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Hamas has long been Israel's enemy, but in the wake of the Arab Spring, the group is empowered like never before.

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What is the Obama Doctrine? It seems to be one of disengagement, to try to ignore the hot, religious, dry, poor countries from Algeria to Pakistan.

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Any information about U.S. special operations forces is highly sensitive.

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Some Iraqi troops aren't willing to fight for their government. But many Shiites appear willing to fight for their religious leaders.

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The United States encouraged Iraqis to rise up after Saddam Hussein's army was driven out of Kuwait. Washington assumed Saddam was weak after losing the 1991 Gulf War. Iraqis rose up, but Saddam's troops killed thousands - Iraqis say tens of thousands - in a counter-offensive.

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If Syria collapses completely, the United States and the world would have to consider who, and what, fills the vacuum.

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Ethnically, Tuareg describe themselves as white. And they don't look Arab or black. Many Tuareg have light skin, light eyes and sharp angular noses and cheekbones. They are cousins of the Berbers of North Africa. Some legends say the Tuareg are the decedents of an ancient Roman legion that disappeared into the desert two millennia ago.

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Shaped like Texas, but twice as big, Mali is one of the poorest countries in the world. It exports almost nothing - mostly just cotton, gold and livestock - and doesn't have enough money to import much of anything, either.

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Mali exists mostly to itself. Few people go there. Few Malians leave. Most of Mali's 13 million people live, and seem to live quite happily, off the rice, corn and millet they grow and the long-horn cattle and goats they keep.

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The Sahara is Africa's great divide.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: September 16th, 1973

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