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| H1 New York Times Risks Escalate as Israel Fights a Ground War The plan to destroy Hezbollah from the air has proved wanting, and now, nervously, Israel is pushing a major ground offensive
Ha’aretz Iran Admits Supplying Missiles to Hezbollah
Independent Robert Fisk: A terrible thought occurs to me - that there will be another 9/11
First, Pry Syria Away From Iran - David Kimche, Jerusalem Post
Yedioth Ahronoth Ze’ev Maoz - War of deception and stupidity
Policy Review sustaining our resolve Eyes on the arrows as well as the olive branch George P. Shultz - August & September 2006
breaking the oil habit Setting a direction for energy independence Steve Stein
Los Angeles Times Syria to Bush: Stop Ignoring Us! Syria Wants to Talk, But Bush Won't Answer the Phone By Imad Moustapha
Financial Times Chance for Syria to end isolation Lebanon war offers Damascus opportunity
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Israel's unlikely warriorThrust into the role of wartime leader, Ariel Sharon’s protégé has yet to prove himself, says Harvey Morris.
The intellectuals have taken over the asylum It is not clear to me that Kristol, living in his salon bubble and TV studios, has ever seen the world other than as he thinks it should be, writes Jurek Martin.
NYT To Help Israel, Help Syria By ANDREW TABLER American support for reform in Syria would erode Syria’s reasons for backing Iran and Hezbollah.
The Administration: US Treads Softly Over Iran’s Role in Crisis
Blood on his hands New Statesman Blair has made this country an accomplice, destroying what remained of our influence abroad while putting us all at greater risk of attack. By John Kampfner
Daily Telegraph No matter what Blair calls it, Iraq is falling bloodily apart I don't think Iraq will break into three federalised statelets, observes Vicki Woods. That it will certainly break I have no doubt about - and soon; but only into two pieces.
The Times Leader Arc of extremism The shifting alliances and rivalries within fanatical Islam
IHT Israel's error, then and now Lebanon is the victim of the cruel geopolitics of the Middle East, with the massacre of innocent civilians a recurrent feature of Israeli military intervention in this fragile, democratic, multiethnic republic.
The Economist Middle East policy To Israel with love
WP In Israel, Questions About the Conflict Public Support, Once Nearly Unanimous, Begins to Fray as Toll Rises
Asia Times It's about annexation, stupid!Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon is supposed to be an act of self-defense. But the gullible Western media miss its real purpose, namely a de facto annexation of the country up to the Litani River, thus assuring Israel of water and fulfilling the dreams of Israel's founders. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi
Daily Star One day in the life of Bush-Blair democratization By Rami G. Khouri
Al Hayat Israel and the U.S. are losing the Three-Front War Patrick Seale
The Fate of Hezbollah between Syrian Interests and Iranian Bargaining Raghida Dergham
America and Israel's Three Wars Maher Othman
Washington Institute Why a Multinational Force is Essential in Lebanon
| H2 Los Angeles Times Editorial Turkey's Balancing Act Despite some worrying recent developments in NATO's only Muslim country, the Lebanon tragedy may provide an opportunity.
Lübnan'a yollanacak gücün en ideal adayı Türkiye
Washington Post The Center Cannot Hold David Ignatius on Peter W. Galbraith
VOA No Haven For PKK an editorial reflecting the views of the United States Government.
Morgan Stanley Turkey: Aftershocks
Erdoğan Seçim barajını indirebiliriz Başbakan, Seçim Kanunu'nda baraj dahil bazı değişiklikler yapabileceklerinin sinyalini Verdi Fehmi Koru Ak Parti zirvede Son ANAR anketinde AK Parti açık ara birinci, CHP ikinci, diğerleri baraja takılıyor. Erdoğan siyasi reform da öneriyor: Türkiye milletvekilliği ve seçilme yaşı 25 olsun. Grup kurma sayısı artsın ve partisinden istifa edenin vekilliği düşsün. Enis Berberoğlu Erdoğan’ın mektubu çok iyi oldu, keşke devam etse
Turkish media craze on north Iraq helping PKK Ilnur Cevik
Gül'e ABD'den yanıt geldi ...deva
Talabani: Türk hükümetiyle görüştük...devamı
Köy korucusu işlevi M.Ali Kışlalı
Elci denies claims of closing PKK offices in Iraq
Le débat Turquie- Union Européenne et la question kurde
YNK ve İran PDK ortak bir toplantı yaptılar
Cemil Bayık: Sınırlandırma faaliyetini YNK ve KDP’yle yapacaklar
Ömer Fettah: 'PKK’ye Yönelik Bir Saldırıyı Uygun Görmüyoruz'
BBC Flooded history Turkey bomb explosions hurt 13
Abdullah ÖZDOĞAN Dış İşleri'nde 30 milyon Dolarlık çeviri faciası
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
Türkiye, Irak’ta barış gücü olsun
Türkiye’de Yahudi karşıtlığı yükseliyor
Sabah Kelepçelenen subay konuştu
İncirlik Üssü'nde kelepçeli vukuat ... Haberin Devamı>>>
Akşam İncirlik Üssü'nde rövanş şüphesi FT Lebanese oil slick threatens neighbouring countries
Guardian Oil slick threat to wildlife of Mediterranean
The Transatlantic Dimension to the Conflict in Lebanon: Whatever Happened to the Responsibility to Protect? British American Security Information Council | H3 Vatan Ruşen Çakır AKP, Büyükanıt için sürpriz yapar mı? Genelkurmay'da 'kaleyi tahkim' Murat Yetkin Yeni komutanlar Büyükanıt'ın kurmayları terörle mücadele ve uluslararası deneyime sahip isimlerden oluştu
Şahin Alpay Hür Kürtler Grubu ne istiyor?
MUSTAFA AKYOL İsrail militarizmi ve CHP'li vekil...
Yeni Çağ İhanet planı ortada kaldı.. Genelkurmay, af oyunuyla PKK’nın Meclis’e sokulma harekâtına şiddetle karşı çıkınca AKP geri adım attı.
Sadi SOMUNCUOĞLU İHANET KUMPANYASI MI, TESADÜF MÜ?
Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Türk askerini tanımak
Murat Çelik YAŞ kararlarından üç önemli detay
Türkiye yıllardır Kürtlerle savaşıyor
Cemil Bayık:Çözüme karşı imha dayatıldı
Akşam Şahin tepesi
YAŞ'ın sürprizi ihraçlar ve tek bekâr orgeneral ...devamı
TSK'nın yeni komuta kademesi | Özgeçmişler
Mehmet OCAKTAN Erdoğan, 'kutsal muhalefet'in canını sıktı
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More war in Lebanon and no role for Turkey at the moment Cengiz Candar
Yasin AKTAY Amerika'yla masaya oturma meraklılarına
Rauf DENKTAŞ Bir iletişim sorunu
Emin Çölaşan Bir telekulak skandalı daha
İlter Türkmen Ortadoğu’nun beş buhranı
Semih İDİZ ABD'yi batağa saplayan kibir
İsrail'e karşı ne yapmalı?
Beş saatlik sohbet Erkan Mumcu, Mesut Yılmaz’ı ziyarete gitti. İki lider 5 saat baş başa görüştü.
Mumcu ile anlaşan Mesut Yılmaz siyasete dönüyor
İrticai ihraç Yüksek Askeri Şûra, 17 subay ve astsubayı ordudan ihraç etti. İlk kez "İrticai faaliyet vurgusu" açıklamaya girdi.
Ege Cansen Bunlar olmaz İKTİSAT, maksatlı davranmak demektir.
Mehmet y Yılmaz Merkez Bankası nereye taşınsın?
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Gazi Erçel Merkez'in İstanbul'a taşınması doğru
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El Kadı 2004'teki imzayı nerede attı?
Yusuf KANLI Turkey-EU 'destined crisis' can be avoided
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| H4 New York Times Risks Escalate as Israel Fights a Ground War The plan to destroy Hezbollah from the air has proved wanting, and now, nervously, Israel is pushing a major ground offensive
To Help Israel, Help SyriaBy ANDREW TABLER American support for reform in Syria would erode Syria’s reasons for backing Iran and Hezbollah.
Clashes: Israeli Air Raids Destroy Bridges North of Beirut
Britain: Blair Delays Vacation for Mideast Diplomacy, but His Specific Goal Remains Unclear
The Administration: US Treads Softly Over Iran’s Role in Crisis
Baghdad: Shiite Rally in Baghdad Supports Hezbollah
G.I. Crime Photos May Be Evidence The case against U.S. soldiers accused of raping and killing a 14 year-old Iraqi girl offers a glimpse of an Army unit numbed by combat stress.
Editorial Listening to the Lawyers There is a real chance to create a system that is fair, legal and internationally respectable to try the inmates at Guantánamo Bay.
A Shrine to Japan’s Tainted Past By GARY J. BASS It would be diplomatically shrewd and morally wise for Japan's Prime Minister, Junichiro Koizumi, to stop visiting a war shrine in Tokyo that honors war criminals.
| H5 Washington Post In South Lebanon, a Fierce Fight for Every Yard By Anthony Shadid
In Israel, Questions About the Conflict Public Support, Once Nearly Unanimous, Begins to Fray as Toll Rises
Israeli Warplanes Hit Lebanon's Christian Areas 30 Farmworkers Also Die; Rockets Kill Three Israelis
Negroponte Orders an Update On Terrorism's Influence in Iraq
In Baghdad, Shiites Rally for Hezbollah
William Arkin Hezbollah's Strategy, and Ours
Living in Jordan, Longing for Iraq Amman Becomes Primary Destination for Those Escaping War
Loser in Ukraine's Orange Revolution Returns as Premier
Pakistani Reactor Not as Significant As Was Reported, Administration Says | H6 Guardian Aid crisis as Israelis hit highway Bombs kill 33 farm workers in one of war's deadliest strikes.
The limits of force Norman Lamont Instead of relying on military might in the Middle East, the US should try talking to Iran and Syria. Who's the extremist? Soumaya Ghannoushi
Living with the genie Julie Flint Israeli propaganda shows southern Lebanese lashed to Hizbullah's shield; in reality, they are leaping on to it.
Oh God (redux) With two more years of Bush to go, Emma Brockes asks have our worst fears come to pass?
