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H1 Sunday Times Hillary Clinton sets her sights on three ways to win Clinton
aims to win the popular vote, secure reruns in Florida and Michigan and
undermine Obama's credibility as the candidate to beat McCain Many Palestinians say they do not want to
return to the regimen of daily violence. Iran's nuclear program: talk of
international consortium Western and Iranian officials consider new framework as Iran program
progresses. U.S. military
says recent wave of attacks in Iraq not a trend Studies: Iraq Costs US $12B Per
Month Iraq
Blames Misunderstanding For Iran - U.S. Talks Mix - Up Jerusalem Post Intel assessment: War unlikely in '08
But
a growing chance of flareup with Hizbullah; Iran likely to reach 'point of no
return' by 2009. Ha’aretz – Kuwaiti analyst: Best
if Israel, not U.S., destroys Iran nukes Shin Bet
chief: Chances of fresh Intifada are low MI and Mossad: Syria ready to
cut ties with militants; PM to cabinet: Israel has response to J'lem attack Washington
Post We
Can't Win These Wars on Our Own By John A. Nagl, Foreign forces cannot win a
counterinsurgency campaign on their own. Neither can we. Annapolis's
Fading Hope By David Ignatius,
Condoleezza Rice needs to get serious about Middle East peace How
to Make an Exit By Jim Hoagland President Bush should cede the stage to
John McCain. Another
Preemption Fight By Sebastian Mallaby Watching the global economy right
now is a bit like watching the lead-up to the Iraq war Ex-Defense Official Assails Colleagues Over Run-Up to War
In
the first insider account of Pentagon decision-making on Iraq, one of the key
architects of the war blasts former secretary of state Colin Powell, the CIA,
retired Gen. Tommy R. Franks and former Iraq occupation chief L. Paul Bremer
for mishandling the run-up to the invasion and the subsequent... Influential Democrats Waiting to Choose Sides Many
Superdelegates Hope for Clear Leader After Primaries From
the Right, He Looks Too Blue Think real conservatives will vote for John
McCain? Don't count on it. By L. Brent Bozell John McCain may have the
Beltway crowd in his corner, but grass-roots conservatives aren't sold. Culture
Wars? How 2004. By E.J. Dionne Jr., The questions that will most engage us will be about survival and
prosperity, not religion and culture. Survey
Says Iranians Favor Free Election Of Their Top Leader The
Iraq War Will Cost Us $3 Trillion, and Much More By Linda J. Bilmes and
Joseph E. Stiglitz You can't spend $3 trillion -- yes, $3 trillion -- on a
failed war abroad and not feel the pain at home. Tom
Ricks's Inbox When is it legitimate for a general, whether
retired or on active duty, to criticize a war? Guardian Climate
change may spark Russia conflict, EU told Alert over scramble for control of energy resources in the Arctic H21 The
joy of boredom Don't check that e-mail. Don't
answer that phone. Just sit there. You might be surprised by what happens Le Monde Diplomatique Map: Geography of
Chaos McClatchy Sure,
Obama's a smart, sweet guy — but can he fight? Can Barack
Obama take a punch? Can he throw one? Will he fight back when sweet reason
doesn't work? Can he plunge into a smack-down without endangering the image
he's crafted as the avatar of a kinder, gentler politics that unites rather
than divides? Obama's quest for the Democratic presidential nomination may
depend in part on how he answers those questions as he responds to Hillary
Clinton's revitalized campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination NYT The
State of Iraq: An Update By JASON CAMPBELL, MICHAEL ’HANLON and
AMY UNIKEWICZ So far, it is too soon to predict that Iraq is headed for
stability or sectarian reconciliation. NICHOLAS D.
KRISTOF Obama
and the Bigots With countless people spreading scurrilous rumors that
Barack Obama is a Muslim, the most appropriate response is a denial followed
by: And so what if he were? A
Scorecard on Conventional Wisdom The accuracy rate of “conventional wisdom” in this
presidential election has plummeted to new lows. Here’s a look at which
“widely held beliefs” have succumbed to reality Week in
Review: The Unstudied Art of Interrogation How do you get a terrorist to talk? The torture
debate doesn’t answer the question of what works 9/11
book:'They knew, did nothing' America’s
“Fortunate 400” control vast wealth Shia-Islamist Political
Actors in Iraq: Who Are They and What Do They Want? DIIS A
36-page Danish report on the politics of the Shia-Islamist groups in Iraq Israel's
Moral War Against Hamas - Efrain Inbar, Jerusalem Post Palestinians:
Hamas, Hezbollah cooperated on Jerusalem terror attack Index of State Weakness in
the Developing World Brookings Institution An index
ranking 141 developing nations according to their vulnerability in 4 spheres Ha’aretz Eldar No discounts and no
installmentsWherever they shoot, we pull out. The rest of the territories
will wait patiently for convergence, Annapolis, a shelf agreement, or the
next catastrophe. Whatever comes first Tom
Barnett America's discipline, globalization's
survival Scripps Howard. Information
Operations Primer (PDF; 1.8 MB) Source: U.S. Army War College Why EU and China need Russia, 2 La Stampa Stop
