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| H1 Iraq War Bill Deletes US Military Base Prohibition
Washington Post Zarqawi's Existence Aided U.S. Arguments
New York Times Hamas Declares It Will Resume Attacking Israel LA Times Camp David Talks Will Focus on Iraq's Future
Atlantic Monthly - The short, violent life of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, a video store clerk and petty crook who remade himself as America’s nemesis in Iraq... more»
Weekly Standard No Posthumous Victory for Zarqawi Don't let him achieve in death what he failed to do in life.
Guardian The western view of the rise of India and China is a self-affirming fiction Pankaj Mishra: Both made their most impressive gains when they rejected the free market. They need a new way of becoming modern.
The clash of abstractions Pankaj Mishra: The idea of a reformist-fanatic struggle within Islam is a cliche. The real collision is between Muslim intellectuals in the west.
A century of slaughter. Why is the hundred years just past the bloodiest in history? Niall Ferguson has an answer or two... more»
Who is Behind Minorities Uprising(Iran)?
Nir Rosen: The Civil War Continues
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| H2 Guardian Cyprus vetoes Turkey's talks to gain EU entry World: Foreign ministers fail to agree common approach · Muslim country's reforms and economy in difficulty
BBC Accession doubts
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
EDM MOSCOW, ANKARA RELUCTANT TO WELCOME NEW BLACK SEA FORUM
Financial Times LEADER: The rise and rise of US corporate profits
Bolton rejects 'grand bargain' with Iran
WSJ Jordan Emerges as a Vital U.S. Ally
“Reidar Visser has two good new entries on his website: this on the federalism issue in Iraq, and this on the latest cabinet appointments there.”
Salon - Helena Cobban The incredible shrinking US Despite the death of Zarqawi, Bush's huge gamble in Iraq has failed. As a result, the US is weaker everywhere in the world -- and that's not all bad. Yeni cumhurbaşkanı bence bir kadın olsun Talat, Almanya'ya doğrudan mesaj verdi
Enis Berberoğlu MHP takviminde 3 tarih Serdar Turgut Çoğunluğun adı ne? Ali Bulaç İran’a laik-milliyetçi model | H3 ABHaber İşte AB'nin Türkiye uzlaşısı: 'Ortak Tutum Belgesi' (Orjinal metin) Ross Wilson:İstikrar sorununu aştınız Dismissing recognition of N. Cyprus, US urges a united nation Rumlardan kriz, Türkiye beklemede Ege Cansen Merkez, faizi yükseltti dolar düştü Demokrasi fantezileri Gündüz Aktan Şahin Alpay Türkiye'nin Çerkes realitesi Cengiz Çandar Making a drama out of a crisis Rum yönetimine bir ‘Talatlı’ mesaj da Almanya’dan geldi
ABD’den mesafeli çıkış: KKTC’yi tanımayı değil, Kıbrıs’ı birleştirmeyi hedefliyoruz
Gül ile Bakoyanni, Ege’deki it dalaşı sorunlarına karşı ‘kırmızı hat’tı açıyor
Rumlar 3 Ekim’i örnek aldı, karar son dakikaya kaldı Türkiye kaynıyor M.Ali Kışlalı Birand Piyasaların sopası yok ki… Şimdi petrol. Ya sonra? Murat Yetkin Ertuğrul Özkök Hani nerede o manşetler Bir piyasa komplosu mu? İsmet Berkan Türkmen İdaresinde Gizli Kürt eli BUGÜN Yazarlar Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu BUSH'UN, HAMAS BAĞLANTILI ERDOĞAN SIKINTISI Okumuş çocuklar 'Vatan ve AB' diyor Gerekçeli karar açıklandı: Gülen’in anayasal düzeni değiştirme amacı yok |
| H4 New York Times Hamas Declares It Will Resume Attacking Israel The declaration came after the deaths of at least seven Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach from an apparently errant Israeli artillery shell.
Editorial Palestinian Peace Politics We hope the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, can succeed in forcing Hamas to endorse a two-state solution that would acknowledge Israel's pre-1967 borders.
Iran Gets Deadline to Respond to Deal on Ending Enrichment
World Cup Tests Iranians' Ability to Have Fun in Public
U.S. Says Zarqawi Survived Briefly After Airstrike
The Person Behind the Muslim By ANAR ALI Don’t ask me to explain Toronto’s terror suspects.
JOHN TIERNEY Mourning in America How do you conduct a political argument with grieving relatives?
