Foreign Press Review - April 27 2006 0427-2006f
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H1 CSIS Iraq's Evolving Insurgency and the Risk of Civil War -Anthony H. Cordesman, with the assistance of Eric M. Brewer and Sara Bjerg Moller

Ha’aretz – Iran procures missiles capable of hitting Europe IDF Intelligence chief: Tehran bought
th Korea with 2,500-km. range.

And thank you to Hamas By Aluf Benn - Finally, there is a disciplined, hierarchical body on the Palestinian side that can observe a cease-fire - even if it is a fragile and imperfect one - and gradually enforce "one law and one weapon," rather than Fatah's institutionalized anarchy

Harvard Magazine The$2-Trillion War by Craig Lambert

Nelson Report on Iran via Laura Rozen 10:06 AM

Christian Science Monitor A defiant Iran banks on divisions at UN UN's split means sanctions will likely be imposed by the US and its allies.

The New Republic Determining Factor by John B. Judis Why does America fight? Oil. It's not fashionable to say this, but the Iraq war was about oil. Not entirely, but certainly more than it was about weapons of mass destruction or a link to Al Qaeda. The 1991 war with Iraq was also about oil, and if the United States goes to war in the future with Iran or with China, it will likely be about oil.

Study: 'Land of opportunity' a myth US has one of the lowest rates of intergenerational mobility in the world.

Financial Times Editorial Bush runs on empty Pity the leader of a nation that regards cheap petrol as a basic human right.

Brussels urges Russia to break Gazprom grip on pipelines

EU urges Bulgaria to step up fight against organised crime

Working government 'key to calming Iraq'

COMMENT: The high price of feeding the hungry dragon By Mark Thirlwell One consequence of its immense appetite for commodities is that China is also pulling economies from further afield into its economic and political orbit, writes Mark Thirlwell, director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy

Guardian With Europe and America, the feeling is always mutual Linda Colley: Our enduring prejudices about each other contain awkward truths, but both sides need to broaden their horizons.

Leader – Oil Prices - Fuelling the uncertainty If there is any overall rationale for the current slow-motion oil-shock, there may be no alternative but to rely on that old standby, market uncertainty. Market jitters are currently centred on Iran.

Are there British intellectuals? Yes, and they've never had it so good Timothy Garton Ash: Britain has the richest culture of debate in Europe - not even Paris, the former capital of ideas, can compete

Moving Beyond the Stalemate: Addressing the Nuclear Challenge by Supranational Means Netherlands Institute of International Relations
Russia's Military Strategy: Preparing for the Wrong War?Netherlands Institute of nternational Relations

Is More Better? Evaluating External-Led State Building After 1989 Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies


H2 Preventative War and its Alternatives: The Lessons of History Strategic Studies Institute

Harmony and Disharmony: Exploiting al-Qua'ida's Organizational VulnerabilitiesFreeman Spogli Institute for International Studies

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

CFR Syria: Has Assad Dodged a Bullet?

CFR Landis: Syria Eagerly Seeking to Improve Relations with Iraqi Leaders

CFR Assad Bruised but Resilient

CFR Azerbaijani President Stresses Military Cooperation with US in Afghanistan, Iraq—but not Iran

IHT A dictator comes a-calling EVGENY MOROZOV Bush sees nothing wrong with pontificating about human rights violations in Azerbaijan and wining and dining their perpetrator at the same time.
RFE/RL Aliyev Defends Rights Record, Blames Armenia For Stalled Karabakh Talks

NATO - Ministers To Discuss Alliance's Future At a summit in Sofia, NATO foreign ministers are expected to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the planned deployment in southern Afghanistan, but also begin talks about how to respond to the aspirations of prospective new members.

