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H1 Independent America's allies in Iraq under pressure as
civil war breaks out among Sunni Our Reign of Terror, by the Israeli Army In shocking
testimonies that reveal abductions, beatings and torture, Israeli soldiers
confess the horror they have visited on Hebron McClatchy GIs
in Sadr City under fire from friends and foes Three weeks
after U.S. troops were ordered into the sprawling Shiite Muslim slum of Sadr
City to stop rockets from raining down on the U.S. Embassy compound in
Baghdad's Green Zone, they're caught in crossfire between Shiite militiamen
and the mostly Shiite Iraqi army Analysis:
Time, delegate math working against Clinton Washington Post Carter
Meets With Hamas Chief In Exile, Defying Israel and U.S. Iraqi,
U.S. Forces Put Pressure on Mahdi Army NewsHour Carter
Meeting Sparks New Debate Over Engaging Hamas Clinton,
Obama Enter Final Stretch in Keystone Primary Fight Guardian Top Bush
aides pushed for Guantánamo torture Senior officials bypassed army chief
to introduce interrogation methods Ronald
Brownstein / National Journal Online: The First 21st-Century Campaign Time How to Win the Global-Warming War
MESH Extended deterrence Asia Times Petraeus hid Maliki's resistance to US troops
Petraeus' portrayal of last month's offensive in Basra by Iraqi forces as
inept masked a quite different picture in which Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri
al-Maliki launched the attack to forestall a much bigger US-led operation
against the Mahdi Army. Maliki did not want the US push to succeed. - Gareth
Porter Afghanistan Moves to Center Stage By: M.K. Bhadrakumar |
Asia Times The United States' monopoly of the Afghan war is coming under
serious public challenge. Iran and Turkey have been vocal in their
criticism of the way things are going -- or not going. At the same time,
erstwhile bitter enemies of the Taliban from the former Northern Alliance are
now involved in direct talks with "important people" from the Taliban.
Simultaneously, the geopolitics of energy are inextricably drawing China,
Russia and Iran towards Afghanistan. - M K Bhadrakumar A birthday present for Mubarak McClatchy Washington Bureau: Pentagon
institute calls Iraq war ‘a major debacle’ with outcome ‘in doubt’ Choosing War: The
Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath (PDF; 1 MB) Source:
Institute for National Strategic Studies (National Defense University) Pentagon Study? Current Events in Iraq? Not so Fast... US Army War College’s Parameters “The
Mythical Shia Crescent” by Pat Proctor (.htm
format) (.pdf
format) The
Strategic Importance of Central Asia: An American View by Stephen Blank Robert Jervis here Bush lied and people died? Not so,
says prominent social scientist Robert Jervis. And what's more, the U.S.
intelligence service remains the best in the world. New York Times McCain,
Iraq War and the Threat of ‘Al Qaeda’
Critics say Senator
John McCain’s descriptions of the enemy in Iraq oversimplify its hydra-headed
nature. SyriaComment News Round Up (18 April 2008) After
Bush Yedioth Ahronoth 'Troops torture Palestinians' Testimonies of Israelis who
serve in Hebron reveal common use of unrestrained violence To read the
pamphlet in full, click here IHT SIZE AND POWER A bigger
nation isn't always better By PAUL KENNEDY Being very
big, either in acreage or in population, is of itself no guarantee of
becoming and remaining a Great Power. Financial
Times Gideon Rachman’s blog Fear of China, fear of America: As China emerges a challenger to US dominance, Europeans may remember
they have more in common with the Americans than the Chinese Girls
allowed After Iran’s Islamic Revolution, women had fewer legal rights and
were forced to wear the hejab. Ironically it also opened up opportunities for
those who used to be kept at home, writes Anna Fifield The
dilemma haunting Clinton’s prey Edward Luce analyses Barack Obama and
‘elitism’ Economists’
Forum Dissecting Greenspan’s defence: ‘It didn’t have to be this way. Saying no to asset bubbles – equity,
property, or credit – was always an option’, writes Stephen Roach Russia