Russia reignites feud with Japan over disputed islands Russia: Snub from Moscow stirs 500-year-old conflict |
| H7 The Economist Middle East policy To Israel with love
UPI Policy Watch: Bush at 'High Noon'
Tony Karon Israel Disappoints the Neo-cons: More on Lebanon as a US Proxy War
On Talking With Terrorists
MSNBC Interview With Condoleezza Rice on Iraq, Lebanon and Cuba
Hezbollah's Psych-Ops - Clifford May, National Review Online
The Establishment vs. the Neocons
Washington Realist Predictions for Lebanon
FACT CHECK: Data Bolsters Notion Of Iraqi Civil War
Ehsan Ahrari A Doomsday Prognostication For Iraq
Asia Times 'The US is the kiss of death' in the Arab world The United States' hopes of playing midwife to a "new Middle East" are dying fast. Every day the four-week-old Lebanon conflict continues makes Washington more unpopular in the Muslim world. Even moderate Arab allies are balking. - Jim Lobe
| H8 BBC Israel maintains Lebanon assault Israeli planes are in action again over Lebanon with raids on the capital, Beirut, and other targets. UN locked in resolution wrangle Hezbollah defiant amid the rubble
KR U.S. troops: Iraq civil war already started
Israeli air strikes cut off Beirut and divide Lebanon
UPI Eye on Iraq: Facing Iraqi realities
Commentary: Iraq's illuions shattered
Politics & Policies: Both sides must 'win'
BBC Deadly attacks hit northern Iraq At least 14 people are reported dead in separate attacks in Mosul and Hadhar in northern Iraq.
Daily Star One day in the life of Bush-Blair democratization By Rami G. Khouri
For Iran, a most welcome proxy war
Fools rush in to another quagmire
Much anxiety in Iraq, but also some tangible progress
Any multinational force in Lebanon will wade into a regional viper's nest
| H9 Ha’aretz - Print Edition
ANALYSIS: Whatever happens, Iran wins
ANALYSIS: IAF chiefs admit air power can't subdue rocket fire
Intelligence for the uninitiated
Inquiry finds Qana bombing based on bad intelligence
BBC Coping... for now
Fighting on J PostIran admits supplying missiles to Hezbollah Report: Iran to Supply Hezbollah With Surface-To-Air Missiles
First, Pry Syria Away From Iran - David Kimche, Jerusalem Post
Yedioth Ahronoth Speaking the language of the Middle East Aug 04 SD# 1232 - Iranian and Syrian Reactions to the Latest Developments in the Middle East Crisis |
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Top military lawyers oppose Bush plan White House proposal would dramatically expand military court powers.
Morgan Stanley Global: Doha Doesn't Matter
Dependent on the
| H11 IHT Israel's error, then and now Lebanon is the victim of the cruel geopolitics of the Middle East, with the massacre of innocent civilians a recurrent feature of Israeli military intervention in this fragile, democratic, multiethnic republic.
From the Saddam trial, vital lessons As the world awaits a verdict in the Saddam Hussein trial, the Iraqi High Court is itself under scrutiny for lessons learned in the conduct of a high-profile war-crimes trial.
Nuclear shutdowns leave Swedes debating
The Economist Old and new information tricks Disinformation
| H12 RFE/RL Contact Group Warns Of Tensions In Kosovo
UPI Outside View: The Kodori conflict
EurasiaNet Washington Wants to Help Georgia Break its Energy Dependence on Russia
EDM RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES PUT VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS ON TERROR LIST BUT IGNORE HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH
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| H13 The Times Leader Arc of extremism The shifting alliances and rivalries within fanatical Islam
Don't be fooled by the fanatics: Islam's liberals are on the march
The underground voice of Hezbollah that Israel is still unable to silence
'Hezbollah aren't suckers, they know how to fight. You're scared all the time'
FT COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Leadership deals that demean democracy Sue Cameron on the shady backroom deals during political leadership succession under the Westminster system.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: After Castro, Viva CastroThe optimism of 10 years ago – that the death or incapacity of Fidel would return Cuba to the fold of freedom – has been tempered, writes Christopher Caldwell.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A simple escape route from the gridlock of Basel II
| H14 Financial Times Chance for Syria to end isolation Lebanon war offers Damascus opportunity
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Israel's unlikely warriorThrust into the role of wartime leader, Ariel Sharon’s protégé has yet to prove himself, says Harvey Morris.
The intellectuals have taken over the asylum It is not clear to me that Kristol, living in his salon bubble and TV studios, has ever seen the world other than as he thinks it should be, writes Jurek Martin.
Role reversal as Palestinians give shelter to Shia refugees
Editorial The Fed should act No matter what the Federal Reserve does to US interest rates on Tuesday, it will confound the expectations of some economists.
US punishes Russian companies over Iran
Yanukovich to head new government
FT WEEKEND MAGAZINE - LUNCH WITH THE FT: Soros - The billion-dollar memory lapse | H15 Los Angeles Times Syria to Bush: Stop Ignoring Us! Syria Wants to Talk, But Bush Won't Answer the Phone By Imad Moustapha
No Tears for Fidel, Please By George Weigel The murderous dictator put revolution ahead of country, so shed them for the people and way of life he repressed. Israel Expands Lebanon Bombing, Hezbollah Reciprocates
Generals Give Grim Report on Iraqi Strife
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| H16 KR War may trump all other concerns in Congressional election season
WSJ Strategies for Political Giving As election season approaches, it is increasingly important to understand how best to deploy your money if you do choose to contribute. Here are some tips on how to think about it.
WP GOP Candidates Run From President
NYT Clinton Dodges Political Peril for War Vote
MAUREEN DOWD Henny Penny Harridan When Hillary Clinton and Donald Rusmfeld square off, it is a gladiatorial contest of two masters at self-righteousness, scriptedness, infighting and belief in their own manifest destiny.
Editorial Observer: A Letter to Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. By TERESA TRITCH If the Bush years have shown us anything, it’s that broad prosperity does not flow automatically from economic growth.
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer | H17 Daily Telegraph No matter what Blair calls it, Iraq is falling bloodily apart I don't think Iraq will break into three federalised statelets, observes Vicki Woods. That it will certainly break I have no doubt about - and soon; but only into two pieces.
Using children to sell the EU message The worst mistake that Euro-integrationists ever made was to start explaining themselves, says Daniel Hannan.
Beirut's last road lifeline destroyed
New Republic Defending Joe Lieberman His iconoclasm strengthened liberalism in the 1990s, and it may soon become necessary again
WP Awaiting the Other Apologies By Tom Grubisich, Mel Gibson has apologized for his reported anti-Semitic remarks. Will Christian leaders, including some prominent Catholic bishops, apologize for applauding and recommending his earlier, more-far-reaching expression of anti-Semitism, the movie "The Passion of the Christ"?
| H18 Independent Robert Fisk: A terrible thought occurs to me - that there will be another 9/11
Who Cares What the Lebanese Want? by Robert Fisk Thousands to march in support of immediate ceasefire The largest peace march since before the Iraq invasion is expected to descend upon Downing Street today demanding that Tony Blair calls for an unconditional ceasefire in the Middle East.
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| H19 updated: Titles of Master's Theses From the Joint Military Intelligence College, 1973-2002
The Proliferation Security Initiative: Three Years On
Israel, Lebanon: Llamas, Power Stations and Big Moves
Analysis: U.S. military facing readiness crisis
Der Spiegel BOMBS ON GERMAN TRAINS A Middle Eastern Connection? A leak from the investigation into a pair of unexploded bombs found on trains in Germany this week has produced a strange detail -- a bag printed in Arabic. German officials won't confirm anything, but the case has ignited a national debate about rail security
A SECURITY FORCE FOR LEBANON | · H20 Slate Regime Change:
Are economic sanctions counterproductive?
Policy Review war-torn democrats Peter Berkowitz on With All Our Might: A Progessive Strategy for Defeating Jihadism and Defending Liberty edited by Will Marshall and The Good Fight: Why Liberals — and Only Liberals — Can Win the War on Terror and Make America Great Again by Peter Beinart
FT Do fish feel pain?Animal rights groups looking for a ban on fishing say yes; anglers, unsurprisingly, insist not. But, says Richard Donkin, both sides may find there is a more pressing debate to be had.
| H21 The Economist Differences between the sexes The mismeasure of woman
A country’s wealth and its growth rate are not icing on the cake of a happy, virtuous society. They are the factors that make it possible... more»
New Yorker Brothers in Arms Turkish food at Turks & Frogs Tribeca. by Lauren Collins
Thinking out of the box John Gray - Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny by Amartya Sen
WSJ Oliver Stone's Vision of 9/11 Three months after "United 93," Paramount Pictures releases the more hopeful "World Trade Center." Will a happy ending make it more attractive to a broad audience?
Mel Gibson's Bodyguard an Israeli Avi Korein, 45, a former nightclub bouncer rumored to once have been in Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. |
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CSM The uneven calculus of Mideast victory Hizbullah may 'win' this war, now in its fourth week, by merely surviving.
Salon The Neocons' Next War By secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it.
From New Left Review, Immanuel Wallerstein on The Curve of American Power
Can an ideal-type for empire be deduced from a historical sociology of Han, Persian, Roman, Ottoman and US models?: A review of Imperien. Time How Hezbollah Factor Will Determine an Iraq Civil War Analysis: As it grapples with the problem of Hizballah in Lebanon, the Bush Administration's hopes of stabilizing Iraq may depend on its ability to entice or force Iraq's own equivalent — the Mehdi Army — to disarm by Tony Karon The New Republic Blind Date Ha’aretz – Schiff Stay out of the Lebanese quagmire
The Israeli-Hezbollah War and the Threat to US Interests Stratfor
Financial Times Risks rise for Iran as conflict continues
Shia Islamist groups jostle to carry flag for Arab nationalismCOMMENT: The neglected roots of conflict are buried in combustible land America, the only power with the influence to end the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, has regressively declined to do so, writes David Gardner.
US policy in the Middle East unravels
Foreign Policy The List: Who Will Send Troops to Lebanon?
IHT The case for a global currency What we need is a global currency.
Guardian Arab despots, not Israel, are now under a greater threat Jonathan Steele: Hizbullah's resistance to the region's military superpower will cause tremors in Egypt and Jordan - and even Syria
FT Rights group accuses Israel of war crimes
Human Rights Watch’s 50-page report
NPQ Martin van Creveld: QUO VADIS, ISRAEL?
OpenDemocracy Lebanon: war takes root The combination of US ideology, Israeli strategy and Hizbollah resilience means one thing: a long war, says Paul Rogers
WSJ U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon? Be careful what you wish for. By JONATHAN D. TEPPERMAN
The Iranian Calculus by Pollack and Gordon
Lebanon: Nasrallah's Tape and Shifting Strategy Stratfor
Daily Telegraph Israel would be safer in a nuclear-free Middle East Alistair Horne.
EDM CONSTANTA-TRIESTE PIPELINE PROPOSAL FOR KAZAKHSTAN’S OIL
CSM Taliban hinder NATO 'ink-spot' strategy Insurgent attacks are already taxing the force designed to form the first 'secure zones.'
| H2 NYT U.S. General Says Iraq Could Slide Into a Civil War Senator Clinton harshly criticized Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld over the conflict at a Senate hearing.
The Muslim World: Hezbollah’s Prominence Has Many Sunnis Worried
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Time for Plan B Whether for Bush reasons or Arab reasons, democracy is not emerging in Iraq, and we can’t throw more good lives after good lives. (see full text How to Restore American Credibility)
Washington Post Israel's Lost Moment By Charles Krauthammer Israel's leaders do not seem to understand how ruinous a military failure in Lebanon would be to their country's relationship with America, their most vital lifeline.
