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H1 Guardian
In search of
a mission Leader: An organisation that attempts to
define itself as much by shared democratic values as it does by brute force Obama's
Inner Circle National Journal New York Times
Iraqi
Deaths Are on the Rise Again During Clashes With Militias A
Battalion’s Worth of Good Ideas By JOHN A. NAGL The key to
success — in Iraq as well as Afghanistan — rests largely with a small group
of American military advisers who live and fight alongside foreign forces. Avoiding a
Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East “Chain Reaction:
Avoiding a Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East,” Senate Foreign
Relations Committee print, February 2008. The Jamestown Foundation - Online
Terrorist Training Manual - Part One: Creating a Terrorist Cell by Abdul
Hameed Bakier. IHT France says
EU ready for a greater role in defenseAs France jockeys to rejoin the command
structure of NATO, a senior French official said that, for the first time,
conditions were right for Europe to become a more serious player in defense Los Angeles
Times Editorial Putin
has a point The
Russian president opposes Bush's push to expand NATO eastward, and he's right A
look inside Al QaedaThe militant is known as Abu Ubaida al Masri, and charting his path
reveals his vulnerabilities and those of the terrorist group Muslim
true/false What you
think you know about them is likely wrong -- and that's dangerous. By John L. Esposito and Dalia Mogahed Is NATO Dead or Alive? - Council on Foreign Relations Juan Cole / Salon: Why
al-Maliki attacked Basra World views US 'more
positively' A BBC World Service poll suggests people are starting to view
the US more positively than in recent years. McClatchy Paltry results of Iraqi offensive silence U.S. withdrawal talk
"There is no empirical evidence that the Iraqi forces can stand
up" on their own, said a senior U.S. military official. Iraqi forces
taking a leadership role was crucial to U.S. hopes of withdrawing more troops Washington Times Tehran
pushes to join Central Asian alliance Seeking to break out of its
diplomatic isolation, Iran has applied for full membership in the Shanghai
Cooperation Organization, an alliance dominated by China and Russia and seen
as challenging U.S. security interests in Central Asia Outside View: Khamenei takes
control (UPI) -- As parliamentary
elections in Iran confirm a vast majority for the hard-liners in Iran,
jostling seems to have already gained pace for Iran's presidential elections
in 2009. Washington
Post Attacks
on U.S. Forces Soared at End of March Government Assault On Shiite
Militias Drew Americans In Bush
Pressing NATO to Set Membership Path for Ukraine, Georgia Daily Telegraph Nato
shouldn't advance too far east If Ukraine or Georgia
become full members of Nato, it could destroy the organisation's supreme role
as a mutual defence alliance, warns Malcolm
Rifkind. Israel:
Syria nuclear base was raid target Walter
Laqueur Disraelia:
A Counterfactual History, 1848-2008. Counterfactual
history—what might have happened—is no idle enterprise. What did actually
happen cannot be evaluated unless it is put into some context and this
includes, of course, the question what might have happened. This we shall
never know for certain. But given some knowledge of history, there is room
for speculation, and given the role of accident in history, developments
which may seem today far-fetched might easily have taken place. What if mass Jewish immigration to Ottoman
Palestine had begun decades earlier, and put two million Jews in the land by
the mid-nineteenth century? Country
Analysis Brief: Syria Asia Times Muqtada's fight puts US to flight In
the United States' estimation, Muqtada al-Sadr and his Mahdi Army were ripe
for the plucking after months of being harassed by "cordon and
search" operations across Iraq. The heavy offensive in Basra was to
further - if not fatally - weaken the Shi'ite militia. That Muqtada's men
were more than ready for a fight has the Bush administration scrambling to
distance itself from this gross miscalculation. - Gareth Porter Iran sees hope in war of words Ha’aretz – Editorial: Israel's
settlement policy is one of deception Barak: Gaza
crossings may open if rocket attacks, smuggling stop Hamas TV
puppet 'kills' Bush as revenge for U.S., Israeli actions Intelligence
officers: Hezbollah may strike Israel via third party Experts say
militant group 'growing stronger on all levels,' operating in south Lebanon
amid civilians Foreign Policy Eight
Steps to a Trillion-Dollar Meltdown Gvosdev India/Tibet and Kosovo/Nagorno-Karabakh Jerusalem Post Israel
not top priority for US voters Voters, including Jews, focus on economy,
Iraq and health care. FT Asian exports are shifting to Europe, Russia, and the Middle East PBS Amid
Iraq's Uneasy Calm, Maliki and Sadr Vie for Influence Independent US
and Ukraine challenge Russia on Nato expansion President Bush has thrown down the gauntlet to Russia and set the stage
for a showdown with Europe by expressing public support for Ukraine and
Georgia to become members of Nato, Leading
article: The withdrawal that never was Financial Times Nato
pauses at Russia’s ‘red lines’The alliance must decide
