ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan has faculty members that are available to discuss topics related to the capture of Saddam Hussein, the former dictator of Iraq.

• Juan Cole , professor of Middle Eastern studies, can talk about terrorism as a tool of war. He has studied the politics, culture and history of Shi’ite and Sunni Islam. Cole can be contacted at (734) 747-8211 or jrcole@umich.edu For more on Cole, visit: http://ipumich.temppublish.com/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=148

• Catharine MacKinnon, law professor, can discuss international law and the trial facing Hussein. She can be reached at camtwo@umich.edu For more on MacKinnon, visit; http://ipumich.temppublish.com/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=497

• Ronald Stockton, political science professor at U-M Dearborn, directs a center committed to increasing the understanding of Arab American experience. He has written several publications on the Middle East conflict. He can be reached at (313) 593-5384 or rstock@umd.umich.edu For more on Stockton, visit: http://ipumich.temppublish.com/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=767

• Raymond Tanter, professor emeritus in political science, is an expert on Arab-Israeli conflict and U.S. relations with "rogue regimes," such as Saddam Hussein’s Iraq and present-day Iran. He can be reached at (202) 320-8434, (202) 333-7346 or rtanter@umich.edu For more on Tanter, visit: http://ipumich.temppublish.com/public/experts/ExpDisplay.php?ExpID=746

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