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Guest Commentator

Nu'man Abd al-Wahid

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator, Nu'man Abd al-Wahid, is a UK-based freelance writer (of Yemeni origin) who specializes in the political relationship between the British state and the Arab World. His focus is on how Britain has historically maintained its interests in the Arab World and the Middle East. Click here to contact Mr. Abd al-Wahid.

4 pieces

Guest Commentary

British Obama-bashing and the urge to intervene in Libya

By Nu'man Abd al-Wahid Guest Commentator

The current war on Libya largely led by Britain and France once again highlights the shortcomings of the British anti-war movement. In the run up to the war on Iraq in 2003 and many years afterwards, many of the leading individuals within this movement circumvented the fact that Britain was invading Iraq for its own…

The current war on Libya largely led by Britain and France once again highlights the shortcomings of the British anti-war movement. In the run up to…

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Obama: British Empire worse than al-Qaeda?

By Nu'man Abd al-Wahid Guest Commentator

– President Barack Hussein Obama Regarding al-Qaeda, he didn’t exactly put it that way but a closer reading and a more honestly keen interpretation inevitably leads those of us sympathetic towards a sincere anti-imperialist tradition to logically infer and quite inevitably draw that conclusion. The comparison and then verdict is clearly implicit and what more…

- President Barack Hussein Obama Regarding al-Qaeda, he didn’t exactly put it that way but a closer reading and a more honestly keen interpretation inevitably leads…

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IslamoFascism or IslamoBritishism: The British Origins of Modern Violent Islamism

By Nu'man Abd al-Wahid Guest Commentator

The ‘War on Terror’ has now taken in the war and invasion of Afghanistan (began 2002) and Iraq (began 2003). There was also the failed Israeli (with the overt acquiescence of Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt) attempt to destroy the Lebanese resistance and re-establish itself in southern Lebanon (within a self-declared 72 hour time-frame). One…

The ‘War on Terror’ has now taken in the war and invasion of Afghanistan (began 2002) and Iraq (began 2003). There was also the failed Israeli…

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The Myth of Partner, the Lie of Poodle: British Imperialism and Neo-con America – Think Piece

By Nu'man Abd al-Wahid Guest Commentator

The prevailing paradigm for debate in the British press and beyond vis-à-vis the British invasion and occupation of Iraq with the United States five years ago, continues to singles out two main reasons on why the British joined the invasion. The first reason, upheld by those who advocated the invasion, is that Britain is the…

The prevailing paradigm for debate in the British press and beyond vis-à-vis the British invasion and occupation of Iraq with the United States five years ago,…

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