| August 11, 2006 |
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The Middle East Buddy List
Making  sense of the Middle East has always been tough, but never more so than in the last month. Israel and the Shiite group Hezbollah are locked in a dance of death, with Lebanese civilians caught in between and taking the brunt of the blows. Throw Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Iran, and the United States into the mix, and you can't tell the players without a scorecard. That's why Slate has provided this simple schematic to help identify which parties are making nice with each other and which aren't. Hezbollah and Hamas? "Friends." Hezbollah and and Iraq? "It's complicated." The chart provides a quick way to separate friends from foes, with a short history of each relationship. If only defusing the crisis were as easy... (in Middle East) |
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