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Los Angeles Times Iran said to be arming militants
The
chairman of Joint Chiefs says Tehran is sending more arms into Iraq despite
its vow to stop
Joint Chiefs
Chairman Assails Iran’s Role in Iraq
Shiite
Cleric Tells Followers to End Fighting and Unite Iraqis
MESH US-Syria:
Who’s converting whom? Peter W. Rodman – Jon Alterman
Kevin Drum / Washington Monthly: Syrian
Reactor Update SYRIA FOLLOWUP....
SyriaComment Syria’s Reactor
ArmsControlWonk Why now?
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Independent Leading article: Intelligence or propaganda?
Jim Lobe Hawks Resurgent?
BBC US Syria Claims Raise Wider Doubts
Washington Post Sadr
Extends Cease-Fire, Clarifies 'Open War' Threat
Party
Fears Racial Divide Attacks Could Do Lasting Harm, Democrats Say
U.S.
Scrambles to Address International Food Crisis The Bush
administration and Congress have been caught flat-footed by rapidly
escalating global food prices and are scrambling to respond to a crisis that
they increasingly view as a threat to U.S. national security, according to
government officials, congressional staffers and human rights experts.
How
to Make Deals with Devils - In
the End, Every President Talks to the Bad Guys Leslie H. Gelb
Financial
Times The
curious Syrian nuclear affair One US video show does not
shine a light through the regional murk. But it should remind us there is too
much dry tinder out there for anyone to be careless with matches
Reactor
claim fuels Arab fears of strike The political storm in
Washington over North Korea’s alleged assistance for a nuclear reactor in
eastern Syria may be welcomed by Arab states that favour more intense
international pressure on Damascus, but the Arab public will greet the claims
with scepticism
Doubts
raised over strength of US intelligence When
the Central Intelligence Agency rolled out evidence to support allegations
that North Korea had helped Syria build a nuclear reactor, officials said
they had “low” confidence that Syria was developing the reactor to produce
nuclear weapons
Blood Barrels By: Michael L. Ross | Foreign Affairs The
world is far more peaceful today than it was 15 years ago. There were 17
major civil wars -- with "major" meaning the kind that kill more
than a thousand people a year -- going on at the end of the Cold War; by
2006, there were just five.
Al Hayat Will the Middle East Go Up in Flames this Summer?
Patrick Seale - These are dangerously unsettled times in the Middle East. There are
so many bitter scores to settle, so much violent dissension, such implacable
hatreds, that it would take only a spark to set the whole region alight. Or
so it would seem. Many observers predict a hot and bloody summer.
Israel Spy Nest: Bigger Than We Thought
William Arkin Syria's
Nuclear Weapon: What to Do
Cheney
camp 'behind Syrian reactor claim'
Ha’aretz – Abbas: I failed in
U.S., no progress in peace talks
IAEA slams
U.S. for hiding intel on alleged Syrian reactor
Why Does Ahmadinejad Want Russian Troops in Iran? By:
Amir Taheri | Asharq Alawsat
Why is the leadership in Tehran anxious to give Russia the right to land
troops in Iran? The question is not fanciful. The Islamic Republic is
conducting a devious campaign to prepare public opinion for that eventuality
Analysis: Petraeus on Iraq
vs. Afghanistan (UPI) -- If Gen.
David Petraeus is confirmed as commander of U.S. Central Command, his broader
responsibilities may force him to reconsider his thinking about U.S.
commitments in Iraq in order to properly resource the U.S. effort in
Afghanistan, say some analysts and military observers.
Time Obama vs. Clinton = Shrinking Democrats (Cover
Story)
How Obama and Clinton are diminishing each other and turning a big campaign
into a small one
Guardian My
Middle East dialogue David Abrahams: Jimmy Carter was
right on Hamas. We mediators can take more risks than elected politicians
Yedioth Ahronoth Syria says has nothing to hide
CIA evidence regarding nuclear
reactor is 'prefabricated, false and futile,' says Syrian envoy to UN, adding
Damascus 'not afraid' of any IAEA investigation. Meanwhile President Bashar
Assad slams US claims as 'illogical'
This story isn’t about Israel
Syrian nuke affair is about
domestic US politics; Israel a supporting actor, Nahum Barnea writes
Debka Exclusive: Closest aide of Hamas hard-line Khaled Meshaal
dies in suspicious "accident"
Analysis: Assad caught red-handed may
now go for revenge
Mullen:
We Have to Deal with Iran –
ElBaradei slams Israel for attacking Syrian nuclear reactor
Syria's
Covert Nuclear Activities (White House)
Video:
CIA Report on Syrian Nuclear Reactor (Washington Post)
Dennis
Ross: Iran Could Be a Nuclear Power by 2009
Salon
Skepticism
Toward Bush Claims About Syria and North Korea
by Glenn Greenwald
IHT Aux armes,
citoyens!
By WILLIAM PFAFF The French Revolution was
the event that changed the history of Western civilization.
Georgia
steps up its diplomatic push for NATO membership Officials from the
Caucasus country fear that Russia will do everything possible to destabilize
it before NATO membership talks can begin in December.
The Slow Birth of a Nation By: Walter Mayr | Der Spiegel
Two months after Kosovo declared independence, thousands of foreign experts
have descended on its capital to shape Europe's youngest republic into a
constitutional state -- although its status is still disputed. Soon the EU
will take over, and its team can expect a country ruled by corruption and
organized crime
Trends
and drivers of change in the EU energy sector: Scenarios
Source: Eurofound Full
Report (PDF; 356 KB)
China Shows Interest in Iran-Pakistan-India
Gas Pipeline Project
Syria:
Fighting for the Status Quo
World Politics Review
Dan
Drezner The world
is in deep, deep trouble
Time Why
China's Burning Mad A virulent nationalism sweeps the country as
Chinese feel slighted--by foreign media, pro-Tibet protesters, even France.
Is this any way to welcome the world to the Olympics?
How to End the Global Food Shortage (Power
Of One)
The world saw it coming but did little. Now the global food shortage has
become a crisis. Here's how to end it
'It's
Almost Like They Formed An Axis or Something' by Eli Lake
Wall Street
Journal Russia's Pre-Olympic Nightmare
By Garry Kasparov
Will we have to wait for the 2014 winter games before somebody pays attention
to us
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