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Laurie Mylroie vis-à-vis Daniel Pipes

Reader comment on item: Laurie Mylroie's Shoddy, Loopy, Zany Theories – Exposed
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Submitted by Renee Bou (United States), Sep 29, 2009 at 15:23

As regards Laurie Mylroie, Mr. Pipe's is quoted in the book, Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War, by the two authors, Michael Isikoff and David Corn. The book was published in the year of 2006 by the publishing company of Crown Publishers, a division of Random House, Inc. in New York. Mr. Isikoff and Mr. Corn state the following on pages 74 and 75: "Everything, everything, everything was connected to Saddam," said her former collaborator, Daniel Pipes. She also became hostile toward old friends and colleagues who didn't see the world her way. When Pipes publicly endorsed the predominant view that anti-U.S. terrorism was caused primarily by radical Islamic fundamentalists and questioned her Saddam-centric view of world terrorism, Mylroie accused Pipes of endangering the welfare of the republic. "My charge against you is that you are, at the periphery, responsible for the death of Americans," she e-mailed Pipes on March 7, 1999. "And furthermore, that more Americans will die, if people continue to listen to your version of events."

As a former academic acquaintance of Mr. Pipes, I would personally be inclined to side with him – and not with Ms. Mylroie. His overview of events makes more sense now than ever, especially in light of all of the stated facts, which followed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Ms. Mylroie runs counter to most, if not all, academics of the Arab Middle East and those actually working in the field. In this case, Mr. Pipes has been proven correct in his assessment of the Arab Middle East – not Laurie Mylroie. Mr. Pipes has been exonerated -- and not Ms. Mylroie. As for mistaken identity, regarding her TA position in the summer of 1979 under the tutelage of Professor Amatzia Baram at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the question now is: "Who was that blond-haired, 26-year-old woman just beginning her graduate studies at the Harvard University?" At the time in question, Amatzia Baram had begun his PhD program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he decided to focus on Saddam Hussein. Professor Baram is in agreement with Mr. Pipes and the mainstream – always has been.

Bravo to my former professor, who I will always cherish as a teacher and for his help in my independent fieldwork. Thank you so very, very much for hooking me up with the renowned Professor Aaron Layish. I also thank Daniel Pipes for his help.

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Sad, actually [64 words]Danger6Jul 3, 2014 14:47215754
Reading Isikoff/Corn book Hubris and Mylroie's name appears [62 words]Christopher LinesAug 6, 2011 19:03188122
Who needs evidence when you can use words like "shoddy", "loopy", "zany" [51 words]J. AdamsAug 26, 2010 00:25177287
1Laurie Mylroie - Embedded Character Flaw [475 words]Bouvier ReneeMar 20, 2009 15:22152536
A Fiction [38 words]Laurie MylroieAug 25, 2009 09:17152536
Laurie Mylroie [143 words]Renee BouvierSep 29, 2009 14:26152536
Laurie Mylroie vis-à-vis Daniel Pipes [410 words]Renee BouSep 29, 2009 15:23152536
Renee Bouvier's Error [173 words]Laurie MylroieSep 30, 2009 13:42152536
2Laurie Mylroie is right [167 words]drzzDec 22, 2008 20:46145691
Where There is Smoke......OKC [68 words]Joseph FalcoJan 30, 2009 10:47145691
Agree with Drz [84 words]NicoleMar 31, 2010 14:52145691
How about some substantive arguments? [79 words]
w/response from Daniel Pipes
bill uzzleMay 29, 2008 14:09130475
Don't you're putting in on a thick? [78 words]Peter KauffnerMay 12, 2008 11:22128454
Mylroie doesn't go far enough [118 words]mitchell porterMay 10, 2008 08:55128288
Laurie Mylroie and the Facts [200 words]JonnyJun 25, 2008 07:23128288
The MSNBC story had nothing to do with Saddam [60 words]Jon HMar 3, 2009 21:58128288
1look to the hate out of all islam countries. [109 words]Phil GreendMay 8, 2008 21:38128170
On the subject of the Hateful [102 words]Mikhael BareliJun 7, 2008 12:27128170

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