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The Cold War in the Arab (now Arab/Muslim) world has been going on since the early 1950s
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Submitted by Dr. Steven Carol (United States), Jun 16, 2009 at 19:11

It is encouraging to see the explanation of Dr. Pipes re a Middle East Cold War. More accurately it is a continuation of an Arab Cold War (modified by the late 20th century) into an Arab/Muslim Cold War. The rival groups have varied in different periods, as my chart below indicates.

DIVISIONS IN THE ARAB WORLD: © 1975. Eighth Revision 2009. Dr. S. Carol. All Rights Reserved

PRIOR TO 1958

PRO-HASHEMITE ? ANTI-HASHEMITE

IRAQ SYRIA EGYPT

JORDAN LEBANON SAUDI ARABIA

1958-1973

"PROGRESSIVE"

"CONSERVATIVE"

EGYPT

JORDAN

SYRIA

SAUDI ARABIA

IRAQ

LEBANON

YEMEN (after 1962)

KUWAIT

ALGERIA

MOROCCO

SUDAN

TUNISIA

LIBYA (after 1969)

BAHRAIN

P.D.R. YEMEN

QATAR

OMAN

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

1974-1993

"MODERATES"

?

"REJECTIONIST FRONT"

EGYPT

JORDAN

IRAQ

SUDAN

SAUDI ARABIA

LIBYA

OMAN

YEMEN

ALGERIA

MOROCCO

LEBANON

SYRIA

TUNISIA

KUWAIT

P.D.R. YEMEN

BAHRAIN

PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION

QATAR

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

(continued…)

.

1993-2003

"MODERATES"

"RADICALS" & ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS

ALGERIA

IRAQ

BAHRAIN

LEBANON

EGYPT

LIBYA

JORDAN

SUDAN

KUWAIT

SYRIA

MOROCCO

IRAN *

OMAN

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

QATAR

SAUDI ARABIA

TUNISIA

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

YEMEN

* While not an Arab state, Iran, since 1979, was an Islamic fundamentalist state and a supporter of this camp.

2003 –

"MODERATES"

?

"RADICALS" & ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISTS

ALGERIA

IRAQ

GAZA (Hamas-dominated since 2006)

BAHRAIN

LIBYA

IRAN *

EGYPT

LEBANON (Hezbollah- dominated since 2006)

JORDAN

OMAN

KUWAIT

QATAR

MOROCCO

SOMALIA

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

SUDAN

SAUDI ARABIA

SYRIA

TUNISIA

TURKEY ©

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

YEMEN

©While not an Arab state, Turkey since 2003 has sided with Iran on many international issues, opposed Israel, and protested various NATO moves.

Dr. Steve Carol

Prof. of History (retired)

Associate Producer & Official Historian -

Middle East Radio Forum

Middle East consultant -

Salem Radio Network News

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Middle East Cold War [44 words]elleJul 3, 2009 09:25
CYBER TERRORISM CONVERGENCE ® [957 words]HEDI ENGHELBERGJun 26, 2009 14:19
Explanation, please
[w/response] [68 words]		Saul RapkinJun 22, 2009 11:16
Several analyses of this cold war [67 words]Steve LieblichJun 19, 2009 18:04
Here is a question: [30 words]PavaJun 18, 2009 21:14
↔ Shizophrenics point of view... [111 words]PavaJun 19, 2009 20:35
Russia and China [43 words]FredJun 18, 2009 09:40
↔ Imperial Russia and the former Dynastic Empires of China [95 words]M. ToveyJun 19, 2009 13:03
↔ Apocryphal mess [97 words]UgriJun 20, 2009 03:04
↔ Geo Politics [20 words]elleJul 3, 2009 09:28
Khrushchev's cold war returns with Jimmy Carter's M.E. Legacy: Habitat for Hamas: 'We will bury you.' [76 words]Jo Ellen Davey CohenJun 17, 2009 15:12
The Middle Eastern Cold War- Is leading to a Perfect Storm. [114 words]AnneJun 17, 2009 08:19
↔ Leave the Bible and Koran out of it [129 words]thebassguyJun 18, 2009 15:12
↔ Obama is sympathetic to the musliim world. Read the Audacity of Hope. [652 words]AnneJun 18, 2009 22:37
↔ Argue All One Wants Against the Holy Bible - It Governs Everything To Do About Israel [99 words]M. ToveyJun 19, 2009 12:52
↔ I Agree with you, thebassguy, on Bible and Koran. However, the rest of your message is a complete misunderstanding. [240 words]RayJun 20, 2009 19:01
the world's most unstable region???
[w/response] [146 words]		Yuval Brandstetter MDJun 17, 2009 04:38
⇒ The Cold War in the Arab (now Arab/Muslim) world has been going on since the early 1950s [282 words]Dr. Steven CarolJun 16, 2009 19:11
Plus ca change... [52 words]Alana RonaldJun 16, 2009 19:11
Israel Does Not Have Cold War Status in Middle Eastern Crisis - Not While On Receiving End of Rocket and Other Attacks [442 words]M. ToveyJun 16, 2009 17:53
So, where support will be found? [221 words]YnnatchkahJun 16, 2009 17:34
↔ Where? Where It Has Always Been - In the WORD of the LORD [522 words]M. ToveyJun 23, 2009 15:15
↔ Love your writings, Tovey. [10 words]YnnatchkahJun 24, 2009 04:00
If Obama was a man with a vision. [326 words]batya daganJun 16, 2009 16:45
↔ Never will Muslims forgive Jews for rejecting Muhammad [253 words]elleJun 17, 2009 13:07
↔ Re: If Obama was a man with a vision [91 words]PavaJun 17, 2009 20:38
↔ A lot of anti- Semitism in Obama's education. [86 words]batya daganJun 18, 2009 00:48
↔ Obama turned out to be weak in spirit. [103 words]batya daganJun 18, 2009 01:00
↔ question? [26 words]PavaJun 18, 2009 19:48
↔ Answer to "question". [218 words]batya daganJun 18, 2009 22:22
↔ WAR religions and EAR religions [208 words]G.VishvasJun 19, 2009 12:21
↔ the source [401 words]the Grand Infidel of KaffiristanJun 19, 2009 22:05
↔ Never will Muslims fogive Jews for leaving them in the dust [187 words]RayJun 21, 2009 01:46
↔ To G. Vishvas [24 words]Straight_Talk_LuigiJun 21, 2009 13:30
↔ The Futility of Warring Religiosity [366 words]M. ToveyJun 22, 2009 19:50
↔ Jesus and WAR religions [113 words]G. VishvasJun 23, 2009 12:04
↔ Biblical Christianity Necessary to Eliminate Confusion About Jesus Christ and Religions [324 words]M. ToveyJun 23, 2009 19:44
↔ about truth and Truth [111 words]G.VishvasJun 25, 2009 12:09
↔ is god good-natured? [53 words]G.VishvasJun 25, 2009 12:21
↔ Jesus Christ is the Truth - All Other 'truth' Rests on that Fact. [370 words]M. ToveyJun 25, 2009 18:53
↔ Disbelief is not always a result of arrogance or pride. [166 words]G.VishvasJun 27, 2009 05:55
↔ Belief in Jesus Christ is the Basis of Every True Christian's Explanation [1010 words]M. ToveyJun 29, 2009 13:28
↔ Almighty God IS Divinely Natured - Holy and Righteous [370 words]M. ToveyJun 30, 2009 12:10
Cold war, hot air [169 words]Rebecca MouldsJun 16, 2009 16:43

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