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The Arabs, the Jews and American History
Support for Israel and the urge to transform the Muslim Middle East go back to the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers. We hear how current American policies and actions have been shaped by the past, and what history suggests about future US involvement in a troubled region. Plus, the latest intelligence report on Iraq and, on Reporter's Notebook, the UN's toughest warning yet about global warming and rewards offered for poking holes in the report.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenSupport for Israel and the urge to transform the Muslim Middle East go back to the Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers. We hear how current American policies and actions have been shaped by the past, and what history suggests about future US involvement in a troubled region. Plus, the latest intelligence report on Iraq and, on Reporter's Notebook, the UN's toughest warning yet about global warming and rewards offered for poking holes in the report.
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3 storiesIntelligence Report Warns that Iraq Is at Risk of Further Strife
Sixteen US spy agencies have produced the latest National Security Estimate, or NIE, on Iraq. A two-page unclassified summary was released today in the midst of debate in Congress over the President's New Way Forward . Its predictions are not optimistic. Dafna Linzer reports on national security for the Washington Post .
Read the story6 minPower, Faith and Fantasy in the Middle East
It's easy to think that George W. Bush is the first president to believe that America should have a role in transforming the Muslim Middle East or that 60 years ago Harry S Truman was original in making the establishment of a Jewish state an American objective. But the roots of those actions are as old as the US itself.
Read the story34 minNew UN Report Calls Global Warming Unstoppable
The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reviews the most recent studies of retreating ice, rising seas and warming temperatures, and reports on supercomputer simulations of what might happen next. Three days of wrangling by teams from more than 100 countries has produce a 20-page summary and the most urgent warning ever. It says…
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