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Crisis Group Iraq’s Civil War, the Sadrists and the Surge Washington Post Shift
in Tactics Aims to Revive Struggling Insurgency Al-Qaeda in Iraq Hopes A
Softer Approach Will Win Back Anbar Sunnis New York Times New
Weight in Army Manual on Stabilization The
new doctrine elevates the mission of stabilizing war-torn nations to the same
importance as the defeat of adversaries on the battlefield. Romney
is Out; McCain Emerges as G.O.P. Choice
Mitt Romney said that he wanted to fight on but that taking his
campaign all the way to the Republican convention would delay a national
campaign against a Democratic contender. DAVID BROOKS Questions
for Dr. Retail Why would Democratic
votes break down so starkly along educational lines? TIME Poll: Clinton More Beatable than Obama Ha’aretz – With Iranian support,
Syria develops new missiles New surface-to-surface missile enables Syria
to target Israeli airports and factories with greater accuracy Export Security,
Not Democracy By: Jonathan Rauch | National Journal By American lights,
President Bush's dedication to the cause of ending tyranny everywhere should
have made the United States the world's white hat. Instead, as James Kitfield
noted in this magazine last week, "Poll after poll shows the United
States' standing and influence in the world sinking to unprecedented
lows." Los
Angeles Times Ruling
partners pressure Iraq premier Key
parties threaten to oust Nouri Maliki unless he acts quickly to improve the
government's performance and build an effective coalition. Sadr
tells his followers to honor Iraq cease-fire The anti-U.S. cleric warns violators they'll be expelled from his Mahdi
militia. But it's unclear whether he plans to continue the truce after this
month Guardian Leader Sharia
and the state Religion: Archbishop Rowan Williams creates a
storm by calling for greater recognition of Sharia law in the UK Full text:
The Archbishop of Canterbury's speech Learning from experience Kenneth
Rogoff: As the US financial crisis continues to unfold, it would
help if policymakers were half as good at listening to advice as they are at
giving it A nuclear-free mirage Dilip Hiro: The Middle
East cannot be freed from weapons of mass destruction unless the US turns the
spotlight on Israel The Economist America's election Half-way
there The Republicans, at least, seem to have found a decent
candidate After Super Tuesday A fighter
in search of an opponent The road to the Democratic nomination The great
delegate hunt begins Afghanistan and NATO Where
the sniping has to stop IHT New poll shows
deep pessimism about direction of U.S. and Europe India
Shoots Out of Iran's Orbit By: Praful Bidwai | Asia Times Rethinking the Gulf By: Matthew Mainen | The Guardian Financial
Times A
chance to redesign American politics Whether
Mrs Clinton or Mr Obama eventually emerges as the Democratic nominee, the
primaries are changing how America looks at itself and how the world looks at
America. Democrats have a generational opportunity to do more than win the
presidency, says Philip
Stephens Nato must find a fix in Afghanistan
It is time for all Nato
leaders to make good on pledges to Afghanistan and provide troops with
minimal restrictions so they can be deployed where needed
Gates
warns of ‘two-tier’ Nato Nato’s
secretary-general rejected criticism from Robert Gates after the US defence
secretary warned that Nato risked becoming a ‘two-tier’ alliance unless some
members were willing to send more troops for the campaign to defeat the
Taliban in Afghanistan Europe
can limit Iran’s nuclear ambitions Through co-operation with moderate Arab states the EU could counter the
danger of proliferation posed by Iran, says Karl-Theodor
zu Guttenberg Why
a crisis is also an opportunity The credit crunch is the economy’s way of telling us that unsustainable
growth in spending and debt is over, writes Martin
Wolf Khatami
calls Iran poll disqualifications a ‘disaster’ Former president Mohammad Khatami said the mass
disqualification of reformist candidates in Iran’s forthcoming parliamentary
elections was a ‘disaster’ and warned against ‘pre-determining people’s
votes’.
