Ramzy Baroud 's items

Olympic Follies and Triumphs (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- To run a full marathon experts suggest that the aspiring athlete requires at least six months of rigorous training, proper gear, a particular diet, regular check-ups, mental foc ...

Obama Joins the Club (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- The exit of Bush from the White House is already anticipated in the Arab region with sighs of relief. But what is ahead under the next U.S. president; more of the same, regardle ...

ICC and al-Bashir: Ocampo's Justice (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 30, 2008 The crimes committed against innocent people in Darfur represent a shameful episode in the history of Sudan and its neighbors, including Chad, which has ...

A Kodak Moment: The Not-So-Historic Talabani-Barak Handshake (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- Most people would not have even realised that the 23rd congress of the Socialist International was being held near Athens were it not for the moment when Israeli Defence Ministe ...

Journalistic Imperatives: Saying What Others Mightn't (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- The world of journalism, like any other profession, can be muddled with a plethora of distractions, self-interests and agendas that certainly do not serve the cause of a free pr ...

On Humiliation, and Gaza's Dying Children| Ramzy Baroud

(World News Trust) -- A six-year-old Palestinian girl from Gaza was killed by Israeli fire on 12 June. "Medics say the girl was decapitated by a shell," Associated Press reported the next day. The Is ...

Legalizing Occupation: Bush's Last Maneuver In Iraq (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- When U.S. forces descended on Baghdad five years ago, they seemed unstoppable. Military arrogance had reached an all time high, and it seemed only a matter of time before the sa ...

The Coming Uncertain War against Iran (Ramzy Baroud)

(World News Trust) -- When Admiral William J "Fox" Fallon was chosen to replace General John Abizaid as chief of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in March 2007, many analysts didn't shy from reaching a ...

US Elections: The Iraq Factor (Ramzy Baroud)

By Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust -- As the race for the United States presidential nominations progresses, the stances of and attitudes towards both Republican and Democratic candidates continue t ...

A Democracy in Crisis: Who is Really in Control? (Ramzy Baroud)

If I could only present these questions to my dear professor of many years ago; if he is still alive, I wonder what his answer would be. Would he contend that our system of checks and balances and th ...

The People’s Struggle In The Middle East -- An Interview With Ramzy Baroud (Joshua Frank)

By Joshua Frank -- World News Trust Sept. 4, 2006 -- Ramzy Baroud is a U.S. author and journalist, currently based in London. He is the author of The Second Palestinian Intifada: A Chronicle of a Peo ...