Rice's New Middle East. That is worrisome. So the new (Sunni) Islamic Fundamentalist Front (I mentioned it yesterday) was announced by Fathi Yakan, formerly of Al-Jama`ah Al-Islamiyyah. In his press conference, Yakan praised Al-Qa`idah and urged for more non-"theoretical" participation on their part in Palestinian and Lebanese affairs. The Bush administration has been working for several years now on the new Middle East. It will come out: and it will be a more dangerous and more scary Middle East: for the people of the East and the people of the West.