Foreign Press Review - April 28 2006 0428-2006f
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H1 The Times Read my lips – no attacks on Iran Gerard Baker Three months ago world leaders were heading for agreement on action. Not any more

BBC Sistani calls for disarmament

Independent - Robert Fisk The United States of Israel?

Washington Post Misreading the Enemy What We Don't Grasp About Militant Islam By David Ignatius - It's a truism that all conflicts end eventually. But how do you resolve a confrontation with an adversary that appears unable or unwilling to negotiate a settlement? That's a common problem that runs through the West's battles with militant Islam.

Top Iraqi Ayatollah Urges Action to Rein In Militias

From The Nation, an article on the ferment over The Israel Lobby

John Judis - Determining Factor: Oil And U.S. Diplomacy The New Republic Online

Financial Times COMMENT: The risk of a transatlantic rift over Iran By Guillaume Parmentier ‘Selective strikes’ against nuclear installations would only ensure development of nuclear weapons

Russia and China warn UN not to antagonise Iran

Fed hint on rate pause pushes dollar down
UPI BMD Focus: The allies America needs America's ballistic missile defense alliances with other industrialized democracies around the world are far from being a one-way street.
Ha’aretz - MI: Syria poised to spend petrodollars on arms IDF intelligence believes Damascus will aim to refit its air force; Iran, Saudi Arabia also eye arms deals
Knight-Ridder Are speculators driving up the price of oil?
Christian Science Monitor Israel raises profile in Iran nuclear fray
Why White House woos Azerbaijan
EurasiaNet The Azerbaijani President in Washington: An Important Test for Democracy
EDM AZERBAIJAN FEARS STANDOFF BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TEHRAN
OpenDemocracy A wager on war The United States military is preparing for the "long war" by shifting tactics and expanding ambitions. Paul Rogers sees trouble ahead

Weekly Standard McCain for SecDef? For a host of political reasons, it would make a lot of sense.by Ari Richter
H2 From the Archive Dört Tarz-ı Siyaset: Türk-Amerikan İlişkileri

Morgan Stanley Turkey: More Turm(oil) Oil prices are the main culprit, but it would be a mistake to overlook other factors.

RFE/RL Iraq: Kurdish Official Discusses Relations With Turkey Saffin Dizay

Washington Realist Failing Basic Diplomacy--Rice, Greece, Turkey and GAZPROM

EurasiaNet Concern Rising About Kurdish Discontent in Southeastern Turkey

UPI U.S. investors cautious on Kurdistan Despite advertising that promotes Iraq's Kurdish provinces as "The Other Iraq" - safe, progressive and ideal for business - American investors remain ...
Analysis: Syria faces new U.N. resolution
NATO-EU security poses challenge Faced with reform, restructuring and a lost mandate, the last decade has been tough for NATO. Will its EU security relationship cause further pressures?
Guardian Beware the hypocrisy of international allegiances Jonathan Steele: Bush's messy choice of friends and enemies is not a moral failing. It's a ruthless show of strength and should be feared.

Basque politician jailed for glorifying terrorism A prominent Basque separatist politician has been jailed for 15 months by a Spanish court for praising terrorism.

'Russia has left the western orbit' Missile deals with the 'axis of evil' are the latest sign that Moscow is sick of kowtowing to the US, writes Tom Parfitt.

New York Times Iraq's New Premier Gains Support in Talks With Shiite Leaders

The Economist Israel's new government Farewell to the generals

Jerusalem Post Analysis: Olmert must avoid 10 plagues

Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati

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Daily Star Both weapons and attraction are the essence of smart power By Joseph S. Nye

The way to beat Iran's confrontationists By Karim Sadjadpour
RFE/RL New Images Raise Questions About Nuclear Program New satellite images of an Iranian nuclear site show a previously-unseen tunnel entrance near a uranium-conversion facility, raising suspicions that activities within are being kept from the world's eyes.
H3 Fikret BİLA Stratejik vizyon belgesi yazıldı bile

Fikret BİLA Erdoğan'dan Kerkük uyarısı

Hasan CEMAL Kürt devleti!

