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A writer for the ''Guardian'' since the 1970s, he has also long been associated with the ''New Left Review. | A writer for the ''Guardian'' since the 1970s, he has also long been associated with the ''New Left Review. | ||
==Western relations with the Arab world== | ==Western relations with the Arab world== | ||
He has criticized the Western-led intervention in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation | He has criticized the Western-led intervention in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Unified Protector, as "selective vigilantism". <ref>{{citation | ||
| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/29/libya-west-tripoli-arab-world-gaddafi | | url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/29/libya-west-tripoli-arab-world-gaddafi | ||
| title = Libya is another case of selective vigilantism by the west: Bombing Tripoli while shoring up other despots in the Arab world shows the UN-backed strikes to oust Gaddafi are purely cynical | | title = Libya is another case of selective vigilantism by the west: Bombing Tripoli while shoring up other despots in the Arab world shows the UN-backed strikes to oust Gaddafi are purely cynical | ||
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 Tariq Ali (1943-) is a political commentator and author, identified by the Guardian (U.K.), for which he writes, as associated with the "international left". [1] He was born in Pakistan, educated there and at Oxford University, and resides in the United Kingdom after criticizing the Pakistani government; he identifies as an "unwilling rebel". A writer for the Guardian since the 1970s, he has also long been associated with the New Left Review. Western relations with the Arab worldHe has criticized the Western-led intervention in Libya, Operation Odyssey Dawn and Operation Unified Protector, as "selective vigilantism". [2] References
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