Patrick Cockburn

Charts cleric, militia leader and fiercely anti-American politician Muqtada al-Sadr's rise to power, his links with Hizbullah and the Iranians; and his confrontation with the American and British military. Meer

Looks at the forces shaping modern Soviet society, explains why Western expectations were so far off, and describes how past events have led to these changes. Meer

The essential "on the ground" report on the fastest growing new threat in the Middle East Meer

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