Five myths about U.S.-Saudi relations.

How come I did not find this until today?

With over 30 years of first-hand experience covering conflicts in the region, Robert Fisk is one of the most experienced foreign correspondent in the Middle East. He avoids using the word terrorism, because he thinks it “is the key to justifying US foreign policy.”

Slate has a good interactive feature on who hates who in the Middle East. Also, here is the Lebanese/Israeli Coffin Counter.

Redrawing the Middle East map: the Armed Forces Journal, under the title Blood Borders, explains how the U.S. could make the region looks better (before, after). This looks scary, but do you think it is realistic?

Reuters on Shams: “The appearance of Saudi Arabia’s first tabloid last December has been seen as another sign of slow, but inevitable, change.”

How to use Google to get a date.