MOSUL, Iraq - The U.S. counter-insurgency strategy for Iraq, and as such a tactic for eventual withdrawal, is drawing on the wisdom of T.E. Lawrence, the legendary British officer who helped the Arabs shake off the shackles of the Ottoman Empire.

There has long been in the West a highly romantic view of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula. This view has been fostered by numerous 19th and 20th century books authored primarily by well-connected British political agents, soldiers, and travelers, as well as by David Lean's 1962 Academy Award-winning movie, "Lawrence of Arabia."

In "Commentary: Arabs caught amid Iran, Israel" (August 30, 2006) the writer Sana Abdallah points out an obvious but interesting problem. It is not surprising that Arabs are concerned about their loss of ascendancy in the Islamic world.

Susanne Osthoff, the German archeologist kidnapped by Iraqi gunmen on November 25 and released before Christmas was connected with her country's intelligence service, the BND, and had helped arrange a meeting with a top member of the terrorist orga

Lawrence of Arabia may have been assassinated by British intelligence agents, a British newspaper reported this week.

Academic freedom is not a license for foolishness (Opinion: "Columbia University academics targeted for opposing official myths of Zionism", MET, May 3). It doesn't make sense for professors to bash any national movements, or yet others to call upo

On April 8, 1271, a bedraggled band of the Knights of St. John lay down arms and retreated from their stronghold in the Syrian hinterland, Krac des Chevaliers – a place T.E.

PALESTINIAN LEADER YASSER ARAFAT LEAVES NO. 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON FOLLOWING HIS MEETING WITH BRITAIN'S PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR.

TYPHOID OUTBREAK STRIKES NORTHWEST ETHIOPIAN UNIVERSITY Addis Ababa – An outbreak of typhoid fever has affected more than 600 students at the education faculty at the University of Bahir Dar in northwestern Ethiopia, press reports said here November 8.