*Robert Blecher, [http://www.merip.org/mero/interventions/blecher_interv.html "Free People Will Set the Course of History" Intellectuals, Democracy and American Empire], MERIP, March 2003: "A decade after the 1991 Gulf war, Pipes has radically changed his tune."
*Jonathan Wright, [http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030407/pl_nm/mideast_usa_pipes_dc_1 Bush Annoys U.S. Muslim Group with Pipes Nomination], Reuters, April 7, 2003.
*[http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3265810 Bush to Sidestep Muslim Groups, Senate on Scholar], Reuters, 13 August 2003: "Bush's expected recess appointment of Daniel Pipes could spark a backlash from some Muslim Americans and Democrats in Congress, who oppose his nomination to serve on the board of the U.S. [[Institute of Peace]], which was created by Congress to promote peaceful solutions to world conflicts."*[http://www.yellowtimes.org/print.php?sid=1536 Pipes nomination will cause 'immeasurable damage,' say Muslims], Firas Al-Atraqchi, ''Yellow Times'', 22 August 2003