tries to soothe Georgia Moscow lifts visa restrictions on Tbilisi and
will hold talks to allow banned goods amid criticisms over its move to
establish official relations with separatist Georgian regions RFE/RL Georgia Asking Too Much On Abkhazia? Sukhumi has
repeatedly rejected Tbilisi's peace proposals, even as Moscow deepens its own
presence in the region. Some say it's time for a different approach. The Times Al-Qaeda warns of Iranian threat Ayman
al-Zawahri said in an audio message that Washington's war had met with
nothing but failure and defeat Los Angeles Times Stuck
in the middle The United States has put
itself in a dangerous spot -- between warring Shiite factions in Iraq. Arab
ambassadors to Iraq Iraq's Arab neighbors keep
vowing to send ambassadors to Baghdad. Will they? |
H2 UPI Analysis: Al-Qaida to attack
Turkey? By STEFAN NICOLA Experts are worried that Turkey will soon be hit
by an al-Qaida-orchestrated terror attack BittterLemons
Turkey, Iraq
and the PKK Steven
A. Cook,Turkey's Problematic Middle East Role - Council on Foreign
Relations A time for moderates? Hiwa Osman New Turkish strategy points the way ahead Bulent Aras Toward a new era in Turkish-Iraqi relations
regarding the PKK Abdulkadir Onay EDM TURKISH
RELATIONS IMPROVE WITH IRAN BUT ARE SHAKY WITH IRAQ ABD'den 'ahlaksız
teklif'
Sami Kohen ABD-AB farkı İlter Türkmen Türkiye-ABD ilişkilerinde bahar havası Öcalan:Türkiye'ye
karşı PKK'yi hazırda tutuyorlar. Tamamen bitirmiyorlar! Iraqi Kurds Back PKK Despite Hardships Institute
for War and Peace Reporting AKPM kapatma davasından endişeli AKPM’den ‘suya
sabuna dokunmayan’ bildiri
İşte AKPM Başkanı’nın
tartışılan sözleri
Abdülhamit Bilici Does
the Islamic world view the closure case differently than the West? EurasiaNet Turkey: More Woes for
Government, as Economy Loses Steam If the secularist-dominated Supreme Court in
Turkey doesn’t sink the governing Justice and Development Party, the
country’s slowing economy just might. McClatchy Turkish court threatens to oust government that lifted head scarf
ban Mustafa AKYOL The American plot to overthrow the Turkish
Republic 'Türkiye dışlanamaz'
Türbanlı Türk bayrağı
İç Basında Türk Dış
Politikası Dış
Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish
Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national
Rasim
Ozan Küahyalı Kürt meselesi ve Türkiye BM'nin Kerkük planı üç aşamalı - Öcalan:Türkiye'ye
karşı PKK'yi hazırda tutuyorlar. Tamamen bitirmiyorlar! Iraqi Kurds Back PKK Despite Hardships Institute
for War and Peace Reporting Filistinliler
Iraklı Kürtleri örnek almalı The Invisible People FrontPage Why
there are 22 Arab states, but not a single Kurdish state?
Serpil
Yılmaz Barzani, Türk devletinin gönderdiği işadamını
tutukladı 'Kürtlerden,
referandumsuz Kerkük çözümüne ihtiyatlı onay' Iraqi Social Movement Official in Mosul
Criticizes Kurdish Parties, Peshmerga Presence Iraqi Kurdish Writer Appreciates Barzani's
Speech on Fall of Saddan Dr Hassan Aydinli, ITF Europe Representative's letter to
Iraqi Prime Minister Mr. Nouri Al-Maliki Doktor olmak
yerine ‘canlı bomba’ oldu DTP'li vekilden
ezber bozan çıkış Şırnak’ta 3 PKK’lı
terörist öldürüldü Iraq Oil Deal Could Ignite International Investment Sezgin Tanrıkulunun duruşu ve KCK - DTP Matin Münir Hükümet, Katar’ı neden bu kadar seviyor? Iran, Turkey sign memorandum to deepen cooperation against
terror Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber
Dış
Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık AB, Cumhuriyet ve ulusal çıkar BAHADIR KALEAĞASI - Divergent
European approaches to combating PKK terrorism CSM In Germany, a breakthrough year for
immigrant politicians This weekend, more than 50 elected officials of Turkish
descent meet to spur wider political participation among the country's 2.7
million Turkish residents. Kalus Jurgens UK-Turkey
relations: formula for success Zeynep Göğüş Avrupa
kehanetleri Semih İdiz Küçük
Çek Cumhuriyeti’nden büyük destek Russia tests waters in Cyprus ahead of talks New reunification process in Cyprus officially under
way Avrupa Konseyi: Kapatma davası endişe verici, reform
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