MAUREEN DOWD Bloggers Double Down Even as Old Media is cowed by New Media, New Media is trying to become, rather than upend, Old Media.
| H5 Washington Post Death 'Great Loss' for Guerrilla Networks
Zarqawi's Existence Aided U.S. Arguments
Iraqi Leader Charts Nation's Priorities Rebuilding, Reconciliation Top List, but Analysts Warn of Political Deadlock
Israeli Fire Kills Seven Palestinian Beachgoers Military Suspends Anti-Rocket Assault To Conduct Probe
Iraq's Attorneys Practicing in a State of Fear Those Who Haven't Fled Prefer the Dictator's Law to None at All
Tribal Leaders Reject U.N. Force in Darfur, Threaten 'Holy War'
Editorial WHO Knows Better Neither the world, nor the World Health Organization, is prepared for a real pandemic.
Zarqawi Lived After Airstrike Military Clarifies Some Details Of Blast That Killed Guerrilla
Soccer With a Side of Slavery By Katherine Chon and Derek Ellerman, An estimated 40,000 women and children will be imported into Germany to provide commercial sex during the World Cup -- helping to make sex trafficking the fastest-growing criminal industry in the world.
Gingrich May Run if No Front-Runner Emerges
Afghan Corps Faces A Resurgent Taliban Unit Struggles at a Time of Transition
William Arkin The Non-American Angle of the Hunt for Zarqawi
| H6 Guardian The western view of the rise of India and China is a self-affirming fiction Pankaj Mishra: Both made their most impressive gains when they rejected the free market. They need a new way of becoming modern.
The clash of abstractions Pankaj Mishra: The idea of a reformist-fanatic struggle within Islam is a cliche. The real collision is between Muslim intellectuals in the west.
Death of a salesman Zeyad A Don't expect much to change with the slaying of Zarqawi. He amounted to a PR tool - for both sides. A sentence for suicide John Gittings How to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction should be a high priority. But Hans Blix's new report will be shrugged aside.
CFR More Brinksmanship from Tehran Iraq's Insurgency After Zarqawi
The Legacy of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Weaver: Zarqawi’s Death 'Significant' But Not 'Decisive' in Ending Iraqi Insurgency
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| H7 The Economist Nuclear disarmament The long, long half-life
Afghanistan The Taliban resurgent
Somalia Guess who's running it now
Morgan Stanley Global: Tough LoveAfter years of excess accommodation, the US central bank may be trying to reclaim the "tough-guy" image that a credible monetary authority needs.
National Journal Murray Waas CIA LEAK INVESTIGATION
New Republic Why Clintonism worked Bill Clinton's liberal detractors have developed a case of historical amnesia.
Zarqawi's Death Good. Iraq War Bad - Eleanor Clift, Newsweek
Weekly Standard Zarqawi and His Role Model The lessons of two parallel jihadist lives.
Death of a Monster The end of Abu Musab Zarqawi.
Zarqawi: A Bogeyman
NRO VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: The only similarity between Iraq and Vietnam is the sound of the critics. “Vietnam, After All?”
MICHAEL LEDEEN: We have probably just lived through the greatest global counterterrorist operation in history. “Iran Connects the Dots”
| H8 HARD REALITIES FORCE A SHIFT IN US POLICY TOWARD IRAN EurasiaNet
Analysis: Impasse helps Iranian oil
Iraq War Bill Deletes US Military Base Prohibition
Military Matters: Iraq base skedaddle
BBC Pakistan strikes 'militant camp' Pakistani forces attack a militant hideout near the Afghan border, killing at least 15 guerrillas, the military says
Saudi dilemma Bush: US Out Only After 'Victory' in Iraq
Bush Says Iran Has 'Weeks Not Months' to Respond
Many in Terrorists' ' Next Generation' Dead
UPI New ops planned in wake of Zarqawi hunt
Analysis: Haditha and all its victims
Dying Al-Zarqawi Tried to Get Away
Captured Zarqawi Aide Spilled the Beans
Blog: Zarqawi snitch was tortured
Al-Ahram, opponents to Washington's foreign policy, from Beijing to Moscow and Caracas, are not operating in a vacuum
Daily Star The birth and death of the Zarqawi phenomenon
Iraq will need to ensure Zarqawi's vision of sectarian strife dies with him | H9 Ha’aretz – Diplomats say Hariri probe will ask for another year to do its work
BBC Hamas claims Israel rocket attack Hamas says it has fired rockets into Israel for the first time since a truce last year after a blast kills Gaza civilians.
