Dilemma—Ian Williams Palestinians’ U.N. Bid—Shirl McArthur 19 Neocons Blame Obama for Iraq Disaster 38 Go Palestine: An Extraordinary Summer Camp —Robert Parry Behind the Wall—Ramsey Langley 20 How Plausible Is the Alleged Iranian “Terror Plot”?—Two Views —Gareth Porter, Patrick Seale SPECIAL REPORTS 32 The Sins of Liam Fox—Justin Raimondo 34 The Political Uses of Islamophobia in Europe —John Gee 40 Canadian War-Crimes Profiteering—Sean F. McMahon STAFF PHOTO DELINDA HANLEY DELINDA PHOTO STAFF Nearly three weeks after demonstrators gathered to mark the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan on Oct. 6, anti-war protesters determined to “dismantle the war machine” remain camped out at Freedom Plaza in downtown Washington, DC, Oct. 25, 2011. ON THE COVER: An armed Jewish settler from the illegal West Bank settlement of Elon More mans a barrier on a main road near Nablus which Palestinians are allowed to cross only at specific hours to reach their olive groves just outside the village of Salem and harvest their crop. JAAFAR ASHTIYEH/AFP/GETTY IMAGES toc_3-4_December 2011 TOC 10/27/11 12:17 PM Page 4 (A Supplement to the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs available by sub- scription at $15 per year. To subscribe, call toll-free 1-800-368-5788, and press 1. For other options, see page OV-3 in this issue.) Other Voices Compiled by Janet McMahon The “Terrorist” Who Couldn’t Think Straight, Gilad Atzmon on Jewish Identity Politics, Justin Raimondo, www.antiwar.com OV-1 Kathleen Christison, www.counterpunch.com OV-10 Why I Published U.S. Intelligence Secrets Ruling for Yoram Kaniuk Hailed as Major About Israel’s Anti-Iran Campaign, Victory for Separation of State and Richard Silverstein, www.truthout.org OV-3 Religion, Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz OV-12 The Never-ending Terror Threat, A Mixture of Feelings as Prisoners Near Ivan Eland, www.consortiumnews.com OV-6 Freedom, Shahd Abusalama, www.palestinefrommyeyes.blogspot.com OV-12 Why the Drone Wars Threaten Us All, Conn Hallinan, Tunisia: Social Media Lifts the Silence, www.dispatchesfromtheedgeblog.wordpress.com OV-7 Simba Russeau, IPS-Inter Press Service OV-13 Last Week at the U.N., Israel Lost America, Who Murdered My Old Friend Prof. Rabbani?, Larry Derfner, www.972mag.com OV-8 Eric S. 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