Russia/Germany Energy Security, Iran Top Summit Agenda

EurasiaNet Azerbaijani President Visits Washington
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Turkey, Azerbaijan and Armenia: A Triangular Interaction?* -- Part IIYuksel Soylemez

Turks and Armenians Suat Kiniklioglu

Aliyev: İran’a operasyonda yokuz

Fikret Ertan Romanya ve Bulgaristan üsleri

Mithat Bereket Mahmud Abbas ziyaretinin perde arkası

Turkey and US remain friends and good allies Ilnur Cevik

Türkmenler Kürt Liderleri Uyardı

’Çift el’ diplomasisi

Kurdish Intifada ZNet

Halabjans Resent Lack of InvestmentInstitute for War and Peace Reporting

Have your say: Shiia militants occupy Kirkuk whilst Turkish-Iranian troops coming from other sides of Kurdistan’

KDP: "Randevu talebi Zana'dan geldi"

Iraq: Kurds seize equipment destined for South Oil Company Tactical Report

Civil Servants Short-Changed Institute for War and Peace Reporting ... In Kurdistan, Iraqi coins are used to make jewellery and play games, and even children know they have no monetary value.

Rizgari Türk Ordusu KKK´yi bahane ederek Özgür Kürdistan´a fiili olarak yerleşmek istiyor

Türk Özel Savaş Kuvvetleri Özgür Kürdistan topraklarına girdi



H3 Hürriyet PKK’ya sıcak takibe ’göz yumarız’ iması Erdoğan ile ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Rice arasında geçen ve 1 saat 10 dakika süren görüşmenin perde arkasını açıklıyoruz.

Irak’tan nota Irak, Türk özel harekátçıların sınırı aştığını ileri sürüp Türkiye’ye iki ayrı nota verdi.

Cüneyt Ülsever Nasıl stratejik işbirliği yapacağız?

Ertuğrul Özkök Irak Kürtlerine akraba mesajı

Ruşen Çakır Rice AKP'ye can simidi uzattı

Çandar RİCE GELDİ-GİTTİ. NE OLDU? NE OLMADI?

How should we read Rice's Ankara visit? Cengiz Candar

Sami KOHEN Belgeyle biter mi?

Birand Ayar yapıldı, sıra uygulamada...

Soli Özel Yeni dönem

Cumhuriyet 'Ortak vizyonda' çerçeve tartışması

Zaman Irak’a nota cevabı: Toprağınızı PKK’ya kullandırmayın

Ankara, Rice ziyaretinden memnun Atina, Kıbrıs uyarısının şokunu yaşıyor

Türkiye ile ABD arasında ‘stratejik vizyon’ dönemi

Radikal Otomobilde söylenenler
Rice Gül’e 'Avrupa'da, sizdeki Müslümanlık'tan çok daha katı Hıristiyanlık var' demiş

Irak'ın gözü sınırda Irak Dışişleri bilgi istedi: Sınırda son durum ne? Yanıt: Rutin bir harekât

Kıyaslama Gündüz Aktan 24 Nisan günü Başkan Bush, Ermeni olayları konusunda mutat bildirisini yayımladı. Bunun bir yıl önceki bildiriyle mukayesesi Ermeni meselesinin gidişatı hakkında bazı ipuçları verebilir.

Türkler AB'den giderek soğuyor

Rumlar Annan Planı'nı reddetmenin cezasını çekiyor

Kürt liderler tarihe baksın

Milliyet Taha AKYOL Ermeni diasporası ve Amerika

Semih İDİZ 'Rice'ın ziyareti beklenenden başarılı'

'ABD kırbacı!' ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Condoleezza Rice'ın Atina'da "Rum Kesimi'nin Türkiye'nin AB üyeliği için çaba göstermesi gerektiği"ni ifade etmesi, Yunan ve Rum basınında tepkiyle karşılandı

Hava sahasına kalkanHazine, "yüksek irtifa-uzun menzilli hava savunma sistemi" projesi için gereken 1 milyar dolarlık ön onayı verdi

Cumhuriyet PKK'ye sıcak takip

Akşam Vur-kaç operasyonu

Güler Kömürcü Joker kimin olacak?

Hüsnü Mahalli Zana arabulucu mu?

KDP: "Randevu talebi Zana'dan geldi"

Vatan- Laricani - 'Bakü-Ceyhan'ı vururuz'

EurasiaNet Turkey and the United States to Develop "Common Strategic Vision" BY MEVLUT KATIK

Senior Kurdish official proposes mass resignations

The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland Los Angles Times - By Alissa J. Rubin

Turkey Masses Troops on Iraqi Border

Turkey Denies Sending Troops Into Iraq
Remarks With Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Gul After Their Meeting

Rice Seeks Greek, Turkish Help to Pressure Iran

H4 New York Times Editorial The Iraqi Oil Pipeline Fiasco American taxpayers got a particularly raw deal on the project to repair a crucial oil pipeline in Iraq.