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Sıcak takip ötesi...

Cengiz Çandar STRATEJİK FAY HATLARI ÜZERİNDE TÜRK DANSI

PKK'ye 8 noktada sıcak takip ve gece harekatı

Gül: Teröre karşı tedbirler sürecek

Wilson: PKK sokulmamalı

Muharrem Sarıkaya "SOVB, evlilikte ilişki tazeleme gibi"

Rice'ın ardından Erdal Güven

PKK, niye AB sürecini baltalıyor? MUSTAFA AKYOL

Ankara ve Tahran kontrolü ele almak istiyor MUHAMMED HURUB

Yalım Eralp Mrs. Rice Bize Gaz Bulsun

Zaman Gül: Irak rahatsız değil, memnun olmalı

PKK’ya karşı nokta operasyonları devam ediyor

‘2 bin 500 PKK'lı militan Barzani’ye sığındı’

Almanya, İran krizinde Rusya-Çin eksenine yaklaşıyor

Sabah MGK'ya üç başlıklı rapor

İran: "PKK kamplarına büyük zarar ...

Ambassador Ross Wilson Speaking to Journalists at Ankara Chamber of Industry Organized Industrial Zone (April 27, 2006)

RFE/RL Turkey Urged To Seek Baghdad's Help In Dealing With Kurds

Murat Yetkin - Enerji arenası

Birand AB Kürtçe ısrarını bıraktı
Fransa başlattı, İngiltere direndi ve AB, dolaylı şekilde ve ilerde Kürtçe eğitim baskısı yaratabilecek bir kriteri müzakere koşulu yapmaktan vazgeçti.

Turkey uses PKK to kill Kurdish dream By Zardasht Diaz

Turkey urged to seek Iraq's help in dealing with Kurdish militants

Baydemir: Belediye bütçemiz yetersiz

Ibn Khaldun’s theory of history: A reconstruction By Dr Kamal Mirawdeli

CoE: Turkey, Armenia can normalize relations only after Nagorno settlement

Armenian history hotly disputedSun-Sentinel.com


H4 New York Times Iraq's new Premier Gains Support in Talks With Shiite Leaders

U.S. Economy Still Expanding at Rapid Pace Forecasters expect the Commerce Department to report that the economy grew about 5 percent, the biggest increase since 2003

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Gas Pump Geopolitics If we want to make wind, solar and biomass more competitive, gasoline has to cost more.

Editorial Pander at the Pump The pain of high gas prices will only get worse unless Congress changes its priorities, now

Premier-Elect in Israel Closer to a Coalition

Iran Vows to Defy U.N. on Nuclear Program

PAUL KRUGMAN The Crony Fairy The United States will regain effective government if and when it gets a president who cares more about serving the nation than about rewarding his friends.

Blowback in Africa By RAFFI KHATCHADOURIAN The United States will regret aiding Chad’s dictator.

H5 Washington Post Misreading the Enemy What We Don't Grasp About Militant Islam By David Ignatius It's a truism that all conflicts end eventually. But how do you resolve a confrontation with an adversary that appears unable or unwilling to negotiate a settlement? That's a common problem that runs through the West's battles with militant Islam.

Soaring Oil Prices and Profits Fuel an Outrage Exxon Mobil reports $8.4 billion in first-quarter profit. Members of Congress offer proposals but little chance is seen for tighter oil controls.

Say It With Me: Supply and Demand By Charles Krauthammer, If you thought the Dubai port deal marked a record high in Washington cynicism, think again. Nothing can match the spectacle of politicians scrambling for cover during a spike in gasoline prices.
Gunmen Kill Sister of Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi lost another sibling when a pack of gunmen killed his brother on April 13.
Rice, Rumsfeld in Separate Orbits

Sistani Urges Action on Militias

Mubarak vs. a Dissenting Judiciary: Egyptians Rally Behind Magistrates Targeted After Alleging Election Fraud

Rice: U.S. Committed to Diplomacy With Iran

Tax the Windfall By Michael Kinsley

H6 Guardian Beware the hypocrisy of international allegiances Jonathan Steele: Bush's messy choice of friends and enemies is not a moral failing. It's a ruthless show of strength and should be feared.