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
Sabah Türk Binbaşı'ya İncirlik'te kelepçe
Yeni Çağ Medyayı Parris örgütlüyor!..
İsrafil K. Kumbasar Mark Parris’in medya içinde kurduğu PKK’yı dağdan indirme timi
Savaş SÜZAL "PKK'yı Dağdan indiren kahraman"
PKK’nın etkin ismi ’Sarı İbrahim’e infaz
PKK: Öcalan serbest kalsın, dağdan ineriz
Cemil Bayık: Türkiye Kürtleri kaybedebilir
Murat KARAYILAN; “KÜRT ÖZGÜRLÜK HAREKETİ TÜRKİYE’DE DEMOKRASİNİN
Mehmet Tezkan Soruyorum diye kimse hain diyemez
Güler Kömürcü ‘DTP Meclis’e 50 milletvekiliyle girecek’
Hasan ÜNAL Sabır dağımız fare doğurdu galiba
Fattah: The PKK isn't free to move in our region, no plans to finish it off
KRG has no plan to handover PKK members to Turkey
Iraklı Kürtler PKK'ya karşı harekete geçti
Waves of Kurds are leaving southern Kurdistan Turkey Seeks Extradition of Top Kurdish Rebel From Iraq Hawlati: Detainees are tortured in prisons of Kurdistan
Kongre'de Ermeni soykırımı kavgası
Gül Liderlik göster
Gül, Amerika’nın Lübnan sessizliğini sorguladı: Bölgeyi demokratikleştirme umutları paramparça
İsrail'in eski dışişleri bakanı Ben Ami, BBC Türkçe'ye konuştu: Hizbullah'ı bitiremeyiz
Olmert, barış gücüne Türkiye’yi de istiyor
Mustafa Ünal 6 saatlik toplantıya 24 saat yol
David Barchard Britain's poodle debate
CSIS Simon Serfaty Moment of Reflection, Commitment to Action
The Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric War -Anthony H. Cordesman and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan
| H Cengiz Çandar Hayal kurmadan Ortadoğu'daki savaşı değerlendirmek...
Mustafa KARAALİOĞLU Büyükanıt dersleri
Koray DÜZGÖREN Büyükanıt'tan beklenen siyasi görevler
Mehmet OCAKTAN Sınır ötesinde, İsrail'in düştüğü duruma düşmeyiz
Turkkish military option out, Iraqis expected to act on PKK
Lübnan'a barış gücü gitsin mi?
Ortadoğu'da zor olanı yapmak
Should Turkey send peacekeeping forces to Lebanon? Cem Oguz
Fehmi KORU 'Yeni bir Ortadoğu' ihtiyacı
Ruşen Çakır| İran’dan korkan Arap devletleri İsrail’e yanaşıyor
Türkiye’den Ortadoğu krizi için çifte uyarı
Ali Bulaç Türkiye ne yapabilir?
Türkiye istikrar yanlısı değil FARUK HACI MUSTAFA
MUHARREM SARIKAYA Yaşar Paşa "öcü" mü?
Ertuğrul Özkök O ihanet sorusunu kim sordu
Erdoğan’ın sürprizi Koşaner Paşa çıktı
Jandarma'nın yeni komutanı Org. Koşaner
Askeri Şura'da Jandarma Sürprizi
Mehmet Y Yılmaz Bakılması gereken bir yer daha var
Mesajın izi cepte değil internette
ERGUN BABAHAN Erdoğan: Büyükanıt mesajı benim özel telefonuma da geldi
Suudilerin Türkiye çıkarması . Haberin Devamı>>>
FATİH ALTAYLI Petro dolar ziyareti
Talat-Papadopulos yeniden görüşecek
Selçuk Gültaşlı İsrail lobisinin ABD’ye etkisi daha çok tartışılmalı
İbrahim KARAGÜL İşte İsrail'in o korkunç planı!
Ferai Tınç Lübnan ikinci Irak olabilir
A strategy that is hard to understand Semih İDİZ
Nuh Gönültaş Büyük İran Projesi...
Etyen Mahçupyan Kurtarılmış alan olarak devlet
Ahmet Hakan Mazi kalbimde yaradır
Şakir Süter AKP içine bakarken
Şemdinli davasında hakim çekildi
FT Turkish central bank keen to stay in Ankara
Merkez Bankası İstanbul’a taşınıyor
İbrahim Öztürk [Aklı karışıklar için klavuz] Ekonomide neler oluyor
'Gölgeli' enflasyon hedeflemesi!
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| H4 New York Times U.S. General Says Iraq Could Slide Into a Civil War Senator Clinton harshly criticized Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld over the conflict at a Senate hearing.
The Muslim World: Hezbollah’s Prominence Has Many Sunnis Worried
NYT THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Time for Plan B Whether for Bush reasons or Arab reasons, democracy is not emerging in Iraq, and we can’t throw more good lives after good lives.
Editorial The Sound of One Domino Falling It’s been obvious for years that Donald Rumsfeld is in denial of reality, but the defense secretary now also seems stuck in a time warp.
12 Israelis Die; Sheik Threatens to Bomb Tel Aviv Also, the Israeli defense minister told the army to begin preparing to push to the Litani River , a move that could mean a further call-up of reservists.
War Aims: Freeing Prisoners Key Goal in Fight Against Israel
Ukraine Leader Forms Alliance With Rivals
Intelligence: Senator Faults Bid to Classify Report on Iraq
The Fighting: U.S. Says Soldiers in Baghdad Fired on Shiites Who Had Shot at U.S. Base | H5 Washington Post Israel's Lost Moment By Charles Krauthammer Israel's leaders do not seem to understand how ruinous a military failure in Lebanon would be to their country's relationship with America, their most vital lifeline.
Israel Suffers Highest Toll Yet 8 Civilians, 4 Troops Killed; Planes Blast Beirut Sites Again
Generals Cite Risk Of Iraqi Civil War Senators Told Fate Is in Nation's Hands
In Iraqi Town, U.S. Feels Push Toward an Exit Residents Blame Attacks on Troop Presence
Insurgents Set Sights On Fallujah Al-Qaeda in Iraq Vows to Retake City
Chief's Statement Clarifies Strategy
More Frequent Heat Waves Linked to Global Warming U.S. and European Researchers Call Long Hot Spells Likely
A Better Way on Detainees By Jack Goldsmith and Eric A. Posner
Editorial Mr. Paulson's Debut . . . Blunt talk that needs to get blunter
CFR Nasr: Iran Sees Lebanon Strife as Way to Pressure Washington
Vying for Victory in the Middle East
| H6 Guardian Arab despots, not Israel, are now under a greater threat Jonathan Steele: Hizbullah's resistance to the region's military superpower will cause tremors in Egypt and Jordan - and even Syria.
Hizbullah and Israel trade threats
Tony Blair means only one thing when he talks about his values
'Iraq could slide into civil war' Top US generals and British diplomat warn of civil war and partition
Realist, Baghdad Ewen MacAskill The leaked memo of the British ambassador to Iraq shows that George Bush's vision of it becoming a beacon of democracy in the Middle East is dead. Our meddling is accelerating this descent into civil war Mark Lattimer: The US occupation did not create the sectarian tensions that disfigure Iraq - but its policies entrenched the divisions. New European movements Far from steeling the EU into one united institution, the Middle East conflict is splitting Europe along new fault lines, says Nicholas Watt. We must not fail Lebanon John Williams: The international community must prove it can resolve the conflict, not by just passing a resolution, but by deploying a serious military force.
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| H7 The New Republic Blind Date
Evaluating the morality of Israel's war
Push and Pull by Joshua Kurlantzick Indians don't want a nuclear deal with the U.S.
The Neocons' Next War By secretly providing NSA intelligence to Israel and undermining the hapless Condi Rice, hardliners in the Bush administration are trying to widen the Middle East conflict to Iran and Syria, not stop it.
New Left Review Malcolm Bull on States of Failure
Washington Institute ‘Trust Allah, Not Nasrallah’: The Hizballah Crisis Reshapes Lebanese Politics Many in the West are mistaking expressions of wartime national solidarity in Lebanon with active support for Hizballah across the country’s many sectarian, ethnic, and political fissures, which in some cases have been deepened by the conflict.
US News - Analysis: Deterrence and the burden of Israeli moderatesby David Makovsky
NRO DAVID PRYCE-JONES: Why did Hezbollah choose this moment to attack Israel? “Some Questions in Search of an Answer”
NPQ Martin van Creveld: QUO VADIS, ISRAEL?
OpenDemocracy Lebanon: war takes root The combination of US ideology, Israeli strategy and Hizbollah resilience means one thing: a long war, says Paul Rogers
Weekly Standard Against the Wall
Israel's Bid to Reestablish Deterrence Is Failing by Ehsan Ahrari CRS "Iran: U.S. Concerns and Policy Responses" (pdf), updated July 31, 2006. "Lebanon" (pdf), updated July 24, 2006. Washington Times No Pakistan nukes buildup, envoy says
| H8 BBC US echoes Iraq civil war warning Iraq could move toward civil war, says top US General John Abizaid hours after a similar UK warning.
Private pessimism Russia warns Iran over deadline Russia tells Iran it should pay heed to a UN resolution demanding it suspend nuclear activities.
Israel renews barrage of Beirut Israeli jets renew strikes on Beirut despite a Hezbollah threat to bomb Tel Aviv in retaliation.
KR Iraqis already believe they're living through a civil war
PBS Top U.S. Military Commanders Warn of Civil War in Iraq
Rumsfeld Warns Against 'Early' Iraq Troop Pullout
US to Train, Equip Lebanon Army, GIs Likely Headed to Beirut
Engaging Syria helps prevent wider conflict Gulf News
Washington Times Headaches for Hezbollah Rice Signals Possible Lebanon Compromise Patrick Seale Israel and US are losing the war Lebanon: How Can a Ceasefire be Shaped? : Amir Taheri
Asia Times A strike into Hezbollah's heart Just hours after the Israeli commando raid in Baalbek, Asia Times Online was the first media outlet in the nearby town of Asaira, a scene of relentless attacks. Hezbollah leaders explained how earlier failures in the area had forced the Israelis into the daring move. And they warned that an escalation in fighting in the Hezbollah strategic heartland would cast a menacing shadow over Syria and Iran.
Intelligence Summit Re-thinking an Iran-Hizballah-al-Qa’ida Axis
OpenDemocracy “The Sixth War”: 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, and, apparently, 2006
A review of Thicker Than Oil: America's Uneasy Partnership With Saudi Arabia.
SyriaComment Lebanese Sovereignty: Will it be Restored? | H9 Ha’aretz – Schiff Stay out of the Lebanese quagmire The IDF must do everything possible to avoid the modus operandi it used during its protracted stay in Lebanon after the 1982 Lebanon War.