Grand Jury Gets Rove Testimony Over C.I.A. Leak Karl Rove's testimony was a sign of renewed attention by the special prosecutor in a matter that has lingered unresolved for months.

Bush Takes Steps to Ease Increase in Energy Prices

Qaeda Video Vows Iraq Defeat for 'Crusader' U.S.

DAVID BROOKS The Death of Multiculturalism
Democrats are purging the last vestiges of the New Left and returning to the older civic liberalism of the 1950's and early 1960's.



H5 Washington Post Projected Iraq War Costs Soar Total Spending Is Likely to More Than Double, Analysis Finds

Six-Nation Bloc Plans Anti-Terror Maneuvers China, Russia and four Central Asian nations announced Wednesday that they will hold joint anti-terrorism exercises next year, emphasizing a desire to balance U.S. military influence in Asia with stepped-up preparations of their own.

Probe of Detainee Transfers Finds Many CIA Flights

Iranian Leader Warns U.S. of Reprisal
Khamenei Is Defiant Ahead of U.N. Report

In Iraq, a Joint Show of Support Rice, Rumsfeld Meet With Incoming Premier; Unity Is Theme

Editorial A Dagger to al-Qaeda Good news in Iraq triggers a bleat from a terrorist -- and a hasty cheer by the Bush administration.

Sudan's Bashir Rebuffs U.N. on Peacekeepers

Tension Over Press Leaks Government Has a Right to Keep Secrets -- but Also a Duty to Be More Open By David S. Broder,

Some Archives Files Wrongly Kept Secret

Wilting Dreams At Gitmo A Detainee Is Denied A Garden, and Hope By P. Sabin Willett,

H6 Guardian 1,000 secret CIA flights revealed · MEPs' report says member states knew of abductions · Documents show 'strange routes' and stopovers

Gorbachev in row on 20th anniversary of Chernobyl disaster Russian newspaper publishes transcripts of a politburo meeting during which the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev suggested covering up the real circumstances of the accident

With Europe and America, the feeling is always mutual Linda Colley: Our enduring prejudices about each other contain awkward truths, but both sides need to broaden their horizons.

Leader – Oil Prices - Fuelling the uncertainty If there is any overall rationale for the current slow-motion oil-shock, there may be no alternative but to rely on that old standby, market uncertainty. Market jitters are currently centred on Iran.

Are there British intellectuals? Yes, and they've never had it so good Timothy Garton Ash: Britain has the richest culture of debate in Europe - not even Paris, the former capital of ideas, can compete.

Olmert strikes first deal in bid to form coalition Israel's interim prime minister closer to parliamentary majority needed for his plan to draw Israel's final borders by 2010.

Security for show Brian Whitaker: The clapped-out Egyptian regime must be held to account after three bombings in Sinai in 18 months.

Rice and Rumsfeld bury the hatchet for Iraq visit · Show of unity aimed at bolstering PM-designate · Fox radio host is Bush's new press secretary

Briton accused in bomb plan Man named in court over role in Libyan plans to build a nuclear bomb
H7 Washington Realist Robert McFarlane and breathing room for energy

Provocations by Michael Scheuer

UPI Analysis: Kofi Annan speaks out U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan spoke out forcefully, yet diplomatically, against "very unfair and unjustifiable criticism" of the world organization in recent years.

UPI ? Analysis: How to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions

? Walker's World: EU highs and lows

? Analysis: Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance Analysis: NATO talks transformation, again

? Outside View: The rising power of Shiites By Barry Rubin

The New Republic Determining Factor by John B. Judis Why does America fight? Oil. It's not fashionable to say this, but the Iraq war was about oil. Not entirely, but certainly more than it was about weapons of mass destruction or a link to Al Qaeda. The 1991 war with Iraq was also about oil, and if the United States goes to war in the future with Iran or with China, it will likely be about oil.

