Middle East Research and Information Project: Critical Coverage of the Middle East Since 1971

Summer 2007

Complex war economies are a consistent feature of insurgencies and civil strife. Middle East Report 243 examines the development of the gray economy in Iraq four years after the US-led invasion.

MER 243

Table of Contents
From the Editors (Summer 2007)
The Editors

Up Front
They’re Hounding Bishara Because He’s Right
Amnon Raz-Krakotzkin

Articles
The War Economy of Iraq
Christopher Parker, Pete Moore
Iraqi Unions vs. Big Oil
Shawna Bader-Blau

Special Reports
Dubai in a Jagged World
Ahmed Kanna
The Second Time as Farce
Lysandra Ohrstrom, Jim Quilty

Reviews
“The Israel Lobby” in Perspective
Mitchell Plitnick, Chris Toensing

Editor’s Picks (Summer 2007)
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