Iran
elections test president’s popularity Mass
disqualification of reformist candidates turns the polls into a contest
between rival conservative factions, divided between allies and critics of
Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad Wall Street Journal Iranian
Nuclear Rewrite Can Mrs. Clinton Lose? In Gazprom's Grip By ZEYNO BARAN AND ROBERT
A. SMITH Al Qaeda still a threat to U.S.,
intelligence chiefs say The group's
reputation has fallen in the Muslim world. But Western recruits who can more
easily enter the US are being trained in Pakistan camps, intelligence
officials say The
Times A remarkable man, but no
EU president Tony Blair is being touted for the job and he
certainly has great qualities, but two serious factors disqualify him Edouard Balladur Church in a State The Archbishop of Canterbury has made a grave mistake Nato II To survive, the Alliance needs a significant redesign Analysis: Nato celebrations soured a decade on
Nato
celebrated its 50th anniversary with optimism. How different it looks nine
years later Time
It's Not Over Yet ( Super Tuesday was
supposed to settle the Democratic race, but a split decision means it's just
getting started--and could get truly ugly Inspiration vs. Substance Obama's flights of rhetoric
are the stuff of legend. But Clinton simply knows more. What this nail biter
of a Democratic primary may come down to Russia's Security Policy
Grows More "Muscular": Should the West be Worried? FIIA
A 7-page Finnish briefing paper assessing the implications of Russia's
increasingly assertive security posture What the Next U.N. Resolution on Iran May State By: Pyotr
Goncharov | Middle East Times Daily Telegraph The
special relationship without Bush? Whether it is McCain, Clinton or Obama who
becomes the next US president, says Con Coughlin, none of them will
arouse the level of controversy that has been caused by President George W
Bush's tenure. |
H2 NYT Veiled
Democracy?
By NOAH FELDMAN Turkey has the chance to
blaze a trail in the Muslim world, starting with a head-scarf amendment. Pentagon'dan
Ankara'ya kritik mektup CFR Tensions Rise in Iraq’s Kurdish North Kürdler ellerindeki kartların çoğunu altı ay önce
kullanmalıydılar Ergin Saygun'un ABD temasları sona erdi EDM THE
TURKISH MILITARY AND THE MHP: THE END OF A PLATONIC LOVE AFFAIR? Geopolitical Diary: Turkey's "Deep State" | Stratfor
Turkey:
headscarf wrangle Oxford Analytica (subscription) Ali H Aslan Bad
news for Erdoğan? Suat
Kınıklıoğlu Hillary, Obama and McCain: US presidential primaries from a
Turkish perspective Demo-Islam:
Islamist Democracy in Turkey Al
Awsat Ataturk's
Tears Der
Spiegel Tragedy in Ludwigshafen: Turkish Prime Minister Visits Site
of Deadly Fire Turkey's
Erdogan, at German fire site, urges calm Turkey
takes step to lift student headscarf ban The Times Turkish leader's plea for peace at fire site
Recep Tayyip Erdogan asks Turks in Germany
for calm over what many suspect was a neo-Nazi attack on their countrymen FT
WORLD
NEWS DIGEST: Turks move to lift headscarf curbs [Fbis]
OSC: Turkey's Erdogan Goes To Germany, Comments on Headscarf Amnesty,
Ludwigshafen Fire [Fbis]
OSC: Germany: Turkey's Erdogan Visits Site of Deadly Fire, Thanks Police,
Firefighters [Fbis]
OSC: Turkish General Staff Says Caves, Shelters, Logistic Facilities
Destroyed on 4 Feb Google News
Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Kürdler ellerindeki kartların çoğunu altı ay önce
kullanmalıydılar Turkey
Says 70 Kurdish Rebel Positions Destroyed in Northern Iraq Türk-Amerikan işbirliği olağanüstü Yalçın
Doğan Reklam
gerçek oldu, sıra ateş dansında Iraqi Kurd Minister Says Turkey Used Banned Weapons in Recent
Shelling Iraqi Kurd Article Questions Silence on Alleged Israel Role on Raids
on PKK GCC
