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Linda S. Heard

Political analyst and journalist, Linda S. Heard is a specialist of the Middle East. Her articles are published in Gulf News, Dar Al-Hayat, Al Jazeera and the Christian Science Monitor.

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“Has Syria been blixed?”

by Linda S. Heard

22 November 2005

Detlev Mehlis, head of the UN Commission investigating the assassination of Rafic Hariri, told Der Stern magazine that he knew his report would make the campaign against Syria easier and that he understood what Hans Blix has felt. However, contrary to Blix who has admitted he suffered (...)

“Was Newsweek Really Wrong?”

by Linda S. Heard

20 May 2005

The entire Muslim world rebelled after Newsweek published an article affirming that interrogators at Guantanamo, the most famous of American gulags, had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet. There were violent demonstrations in Afghanistan in which Muslims leaders demanded the culprits be (...)