Basque politician jailed for glorifying terrorism A prominent Basque separatist politician has been jailed for 15 months by a Spanish court for praising terrorism.

'Russia has left the western orbit' Missile deals with the 'axis of evil' are the latest sign that Moscow is sick of kowtowing to the US, writes Tom Parfitt.

Iran hangs tough as it fails to meet nuclear deadline Confrontation between Iran and the west intensifies as a negative verdict is given on Tehran's nuclear programme.

Musharraf insists: I'm not George Bush's poodle General says US air strikes infringe sovereignty · President denies running military dictatorship

Q&A: Bird flu

Eta ceasefire suffers setback Two arson attacks have seen Eta accused of abandoning its 'permanent ceasefire' after only a month, writes Giles Tremlett.

First Hitler in Germany, then Mussolini in Italy, and now the BNP in the UK: will this left-wing conspiracy never end?

'A blend of journalism and acupuncture' - the 85-year-old who terrifies presidents
H7 Knight-Ridder Are speculators driving up the price of oil?

Washington Times Grand Bargain or Grand Delusion?

Atlantic Monthly "The 'Vietnam syndrome' meant that every time the possibility of military intervention came up, the question was, 'Is this another Vietnam?' Now an 'Iraq syndrome' may be emerging. And with it comes the question, 'Is this another Iraq?'" —William Schneider , "The Vietnam Syndrome Mutates"

CFR U.S.-Russia Relations Headed in Wrong Direction, Concludes Council Task Force Chaired by Edwards and Kemp

Mujahadeen-e-Khalq (Iranian rebels)

Terrorism’s Dubious ‘A’ List

Time Time Runs Out for Iran at the U.N. Now What?

Boston Globe Bush's misbegotten Iran plan
(By Sarah Chayes and Amir Soltani Sheikholeslami)

RCP As U.N. Debates, Iran's Nuke Program Moves Ahead - Ian Bremmer

Of Imperial Presidents and Congressional Cowards - Patrick Buchanan

Japan Focus, a look at how the US-India nuclear deal is fueling an Asian arms race.


H8 BBC Iraq cleric calls for disarmament Iraq's most influential Shia cleric calls for the next government to disband militias operating in the country.

UN nuclear body to report on Iran The UN nuclear watchdog will report on whether Iran has met demands to suspend uranium enrichment.

Diaspora life Iranians abroad on their ties to Iran and pride in their heritage

The first chapter from Being Modern in the Middle East: Revolution, Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Arab Middle Class.

UPI Analysis: Sudan sanctions a first step

PBS News Media Flourishes in the Middle East

Boston Globe Editorial Iraq's new chapter

Getting past oil's ideology
EVER SINCE America began using oil from foreign sources, US companies have had to deal with undemocratic regimes

The New Republic The Iran question hawks won't answer by Peter Beinart
H9 Ha’aretz - MI: Syria poised to spend petrodollars on arms IDF intelligence believes Damascus will aim to refit its air force; Iran, Saudi Arabia also eye arms deals

Hezbollah publicly admits to support of militant groups in PA

The Economist Israel's new government Farewell to the generals

The New Republic And now for some facts A close examination of what Mearsheimer and Walt failed to tell us about the "Israel Lobby." by Benny Morris

Yedioth Ahronoth New 'spy satellite' a PR ploy

Jerusalem Post Analysis: Olmert must avoid 10 plagues

Analysis: Drawing the borders of Israel


Study: Orthodox ascendant among US Jews

Top Bedouin military officer convicted of spying against Israel

Daily Star Both weapons and attraction are the essence of smart power By Joseph S. Nye

The way to beat Iran's confrontationists By Karim Sadjadpour

Editorial U.S. and Iranian officials have led the world into stalemate
H10 Christian Science Monitor Why White House woos Azerbaijan Aliyev's visit comes as the country's oil and geography make it increasingly important.