threats then we'll talk, Iran tells West By
Michael Scheuer Fighting insurgencies and radical Islam requires overwhelming force,
not just the 'small, light and fast' operations that politicians promote. Fighting
global insurgencyThe key is to
remove the havens insurgents use as hiding places. But it's not easy Iran
fomenting violence in Iraq, U.S. saysThe
military offers details of Tehran's role in continuing to train and equip
militias and insurgents. IHT Socialists
triumph in Spanish electionsZapatero gets a second four-year term, but it appeared
that the Socialists failed to win a majority of seats in Parliament necessary
to form a government. Sarkozy dealt
setback in French local electionsFrance's opposition Socialist Party was on course Sunday
to wrest control of several city governments from his center-right camp after
the first round of local elections. ASP's Are
We Winning? An Interim Report WINEP Will the Damascus Arab Summit Be Convened? Stratfor
Geopolitical
Diary: Beijing
Eyes the Periphery |
Stratfor
Financial
Times In
the grip of implacable subprime forces US policymakers are unable to
agree what they should do about the credit crisis. Adjusting bankruptcy laws
to encourage writedowns and make repossession more difficult may do little to
help right now, but at least it makes no new demands on taxpayers, says Clive Crook Domestic
needs drive Opec price Many oil-producing countries cannot afford to let
the price of oil drop as the revenue they require to assure macroeconomic
stability at home continues to increase, a... WP Petroleum
Feeds Patriarchy Climate
change. Pollution. Financial expense. Our gas-guzzling ways have
long been associated with a variety of problems, but disturbing evidence now
points to a new dimension of our love affair with petroleum: Oil consumption
and high oil prices hurt the political, social and economic development... Salon Who would the GOP rather face? CFR Siegman: No Peace Possible Between Israel and Palestinians
without Hamas |
H2 The
patronizing embrace: Turkey’s new Kurdish strategy Kerem
Oktem Brookings The Future of Kirkuk: The Referendum and Its Potential Impact
on Displacement [NEWS ANALYSIS] CEPS Making
sense of Sarkozys Union for the Mediterranean Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 09 Mar 2008 Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 8 Mar 08 Sunday Times Turkey’s new rich find
the Midas touch Once known for its
shanty towns and sardine fishermen, Istanbul has emerged as one of the
world’s richest cities behind Moscow and London Billionaire
cities 1 Moscow, 74 billionaires, average net worth $5.9bn 2 New York, 71,
$3.3bn 3 London, 36, $4.1bn 4
Istanbul, 34, $1.7bn 5 Hong
Kong, 30, $5bn 6 Los Angeles, 24, $3bn 7 Mumbai, 20, $7.6bn 8
San Francisco, 19, $3.1bn 9 Dallas, 15, $2.6bn Turkey & My Foreign Perspectives: Turkish
Billionaires: Where Do They Put Their Money? Turks aim to keep Kurds
at precipice FT Turkey’s
GDP revised up a third New figures show that GDP was TL758bn in 2006, a
31.6% increase on the previous estimate. Economists say the revision could
lead to an upsurge in foreign direct investment
Turkish police foil plot to bomb US companies: a WP How
to Make an Exit By Jim Hoagland Egemen
Bağış: Türkiye, ABD'den 'izin' değil 'destek' almıştır The Campagna-Kerven Lecture Series at Boston Where
Have Old Friends Gone? Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect
Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter
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national [Ropörtaj]
Leyla Zana, günlük yaşamda kedi, siyasette vaşak [MONDAY TALK] ‘PKK won't die off as long as deep state is
alive’ Abdülmelik Fırat Eski
PKK'lı Seydi Fırat: Türkiye'nin iç dinamikleri Kürt sorununu çözer Mehmet Altan Kürt sorununu nasıl çözersiniz? Mehmet Metiner Talabani
ziyaretinin ardından Kurdish package to be announced in Diyarbakir Time
is ripe for civilian measures despite warmongers 'Çözüm
için sayın Öcalan'ın görüşlerini tartışmalıyız'
DTP'li Sebahat Tuncel, sınır ötesi operasyonla ilgili bakın ne dedi? Fatih Çekirge Peki ya gönüller koparsa Bush
intervenes to prevent tension after US commanders' PKK remarks 30 yıldır Kandil’e niye
gitmediniz? 1. 'PKK liderleri artık savaşmak istemiyor' Yavuz Baydar It takes
four of them ‘Türkiye Barzani’yle görüşecek’ iddiası Doğu Ergil Confusion [HABER ANALİZ] Irak'la yeni bir sayfa Washington Post, kara harekâtını PKK'nın
davetiyle takip etmiş 'Terörle Çok Boyutlu Mücadele' Asker kamerasından çatışma anı Sebahattin Önkibar Talabani ziyaretinin perde arkası,
asker protestosu ve gidişat!.. Birazcık Kürt
onuru varsa işbirliği yapmaz Değişen
taraflar hikâyesi Murat Belge İlnur Çevik Talabani visit to Ankara is
deficient Sedat Sertoğlu Siyasi çözüm üzerine İsmail Küçükkaya Talabani ne getirdi ne götürdü? KORAY
DÜZGÖREN
Hiç
bitmeyecek muhteşem proje! Talabani visit: One sparrow does not a summer make Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 8 Mar 08 Irak’a yönelik
gizli bir gündemimiz yok Türk
heyeti Neçirvan Barzani’yle görüşecek Turkey's trade with Iraq to exceed $10 bln Talabani, Türk işadamlarını çağırdı: 25
milyar dolar ayırdık, yatırıma gelin Iraq seeks strategic partnership with Turkey Kurds study potential of local bourse | |