whether to hold out the prospect of membership to Georgia and Ukraine Bush
vows to press Kiev’s Nato claims The US president
promised Ukraine he would press for the nation to take a significant new step
towards joining Nato at the summit in Bucharest Nato
Map is of little use to Macedonia Of all the nations
queuing up to join the alliance, Macedonian needs and deserves the move more
than any other, yet it is the least likely to get the green light The
prudent will have to pay for the profligateOn the
upside, the fairy government-mother stood on the sidelines, or she is dragged
in, as risk-addiction turns into risk-aversion, writes Martin
Wolf Iraq Forces' Defeat a
Blow - Strobbel and Youssef, Miami Herald
The
Basra Business - Frederick Kagan, Weekly Standard The
Lessons of Basra - Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation Exclusive
Poll: Clinton's Lead Shrinks In Pa. The
West's Cowardice Toward Islam - Henryk Broder, Der Spiegel At NATO summit, Bush likely to get some of
what he wants His quest for more forces in
Afghanistan, headway on continental missile defense may gain ground in
Bucharest. Afghanistan to ask NATO for bigger army of
its own At the NATO meeting
in Romania Thursday, Afghan officials are expected to request money to expand
its National Army from 86,000 to 120,000 troops. Salon The Great Depression: The sequel U.S., Allies Split over NATO
Expansion - Jon Ward, Washington Times
NATO Needs New Lease - Friis Arne Petersen, Washington
Times
NATO Shouldn't Advance Too Far East - Malcolm
Rifkind, London Daily Telegraph Globalize
NATO? - Helle Dale, Washington
Times A
Two-Tier Alliance - Nile Gardiner, Weekly Standard France is the world’s
most sophisticated practitioner of counterterrorism, and the U.S. can
learn from her experience WP '03
Memo: Interrogators Immune From Charges Now rescinded,
Justice document said military interrogators of al-Qaeda captives exempt from
federal laws prohibiting assault, other crimes. Dan Eggen and Josh
White Memorandum: Part 1 | Part 2 (PDF) In so-called "fusion centers," states use
commercial, government databases to mine information. NATO: Keeping Kosovo from
Becoming Entangled with Caucasus Complexities Afghanistan: More NATO Troops
and Trainers Needed to Defeat the Taliban EURASIANET |
H2 Guardian Turkey's
culture wars Stephen
Kinzer FT MARKETS
& INVESTING: Another blow to Turkey's already shaky confidence FT:
Türkiye'nin en son ihtiyacı olan şey Turkish
court case threatens fresh turmoil ABD, PKK'ya karşı sosyal adım bekliyor EU:
Talks must be suspended if AK Party closed down LA Times Genocide,
diplomacy and terrorism A partial transcript the Assembly of Turkish American Associations’
meeting with The Times editorial board. Sami Kohen
Olaya
nasıl bakıyorlar? The World from Berlin: 'An AKP Ban Would Be a
Putsch' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News Le Monde: Ak Parti'ye yasak gerçek bir
hukuki darbe olur Alternative to Article 140 on Disputed Areas
Said Agreed - Paper McClatchy Will U.S. envoy
to Armenia become an election issue? Turkish, Azeri Troops to Have Joint
Exercises - Military Expert Türkiye'nin ABD'deki lobi
şirketi değişti ABD’den AKP’nin oy oranına atıf President Gül heading Turkish delegation at critical
NATO summit Turkey's
AKP mulls formulas to avoid closure as world reacts Turkey and
democracy - International Herald Tribune LEADER
ARTICLE: Flawed Secularism Times of India Turkish prosecutor's case is a guidebook to
secularist fears Turkish
crisis appears to be a clash between the elites Demokratik Parti’nin başkan aday adayı, AB’nin mutlaka Türkiye’yi üye
yapması gerektiğini söyledi A
Turkish Coup? Atlantic Online Gulf Times Turkey will now
have to suffer at least six months of uncertainty and the threat of more turmoil. Foreign press defines AK Party case as power struggle A Face-off Over Turkish Democracy - TIME The Arabist “wonders whether this is really motivated by ideological
opposition to Islamists or by the fact that the country’s secular
establishment now finds itself out of power, and therefore unable to access
the resources of the state for their own purpose.” EDM TURKEY’S
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES TO HEAR AKP CLOSURE CASE GOOD
MORNING--TURKEY PRESS SCAN ON APR 02 Dış basında karamsar değerlendirmeler Babacan: Turkey needs to go ahead with judiciary
reforms Le Monde Eski şeytanlarla hesaplaşma bitmedi Bunun adı darbeden başka şey değil Başörtüsü tartışması laik İslam'ın
geleceğiyle ilgili Erdoğan'ın hâlâ desteklenmesi doğal - Google News
Fırat
News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish
Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter
–
national Konsolosluk
krokileri El Kaide’de çıktı Al-Qaeda
suspects held in Turkey Gaziantep'in intikamı için uyanan hücreye darbe Reuters AlertNet - Turkey detains 45 al Qaeda
suspects - Anatolian ABD, PKK'ya karşı sosyal adım bekliyor Turkey
hits rebel targets in Iraq Cevdet Aşkın Kapatma davasının gümbürtüsü, ABD'nin
Ankara-Erbil'e baskısı 7
terörist daha öldürüldü
Alternative to Article 140 on Disputed Areas
Said Agreed - Paper Kurdish Opposition Leader Interviewed on
Iran Elections Incident
occurs in Israeli Knesset’s commission while discussing issue on “Armenian
genocide” Türk: Bugün Türkiye'de 3 devlet var | |