Al-Qaeda opposes Palestinian vote Al-Qaeda deputy leader Ayman al-Zawahiri urges Palestinians to reject a vote on a future state.
Under the Veil of Ideology: The Israeli-Iranian Strategic Rivalry
Jerusalem Post Why do we insult our friends? A leading Jordanian asked me: "Why do you Israelis take us Jordanians for granted?"
An article on why Americans subsidized the Israeli settlers, and why we should pay to relocate them.
Daily Star The dreaded blowback from a Palestinian civil war |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor US, UN: can this 'unhappy marriage' be saved? A new war of words as reform deadline looms.
Der Spiegel Germany Says No to Rumsfeld Request for Help
BBC Energy prices dominate G8 agenda G8 finance ministers are discussing high energy prices and the security of global supplies at talks in Russia. President Putin shares G8 plans G8 ministers voice oil price fear French-UK nuclear ties boosted
The Economist France The irresistible rise of Ségolène Royal
| H11 IHT William Pfaff: Au revoir, political correctness The unexpected presidential candidacy of Ségolène Royal in France is upsetting many calculations and preconceptions.
Nation rebuilding With political support for nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq eroding as fast as one can spell elections, there are important lessons to be learned from East Timor's rapid descent.
A subtler China policy?
Meanwhile: At the UN, how we envy the World Cup The World Cup makes us in the United Nations green with envy.
| H12 RFE/RL Kremlin Hopes To Speak The West's Language The Kremlin has always prided itself on being a self-sufficient operation. But now Moscow has hired a Western firm to manage its image as it prepares to host the annual G8 summit.
South Caucasus: EU Special Representative 'Hopeful' On Nagorno-Karabakh
Central Asian Religious Leaders Meet Behind Closed Doors
EurasiaNet Georgia Seeks Energy Independence From Russia
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| H13 The Times Matters of interest Fears of inflation hit stock markets, while commodities could crash
Al-Zarqawi spoke, then diedIraqi police discovered Zarqawi alive in the rubble of his bombed safe house, then watched him try to roll off a stretcher before dying
Is France in decline? Then send for les blairistes, Ségo and Sarko Since French voters have thrown out the ruling power in every election since 1978, it would seem to be the Socialists’ turn next spring
Political power of poor keeps country stuck with one foot in the past Great tension lies between economic progress and populism however India holds great hope for the future Pictures | Part 1 | Part 2
WSJ Jordan Emerges as a Vital U.S. Ally Jordanian intelligence agents are being given credit for big breaks in tracking the recent movements of Zarqawi, symbolizing the increasing cooperation between Washington and Amman.
A Laudable Death By Eliot A. Cohen Abu Musab al-Zarqawi?s death is an occasion for pride in US forces, satisfaction at retribution for the death and torture he dealt, and a crushing blow to al Qaeda in Iraq. Cohen looks at whether this will make a strategic difference to success in Iraq, his role in insurgency and sectarianism there, and how things will change. He says Zarqawi's death constitutes good--but not transformative--news. He outlines what key actions need to happen there to ensure progress. Link to full text in primary source.
The General in His Labyrinth | H14 Financial Times LEADER: The rise and rise of US corporate profits
Bolton rejects 'grand bargain' with Iran Time is running out for the diplomatic effort to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme and Washington has no intention of striking a comprehensive “grand bargain” with Tehran, the US’s ambassador to the United Nations has warn
Splits in society 'permeate Iraq government'
Sciri official defends Shia record on Iraq security Mohsen Hakim, son and advisor to Abd al-Aziz Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq has urged the US to hand over security quickly to Iraqis with the necessary experience
Focus on energy security as G8 looms Energy security and thedangers posed by the rising price of oil will be top of the agenda today when finance ministers...
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Economists are from Mars, Europeans are from Venus By John Thornhill A Martian economist visits earth. Not only does its arrival prove – as many suspected – that some economists really do live on other planets, it also provides fresh perspectives on our world
Olmert dismisses PA referendum as 'internal game'
Full transcript of interview with Ehud Olmert
Growth fears inflict pain on world equities World equities suffered further sharp falls this week amid growing fears that global economic growth could be stifled by...