Hezbollah: If air strikes end, we'll stop rocket fire
PM, Peretz at odds over expanding ground assault
PM, Peretz at odds over expanding ground assault
Daniel Levy Ending the neoconservative nightmare
Marcus In fits and starts
Melman A smart, successful war
Islamic group: 200 militants sent to bomb 'Israel's vital interests'
KR Israel admits air war has failed to end the Hezbollah rocket threat
Jerusalem Post Analysis: Why the Katyushas are so hard to prevent Israel Readies Deeper Push Into Lebanon UPI Report: Hezbollah's Christian 'shields'
Asia Times A force to be reckoned with The problem with an international force in Lebanon, now mooted by Israel, is in the details, from who will make it up to how much "robustness" they should have. To resolve these issues, the UN is at the core. And for that to succeed, the US must be behind the solution, rather than behind Israel. - Ian Williams
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| H10 Christian Science Monitor Leaked memo: Civil war in Iraq most likely British ambassador also predicts country will break up along sectarian lines.
The uneven calculus of Mideast victory Hizbullah may 'win' this war, now in its fourth week, by merely surviving.
Why Europe, US differ on Mideast They disagree on using force and have different considerations at home.
Game point: Hizbullah wins sympathy
Israeli Defense Forces - all they can be?
Taliban hinder NATO 'ink-spot' strategy Insurgent attacks are already taxing the force designed to form the first 'secure zones.'
Ukraine's Orange Revolution undone? Its president made a deal to share power with the pro-Russian leader ousted in 2004's popular revolt.
| H11 IHT The case for a global currency What we need is a global currency.
For Israel, innocent civilians are fair game
Don't give up on Ukraine Politics in Ukraine can be bare-knuckled, ugly and corrupt, but it also involves real debate over how to advance Ukraine's development.
ECB lifts rates and warns it's not done
Axis News Balkans under the Threat of a Fragmentation Bomb Called Kosovo Kosovo Compromise Still Possible
| H12 RFE/RL Report Assesses Democratic Progress A Freedom House report cites signs of improvement in some countries, but warns that progress is ominously slow.
BBC Ukraine head accepts rival as PM Ukrainian President Yushchenko backs his arch-rival for PM, in a deal to end months of deadlock. Ukraine comeback kid's new deal
Over a barrel
UPI Outside View: Ukraine, revenge of the East
EurasiaNet Afghanistan's Energy Future and Its Potential Implications BY STEPHEN BLANK
EDM CONSTANTA-TRIESTE PIPELINE PROPOSAL FOR KAZAKHSTAN’S OIL |
| H13 The Times Iraq civil war 'is getting closer'Two of the most senior Pentagon officers and the outgoing British Ambassador to Baghdad painted a bleak picture of a country falling into sectarian strife
Running the gauntlet in a land of militias, insurgents, soldiers, gangs - and death at every turn
Bombing is backed by most American voters
Americans reveal their Puritan roots whether it's in business, sex or war Never have the conflicts of America’s warring soul been more evident than today
How the Orange revolution lost its juiceUkranians might well wonder why they bothered. The 2004 Orange Revolution has turned a muddy, burnt orange shade
WSJ U.N. Peacekeepers in Lebanon? Be careful what you wish for. By JONATHAN D. TEPPERMAN | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The neglected roots of conflict are buried in combustible land America, the only power with the influence to end the Israeli-Palestinian stalemate, has regressively declined to do so, writes David Gardner.
US policy in the Middle East unravels
US generals echo diplomat's warning of civil war in Iraq
Senate threat to revisit authority for war in Iraq
COMMENT: Why voters are holding Congress in deep contempt Instead of pronouncing on key issues facing America, this Congress has agreed to disagree on the vital issues confronting the US and has achieved virtually nothing, writes Edward Luce.
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Brussels outfoxed as Europe's tax havens stay one step ahead
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: A simple escape route from the gridlock of Basel IICongressional worries and uncertainty as to the agreement’s effects have confounded efforts to apply the new rules to US banks, writes Daniel Tarullo, Professor of Law at Georgetown University.
Yanukovich returns to power in Ukraine
Editorial Old enemies team up in Ukraine
| H15 Los Angeles Times Generals: Civil War Looms in Iraq Top two U.S. military officials in Mideast tell Senate sectarian violence is rising
Max Boot: Messed Up Are the Peacemakers Nowhere is the dismal record of peace processes clearer than in Israel's case.
Majority Disapproves of Bush's Green Policies 56 percent say the White House is doing too little for the environment, but most agree that alternative energy is needed.
Editorial Fiddling While Iran Arms Russia and China delay meaningful U.N. pressure on Tehran.
Most Back Israel, Split on U.S. Role
Both Sides in Battle for Hearts and Minds
Talabani Predicts Transfer of Security Duties by Year's End
Jonah Goldberg: Welfare Queens on Tractors When big farm owners get paid to sit, the world's impoverished suffer.
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| H16 WP The End Of the Right? By E. J. Dionne Jr., Page A17 Is conservatism finished? What might have seemed an absurd question less than two years ago is now one of the most important issues in American politics.
NYT PAUL KRUGMAN Centrism Is for Suckers We’re living in an age of one-letter politics, in which a politician’s partisan affiliation is almost always far more important than his or her personal beliefs.
New Republic The fine art of Bush-bashing In the salad days of post-September 11 GOP dominance, Republican congressmen were happy to stand with the president. Now, they're hiding from him.
UPI Analysis: Hezbollah threat at the border?
'American Century'Lives On
A Doha Failure and the US Farm Bill Stratfor
Foreign Policy Seven Questions: After Fidel
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer | H17 Daily Telegraph Israel would be safer in a nuclear-free Middle East
Tony Blair admits split over Lebanon The PM is increasingly isolated over handling of the Middle East crisis.
| H18 Independent Blair admits to cabinet splits over his support for Bush on Israel
British ambassador says civil war in Iraq 'likely' New Stetasman Blood on his hands Blair knew the attack on Lebanon was coming but he didn't try to stop it, because he didn't want to. He has made this country an accomplice, destroying what remained of our influence abroad while putting us all at greater risk of attack. By John Kampfner [read article - free to view] The Spectator Hezbollah cells await Iran’s orders Hezbollah sleeper cells in Western Europe are awaiting instructions from Tehran, says Melanie Phillips. Sunni and Shia are uniting in their hatred of the West, and Britain may soon be another front in a war that extends far beyond Lebanon ...
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| H19 Analysis: DOD in cash crunch Congressional Research Service "Military Tribunals: Historical Patterns and Lessons" (pdf), July 9, 2004. "European Approaches to Homeland Security and Counterterrorism" (pdf), July 24, 2006. "China and Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missiles: Policy Issues" (pdf), updated July 17, 2006.
| H20 Slate the undercover economist Hezbollah and the Prisoner's Dilemma: Can game theory solve the Israel-Lebanon war?
Heritage Foundation The Death of Neutrality: U.S. and European Convergence in Fighting the War on Terrorism by James Jay Carafano
"Banning Fissile Material Production for Nuclear Weapons: Prospects for a Treaty (FMCT)" (pdf), July 14, 2006. "North Korean Ballistic Missile Threat to the United States" (pdf), updated July 6, 2006. | H21 Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, has died at her home in Austria, age 90... Guardian ... BBC ... London Times ... NYT ... Bloomberg
Comedy's martyr
Browse Inside HarperCollins Books
Google/AP Deal Will Spawn New Product Weekly Standard World Trade Center Oliver Stone's 9/11 movie is filled with . . . religious symbolism. |
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| H1 Atlantic Monthly September 2006 Declaring Victory By James Fallows - The United States is succeeding in its struggle against terrorism. The time has come to declare the war on terror over, so that an even more effective military and diplomatic campaign can begin.
Brookings Mike Tyson and the Hornet's Nest: Military Lessons of the Lebanon Crisis
Guardian A little democracy is a dangerous thing - so let's have more of it Timothy Garton Ash: The next US president may give up on Middle East democratisation, but we shouldn't. It's still our best hope.
BBC Leak predicts civil war in Iraq Civil war is the most likely outcome in Iraq, Britain's outgoing ambassador warns in a confidential memo.
New York Times Ground to a Halt By ROBERT PAPE Israelis have misunderstood the nature of Hezbollah.
IHT Germany to offer incentives to Syria to woo it away from Iran and ease crisis
Yedioth Ahronoth Time to talk to Iran/ Ephraim Halevy
On proportionality Moshe Elad
Washington Post The Rules of War By Moshe Yaalon, The conflict in the Middle East is about much more than Israel and Hezbollah, or even Hezbollah's Syrian and Iranian sponsors. What is at stake are the very rules of war that underpin the entire international order.
Doubling A Bad Bet? By David S. Broder, The argument for carrying on our destructive current policies in Iraq and Lebanon comes down to a claim that "we can't afford to let the other guy win." History suggests that this is not always the right answer.
USIP Prospects for Mediation of the Lebanon Crisis
PINR "Intelligence Brief: The Struggle within Hamas" Full text of report
The New Republic Israel's last chance - Why Israel should re-occupy southern Lebanon In choosing to fight Hezbollah mainly from the air, Israel made a major mistake. Its only hope now is to re-occupy southern Lebanon.
Daily Star Worry about Iran, but also engage it By Michael Young
Yet more proof of the limits of Israeli unilateralism By Christoph Bertram
IHT In this war, too, victory is unlikely If history is any guide, Israel will not be able to win a complete victory by wiping out Hezbollah; peace is achieved by negotiation, not by force of arms.
WSJ The Iranian Calculus The war distracts international attention from the nuclear issue. By PHILIP H. GORDON and KENNETH M. POLLACK
Energy Security in the 21st Century: A New National Strategy Center for American Progress A 12-page US report proposing the development of a comprehensive approach to ensuring energy security for the US
Washington Times We can end oil addiction Thanks to technology and the new economics of energy, the time is ripe to launch an energy revolution and shift toward ethanol as a major transportation fuel.
American Conservative Borrowed Empire By Paul Craig Roberts CFR Defining Victory: The Differing Goals of Israel and Hezbollah
CSIS The Importance of Building Local Capabilities Anthony Cordesman Read more
Cordesman THE BAGHDAD PROBLEM | ROUND TWO
OpenDemocracy Abkhazia and Kosovo: lands in limbo In the Caucasus and the Balkans, two breakaway territories are seeking an independent future. Should they get it? Thomas de Waal opens a debate
FT Editorial Blair needs to rethink more on Middle East
COMMENT: Sanctions help to sustain rogue states The infliction of indiscriminate suffering tends to turn a populace against the proximate cause of its devastation, writes Jacob Weisberg.COMMENT: Mr Blair, it is time to recognise your errors and just go lair’s identification with the White House has destroyed his influence abroad, writes Sir Rodric Braithwaite, former UK ambassador to Moscow. COMMENT: The disturbing deterioration of developed economies
Drezner Calling all IR scholars!!! We've got a coding problem in the Middle East!!
| H2 Washington Post An Appeal for Leadership Why Hasn't the World's Lone Superpower Stopped This Tragedy? By Abdullah Gul - The grave tragedy that has been unfolding before our eyes in Lebanon unfortunately raises questions about the United States and its proud legacy of leadership for freedom and justice.