NRO Jonah Goldberg: Iraqis should vote on whether we should stay

Senate FRC Hearing U.S.-India Atomic Energy Cooperation:Strategic and Nonproliferation Implications

New Republic Is Al Jazeera the next PBS? by Spencer Ackerman
H8 Larijani says US seeks nuclear OPEC in 20 years

BBC Complex Iran Iranian views on the growing nuclear crisis are far from monolithic

Iraq war costs soar to $300 billion Pentagon may reduce US troops by 30,000 in Iraq

House Backs Tighter Iran Sanctions

Khamenei: Iran Won't Attack, but Will Retaliate
Iraqi PM Reaches Out to Sunnis, Kurds


Knight-Ridder Hundreds of detainees abused, report finds Three human rights groups said Wednesday that they had found credible evidence that U.S. troops and government civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, had abused, tortured or killed at least 460 detainees.

Iraqis faking their IDs to hide religious affiliations

Iraq: Maliki's first days

Bush Administration Expresses Concern on Iranian Intention to Share Nuclear Technology

Why we fear Iran By Abdul Rahman Al Rashed Asharq Al Awsat, The columnist says, "Most of the Arabs outside of the Gulf region believe that Iran's possession of a nuclear weapon is a positive development that achieves a balance of power with Israel. The Gulf Arabs, however, believe that the power of Iranian nuclear deterrence represents the biggest danger of a military threat." He says that, given Israel's capacity to strike Iran and the possible devastation that a nuclear launch by Iran would reign on Palestinians, "This means that the only possible target... would be the Arab Gulf." He concludes by saying that this "fear is justified, particularly after Iran's new escalation through the development of its forces, weapons, and purchases, as well as the enrichment of uranium."Link to full text in primary source.
H9 Ha’aretz – Iran procures missiles capable of hitting Europe IDF Intelligence chief: Tehran bought ground-to-ground missiles from North Korea with 2,500-km. range.

And thank you to Hamas By Aluf Benn - Finally, there is a disciplined, hierarchical body on the Palestinian side that can observe a cease-fire - even if it is a fragile and imperfect one - and gradually enforce "one law and one weapon," rather than Fatah's institutionalized anarchy.

Facing the Kremlin The U.S., exhausted in Iraq and preoccupied with its problems, is in no hurry to enter a futile face-off with the Kremlin, and will agree to pay a high price to avoid one

Debka One up for Tehran in Its Secret Bout with Washington

Yedioth Ahronoth 'We won't train with Israel' Swedish defense minister says country pulled out of air force exercise because a state 'that does not participate in international peacekeeping missions' is scheduled to take part, but does not mention Israel by name

BBC Israel drops militant trial plan
Israel will not try Palestinian militant Ahmed Saadat over the 2001 assassination of an Israeli minister. Profile: Ahmed Saadat

Rocket attacks Mixed feelings among Palestinians about militant rocket fire

Examining 'The Israel Lobby' - Molly Ivins, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Mossad behind Dahab attacks?
H10 Christian Science Monitor A defiant Iran banks on divisions at UN UN's split means sanctions will likely be imposed by the US and its allies.

US should call for direct talks with Iran Communication could help alleviate tension from historical grievances. By John K. Cooley
EU hears hum of cheap labor
By Monday, Western Europe must decide whether to lift restrictions on low-wage Eastern European immigrants.

With oil at $70 a barrel, firms try coal, shale, even turkeys
Alternative energy got a boost from President Bush this week, but projects are typically small - or secret.

Hamas, Sudan say 'no thanks' to bin Laden Al Qaeda leader's recent statement is attempt to deflect criticism, rewrite Sudan history, critics say

Zarqawi's message: 'I'm still here' Iraqis reacted negatively to video of the terror leader, who was until now seen by many as fictional.

H11 IHT A dictator comes a-calling EVGENY MOROZOV Bush sees nothing wrong with pontificating about human rights violations in Azerbaijan and wining and dining their perpetrator at the same time.

EU inquiry links 1,000 flights to CIA A European Parliament investigation report, written by Italian Socialist Giovanni Fava, left, stated that the CIA had flown 1,000 undeclared flights over Europe since 2001, sometimes stopping on the Continent to transport terrorism suspects kidnapped inside the European Union to countries using torture.