Greenback benefits from rush to 'safe haven' assets
FT GLOBAL 500: New kids on the block The FT Global 500 provides an annual snapshot of the world’s largest companies. The tables show how corporate fortunes have changed in the past year, highlighting relative performance of countries and sectors
FT GLOBAL 500: Material differences
FT GLOBAL 500: The profit paradox
Kabul may arm militia to fight terrorists
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Why Canada is a terrorist target By Christopher CaldwellCanada’s approach to terror reveals a split personality. On security, it has been tough, but in other areas easygoing
Icon of US left enters the history books as longest-serving senator | H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial The Muslim cartoon backlash that wasn't Four months after the controversy, Denmark is stronger than ever.
Something's happy in the state of Denmark Why are boring Danes such contented people?
By James Traub Right-wing abuse and U.S. political maneuvering are undermining real reform.
Iraq, Terror Votes Come at a Good Time for GOP
U.S. Launches Raids to Disrupt Zarqawi's Network Forces have conducted dozens of raids against targets connected with Al Qaeda in Iraq in the two days since the militant leader's death. Camp David Talks Will Focus on Iraq's Future Zarqawi May Have Spawned an Army of Admirers
Why good people kill By Rosa Brooks ARE AMERICANS good people?
By David W. Brannan
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| H16 Democracy Arsenal Iraq: Worse than Vietnam?
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer | H17 Daily Telegraph Hamas ends truce The Middle East is on the brink of renewed conflict after Hamas said it was ending its ceasefire after seven Palestinian civilians, including three children, were killed by Israeli artillery while enjoying a picnic.
Iran 'has only weeks' A senior Bush administration official said Iran has just a few weeks to freeze its controversial uranium enrichment programme or face international sanctions.
Crackdown in Iraq Baghdad is under a daytime curfew as the Iraqi government brings forward a security crackdown to exploit disarray in rebel ranks after the killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
UN must apologise Mark Malloch Brown's injudicious remarks about "unchecked UN-bashing" have caused the worst crisis in relations between America and the United Nations since the invasion of Iraq. He should now make amends.
On balance, God probably is English Football is only one of the many innovations England has given to the world. We are a bold, spirited, adventurous people. Let's not confine our patriotism to the sports field, as po-faced Eurocrats urge. | H18 Independent Olmert rejects Abbas plan to boost negotiations The Israeli Prime Minister has dismissed as "meaningless" the referendum that the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, plans to call today and rejects the document that Palestinians will vote on as a basis for negotiations.Ehud Olmert: 'I can't afford to make mistakes' Zarqawi still alive when Iraqi police got to him, US says
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| H19 CEPS The Effects of Trade Liberalisation on Agriculture in Smaller Developing Countries: Implications for the Doha Round Download the document (PDF) for FREE | H20 Slate The "Lion" Sleeps Tonight: The world's press bids farewell to Zarqawi. | H21 Holland in need of Van Basten alchemy By Simon Kuper
The Economist Sport and politics Let the games begin
The soccer Nazis' losing battle By Tony Karon 'TWO WORLD WARS and one World Cup!" goes a favorite chant of English soccer fans whenever their team faces Germany.
War and Politics By Other Means
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| H1 Ha’aretz – ANALYSIS: Al-Zarqawi's death more important than bin Laden's
Washington Institute Deterring and Containing Iran: A Near-Inevitable Task Patrick Clawson’s June 8, 2006, testimony before the House Armed Services Committee.
[click here to read the text of the June 8, 2006, IAEA report (PDF) in its entirety]
FT COMMENT: A labour shortage can be a blessing,not a curse Do rich nations need more poor workers? By Michael Lind - It is no accident that the industrial revolution began in countries where workers were relatively few and had legal rights, rather than in serf societies where people were cheaper than machines, writes Michael Lind of the New America Foundation.
COMMENT: Chirac and Blair reach the end of the road from Suez to Iraq By Philip Stephens Historians will look back on Suez and Iraq as bookends for an era in which Britain and France competed to hold on to their world roles
Washington Post Our Strategy for a Democratic Iraq By Nouri al-Maliki
NYT How Surveillance and Betrayal Led to a Hunt's End
Washington Post How U.S. Forces Found Iraq's Most-Wanted Man By Jonathan Finer, To kill Zarqawi, U.S. forces located his spiritual adviser and tracked the man relentlessly for many weeks.
Los Angeles Times Zarqawi Hunt 'Hit Gold' With Qaeda Insider's Tip
Washington Institute The Death of Zarqawi: Organizational and Operational Implications for the Insurgency
CSIS Zarqawi’s Death: Temporary "Victory" or Lasting Impact
Jerusalem Post Analysis: The death of Terror Inc.'s CEO Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death will not destroy al-Qaida, but it will probably slow it down.