Ehsan Ahrari Contradictions of Turkish Foreign Policy TCS Divided We Stand Will an independent Kurdistan poison relations with Turkey? Pejman Yousefzadeh Ruşen Çakır Irak Kürtleri'nin Türk sorununu çözme planı
Can this war end in a stalemate and what is to be done? Cengiz Candar
Irak, PKK ile mücadele planını Ankara’ya iletti
BBC Türkçe Kuzey Irak-PKK Koray Düzgören ve Şerafettin Elçi'nin görüşleri
Weekly Standard Germans Are Talking Turkey The European Union is in no rush to expand into Anatolia.
NYT Letter Iraqi Kurds’ Key Role Qubad Talabany
Turkey sends reconnaissance units into Kurdistan
Anticorruption in Transition 3: Who is Succeeding ... and Why? World Bank This 130-page report examines patterns and trends in corruption in the former socialist economies of Europe and Central Asia
Iraq President to Move Against Kurdish Rebels
AFP Turkey expects Iraqi, US action against Kurd rebels ‘very soon’; Talabani moves to defuse tension
Iraqi Kurds Go Their Own Way, Wooing Investors To Safe North Investors business daily
Oil Projects: the Kurds' Winning Card amid Fears of Separation ... Dar Al-Hayat
No surrender for PKK KurdishMedia
Talabani'den 'PKK' söz
'Irak Türkiye'yle yakın çalışmak istiyor'
Iraklı Kürtler PKK'ya karşı harekete geçti
Barzani, Murat Karayılan'ı uyardı
PKK'nın hedefinde Kenan Evren mi vardı?
Ankara: PKK'ya karşı somut adım yakın
Report: KDP, PUK officials in Turkish capital
Meşruiyet, barış gücü ve Türkiye
SOLİ ÖZEL Ticaret savaşları
Wall Street: 'Lübnan’da yaşananlar Türkiye’yi daha da muhafazakârlaştırır!'
Fehmi KORU Şerhe lüzum var mı?
Muslim World Weighs Peace Role in Lebanon Conflict
Olmert: Türk askeri gelsin ...Devamı>>>
Mustafa KARAALİOĞLU Lübnan, olmayan stratejinin kurbanıdır
Fikret BİLA Çocukları küçük kurşunla öldürürler değil mi anne?
Yeni Ortadoğu haritasını çizen Amerikalı Yarbay Referans'a konuştu
Başbakan Erdoğan, Ahmedinejad ile Lübnan ve nükleer krizi görüşebilir
İbrahim KARAGÜL En sıcak iki ay!
Israel's war of existentialism
Akif EMRE AB'nin İsrail oyunu
Hüseyin Gülerce Türkiye’nin gerçek lobisi doğuyor
ABD'den Kerkük'e 8 bin konutluk proje
Davut DURSUN İslam Konferansı Örgütü yol ayrımında...
RFE/RL Interview: Islamic Conference Holds Emergency Meeting To Call For Cease-Fire
Daily Telegraph Unlike Hizbollah, Israel is not trying to kill civilians Boris Johnson has a message for Mel Gibson: at least when Israeli rockets kill civilians, they have missed their targets. When Hizbollah rockets do the same, they have scored a direct hit.
Heritage Foundation Israel Should Confront the Forces Behind Hezbollah by Ariel Cohen
Independent Malcolm Rifkind: Blair is presiding over a foreign policy disaster, worse even than Vietnam or Suez
The Times Getting a grip in Lebanon The Security Council must roll up its sleeves and mastermind a step-by-step confidence-building plan
| H3 Hürriyet Karayılan bombası
Hasan CEMAL PKK'yı dağdan indirmek!
Güler Kömürcü Meclis’te Barzanici vekil var mı?
Cengiz Çandar Türkiye duygusallığı; Ortadoğu gerçekçiliği...
Bülent Keneş İsrail'e öneri: Hizbullah'a bomba yerine mektup yolla!
İbrahim Tanıl Kürt sorununu yeniden düşünmek
Talabani: Bazı PKK bürolarını kapattım
Semih İDİZ Yaşar Paşa'nın 'siyasi' görevleri
Olive branch from the AK Party to the army? Ilnur Cevik
Nasıl bir Genelkurmay Başkanı?
FATİH ALTAYLI İşte o kritik soru: İtirazı olan varsa söylesin
Şükrü Küçükşahin Büyükanıt ilk vizyonunu açıkladı
Güneri CIVAOĞLU Büyükanıt ve umut
So, we have a new commander
Avrupa daha 'şahin' bir paşa bekliyor ... >>>
Dünya basınında Büyükanıt yankısı
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Mehmet Y Yılmaz Telefon numaralarını kim buldu?
Mesajı göndereni GSM operatörleri biliyor
Erdoğan neden bu kadar asabi?
İsmail Küçükkaya Köşk yolu...
Darbe baskısından ülser olan Özkök Paşa'nın çektiklerini bir Allah bilir bir de kendisi
Mümtazer Türköne Osmanlı barışı
Engin Ardıç Osmanlı düşmanlığı yapmayın
Kıbrıs'ta liderler bir araya gelecek
07:00 - Papadopulos, Talat'tan mektupla görüşme talep etti
ERDAL ŞAFAK Limanlar, üsler...
Fransa'nın Kıbrıs'ta üs isteği Ankara'yı harekete geçirdi
Fransızlar, Güney Kıbrıs’ta üs istiyor
Mesut Yılmaz Yarın sahaya iniyor
İsrail Dostluk Grubu ’fesih’e gidiyor
CHP, İsrail dostluk grubunu terk etti
İsyanın ahlakı Nuray Mert
EMRE AKÖZ Soy sop araştırmaları
Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati
Niyet mektubu ne diyor? Mahfi Eğilmez
Asaf Savaş Akat Temmuz enflasyonunu beklerken
Ercan Kumcu Enflasyon beklentileri
Yaman TÖRÜNER IMF gözden geçirdi
Turkish fisheries to fight asbestos ship
IRAQ: D'ALEMA, ITALY IS A FRIEND OF THE KURDISH PEOPLE
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| H4 New York Times Ground to a Halt By ROBERT PAPE Israelis have misunderstood the nature of Hezbollah.
News Analysis: Perceptions: The Long-Term Battle: Defining ‘Victory’ Before the World
200 Missiles Hit Israel as Battle Rages in Lebanon At the U.N., France, Britain and the U.S. said they were nearing agreement on an international force that would take over control of the buffer zone.
In Iraq, It’s Hard to Trust Anyone in Uniform Iraqis have become suspicious and fearful of men dressed as those who are supposed to protect and serve.
U.S. Disputes Report on New Pakistan Reactor
Ukraine Leader Forced to Name Ex-Rival as Prime Minister
Editorial | H5 Washington Post The Rules of War By Moshe Yaalon, The conflict in the Middle East is about much more than Israel and Hezbollah, or even Hezbollah's Syrian and Iranian sponsors. What is at stake are the very rules of war that underpin the entire international order.
Doubling A Bad Bet? By David S. Broder, The argument for carrying on our destructive current policies in Iraq and Lebanon comes down to a claim that "we can't afford to let the other guy win." History suggests that this is not always the right answer.
In Southern Lebanon Among Militia's Patient Loyalists, Confidence and Belief in Victory By Anthony Shadid
U.N. Talks Focus on Terms of Cease-Fire Lebanon Sees No Solution to the Conflict Without a Role for Syria and Iran
Hezbollah Unleashes Fiery Barrage 230 Rockets Strike Northern Israel, Shattering Brief Lull
In Ramadi, Task Requires Steel Nerves Soldiers say finding roadside bombs is never a problem -- the trick is to make sure they don't blow up first.
Jewish Charities Seek $300 Million for Israel Activist Rabbi Criticizes Fund Drive, Says U.S. Jews Should Help Lebanon, Too
Guardian 9/11 tapes expose flaws in military chiefs' testimony Top brass misled attack inquiry, transcripts show
Haditha report 'will back up US execution allegations' A criminal investigation into the deaths of 24 Iraqis in the town of Haditha last year is close to completion.
638 ways to kill Castro The CIA's plots put 007 to shame: poison pills, toxic cigars, exploding molluscs. By Duncan Campbell.
Politics trumps pot-boilers with Sarkozy bestseller French interior minister and presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy's book, Témoignage, is on its fifth print run.
| H6 Guardian A little democracy is a dangerous thing - so let's have more of it Timothy Garton Ash: The next US president may give up on Middle East democratisation, but we shouldn't. It's still our best hope. How Israel's gung-ho leaders turned victory into calamity Nehemia Shtrasler: Our government, in its desperation to outgun its predecessor, spurned a glorious chance to come out of this with honour. Israeli troops pour into Lebanon Imprisoned by the 'special relationship' David Clark: There is not much to fault in Tony Blair's analysis of where the 'war on terror' is going wrong. His tragedy is that he has become an obstacle to the very cause he espouses.
It's like watching two different wars Julian Borger: The US and British media's wildly divergent takes on the Middle East's latest crisis serve to further deepen entrenched points of view.
At last they want out Gary Younge After five years of party infighting over Iraq, the Democratic leadership's call for withdrawal is a step in the right direction. Zionism is not apartheid David Hirsh Conflating an unwillingness to denounce Israel with racism is a dangerous mistake.
MPs attack government forbreaking its own guidelines on arms sales to Israel
Leader Defiance and isolation Like a man who sets fire to his house and then discusses the flames, Tony Blair has a habit of drawing attention to his policy failures by analysing them.
Blair: you've misunderstood me
The end of the Blair era is a springboard for renewal Michael Meacher: Parliament must reassert its rights as part of a new constitutional settlement if the current malaise in politics is to be tackled.
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| H7 On the Plane With Condi Rice
Who Is Winning the Peace in Lebanon? Analysis: The question being fought out on the battlefield and in the diplomatic chambers boils down to this: Can Hizballah be allowed to emerge with its head held high?
BBC A Blair rethink?
Energy Security in the 21st Century: A New National Strategy Center for American Progress A 12-page US report proposing the development of a comprehensive approach to ensuring energy security for the US
Washington Times We can end oil addictionThanks to technology and the new economics of energy, the time is ripe to launch an energy revolution and shift toward ethanol as a major transportation fuel.
Surmounting manipulation International law defines using civilians as human shields as a war crime. Israel is within its rights to pursue Hezbollah in populated areas.
Strategy from a 'realist'One of America's wisest and most knowledgeable minds in geopolitics says "now, perhaps more than ever" is an opportunity to find a comprehensive resolution to the 58-year-old tragedy in the Middle East.
Winning the War of Ideas
Forward U.S. Ripped For Inaction On Israeli, Syrian Front As Jerusalem mobilizes reserves and Damascus puts its troops on the highest state of alert, the Bush administration is not taking overt steps to prevent Israel's war with Hezbollah from spilling over into Syria.
