U.S. Policy Sows Conflict Across the Middle East and North Africa
The U.N. has warned of "total chaos" in Libya; the U.S.-backed regime in Egypt continues a crackdown on political opponents; and Iraq is coming off its deadliest month in years -- all while the rise of the Islamic State continues there and in Syria. "Democracy Now!" surveys the wreckage in these places and others with Vijay Prashad.The U.N. has warned of “total chaos” in Libya; the U.S.-backed regime in Egypt continues a crackdown on political opponents; and Iraq is coming off its deadliest month in years — all while the rise of the Islamic State continues there and in Syria. “Democracy Now!” surveys the wreckage in these places and others with Vijay Prashad, professor of international studies at Trinity College.
Prashad is the author of several books, including “Arab Spring, Libyan Winter” and, most recently, “The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South.” His new article for The Hindu is called “The Architects of West Asia’s Chaos.”
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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