Al-Ahram Weekly Online   12 - 18 July 2007
Issue No. 853
Region
 
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Fayyad's precarious government
The new Palestinian government appears to be treading on very thin ice, reports Khaled Amayreh from Ramallah
Hamas versus Al-Qaeda
To compare Hamas with Al-Qaeda is both illogical and baseless, writes Saleh Al-Naami from Gaza
Awkward bedfellows
Are we learning the wrong lessons from the Somali crisis, asks Gamal Nkrumah
Resounding failure
The painful analysis of the failures of the Lebanon war has resulted in a more militaristic Israeli society, writes Saleh Al-Naami
Dysfunctional government
Former allies of Al-Maliki's government are now turning into some of its harshest critics, writes Nermeen Al-Mufti in Baghdad
The pressure mounts
With only two months left for a crucial reassessment of its strategy on Iraq, the Bush administration has no major deal to its credit, writes Salah Hemeid
Out with the old, in with the new
The older more "moderate" generation of Al-Qaeda activists is being replaced by a younger generation of zealots, reports Nasser Arrabyee from Sanaa

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