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H1 BBC US admiral urges caution on Iran The top US military officer says opening up a third front in the Middle East with a strike on Iran would be "stressful".

 

MESH Is it over for America in the Middle East?

 

New York Times Committee Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal  Bush administration officials knew that an oil company with close ties to President Bush planned to sign an oil deal with the Kurdistan government, counter to American policy

 

Washington Post Bush Officials Condoned Regional Iraqi Oil Deal The administration told Hunt Oil it did not object to a deal with Kurdish regional government in northern Iraq, a contradiction of its public policy

 

Will We Invade Iran? PostGlobal | On a scale of 1-10, rate the chances of an invasion before Inauguration Day.

 

Anonymous: The Case For Covert Action

 

Progress Cited on U.S.-Iraq Pacts Foreign Minister Says Nations Are Working to Resolve Differences

 

One Nation No More? Civics Needs a Boost, but Our Identity Endures By David S. Broder, Is America's increasing diversity eroding its identity?

 

Turning Away From Musharraf

By Robert D. Novak, President Bush appears finally ready to work with Pakistani democrats.

 

A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan Iraq War Limits U.S. Options, Says Chairman of Joint Chiefs

 

Not So Quiet on the Third Front

By Dana Milbank, At this rate, the October Surprise won't be very surprising.

 

Official: Iran Accepts Talks Proposal

 

Financial Times America’s president must back the Group of Twenty By campaigning to invest new powers in the forum, the US could show it is serious about spurning arrogant unilateralism, writes William Drozdiak

 

 Iraq talks advance on deal for US troops Baghdad’s foreign minister says ‘a comfortable stage of negotiations’ has been reached towards an agreement allowing US troops to operate legally in the country next year

 

WORLD NEWS - IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Israel's threat to strike makes world nervous

 

WORLD NEWS - IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Mullen warns of 'third front' for US

 

WORLD NEWS: Tehran's elite guards act to boost land forces

 

Merkel backing for France over EU treaty  Angela Merkel, German chancellor, has offered France her full support as Paris seeks to salvage the European Union’s Lisbon reform treaty after Lech Kaczynski, Poland’s president,

 

The Times The world must kick its addiction to oil Markets won't correct the soaring prices threatening our economic wellbeing. So governments must

Anatole Kaletsky

 

From Russia With Contempt

The new man in the Kremlin cannot afford to stand aloof while oligarchs and officials ruin Russia's reputation with investors

 

Iran offers fresh hope of nuclear deal In a remarkably conciliatory new tone from Tehran influential hardliners have welcomed a recent package of incentives

 

From Mother Jones, Iran panic? Talk about it with the experts.

 

Thinking about Preventive Military Action Against Iran - Patrick Clawson and Michael Eisenstadt (Washington Institute for Near East Policy)

 

The Odds are Against an Attack on Iran By: Rami G. Khouri | The Daily Star I expect the U.S. and Israel to finally accept the reality that a military strike, no matter how punitive, would only temporarily set back Iran's nuclear capability, because the technological knowledge is already in Iran's hands and cannot be destroyed with bombs.

 

Deal Lets U.S. Drones Strike Bin Laden By: Rowan Scarborough | The Washington Times
The United States has a standing agreement with Pakistan that CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Osama bin Laden's hide-out without prior permission from Islamabad, according to people familiar with the arrangement

McCain Orders Shake-Up of His Campaign  Responding to Republican concerns, John McCain placed a veteran of President Bush’s 2004 re-election in charge of day-to-day operations.

 

Today in The Nation: Obama's Evolving Foreign Policy

Tapping Iraq’s Oil - Council on Foreign Relations

Los Angeles Times  Risk to U.S. troops seen if Israel strikes Iran Joint Chiefs Chairman Michael Mullen says a new conflict could entangle and strain soldiers already in the region.

 

Iran remarks point to split in leadership Ali Akbar Velayati warns against 'provocative' statements on the nuclear dispute, apparently in reference to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his loyalists

  

Iraq official cites progress on U.S. security pact

Any accord would be short-term and bar permanent bases, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says

 

'Tough' time in Afghanistan, Bush acknowledges

June was the bloodiest month of the war for U.S. troops, and he says more may be needed to fight the Taliban. He also calls for diplomatic opposition to Iran's nuclear activities

 

Christian Science Monitor A 'surge' unit sees change, but questions its permanence As the US Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment prepare to return home this month, many question whether the sacrifices they made will have been worth it in the end

 

Guardian Crusading is not the answer, but nor is pulling up the drawbridge Timothy Garton Ash: In a threatening world, the west needs to pursue liberal patriotism at home and liberal internationalism abroad

 

Russians move to end rift with UK

New president, Dmitry Medvedev, signals desire to draw a line under Putin years prior to G8 summit

Interview: Dimitry Medvedev

 

Is Sarkozy too results-oriented for the EU? Christopher Bickerton: The French president's idea of a 'Europe of results' shifts attention away from determining Europe's priorities

 

Can Barack Buy the Presidency? - Karl Rove, Wall Street Journal

 

Medvedev Trying to Carve Out New Role as President to Help Modernize Nation ... - Council on Foreign Relations

 

Der Spiegel A Brighter Future for Baghdad?: Optimism Grows in Iraq as Daily Life Improves

 

Time Does Osama bin Laden Still Matter?

