Over the past few days, dozens of Egyptians have been killed and more than a thousand injured in clashes between demonstrators and the army. It’s just one example of the ongoing turmoil in the Arab world. Lawrence Pintak, founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at WSU, has been traveling in the region. As he found, reports of quick victories have proven premature.
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One of the central foreign policy issues emerging in this season's presidential campaign centers on Pakistan. Is it an ally in the US fight against terror--or is it a quiet enemy? Opinions vary from candidate to candidate, party to party. For a closer look at the issue we turn now to Doctor Lawrence Pintak. He is the founding dean of WSU's Edward R. Murrow College of Communication and is a leading expert on the Middle East. He is traveling in the region this week and filed this report for Northwest Public Radio from Islamabad.
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Dr. Pintak says the war is not over with the death of Osama bin Laden. Northwest Public Radio's Thom Kokenge spoke with Dr. Lawrence Pintak who just returned from the Middle East.
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Northwest Public Radio called Dr. Lawrence Pintak, who had just returned from two weeks in the Middle East, for his reaction to Osama Bin Laden's death. We asked him what this news may mean for Middle East relations with the U.S.
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Lawrence Pintak has been reporting on the Middle East for the past three decades. He’s currently in the region and sent these latest observations about religion, politics and the current turmoil.
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They are calling it the Arab Spring. Every day, there are new headlines about the popular uprisings shaking Arab governments. Lawrence Pintak covered the region as CBS News Middle East correspondent. Today is founding dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University. But he’s back in the Middle East for a firsthand look and he sent us these observations.
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