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Issue Date:  April 18, 2003

On the Web, alternative views of the Middle East

By DENNIS CODAY

As the war in Iraq got underway, NCR (March 28) published a list of Web sites that offered news and views of the war and the Middle East. Below is a continuation of that list, naming sites NCR found and reviewed.

After that are some of the more than 200 Web sites readers suggested be added to the list. NCR has not yet reviewed all of these sites. Send more suggestions to Dennis Coday, dcoday@natcath.org

NCR offers this information as a reader service. It is not to be considered an endorsement of any of the sites listed.

For news and analysis

Al Jazeera in English
http://english.aljazeera.net

About a week after the war began, the Arabic-language satellite TV station, Al Jazeera, opened this English-language Web site. Access to the site, however, has been spotty at best because of a barrage of “denial of service” attacks.

Al-Ahram Weekly Online
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg

The online edition of Egypt’s Al-Ahram Weekly newspaper. Good regional coverage.

Middle East Media Research Institute
http://www.memri.org

The Middle East Media Research Institute provides timely translations of Arabic, Farsi and Hebrew media, as well as original analysis of political, ideological, intellectual, social, cultural and religious trends in the Middle East. The institute is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization with headquarters in Washington and branch offices in Berlin, London and Jerusalem.

Radio Sawa
http://www.radiosawa.com/english_sp.cfm

Radio Sawa is a service of U.S. International Broadcasting, which is operated and funded by the Broadcasting Board of Governors, an agency of the U.S. government, the same people who produce Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia. Radio Sawa broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week on FM frequencies throughout the Middle East. Audio streaming is available at its Web site.

Mideast News Service
http://www.mnsnews.org

The Mideast News Service is strictly nonpartisan and is not aligned with any political entity or government, either in the United States or the Middle East. It is underwritten by the Russell Berrie Foundation (http://www.russberrie.com/foundation.html).

AlertNet
http://www.alertnet.org

Funded by the Reuters foundation, AlertNet provides global news, communications and logistics services to the international disaster relief community and the public. Good links to international relief agencies, many of which have reports about Iraq. Also contains information about appeals and needs, and a job listings section.

Asia Times Online
http://www.atimes.com

“Comprehensive” and “authoritative.” These words are probably overused, but if they apply to anything they apply to the coverage of Asia and the Middle East by the Web site Asia Times Online.

Salon.com
http://www.salon.com

This is how Salon describes its war coverage: “We are doing our best to unearth and spotlight truths that the rest of the media misses or muddies.” Some stories are locked unless you subscribe to Salon.

Haaretz.com
http://www.haaretzdaily.com

Haaretz is an independent daily newspaper published in Israel. The paper holds a broadly liberal outlook both on domestic issues and on international affairs.

AntiWar.com
http://www.antiwar.com

Volunteers around the world are assigned to cull specific publications and submit the best links for inclusion.

Reader suggestions

American Politics Journal
http://www.americanpolitics.com

Arab News
http://www.arabnews.com

AttackOnAmerica.net
http://www.attackonamerica.net

BankIndex
http://www.bankindex.com

The Black Commentator
http://www.blackcommentator.com

Buffalo Report
http://www.buffaloreport.com

Bush Watch
http://www.bushwatch.org

Centre for Research on Globalization
http://www.globalresearch.ca

Coastal Post
http://www.coastalpost.com

Colorado Campaign for Middle East Peace
http://www.ccmep.org

Common Dreams News Center
http://www.commondreams.org

CounterPunch
http://www.counterpunch.org

Creating Community Currency
http://www.communitycurrency.org

Cretin Coalition
http://www.cretin.org

The Crisis Papers
http://crisispapers.org

Le Cybernaute
http://www.cybernaute.com

Democratic Underground
http://www.democraticunderground.com

Democrats.com
http://www.democrats.com

Democracy Means You
http://www.democracymeansyou.com

Discovery Institute
http://www.discovery.org

Eat the State!
http://www.eatthestate.org

Ellsberg.Net
http://www.ellsberg.net

EurasiaNet.org
http://www.eurasianet.org

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting
http://www.fair.org

Focus on the Global South
http://www.focusweb.org

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
http://www.space4peace.org

Global Policy Forum
http://www.globalpolicy.org

GulfLINK
http://www.gulflink.osd.mil

GuluFuture.com
http://www.gulufuture.com

Dennis Coday is an NCR staff writer and editorial coordinator for the NCR Web site.

National Catholic Reporter, April 18, 2003

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