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H1 Los Angeles
Times Muqtada
Sadr orders followers to end fighting
In
Iraq, U.S. caught in middle of Shiite rivalry With the Iraq
government cracking down on Sadr fighters in Basra, the U.S. military's own
gains with the militia are at risk
Gallup Daily: Obama
Now at 52% to Clinton's 42%
Washington Post The
Smart Way Out of a Foolish War By Zbigniew Brzezinski, We started this
war rashly, but we must end our involvement responsibly.
How
Not to End the War Max Boot Bringing home
the troops will embolden al Qaeda.
Mideast
Openings Get to Know Hamas and Moqtada al-Sadr By David Ignatius We do
too much fighting and not enough negotiating in the Middle East.
The
Longest War Richard Holbrooke With every success in Afghanistan the
people become more dependent on NATO.
New York Times A
Civil War Iraq Can’t Win By ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN It is a dangerous oversimplification to believe that
Iraqi government forces are the only legitimate side trying to bring order.
ROGER COHEN The
Baton Passes to Asia Asia’s
rise is about confidence, a fierce culture of education and achievement and a
burning desire to succeed
Index
of State Weakness in the Developing World Source:
Brookings Institution Full
Report (PDF; 3.8 MB)
MSNBC:
March
30: Gen. Michael Hayden, political roundtable
Ha’aretz Bar’el To
count rockets and to daydream Israel is demanding that Syria cut its ties
with Iran, with Hezbollah, with Hamas and the rest of the groups as a
precondition for negotiations. This is a dream
J.S. Mill’s idea of
freedom did not imply that truths are equal, but rather that truth is
arrived at in the clash of ideas, in open debate... more»
Iraq's al-Sadr
orders fighters to stop
Iraq's Sadr orders armed followers off the streets
McClatchy Iranian general played key role in brokering Iraq cease-fire
Iraqi
lawmakers traveled to the Iranian holy city of Qom to win the assistance of
the commander of Iran's Qods brigades in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al
Sadr to order his followers to stop military operations. Sadr ordered the
halt on Sunday
Woodrow and George
By Joseph S. Nye Jr. Wilson and Bush may be two
of a kind, but history will judge them very differently.
Is it Any of Our Business? The Dilemma of
Democracy Promotion in the 21st Century
Preventing
a Nuclear Terrorist Attack - Graham Allison, Washington Times
Foreign
Policy How
to Start Your Own Country in Four Easy Steps By Joshua Keating
You’ve picked a flag, written a national anthem, even
printed money with your face on it. But what’s the next step? Creating a new
country isn’t as easy as you think.
The
Bin Laden Blood Brothers - Amir Taheri, New York Post
6
Years, 6 Months, 19 Days - Peter Bergen, New York Post
Iraqi army forces defect to Moqtada al-Sadr
After
years of effort, Iraqi army still can't ‘stand up’
Sadr Offers Deal for Truce as Fighting Persists in Iraq
Jerusalem
Post Damascus
confirms channel with Israel
CIA
chief believes Iran seeking nukes Says NIE
"tends to get oversimplified," cites Teheran's willingness to pay
int'l price suspicious
Assad's
no-show summit
Will the humiliation push him deeper into Teheran's arms?
CIA: Iran pursuing nukes
'Defiance of UN sanctions
showed Iran had something to hide,' US agency head tells NBC
Guardian
Sadr tells followers:
end Iraq clashes Mahdi Army leader's order raises hope of halt to clashes
that spread across Iraq from Basra last week Map: Who controls
Basra?
Muslims ahead of
Catholics, says Vatican Vatican yearbook finds Muslims account for 19.2%
of the world's population, while Catholics make up 17.4%
Clinton
says she will fight to the finish Obama's campaign retreats from demands
that Clinton give up her race for the White House
Financial
Times Bush
eases the way for his successor The next US president
will benefit from changes in the White House’s foreign policy approach
Georgian
leader warns against Nato veto Denying Georgia and
Ukraine the right to move towards Nato membership would amount to appeasement
of Russia, according to Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia’s president
Nato
must embrace Ukraine and Georgia We cannot leave them in
solitude in the face of enormous internal and external pressures, says Lech Kaczynski
Steps
that can safeguard America’s economyIt is
not unreasonable to hope that in the US, at least, the financial crisis will
remain in remission, says Lawrence
Summers
Nato
can wait, but not for ever
Leaders of the alliance should delay invitations
to Georgia and Ukraine. Doing this would allow strategic talks with Russia
over its concerns
Balkan
trio await decision on Nato entry Croatia, Macedonia and
Albania are all seeking invitations at the security alliance’s three-day
summit this week
Interview
transcript: Mikheil Saakashvili An edited transcript of
a Financial Times interview with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili by
Stephen Fidler, the FT’s security and defence editor
Cash-strapped
Clinton fails to pay bills
Senior Democrats mull Al Gore's nomination
WSJ:
New Backing for Obama As Party Seeks Unity...
Wall Street
Journal Maliki's
Mettle
What's at stake in the battle of Basra.
The Dollar and the Credit Crunch
By Ronald McKinnon Cutting interest rates just leads to
capital flight in our open economy
Criticism and Islam
By Afshin EllianChristians have long tolerated scrutiny of
their religion.
Newsweek
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