This is a controversial oped arguing that the Arab Spring began in Iraq.
"Saddam Hussein’s fall put the entire Arab authoritarian system under scrutiny," writes Kanan Makiya. "The Arab political psyche began to change as well. The legitimating ideas of post-1967 Arab politics — pan-Arabism, armed struggle, anti-imperialism and anti-Zionism — ideas that undergirded the regimes in both Iraq and Syria, were rubbing up against the realities of life under Mr. Hussein."

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With the rise of the popular movie Dark Zero Thirty, this is a great feature about the shooter who killed Osama Bin Laden.

"The man who shot and killed Osama bin Laden sat in a wicker chair in my backyard, wondering how he was going to feed his wife and kids or pay for their medical care."

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