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Discusses the U.S. failures in Afghanistan. Events that happened in Afghanistan since 1977; Description of the destruction in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan; Efforts of the U.S. to perform the dual task of hunting down the Taliban and persuading the population to support the U.S. forces; Complaints received by the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission from Afghans.

Focuses on issues related to the incidence of piracy in several countries. Account from Mohieddin Ahmed Farooq about the pirate attacks aboard the Singapore merchant ship Petro Ranger on April 17, 1998; Total value of the Petro Ranger ship; Statistics of piracy incidence as of December 18, 2003, according to the International Maritime Bureau; Countries with Islamist movements that are vulnerable to piracy; Issues related to political violence at sea.

Describes the social, economic and political conditions of Syria in 2003. Information on the country's government; Ties of the Syrian government to the ousted government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein; Border dispute of Syria with Israel and Turkey; Threat of made by the U.S. on Syria over allegations that the country is harboring some government officials of Iraq who entered the country when U.S. troops invade Iraq; Information on the history of Syria; Presence of Iranian terrorist groups in Syria;

Examines the U.S. handling of the post-war situation in Iraq. Reason of Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmed Chalabi for refusing to take a seat in any interim administration of native notables; Violations of some tribes.

Focuses on the U.S.-led war against Iraq in 2003. Description of how Iraqi and other Arab television channels portray Iraqi citizens resisting the invader; Group of Iraqis who seem still to trust the U.S.

Discusses the history of regime change in the Persian Gulf. Views on the Turkish war; Anglo-Turkish alliance against Russia from 1853 to 1856; Difficulty in managing Iraq's affairs; Attempt of Iraq to pre-empt United Nations support for a U.S. invasion.

Deals with the demonstrations made by Palestinian Arabs in Bethlehem to protest Israel's blockade of their towns. Limitations posed by checkpoints to Palestinians; Steps taken by Israeli troops against the demonstrations; Shortcomings of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a previous letter to the editor regarding Hizbullah secretary-general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in the October 19, 2006 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented in response to a letter to the editor that appeared in the September 7, 2006 issue.

A letter to the editor is presented requesting information from U.S. people who have lived in Paris, France between 1940 and 1944.

Presents a correction to an article about the president of the Mahabad Republic in 1946 that was published in the December 16, 2004 issue of "London Reviews of Book."

Presents an article about reporting the war in Iraq. Description of the ethnic relations in the country; Situations of the traffic flow in the streets of northern Iraq; Housing condition of journalists who came to the country to report the war.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues of the periodical 'London Review of Books.' Reference sources on Armageddon; Legend of football player Billy Liddell; Review of Richard Lindley's book 'Panorama.'