Der Spiegel Russian Power Plays: Merkel in Siberia for a Summit with Putin

Yale Global New Globalization Battle Threatens Asia

EU Accused of Ignoring Human Rights Abuses in Rush for Gas Deal

H12 RFE/RL Aliyev Defends Rights Record, Blames Armenia For Stalled Karabakh Talks
NATO - Ministers To Discuss Alliance's Future At a summit in Sofia, NATO foreign ministers are expected to discuss Iran's nuclear program and the planned deployment in southern Afghanistan, but also begin talks about how to respond to the aspirations of prospective new members.

Russia/Germany Energy Security, Iran Top Summit Agenda

EurasiaNet Azerbaijani President Visits Washington
EDM CRITICS PRESS FOR IMPROVED JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN GEORGIA
Russian Security Council secretary about situation in Caucasus and Central Asia: Threats in the region are of external character are bound to situation in Middle East

Armenia: Minister Speaks To RFE/RL About Education Reform
H13 The Times

WSJ Measuring Chernobyl's Fallout

Washington Times Intelligence failures (Frank J. Gaffney Jr.)
H14 Financial Times Editorial Bush runs on empty Pity the leader of a nation that regards cheap petrol as a basic human right.

Brussels urges Russia to break Gazprom grip on pipelines

EU urges Bulgaria to step up fight against organised crime

Working government 'key to calming Iraq'

COMMENT: The high price of feeding the hungry dragon By Mark Thirlwell One consequence of its immense appetite for commodities is that China is also pulling economies from further afield into its economic and political orbit, writes Mark Thirlwell, director at the Lowy Institute for International Policy

US and Brussels vie to prove commitment to a successful Doha round

CIA warns ex-agents against talking to the media

US reviews shortlist for IMF job

China in move to gain foothold in Nigerian oilfields

H15 Los Angeles Times Rice, Rumsfeld Stop By Iraq in Show of Support

Iraqi Leader, Rebel Chief Vie for Support of Sunnis
Why Gas Prices Refuse to Go Down The factors driving today's record prices are varied, complex and beyond the reach of presidential dictate
The Pulitzers for aiding terrorists go to...By Max Boot Newspapers reward Bush-hating and worse.

FT Leader Saying no to Rosneft The planned stock market flotation of Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil group, presents investors with an unprecedented opportunity to buy into Russia's oil riches

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Russian energy treaty ratification would be right signal

COMMENT: How secret political donations can end the secret deals By Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres So long as donations are purged of self-interest the remaining gifts should be a mark of civic pride, not a source of scandal, write Bruce Ackerman and Ian Ayres, professors of law at Yale Universit

COMMENT: Finance's relentless rise threatens economic stability By Andrew Glyn In spite of its talent involved in devising ever more sophisticated trades, the financial sector is a potential source of disastrous instability
H16 Study: 'Land of opportunity' a myth US has one of the lowest rates of intergenerational mobility in the world.

Clinton is Democrats' favorite for White House but...

Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec -

Salon The passion of George W. Bush The president doesn't care that he is reviled. He is a martyr, and someday all will see his glory. Meanwhile, he's got Karl doing his dirty work
H17 Daily Telegraph
H18 Independent The big question: Should we fear Kremlin control of Europe's energy supply?

Hamish McRae: Why the world's markets shrug off fears over global trade imbalances

Iran's leader warns US against strike
H19 US House Begins Debate on Intelligence Budget
H20 Slate Inflation Everywhere: Globalization used to drive down prices. Not anymore. Daniel Gross


Sustained high oil prices in the US could prompt positive behavioural and political changes: energy conservation, public transport and, eventually, the economic viability of alternative fuel sources that may one day undermine the power of the oil oligarchs

Could Rumsfeld Court-Martial the Retired Generals?: Surprisingly, yes.
Fred Kaplan

H21 Does France really need its own search engine? When Jacques Chirac announced that he was putting €450m into a Franco-German challenger to Google, many observers thought he had been sniffing a little too much camembert.


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Joshua Marshall - Daniel Drezner - Laura Rozen - the washington note - Syria Comment - David Corn - William Arkin - Phil Carter - Helena Cobban - Matt Yglesias - Oxblog - Brad DeLong
winds of change - political theory/
CounterterrorismBlog OutSide the Beltway - InstaPundit - Kausfiles - andrewsullivan.com - Becker Posner-- armscontrolwonk - Registan Arts & Letters Daily/
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