Editorial Watering Lebanon's cedar revolution

Zarqawi: the man, the image, the video star

Why the CIA's secret flights irk Europeans Government response has been minor, but public is very suspicious of the US.

To Bernanke, inflation threat looms largest The Fed chairman raised hopes Thursday for a pause after next rate hike.

Israel raises profile in Iran nuclear fray An Israeli satellite will monitor Iran's program, which faces a Friday deadline.

Corruption eroding Afghan security Violence is spreading beyond the restive south, fueled in large part by poor governance, say analysts.

Congress takes hard look at 9/11 reforms Some members want changes at Homeland Security. Critics also eye national intelligence office.

H11 IHT H.D.S. Greenway: U.S. history in black and white Do Americans glorify their Founding Fathers too uncritically? Does a nation of immigrants, need founding legends to unite them?

Sarkozy turns France to talk of immigration Not the protests; immigration. It took one comment by Nicolas Sarkozy to shift the national focus from the hazardous terrain of labor market reform to turf that lies at the heart of his own popularity.

Madrid suspects tied to e-mail ruse The leading figures indicted in the March 11, 2004, train bombings in Madrid used a simple e-mail trick to outwit investigators while planning their attack.

For Bulgarian villagers, US bases mean jobs

In Indonesia, the Chinese go to church In Indonesia, home of the world's biggest Muslim population, rich, urban ethnic Chinese are flocking to Christianity.

Yale Global China Seeks "Strategic Partnership" With Africa
H12 RFE/RL

EDM RUSSIAN FORCES DRILL FOR POSSIBLE REBEL OFFENSIVE IN NORTH CAUCASUS
- AZERBAIJAN FEARS STANDOFF BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND TEHRAN

BBC Putin criticises West over energy Putin accuses European countries of stoking up fears about the reliability of Russian energy supplies.

Washington Times A burgeoning friendship By Kanat Saudabayev - U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship strengthens

Regnum Azerbaijani NGOs excluded cooperation with nearly all Armenian colleagues

Eurasian Secret Services Daily Review

Bosnia intelligence agency scrambles over Mujahideen


H13 The Times Read my lips – no attacks on Iran Gerard Baker Three months ago world leaders were heading for agreement on action. Not any more

UN braces itself for a nuclear showdown Iran will be reported to the UN security council for its decision to enrich uranium but its President has denounced the international community as divided

Leader Strike camp It is time to set a date for Guantanamo’s closure

MI6: Squiffy need not apply Ben Macintyre In today's open climate, spies have come in from the gentlemen's clubs and on to the job market

Insurgents kill sister and brother of new Iraqi leader



WSJ How Much Oil Is Really Down There? The SEC's "proved reserves" won't tell us. By DANIEL YERGIN


The Economist Goldman Sachs On top of the world In its taste for risk, Goldman Sachs, the world's leading investment bank epitomises the modern financial system

China and the internet The party, the people and the power of cyber-talk


H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The risk of a transatlantic rift over Iran By Guillaume Parmentier ‘Selective strikes’ against nuclear installations would only ensure development of nuclear weapons, writes Guillaume Parmentier of the Institut Français des Relations Internationales

Russia and China warn UN not to antagonise Iran

Man of the people ready to take on ayatollahs

Is openness key to the Iran problem?

Kosovo prime minister plays down border disputeAgim Ceku, prime minister of Kosovo, played down a border dispute with neighbouring Macedonia, saying that the current border would not change after the breakaway Serbian province gains formal independence.

