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Marlin Dick

Marlin Dick, who grew up in Fowler, is a freelance writer and journalist who has lived in Lebanon the past ten years.

2 articles

In view of political deadlock

What should U.S. do in Lebanon?

by Marlin Dick

1 February 2007

For Marlin Dick, the former editor in chief of Beirut Daily Star, the United States are wrong to envisage the Lebanese policy as an opposition between pro and anti-Syrian groups. The fundamental problem is of a socio-political nature: No solution can be found as long as the Shiite majority (...)

Marlin Dick: It’s time for U.S. to get out of Iraq

by Marlin Dick

24 November 2006

While a debate on a possible withdrawal of the United States from Iraq is expanding in Washington, Marlin Dick emphasizes that a GI’s withdrawal would not be enough to resolve the problems, but that it is their presence which is the main cause of such a trouble.