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Terence Smith discusses what lies ahead for the "road map" with Martin Indyk and William Quandt. Full Episode. Sunday, Jun 30. ... Iraq: Reading the Road Map Sep 8, 2003 12:00 AM EDT. Leave your ...
The Woman Who Put Iraq on the Map. Gertrude Bell, Resting in Relative Peace. March 4, ... Faisal, as Iraq's king in a rigged plebiscite with a Hussein-style, 96 percent yes vote.
The US has around 70,000 troops stationed in the Middle East, and Iran has also threatened to hit Israel and Dubai in a ...
1970s-era U.S. spy satellite imagery has led archeologists to what they believe is the site of a seventh-century battle that was decisive in the spread of Islam in the region.
The United States has maintained a military presence in the Middle East for decades, currently stationing between 40,000 and ...
NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water ...
With spring 2003 marking the 20-year anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, a FRONTLINE documentary chronicles one of the Iraq War’s defining episodes through the eyes of people who were ...