Fog of War Is No Cover for Causing Civilian Deaths
Weekly Standard Why They Fight
Is There a Role for Reality in US Foreign Policy? by Michael Scheuer
NRO - MICHAEL RUBIN: We shouldn’t forget Nour. “The Translator” Congressional Research Service "India-U.S. Relations" (pdf), updated July 31, 2006. "Pakistan-U.S. Relations" (pdf), updated July 27, 2006.
| H8 BBC Leak predicts civil war in Iraq Civil war is the most likely outcome in Iraq, Britain's outgoing ambassador warns in a confidential memo.
Israel resumes Beirut air strikes Israeli planes target Beirut's southern suburbs, a day after Hezbollah launched repeated cross-border rocket attacks. Israel mounts new Gaza incursion Gaza 'crisis as bad as Lebanon'
Helping hands Different views
PINR "Intelligence Brief: The Struggle within Hamas" Full text of report
Asia Times A new face to Hezbollah's resistance Despite warnings from its intelligence community of a lack of information on Hezbollah's war preparedness, Israel went ahead with its campaign to wipe out the movement. Israel is fighting hard (literally) to make up for this miscalculation. And as with the US in Iraq, other unforeseen forces have been unleashed in south Lebanon.
Lebanon's Christians, Shi'ites and Sunnis agree on only three things: the cedar tree, the Lebanese flag and the music of diva Fayruz. They are highly divided on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. This division, as much as the Israelis, will dictate the course of the war. - Sami Moubayed
Nasrallah and the three Lebanons Lebanon's Christians, Shi'ites and Sunnis agree on only three things: the cedar tree, the Lebanese flag and the music of diva Fayruz. They are highly divided on Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. This division, as much as the Israelis, will dictate the course of the war. - Sami Moubayed
Daily Star Worry about Iran, but also engage it By Michael Young
Yet more proof of the limits of Israeli unilateralism By Christoph Bertram
Israel has nothing to gain by prolonging the war
Al Hayat Iran, Lebanon and France Randa Takieddin
CFR Vali Nasr's new book offers an in-depth analysis of the forces that have contributed to the historic Shia-Sunni divide and its growing importance in shaping Middle East politics today. German Paper: Iran Frees bin Laden Son to Fight With Hezbollah
| H9 Ha’aretz – Editorial What about the missiles? This gap between the prime minister's statements and yesterday's events raises questions. Even if Olmert wanted to raise the nation's spirit by speaking of achievements, this cannot be done without a factual basis. Olmert cannot ignore the reality of the blood on the ground.
IDF carving out south Lebanon buffer zone to extend 6-8 kilometers north of border
Schiff ANALYSIS: Time is of the essence for IDF operation
Benn What remains of the Sharon legacy?
Harel A brief history of the failure
Deterrence put to the test Since the hasty withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000, viewed by enemies as the flight of a mighty military force from several hundred guerrilla fighters, Israel's image as a nation capable of withstanding pressure has eroded. Everything that has happened on the northern border since the withdrawal appears to confirm Hassan Nasrallah's claim that Israel will collapse like a 'spider web.'
IDF troops carving out south Lebanon buffer zone Paratrooper killed in fighting in Ayta a-Shab
ANALYSIS: Time is of the essence for IDF operation
Yedioth Ahronoth Time to talk to Iran/ Ephraim Halevy
On proportionality Moshe Elad
Ex-commando: We need bargaining chips
Jerusalem Post 10,000 IDF troops operating in s. Lebanon
The best of the best An overview of some of the IDF's most elite special forces units and their specialties. To err is human, especially in war In war, mistakes are not merely possible, they are inevitable. DEBKAfile Exclusive: Israel’s Surprise Raid of Baalbek Is No Panacea for Tactical Ills - Senior Israeli officers say the tactical and intelligence deficiencies hampering Israel’s 22-day Lebanon campaign cannot be cured by a single successful commando raid Full article
Justin Raimondo 8/02/2006 Israel and 'Moral Equivalence'
Washington Institute Laying Out the Qana Calculation: Disarming Hezbollah Prevents More Crises
Israel's Lose-Lose Proposition - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
Iraqi Perspectives Project Asharq Alawsat By Amir Taheri.
Ceasefire cannot be a substitute for policies ,Gulf News By Amir Taheri | |||||
| H10 Christian Science Monitor Why effort to rebuild Iraq came up short Reconstruction funds from the US have been diverted to security operations.
Israel carving out buffer zone It aims to push Hizbullah beyond the Litani, because the river creates a natural geographical boundary.
Joint effort is necessary to broker a cease-fire
Shinzo Abe, a conservative politician who is hawkish on foreign policy, will most likely be tapped in late September.
Where the next Castro may take Fidel's Cuba Some analysts say Raúl could open up the country's economy and start to ease hostilities with the US.
| H11 IHT Germany to offer incentives to Syria to woo it away from Iran and ease crisis
In this war, too, victory is unlikely If history is any guide, Israel will not be able to win a complete victory by wiping out Hezbollah; peace is achieved by negotiation, not by force of arms.
Key nations hope for truce resolution within week
Der Spiegel Eastern Europe Shuns Missile Shield As the Pentagon scouts Poland and the Czech Republic for possible locations for its planned missile defense shield, locals are proving to be less than enthusiastic about the idea.
| H12 RFE/RL Iraq Premier Faces Shi'ite Pressure On Security Nuri al-Maliki has come under increasing pressure from Shi'ite leaders who claim he isn't moving fast enough to address the deteriorating security situation.
EDM YUSHCHENKO’S INITIATIVE REVEALS HURDLES TO UKRAINIAN UNITY
BBC Ukraine head accepts rival as PM Ukrainian President Yushchenko says he will back his arch-rival for PM, ending political deadlock.
EurasiaNet Party Maneuvering Transforms Kazakhstan’s Political Scene
Der Spiegel ABSOLUTISM IN UZBEKISTAN Germany's Favorite Despot While many Westerners have been forced out of Uzbekistan, the German army continues to operate a base in the border city of Termez. Oppenents of President Karimov's despotic regime are now accusing the Germans of looking the other way.
Weekly Standard When Hugo Met Vladimir Venezuela and Russia are up to no good. | |||||
| H13 The Times Getting a grip in Lebanon The Security Council must roll up its sleeves and mastermind a step-by-step confidence-building plan
Israel talks peace as the battle ragesIn an interview with The Times, Ehud Olmert says the conflict could be over as soon as the UN Security Council authorises an international force
The Times interview with Ehud Olmert: full transcript
France moves in to fill the US vacuumThe US has taken a long step towards the position of France by drawing up a United Nations resolution on the Lebanon crisis
Leader Blair's world Less a valedictory address than advice to the next US president
WSJ The Iranian Calculus The war distracts international attention from the nuclear issue. By PHILIP H. GORDON and KENNETH M. POLLACK
Why Is Everything Such a Surprise? Was there even a contingency plan for the Lebanon crisis?
Britain Remains Closest Ally to U.S. Americans consider Great Britain the closest ally to the U.S., according to an annual Harris Interactive poll that has been tracking attitudes to a list of countries since 1982.
Securing Afghanistan
US Would Never Accept Limits on Israel - Frank Gaffney, OpinionJournal
| H14 Financial Times France and US inch closer to deal at the UN
Editorial Blair needs to rethink more on Middle East
COMMENT: Sanctions help to sustain rogue states The infliction of indiscriminate suffering tends to turn a populace against the proximate cause of its devastation, writes Jacob Weisberg.COMMENT: Mr Blair, it is time to recognise your errors and just go lair’s identification with the White House has destroyed his influence abroad, writes Sir Rodric Braithwaite, former UK ambassador to Moscow. COMMENT: The disturbing deterioration of developed economies Poor fundamentals in developed markets mean that the distinction between large emerging market economies and developed ones is becoming more blurred, writes Desmond Lachman, resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Asia's former tigers are flirting with irrelevance
FT Leaked UK document sees ‘civil war’ in Iraq
Israel making same mistake as US in Iraq, say strategists
Olmert 'Our response to Hizbollah has been restrained'
Iraq rebuilding hit by lack of planning, Congress told
Blair to tackle dissent over Lebanon stance
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: We Americans have become party to massacre of Lebanese
| H15 Los Angeles Times U.S. Commanders Accused of Endorsing 'Kill Counts' At a hearing on the slaying of 3 Iraqi detainees by GIs, witnesses describe a brigade governed by loose rules that allowed wanton killing. Poll: Most Americans Back Israel Nearly 3 in 5 believe the campaign in Lebanon is justified, but they're split over the U.S. role.
Editorial
FT New Europe' warns of tensions over SchengenCOMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Cold shoulder: how Merkel's coalition is spurning lobbyists in its reform push German governments have traditionally taken a round-table approach to drafting laws, relying heavily on input from special-interest groups. No longer, writes Bertrand Benoit.
Editorial Distant US horizons Hank Paulson's first public remarks as US Treasury secretary on Tuesday denounced protectionism, gestured towards reform of Sarbanes-Oxley, argued for energy...
COMMENT AND ANALYSIS: Furnaces burn on as Beijing tries to cool the economy
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| H16 Vanity Fair SEPTEMBER SNEAK PEEK: THE NORAD TAPES How did the U.S. Air Force respond on 9/11? Could it have shot down United 93, as conspiracy theorists claim? Obtaining 30 hours of never-before-released tapes from the control room of NORAD's Northeast headquarters, Michael Bronner reconstructs the chaotic military history of that day—and the Pentagon's apparent attempt to cover it up. Read the article, hear tape excerpts.
American Conservat ive What’s Wrong With the Democrats? By Steve Sailer
NYT DAVID BROOKS Bye-Bye, Bootstraps We are apparently seeing the emergence of a Wal-Mart leisure class.
BOB HERBERT Hot Enough Yet? It may be time to get serious about trying to slow the catastrophic trend of global warming.
A Reform That Worked Lessons From Welfare By Robert J. Samuelson,
Washington Times Government shrinkage goal The modern conservative movement's goal is to cut the cost of government as a percentage of the economy in half over the next 25 years -- one generation.
Future of Orthodox Jewish Vote Has Implications for GOP Small but Growing Group Receptive to Republican Ideas
realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer | H17 Daily Telegraph Unlike Hizbollah, Israel is not trying to kill civilians Boris Johnson has a message for Mel Gibson: at least when Israeli rockets kill civilians, they have missed their targets. When Hizbollah rockets do the same, they have scored a direct hit.
Radical Islam is a threat to Muslims
Leader Blair has spoken: now it is time for him to act It is imperative that the Prime Minister knocks ministerial heads together and ends the confusing babble from the Cabinet with regards to British policy on the crisis in the Middle East.
