This page is a narrow-focus warblog.  In fact, it's a blog of a war that is only verbal, so far.  The content consists primarily of pronouncements by various government officials in the US, Syria and around the world, as well as analysis and commentary from media outlets.  
 
 
Sources (non-exhaustive)
AFP
 -- France 
Al Bawaba
 -- Jordon, UK 
Al Jazeera
-- Qatar 
Arab News
 -- Saudi Arabia 
Arabic News
 
Asia Times
-- Hong Kong 
Associated Press (AP)
 -- USA 
BBC
 -- UK 
CNN
 -- USA 
The Daily Star
 -- Lebanon 
Financial Times
 -- UK 
Forward
 -- USA 
The Guardian
 -- UK 
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The Observer
 
Google News
 
Ha'aretz
 -- Israel 
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Ha'aretz vs. haaretz.com 
The Hindu
-- India 
IRNA
 -- Iran 
IslamOnline -- Qatar 
Maariv -- now in English
 -- Israel 
Monday Morning -- Lebanon 
New York Post
 -- USA 
New York Times
 -- USA 
Reuters
 -- UK 
Scoop
 -- New Zealand 
United Press International (UPI)
 -- USA 
US DoD 
Defense Link
 
US Dept. of State
Int'l Information Programs
 
US White House, Press Briefing Archive 
Washington Post
Cast of Characters
Syria 
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CIA 
Factbook
 
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Global Security,  
Syria Special Weapons News Archive
 
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BBC, 
profile 
Bashar al-Assad, President
 
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BBC, 
profile 
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Slate, profile
 
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Arabic News, 
biography
 
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Forward, 
profile 
Farouk al-Shara, Foreign Minister 
Imad Moustapha, Deputy Syrian Ambassador to the US 
 
 
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Boston Globe, profile 
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personal page?
 
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Greta's Fox News show, 
photo
  
 
USA
 
George W. Bush
 
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US White House, 
biography
 
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A&E, 
biography
 
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Iraqi News, 
biography
 
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Realchange.org, 
Skeletons
 
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awolbush.com
 
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bushwatch.com
 
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whitehouse.org, 
biography, may contain satire 
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bartcop, 
profile of Bush's military career 
Ari Fleischer, Press Secretary
 
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A & E, 
biography
 
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The New Republic, profile
 
Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense
 
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US DoD, biography
 
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Wikipedia, biography 
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ABC News, 
profile
 
Colin Powell, Secretary of State
 
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US White House, 
biography
 
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Behind Colin Powell's Legend
 
Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense
 
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US DoD, 
biography
 
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US DoD, 
transcripts
 
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 
biography
 
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Slate, 
profile 
 
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Foreign Policy in Focus, 
track record in Asia
 
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The Australian, 
profile
 
Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor
 
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US White House, 
biography
 
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Hoover Institution, 
profile
 
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BBC, 
profile
 
John R. Bolton, Under Secretary of State, Arms Control and International Security
 
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US Dept. of State, 
biography
 
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Foreign Policy in Focus, 
profile
 
Douglas Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy
 
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US DoD, biography 
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Middle East Infromation Center, profile 
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, biography
 
Richard Perle, Defense Advisory Board
 
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AEI, 
biography
 
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Center for Cooperative Research, biography -- scroll down 
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Slate, 
profile
 
Richard Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State  
 
NGOs
 
AEI
 
AIPAC
 
PNAC
 
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PNAC's 
website
 
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pnac.info 
 
UK
 
Tony Blair, Prime Minister
 
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10 Downing St., 
biography
 
Jack Straw, Foreign Minister
 
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10 Downing St., 
biography
 
 
 
Israel
 
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister
 
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Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 
biography
 
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Electronic Intifada, 
biography 
 
Shaul Mofaz, Defense Minister
 
Silvan Shalom, Foreign Minister 
 
Dov Weisglass, Sharon's chief of staff
 
Ephriam Halevy, National Security Adviser 
 
 
Palestine
 
Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) 
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Middle East Information Center, 
profile 
Hamas 
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UPI, background on Hamas/Israel connection 
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Terrorism Research Center, profile 
 
Lebanon
 
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CIA, 
profile 
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Dept. of State, 
profile
 
Emile Lahoud, President 
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Lebanese Embassy to the US, 
biography 
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 
profile 
Rafiq Hariri, Prime Minister 
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Lebanese Embassy to the US, 
biography 
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BBC, 
profile 
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The Estimate
profile 
Nabih Berri, Speaker of the Parliament  
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Lebanese Embassy to the US, 
biography 
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Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, 
biography 
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Encyclopedia of the Orient, 
biography 
Jean Obeid, Foreign Minister 
Hizbullah 
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Hizbullah's 
website 
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US Dept. of State, profile
 
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Momkey Media Report, 
Hezbollah links
 
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Yellow Times 
The History of Hizbullah
 
 
Multi-national Organizations
 
United Nations 
European Union 
Gulf Cooperation Council
 
Arab League
 
 
Reciprocity
::: wood s lot ::: 
Providence Journal 
random walks 
blogs against war 
The Memory Hole 
 
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