Foreign Policy Seven Questions: Behind the Curtain at the G-8

 

Heather Hurlburt & Eli Lake: Fireworks Over Tehran

 

 

 

H2 FT Editorial Turkey’s secularist coup must crumble The attempt to overthrow the ruling Justice and Development party must be thoroughly dismissed and the EU should abandon its dithering over accession

 

Arrests signal fresh phase in Turkey’s secular struggle In the labyrinthine relations of Turkey’s military and the country’s politicians, this week’s arrests might have a more encouraging import

 

WORLD NEWS: Turkish general appeals for calm

 

Guardian Chicanery in Turkey

Martin Woollacott: The AKP is crying foul over the attempt to rule it unconstitutional, but it too has been playing fast and loose with democracy

 

CIA, PJAK ile yatağa girer

Son operasyonu ‘Dünya’ izliyor

Özgürlüğün sınırlanması ve AİHM’nin bakışı

 

Rusya ile hedef; çok boyutlu yoğunlaştırılmış ortaklık

 

[HABER ANALİZ] Gelişen ilişkilere eski kalıplar dar geliyor

 

ABD Genelkurmay İkinci Başkanı Ankara'da

 

Turkey won't oppose French NATO return over EU row

 

France praises Turkish military

Türk askeri 1 yıl daha Lübnan'da

 

SE: "CHP üyemizdir ve üye olmaya devam edecek"

Atina’da ‘türbülans’ endişesi

 

Erdogan's Party Will Ask Turkish Court to Dismiss Allegations Bloomberg 

 

TURKEY: ARRESTS, COURT CASE REVEAL THAT TURKEY IS DANGEROUSLY ... EurasiaNet

 

Turkish Arrests Focus on Alleged Plot TIME

 

Turkish general calls for calm after detentions Reuters

 

US: Ergenekon detentions matter of law enforcement

 

BBC Calm urged after Turkey arrests

 

Turkish ruling party trial: Readers react BBC News

 

Sami Kohen Dış dünyanın kafası gene karıştı...

 

1. Dünya basını gözaltıları böyle duyurdu

Politik hadiselere bağışıklığımız var Kapatma davası, Ergenekon gözaltıları yabancı yatırımcıların gözünü korkutmuyor

 

Turkish 'plot to kill Nobel Prize winner'

 

Gözaltılarda standartlara uyun

 

From Prospect, the Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen, winner of the intellectuals poll, is the modern face of the Sufi Ottoman tradition; and he may deny it, but Orhan Pamuk is Turkey's most important political voice.

 

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası  Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit      

 

 

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak  BBC Monitoring Inter-national

 

CIA, PJAK ile yatağa girer

 

Waxman: White House Knew Of Hunt/Kurdistan Oil Contract
The Washington Independent

 

Waxman: State Dept. ‘misleading’ on Hunt Oil deal The Hill

 

MELİHA OKUR
Irak sanayisine Türkiye damgası!

Cevdet Aşkın Barzani'den PKK'ya mektup, AB'de Kürt sorununa çözüm baskısı

 

Maliki to de Mistura: Kirkuk Issue should not be an Obstacle to Provincial Elections

Genelkurmay'dan açıklama

 

De Mistura expects holding provincial elections by the end of 2008 ...

Adım adım masaya

 

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

 

 

 

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık

 

AB hem temkinli hem de memnun

 

Dönem başkanlığında ilk Paris-Ankara sürtüşmesi

 

Rusya ile hedef; çok boyutlu yoğunlaştırılmış ortaklık

 

[NEWS ANALYSIS] Russia-Turkey relations: Blue Stream is not enough

 

Ergin Yıldızoğlu From Hegemony to Empire and then back to the bad old imperialism

Gül, Astana'da Rusya lideri Medvedev'le görüşecek

 

Büyük balıklarla uğraşılmaya başlanması iyi haber

 

Türkiye karşıtları, Nicolas Sarkozy'ye geri adım attırdı

 

Sosyalist Enternasyonal: CHP’ye ihraç yok

 

CHP, Sosyalist Enternasyonal'den ayrılmaya hazırlanıyor

 

Denktaş: Teslimiyete gidiyoruz

 

 EU both pleased and cautious over widening of coup probe

 

Turkey wishes to strengthen relations with Russia

 

Greece, Turkey sign electric pact

 

ABD: Polonya ile füze kalkanı için anlaştık

 

Lavrov reiterates opposition to US missile defense plan

 

CTP disappointed as SI summit ends

 

Hasan Kanbolat Groundbreaking ceremony for Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad line

 

Is Turkey Muzzling US Scholars?

 

 

 

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

 

H3 Kaosa dört gün kalmıştı

 

Ergenekon'u muhbir çözdü

 

Ergenekon örgütünün şifreleri çözülüyorPaşalar 7 Temmuz'da 40 ilde ayaklanma başlatacaktı.

 

Orgenerallerin evinde suikast planları

 

Şener Eruygur, Hilmi Özkök’ü dinletti mi?

 

Ürperten iddialar

Gözaltıları görüşmedik

 

Genelkurmay'dan açıklama

Sarıkız yine gündemde

 

Terörle suçlanacaklar

 

TÜSİAD: Demokrasiye ve hukuka duyulan güven zedelenmemeli

TOBB'dan tarihinin en sert açıklaması

 

FXG245 seri nolu Glock’u kim koydu

 

Ergenekon'u yaz yaz bitmiyor

 

AKP darbeyi neden araştırmıyor?

 

Eruygur�un ofisinde arama

 

İşte AK Parti savunmasının anahatları

 

Sözlü savunma bugün

 

‘Demokrasi ve hukuka güven zedelenmesin’

Korku toplumu yaratılıyor