Hizbollah 'crippled' but missiles still fall
| H18 Independent Malcolm Rifkind: Blair is presiding over a foreign policy disaster, worse even than Vietnam or Suez
Robert Fisk: Entire Lebanese family killed in attack on hospital
Adrian Hamilton: The cost of this war is the hope for a wider peace
Yushchenko agonises over appointing rival
The Big Question: Has Cuba benefited or suffered under Fidel Castro's 47-year rule? | |||||
| H19 First Two Weeks of Israeli Strikes on Lebanon (map) Missile Defense Deployments "Secret for Political Purposes" Permalink
"Intelligence Oversight Act" (H.R. 5954) here.
"The Terrorist Threat from Shoulder-Fired Missiles" (pdf), House Committee on International Relations, March 30, 2006. "Report on Activities and Programs for Countering Proliferation and NBC Terrorism, Counterproliferation Program Review Committee" (pdf), Volume I, Executive Summary, May 2006. See also the related "Department of Defense Chemical and Biological Defense Program, Annual Report to Congress" (8.5 MB pdf), March 2006. Published sources on stealthy satellites were compiled in "A Stealth Satellite Sourcebook" by independent researcher Allen Thomson, available here (pdf). An earlier compilation on the French GRAVES (Grande Réseau Adapté à la Veille Spatial) space surveillance system, also by Mr. Thomson, may be found here (pdf).
| H20 Slate
· Thanks for the Sanctions: Why do we keep using a policy that helps dictators?· The Prince of the Marshes:
Surrounded by half-forgotten history.
Terror survey has frightening outlook
Atlantic Monthly COMMENT Some Convenient Truths Runaway global warming looks all but unstoppable. Maybe that’s because we haven’t really tried to stop it by Gregg Easterbrook
FIRST PRINCIPLES The Height of Inequality America’s productivity gains have gone to giant salaries for just a few by Clive Crook
POLL Nuclear Iran The Atlantic recently asked a group of foreign-policy authorities about Iran’s nuclear quest. Special extended Web version
New Yorker Blueprints for Disaster This week in the magazine, Steve Coll writes about the Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan and the international trade in nuclear-weapons technology and equipment. Here, with Blake Eskin, he talks about Iran’s nuclear program, the dangers of proliferation, and the intersection of politics and the profit motive.
Castro’s Last Battle Can the revolution outlive its leader? by Jon Lee Anderson
| H21 BBC Treasure hunt
IHT Black anchor fills top spot on French TVIn a country with more blacks on its national soccer team than in the 577-member National Assembly, the sudden celebrity of Harry Roselmack, left, has highlighted how rare it still is in France to see minorities in prominent posts.
Self-discipline and will power are keys to academic success. But they should be used with care. Cordelia Fine explains... more»
In science, confusion is essential to progress. An unwillingness to feel lost, in fact, can stop creativity dead. Now if you’re a science reporter, try telling that to your editor... more»
From PUP, the introduction to Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder
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| H1 National Interest Crisis of American Power: Layne, Tucker, Hendrickson
Guardian A 10-step programme for peace Brian Whitaker The solution to the crisis in Lebanon involves Israel, Hizbullah, Syria, the UN, the EU, Russia and the US as well as Beirut.
Washington Post Israel Moves Thousands Of Soldiers Into Lebanon
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon Allegations Brought to Inspectors General
Mideast Lessons From 1973 By David Ignatius
For Palestinians' sake, Olmert must emerge with his people's respect Jonathan Freedland: Many outsiders would like to see Israel's prime minister ousted, but if he were his successor would be more hawkish still.
Ha’aretz – Schiff ANALYSIS: UN force in Lebanon would be a recipe for disaster
Daily Star 3 prerequisites for an effective international force By Augustus Richard Norton
Le Monde Quelle force internationale pour le Proche-Orient ?, par Daniel Vernet
NYT Peacekeepers Are Not Peacemakers By NANCY SODERBERG History should serve as a warning to deploying a robust international peacekeeping force to Lebanon
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN A Choice for the Rogues Both Iran and North Korea have a very high incentive to maintain ambiguity about their nuclear capabilities when we are so ambiguous about our intentions toward them. (full text ROGUES R US)
The President: Bush’s Embrace of Israel Shows Gap With Father
Jerusalem Post Eye of the Storm: Victory in the eye of the beholder Nasrallah's leadership was questioned within Hizbullah even before the war began. A war we must win, at any price Tel Aviv's insurance policy lies in Damascus, not Beirut. OpenDemocracy Israel's strategic impasse | Paul Rogers Israel's relentless military assault on Lebanon highlights a security doctrine in crisis
The Times We must rethink the War on Terror - BlairThe Prime Minister admitted that the use of force alone had alienated Muslim opinion, and there was now an 'arc of extremism'
Independent We must rethink our strategy says Blair, as cabinet rift widens
Asia Times Tehran teeters on the path to war Tehran, by being linked with Hezbollah, has suffered a strategic setback over the war in Lebanon. Kaveh L Afrasiabi
The Times This is just the start of a showdown between the West and The Rest Israel and Hezbollah are the junior proxies fighting for rival ideological camps
Ehsan Ahrari Reestablishing Conventional Deterrence
| H2 FT New general set to test Turkey's political elite
Financial TimesCOMMENT: A region held hostage to failed policies By Lawrence Freedman ·
COMMENT: Europe has to face the threat of America's trade deficit The fall in the demand for European products will cause a slowdown in Europe’s growth, writes Martin Feldstein of Harvard University.
Schüssel "Türkiye'nin AB üyeliğine inanmıyorum"
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Irak’tan ilk somut adım; PKK bürosu kapatılıyor
"Kuzey Irak'taki PKK büroları kapatılacak"
Mehmet Tezkan PKK mektupla silah bırakır mı?
Tuzağın eşiğinde Türkiye (2) Avni Özgürel
İlnur Çevik Kurds regard Turkey as main economic partner
Mehmet Y Yılmaz Haydi Kuzey Irak’ı satın alalım!
ekathimerini.com | Bakoyannis reveals Turkey policy
Yalım Eralp Ciddi Şaşkınlık
Hoşyar Zebari: '’Irak’a herhangi bir Türk müdahalesi Irak ve ABD hükümetleri için kabul edilemez.’
Musul Valisi: Kürt siyasi partileri Musul'un güvenliğinin sağlanmasında temel bir rol oynuyorlar
Zebari: PKK büroları kapatılacak
PKK'yı tecrit için düğmeye basıldı
Foreign Ministry denies talks with KDP on combating PKK
Asia Times Kurds just want to thank the USIraqi Kurds are on a media tour of the US, ostensibly to "thank" Americans for overthrowing Saddam Hussein and to drum up investment for their region. But there is good reason to think it is all a Republican public relations exercise to try to deflect criticism of the Iraq war.
KurdishMedia Let us laugh and laugh until we burst into tears: Talabani is paying taxes...
Kurdistan’s need for Further Education
Büyükelçiden 'Rusya bizi üşütebilir' mektubu
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 - BBC Turkish 0700 -TurcoPundit - Mideastwire.com
EDM GEORGIA DEMONSTRATES POLITICAL, MILITARY SKILL IN KODORI GORGE
EurasiaNet Moscow Warily Tracks Tbilisi’s Moves in the Kodori Gorge BY IGOR TORBAKOV
CFR James Steinberg: Israel Hoping Attacks on Hezbollah Serve as Warning to Iran
Washington Institute Israel’s War against Hizballah and Its Battle against Hamas by Shimon Peres | H3 Fikret BİLA Düğümü Sezer'in mesajı çözdü
Özkök ve Büyükanıt dönemlerinde ordu-hükümet ilişkileri Murat Yetkin
Mustafa KARAALİOĞLU Başbakan, Büyükanıt kararını ne zaman verdi?
TSK'da yeni dönem M.Ali Kışlalı
MUHARREM SARIKAYA Org. Özkök ve Güneydoğu
Ertuğrul Özkök Özkök, nedir bu çektiğimiz
Taha AKYOL Genelkurmay ve komplo teorileri
Fehmi KORU Hizmetin sınırı
Taha KIVANÇ Bir-iki bomba ne ki... (2)
FATİH ALTAYLI Erken atama Özkök'ün fikri
Islamist-Leftist party in the offing Sedat Bozkurt
Mustafa Ünal Ordunun geleneği ve Büyükanıt Paşa
Komutan tamam sıra terfilerde Haberin Devamı>>>
AKP'de 'Erken mi oldu?' tartışması
Özkök: Astlarımızın önünde çırılçıplağız
"AKP'lilerden değil, TSK'dan tepki vardı"
Ali Bulaç Türkiye asker göndermeli mi?
[İzlenim] Ahırdan bozma sığınakta aç susuz 21 gün
'Müslüman güç' önerisi getirildi
Lübnan 'sakinleştirici' istedi
UMUR TALU Etkiye tepki!
Savaşın ötesi İsmet Berkan
Şahin "Dindarları biz laikleştirdik"
Emin Çölaşan Komplo çöktü
Hadi Uluengin Belden aşağı
From Turkey, poet-political scientist Heyecan Nazlı Veziroğlu seeks to establish universal poetic sensitivity. How to bring peace to the Middle East:
A Turkish political party once proposed an East Mediterranean Union composed of Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and the Palestinian entity.
Ege Cansen Şirketlerde açık pozisyon
Gazi Erçel IMF çerçevesinde para ve kur politikası
Aleviler yeni bir TV kurma hazırlığında
Güler: Doğalgazı ucuz kullanan ülkeyiz
Eser Karakaş Cumhurbaşkanlığı Devlet Denetleme Kurulu ve ‘yabancı’ kavramı |
| H4 New York Times The Overview: Israel Expands Ground Forces Inside Lebanon Israel sent up to 7,000 troops into Lebanon, aimed at pushing Hezbollah back from the border before a cease-fire is declared.
The President: Bush’s Embrace of Israel Shows Gap With Father
Peacekeepers Are Not Peacemakers By NANCY SODERBERG History should serve as a warning to deploying a robust international peacekeeping force to Lebanon.
Lebanon’s Force for Good By ADIR GURION WALDMAN Lost in the recent debate about how to deal with the crisis in Lebanon is the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, the one institution that in the past was able to prevent war.
MAUREEN DOWD Mel’s Tequila Sunrise Now that he has gotten into trouble for his bigoted views, Mel Gibson has thrown himself at the mercy of the object of his bigotry. (full text Dowd: Honorary Jew for a Day)
Editorial Beginning of the End in Cuba If he can transcend the ideological fixations of the Cuban exile community, President Bush could help Cubans build a better, post-Castro future.