Who's on Deck?: What Zarqawi's death means for the insurgency. Daniel Byman
Financial Times Russia may be overreacting to Ukraine's Nato non-event By Quentin Peel
Russia lightens its dollar reserves COMMENT: Land tax is something to build on By Martin Wolf How should one finance infrastructure? How should one decide what infrastructure to build? Land taxation is the natural, efficient and just way to finance the capital cost of infrastructure, says a thought-provoking pamphlet by Fred Harrison of the Land Research Trust CDI Iran Nuclear Program: IAEA report issued June 8, 2006, in anticipation of June 12 Board of Governors meeting reveals more highly enriched uranium contamination (Issue Brief)
Prospect Magazine How to build a bomb Mark Fitzpatrick How close is Iran to building a nuclear weapon? And what can the US do to stop it?Will America attack?Philip Gordon Despite the Iraq precedent, the odds are against a US attack on Iran any time soon Diplomacy is not enoughMichael Rubin Engagement alone will not solve the crisis. The west must invest in Iranian civil society and support dissidents Defend the NPT Alastair Crooke The US and Europe are trampling over Iran's right to enrich uraniumSanctions, not bombingNazenin Ansari Attacking Iran will merely weaken the forces in the country opposed to the regime. But sanctions are a different matter From the Tehran streetEsther Herman What does the man on the Tehran omnibus think about his country's nuclear ambitions? | H2 Hans M. Kristensen, US Nuclear Weapons in Europe A Review of Post-Cold War Policy, Force Levels, and War Planning Natural Resources Defense Council, February 2005.
IHT Don't forget those other 27,000 nukes While it's desirable that the foreign ministers talk about Iran, they don't seem to devote any thought to the fact that there are still some 27,000 real nuclear weapons in the world.
cia-manual.htm CIA Recruitment Manual
Iraq: Al-Zarqawi --The Sunnis Deliver?
Iraq: The Implications of Al-Zarqawi's Death
Sidney Blumenthal / Salon: George Bush Sr. asked retired general to replace Rumsfeld
William Arkin Zarqawi's Death and Task Force 145
On Wednesday, June 7, a mere 24 hours before the announced killing of al-Zarqawi, this piece was posted on Strategypage.com: Zarqawi Scheduled for Martyrdom
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
Turkey: Anti-Terror Law Used Against Peaceful Activists HRW
Letter calling for release of Kurdish activists in Turkey HRW Iran May Try to Join Caspian Oil Pipeline Houston Chronicle
D'ALEMA IN IRAQ: TALABANI, ITALIAN WITHDRAWAL A MODEL
EurasiaNet Armenia, Azerbaijan Again Fail To Break Karabakh Deadlock
EDM BLACK SEA FORUM SEEKING ITS RATIONALE
RFE/RL No Longer Abstract And Distant For EU The EU is showing greater interest in the South Caucasus. Could it have the same transformational influence as power as in Europe? The EU's top representative in the region outlines the EU's interest and its hopes.
Georgia President's Adviser Says Future Hangs In Balance Georgia has arrived at a decisive juncture -- the current Russian pressure could lead to massive economic collapse, or the country could emerge as another post-Soviet success story.
Central Asia Could Regional Dynamics Spell Closer U.S.-Kazakh Ties? After being evicted from Uzbekistan and facing difficulties in Kyrgyzstan, could Washington consider redeploying its troops to Kazakhstan pending a deal with officials in Astana?
Asia Times Death of Zarqawi: George gets his dragon Zarqawi’s death will give a sorely needed tinge of triumph to the American occupation, and it will undoubtedly change Iraq's political landscape. But for how long and how? Many believe that Zarqawi's importance was overblown; others predict his demise will actually unify the insurgency. - Sami Moubayed Bin Laden's jihadi spring Osama bin Laden's relevance as leader of al-Qaeda is under question, at least in the Western media. Yet al-Qaeda is doing exactly what bin Laden has said it should: keep a tight focus on what the US does in the Islamic world to instigate Muslims to join the anti-US jihad. In this it is increasingly successful worldwide. - Michael Scheuer Ext links- İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası - Dış Basında Türkiye - Google News Turkey - Turquie- Türkei - Kurdish Media - FPR Archive - Quickread - Google News - Iraq -Iran - Syria – Kurdish - Greece - Cyprus – Azerbaijan - Israel - |