says free trade talks with Turkey to resume Turkey Opens "New Page" With Qatar in Energy Sector -
Turkish Energy Minister US Envoy to Turkey Denies Washington Arming PKK Irak ve Türkiye PKK'ya karşı birlikte çalışmalı UPDATE:Shell Registers For Iraqi Missan,Kirkuk Fields-Source Talabani
Seeks Resolution to Kurdish Issue New
Iraqi Flag to Fly Over Kurdistan Sunday DTP supporters’ return from mountains puts gendarmerie on
alert Iraqi Kurd Delegation to Discuss Kirkuk, Oil Law; Security Update International
law expert confirms KRG's authority to manage oil ... Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 6 Feb 08 PKK’nın rehin
aldığı Yüce aylar sonra tekrar evinde ABD, PKK ve diğer
örgütlere silah sağlamıyor OKAN MÜDERRİSOĞLU Babacan urges more
Turko-Indian cooperation US praises cooperation with
Turkey against PKK 08:50
Irak ve Türkiye PKK'ya karşı birlikte çalışmalı Kurdish Lawmaker Accuses Iraq Speaker of Hindering Article 140
Implementation Kurdish Paper Says Mosul Security Plan Awaits Iraqi Premier's Order
Terörist saldırılar
Êzîdî Kürdleri göçe zorluyor
KCK Yürütme konseyi
başkanlığı: “Türk ordusunun operasyonlarını durdurması halinde, eylemleri
durduracağız” Dr Hawrami: Just and fair oil management ensures Iraq's unity The Kurdish front By KRG.org More American-made weapons found in TSK searches İran, post-İslam döneme geçiyor - Hürriyet
Google News
Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber RFE/RLCaspian: Baku-Ashgabat Thaw
Could Have Energy Impact Plans have existed for more than a decade
to build trans-Caspian pipelines to bring oil and gas to markets in Europe --
and lessen Western dependence on Russian supply routes. Cool relations
between Baku and Ashgabat, among other problems, have prevented those
blueprints from becoming reality Turkish Cypriots Eye Greek Cypriot Polls By: Umut Uras |
Turkish Daily News Come what may, a new United Nations initiative on Cyprus
will be taken this year. This is what Turkish Cypriot President Mehmet Ali
Talat said in our recent chat on the upcoming elections in Greek Cyprus and
his expectations for 2008. Turkey must defeat Ergenekon by Joost Lagendijk* Barçın
Yinanç İrtemçelik'in
yoğurt yiyişi Belçika, 'DHKP-C'liler terörist değil'
dedi, Fehriye'yi salıverdi AB türbana
alet edilmekten rahatsız Alman
basını Türk medyasını ırkçılıkla suçladı İnsan
Hakları Komisyonu Almanya'ya gidiyor 04:00
AP raportörü: Manevi baskıya dönüşmesin Oomen-Ruijten:
Türban Türkiye'nin işi Belçika'da teröristler serbest Cyprus Rules Out Direct Trade Between EU, North Sami
KOHEN Turkey: EU Monitoring Head-Scarf Developments - Envoy Türkler'e bayrak
Merkel'e tabak
Büyükelçilik:
Haberlerde hassasiyet korunmalı
EU: 0 -
Turkish Cypriots: 2 İlnur Çevik The Germans have to face their own realities Alman
Büyükelçi Eckhard Cuntz: Türk medyası karşılıklı anlayışı güçlendirmeli Bu
acı, iki ülke arasında yeni bir barış sürecinin başlangıcı olsun Fransa,
Türkiye ile ilahiyat fakültesi kurmak istiyor Turkey set to return minorities' properties - CNN.com KKTC'de Tıp Fakültesi Rumları çileden çıkardı Almanya’da
Türk ailesini konu alan dizi ertelendi Verheugen:Türkiye
AB'nin küresel rolüne önemli katkı sağlar Sarkozy
’Fransa nasıl büyür’ raporu hazırlattı, içinden Türkiye çıktı Greek
Orthodox conclave picks successor to Archbishop ChristodoulosThe new
archbishop, Metropolitan Ieronymos of Thebes, was elected Thursday in an
unusually brief conclave that seemed to suggest he was a popular choice. Kosovo President Urges Turkey to Support Independence German Minister Welcomes Turkish Investigators in Ludwigshafen Fire Map Showing Azeri Territories As Armenian Removed From British
Council Website Ergenekon'u bu
sorular aydınlatacak Annemin içinde
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