Castro Is ‘Stable,’ but His Illness Presents Puzzle
Study Urges Reserve Rebuilding Force for Cases Like Iraq
British Security Says Terrorist Attack on Nation Is ‘Highly Likely’
Diplomacy: European Union Seeks Halt to Battles as the First Step, With Cease-Fire to Follow
Diplomacy: U.S. Insists Cease-Fire Must Await Plan to Disarm Hezbollah
| H5 Washington Post Israel Moves Thousands Of Soldiers Into Lebanon Clashes With Hezbollah Reported in South, East
9/11 Panel Suspected Deception by Pentagon Allegations Brought to Inspectors General
Mideast Lessons From 1973 By David Ignatius
Staying Power Adds To Hezbollah's Appeal
Attacks Target Iraqi Soldiers and Police Dozens of People Die in Series of Shootings, Blasts
Troops Fight to Expand Foothold in Ramadi U.S., Iraqi Forces Move Block-by-Block To Retake Western City From Insurgents
Audit: Much Undone in Rebuilding Iraq U.S.-led reconstruction effort is being transferred to Iraqis, along with a list of unfinished projects - U.S. faces a Sept. 30 deadline for choosing which projects to fund with the remaining $2 billion of the $21 billion reconstruction plan.
Europeans, Offering Peacekeepers, Call for End of Hostilities Now
A New Hub for Terrorism? In Bangladesh, an Islamic Movement With Al-Qaeda Ties Is on the Rise By Selig S. Harrison
Editorial Change in Cuba? Fidel Castro's surrender of power may not be permanent, but his successors are more than ready.
For Castro, a First Step In Calculated Transition Brother's Interim Role Seen as 'Test Drive'
CFR Steinberg: Israel Hoping Attacks on Hezbollah Serve as Warning to Iran
Israeli Forces Thrust into Lebanon
The Current Conflict in The Middle East [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
| H6 Guardian A 10-step programme for peace Brian Whitaker The solution to the crisis in Lebanon involves Israel, Hizbullah, Syria, the UN, the EU, Russia and the US as well as Beirut.
For Palestinians' sake, Olmert must emerge with his people's respect Jonathan Freedland: Many outsiders would like to see Israel's prime minister ousted, but if he were his successor would be more hawkish still.
Israel ready for massive invasion
Leader Shockwaves from Lebanon The refugees' fury will be felt for generations to come Karma Nabulsi: Israel is seeking to cast itself as the victim even as it expels the people of Lebanon and Gaza from their homes. We must fight our instinctive distaste for mercenaries Max Hastings: The Iraq bubble has burst but the need for private security companies will not go away. They should be regulated by the state. Playing with a whole new deck of cards Conor Foley Israel's bombs are doing for Hizbullah what the 1981 hunger strikes did for the IRA: recruiting a generation
After Castro? John Harris: Cuba needs democratic change, but can it be spared the sort of free market hurricane that laid waste to so much of the old Soviet bloc? |
| H7 Asia Times Tehran teeters on the path to war Iran's knee-jerk reaction to the possibility of the UN Security Council imposing sanctions on it over its nuclear program is one of defiance. At the same time, Tehran, by being linked with Hezbollah, has suffered a strategic setback over the war in Lebanon. Yet if the Iranian leaders adopt a hard line in the face of these two threats, it would pave the way for the nightmare scenario of military confrontation. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi
On a razor's edge Despite Iran's strong rhetoric condemning Israel's military onslaught against Lebanon, Tehran is trying to distance itself from the crisis, and even from Hezbollah.
Cato - Bomb Them to Gain
Remarks by Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Turki Al-Faisal on Middle East Crisis
Washington Times Editorial A 'stabilization force'?
The death of Doha
OpenDemocracy Israel's strategic impasse | Paul Rogers Israel's relentless military assault on Lebanon highlights a security doctrine in crisis
Iraq: what happenedRegime change, occupation, insurgency, collapse - leading photojournalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad tells openDemocracy why his country fell apart
Dan Drezner How isolated is Iran right now?
Le Monde Quelle force internationale pour le Proche-Orient ?, par Daniel Vernet
Israël en conflit indirect avec l'Iran, par Alain Frachon
Tony Karon Is Israel Reprising a Notorious Southern African Military Mistake? | H8 BBC Israel 'holds Hezbollah fighters' Israel says its troops have captured several Hezbollah fighters in an airborne raid deep into Lebanon. Delays hit Lebanese relief effort
Iran defiant on nuclear deadline Iran will not bow to a UN resolution demanding it suspend nuclear activities, the country's president says.
Power debate
Syria Eyeing Larger Goals as Lebanon Crisis Continues Stratfor Geopolitical Diary: Reopening the Iraqi Cabinet A Cabinet reshuffle is bound to disturb the delicate balance within the Shiite alliance and the uneasy ethno-sectarian power-sharing arrangement in Iraq. It also means there is more sectarian and insurgent violence to come.
US Govt Audit: Corruption in Iraq a 'Pandemic'
KR Shi'ite Leaders Distance Themselves From Iraqi Government
Der Spiegel Lebanese Oil Slick: UN Warns of Environmental Disaster While the war rages on, a huge environmental disaster is threatening Lebanon's coast. Up to 35,000 tons of oil have spilled into the Mediterranean following Israeli air strikes -- now it is a race against time to prevent long-term damage and the destruction of a fragile ecosystem.
MEMRI Aug 02 SD# 1225 - Iran and Syria Beat the Drums of War
Beginning of the End for Israel?
Daily Star 3 prerequisites for an effective international force By Augustus Richard Norton
Lebanon needs solidarity to survive war, but also to profit from peace
One way out: the Siniora plan By Rami G. Khouri
Crossing 'red lines,' an apt mood for describring the region's future
| H9 Ha’aretz – Schiff ANALYSIS: UN force in Lebanon would be a recipe for disaster
Jerusalem Post Eye of the Storm: Victory in the eye of the beholder Nasrallah's leadership was questioned within Hizbullah even before the war began.
Ha’aretz IDF commandos complete east Lebanon raid, capture 5 Hezbollah men before returning to Israel
Editorial The Iranian context The war in Lebanon has diverted Israeli attention from the important resolution the UN Security Council passed Monday regarding the Iranian nuclear program.
Not being prepared The mistake that Ehud Barak and Ariel Sharon made was that they did not prepare the IDF and the entire country to contend with Nasrallah's rocket array.
The most unsuccessful warIt is frightening to think that those who decided to embark on the present war did not even dream of its outcome and its destructive consequences.
ANALYSIS: Nasrallah will retain his veto power over Beirut
IDF tells 10 Lebanese villages 20 km north of border to evacuate
UPI Analysis: Time is running out for Israel
Outside View: The missing link Jerusalem Post A war we must win, at any price Hold Damascus responsible Rather than travel down the road of predictable failure, something quite different needs to be tried. Up to 20,000 Israeli Troops Flood Lebanon
Most of Hezbollah's Heavy Missiles Destroyed: Israeli Army
The Nation The View from Israel Hillel Schenker Yedioth Ahronoth Baalbek operation completed
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| H10 Christian Science Monitor Israel expands battle to widen south Lebanon security zone As the 48-hour bombing respite ends, Israel aims to drive Hizbullah 15 miles away from its border.
Disarming Hizbullah is key to Lebanon's peace The Israel-Lebanon crisis should spur efforts for a broader Arab-Israeli peace.
Corruption's drag on democratic states
Tamil Tigers, Sri Lankan government face civil war again Officials accuse rebels of 'ethnic cleansing.' Tigers say gov't offensive makes cease-fire 'null and void.'
| H11 IHT Now Tehran's choice is cast in starker terms Iran could be a pillar of stability in the region but this cannot happen unless its leaders are made to decide between crusading or international cooperation.
Jihad is a global fad Jihad has become a global fad, rather like gangsta rap.
BBC Anxious wait Der Spiegel Germany's Mideast Balancing Act The current Middle East crisis underscores just how fragile Germany's grand coalition remains. Chancellor Angela Merkel is inclined to provide as much support as possible for Israel. Others in her government want an immediate cease-fire | H12 RFE/RL Iran: Preparing For A Defining Election Buoyed by success in municipal, legislative, and presidential elections in recent years, fundamentalists associated with President Mahmud Ahmadinejad have now set their sights on the Assembly of Experts, the popularly elected body of 86 clerics that supervises and selects Iran's supreme leader.
Georgia: Extent Of 'Victory' In Kodori Offensive Unclear
Work On Iraqi Oil Pipeline Years Behind Schedule
EDM GEORGIA DEMONSTRATES POLITICAL, MILITARY SKILL IN KODORI GORGE
EurasiaNet Moscow Warily Tracks Tbilisi’s Moves in the Kodori Gorge BY IGOR TORBAKOV
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| H13 The Times This is just the start of a showdown between the West and The Rest
France vies with US in mission to secure an early peaceThe big powers are considering the dispatch of a rapid reaction force to Lebanon, to be followed by a larger international
Leader Cuba after Castro The hopes and dangers of life post-dictatorship
As Israel sees it The pressure on Olmert at home is to complete his mission
We must rethink the War on Terror - BlairThe Prime Minister admitted that the use of force alone had alienated Muslim opinion, and there was now an 'arc of extremism'
Hezbollah says hi-tech tanks and jets are no match for its fighting spiritUp to a thousand of Hezbollah's best-trained fighters are still deployed around the rocky hills and valleys of Lebanon's border district
WSJ The Fabulous Castro Boys | H14 Financial TimesCOMMENT: A region held hostage to failed policies By Lawrence Freedman ·
Israeli forces step up assault on Hizbollah
COMMENT: Europe has to face the threat of America's trade deficit The fall in the demand for European products will cause a slowdown in Europe’s growth, writes Martin Feldstein of Harvard University.
Annan's deputy castigates UK and US --- Transcript: Interview with Mark Malloch Brown
COMMENT: Good intentions at the expense of the poorVigilante NGOs have become the de facto regulators of finance to the developing world. They seek to seize the property rights of emerging nations with their prospects for growth, writes Adam Lerrick, of Carnegie Mellon University.
Ukraine's hopes of joining Nato 'under threat'
Fighting ‘has sunk hope of a free Lebanon’ Walid Jumblatt, leader of the most powerful clan in Lebanon’s Druze community, said the conflict between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas had dealt a fatal blow to Lebanese hopes of a strong independent state.
Israel’s economy ‘can weather conflict’
| H15 Los Angeles Times Israeli Forces Advance Deeper Into Lebanon A broad ground offensive, involving as many as 10,000 troops, moves at least 12 miles across border. Diplomatic efforts to end fighting falter Who Killed Qana's Children? By Adam Shatz Israel claims Hezbollah tactics are responsible for civilian deaths in Lebanon. We should expect better. Editorial Israel Can't Keep on Like This Qana horror exposes limitations of beating Hezbollah by bombing civilians.
FT Editorial Engaging Cuba The stomach operation that on Monday forced Fidel Castro to step down temporarily from power has usefully focused attention on the Cuban leader's mortality and the...
Editorial The Old Lady can afford to be patient Interest rate decisions are usually trailed well in advance through public statements, coded messages to themarkets, or the occasional unguarded remark to television...
Sharp drop in German unemployment
COMMENT: Japan must curb the backlash against reform
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realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec - Blogometer | H17 Daily Telegraph Which one makes her country proud? As she tries to mediate between Israel and Hizbollah, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hasn't faltered. Margaret Beckett, by contrast, is becoming an embarrassment to Britain, writes Alice Thomson.
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