Fed hint on rate pause pushes dollar downThe dollar fell to seven-month lows against the euro after Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve, prepared the markets for a halt in the US rate-tightening cycle that began in June 2004

COMMENT: Crisis prevention in the new global economy By Gordon Brown Starting with the agreement reached at Saturday’s international monetary and financial committee meeting, we should push ahead with IMF reform, writes Gordon Brown, UK chancellor of the exchequer

Editorial China's weakest link

China's monetary policy change of tack surprises economists


H15 Los Angeles Times Bin Laden's loser crusade By Jonah Goldberg The truth about radical Islam's desperate appeal to globalization nobodies.


FT Editorial Russia ‘forced’ to seek new energy markets Vladimir Putin said warnings by Russian energy companies that they will expand supplies to non-European markets were caused by European “attempts to spread anxiety” about dependency on Russian energy.

Carbon trade on trial Every market, especially one as young as the European carbon emissions trading system that started last year, is prone to sharp swings.
COMMENT: A future for Europe shaped by museums and modernity A favourite jibe of my American friends is that Europe is becoming a museum. I rather like museums. As long as the admission charges are set high enough, there is something to be said for growing old gracefully in the role of a curator. But Europe’s politicians insist otherwise: power and prestige lie in modernity.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cold war thinking will not get us anywhere - no matter how imperfect, Rosneft IPO must go forward
H16 Knight-Ridder Republicans may face first election losses of the Bush era For five years, President Bush has defied political history. Now, six months before another Election Day, history appears to be catching up to Bush and his party.

Blog: Is Rove implicating Cheney?

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

Exclusive: Senate Intelligence Committee Chair blocks Rice, Tenet, Powell interviews on Iraq...

H17 Daily Telegraph 'Blair must name his day' Ministers loyal to Tony Blair have said he will have to announce the date of his departure soon after Thursday's local elections if Labour suffers heavy losses.

Bleeding Iraq dry A new class of grand mafiosi sucking billions of pounds out of Iraq's vital oil sector is crippling efforts to rebuild the devastated nation.
H18 Independent Iraq war set to be more expensive than Vietnam The Iraq war has already cost the US £180bn, according to an authoritative new report, and even if a troop withdrawal begins this year, the conflict is set to be more expensive than the Vietnam War

Robert Fisk: Through a Syrian lens, 'unknown Americans' are provoking civil war in Iraq

Robert Fisk United States of Israel?
New government in Israel ready to clear dozens of settlements

Basque leader is jailed for praising former head of Eta
H19"Record of President's Meeting with the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board," July 18, 1970.
UPI Outside View: Mightier than the sword Rumsfeld has approved plans that designate the elite Special Operations Command, or SOCOM, as the Department of Defense's lead ...
Excessive secrecy hurting CIA studies

The technology behind the Pentagon's controversial data-mining project has been acquired by NSA, and is probably in use.

Counterterrorism in African Failed States: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Washington Note Porter Goss: Director of the Central Harrassment Agency
H20 Slate Fat Liars: Americans are even more obese than we thought. William Saletan human nature,

NRO Michael Ledeen: James Jesus Angleton reveals the intel.

Mackubin Thomas Owens: Rumsfeld’s critics in uniform have overstepped their bounds.
H21 MI6 ad seeks recruits with an 'outstanding ability to persuade'
FT COMMENT: Cheer up, football has no room for false patriotism By Simon Kuper Appointing a foreigner as coach of the national football team is a sign of English strength as well as weakness, writes Simon Kuper, prize-winning author of Football Against the Enemy

The BBC's risky game of space invaders The BBC is invading commercial broadcasters' cyberspace. The public broadcaster said this week that it was going to relaunch its website with more blogs, podcasts and...

Puzzle Embedded in 'Da Vinci Code' Ruling

Film Critics on 'United 93' A roundup of film critics' reviews of "United 93."

Ext links Blogs - memeorandum - Slate's Today's Blogs - Blogometer - Juan Cole - Kevin Drum - Belgravia Dispatch - Thomas P.M. Barnett
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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