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100			_aZaki Chehab _910793
245			_aInside the Resistance: The Iraqi Insurgency and the Future of the Middle East
260			_aNew York _bNation Books _c2005
300			_ax,277 p. _bHB _c21x14 cm.
520			_aWhen members of the Iraqi resistance first told their story to the world, they told it to Zaki Chehab, a celebrated Middle East journalist. In Inside the Resistance, Chehab is able to show how the resistance fighters really view the elections, the Iranians, Saddam Hussein, Al Qaeda, and their new American occupiers. Alternating between the perspectives of a local insider and an international observer, he takes us through the critical moments in post-occupation Iraq, such as the bombing of the UN headquarters, the Najaf uprising, and the battle for Fallujah. Chehab maps out the regional networks of arms, soldiers, and ideology feeding into Iraq. He offers a startling portrait of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, based on interviews with his closest comrades, and provides astonishing behind-the-scenes snapshots of many of the key players in post-Saddam Iraq, including Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani, former interim prime minister Iyad Allawi, and the mercurial and always controversial Ahmed Chalabi, a political chameleon who, Chehab says, would give "Machiavelli a run for his pasta." This book makes clear that no one is better placed than Chehab to explain the intricacies of the battle for Iraq and convey the reality of life on the front line
650			_aMiddle East History _910794
650			_aForeign Fighters _910795
650			_aPalestinian Connection _910796
700			_aCHEHAB (Zaki) _910797
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