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H1 Ha’aretz Secret understandings reached between representatives from Israel and Syria Draft includes Israeli withdrawal to 1967 line; Syria would end support for Hamas, Hezbollah, distance itself from Iran. By Akiva Eldar From Turkey, via Europe, to Syria The full text of the document Timeline of talks IraqSlogger US Papers Tuesday: Death and Protest Guardian Iraqis will never accept this sellout to the oil corporations Kamil Mahdi: The US-controlled Iraqi government is preparing to remove the country's most precious resource from national control. A hollow surge Rosemary Even if security is restored to the streets of Baghdad, the weakness of the Iraqi government could spell failure for Bush's plan. We are not leaving, Gates warns Iran Tehran sends out diplomatic feelers amid row over arrests. New York Times Top U.S. General in Iraq Says New Plan to Pacify Baghdad May Take Months to Show Results Los Angeles Times Iraq edges closer to Iran, with or without the U.S. Despite White House efforts to confront Iranian influence in Iraq, Iraqis echo Tehran's calls for release of five men caught in raid. Financial Times COMMENT: Simplify, then exaggerate:the neo-cons' route to disaster The current debacle in Iraq is what you get when you turn op-ed columns into foreign policy. Does that conclusion strike you as simplified and exaggerated? Maybe so – but that’s journalism, writes Gideon Rachman. The Times Allies 'go after' Iran as beefed-up naval force sails for GulfIn an effort to blunt Iranian influence, US forces are told to detain Iranian agents in Iraq and to strengthen American military presence in the Gulf The immediate obstacle lies in Baghdad, not Tehran Washington Post Rivkin and Casey: Rules for Congress on Iraq Richard Cohen: Tunnel Vision on Iraq Our Tunnel Vision Iraq is not Vietnam, but America is still America -- and we still don't know what in the world we're doing. Major Investment Bank Warns Against Israeli Attack on Iran Porter Bush's New Iran Policy: War Plan or Propaganda? Christian Science Monitor How the United States is deferring war costs As war spending on Iraq and Afghanistan nears the levels for Vietnam and Korea, concern is rising over the 'borrow now, pay later' approach. Iran: driving new Saudi diplomacy? In an unprecedented meeting, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah met with members of Hizbullah. Israel buzzes over notion of attacking Iran The country promises intensified diplomatic actions if Iran fails to comply with a UN resolution on its nuclear activities. | H2 TODAY's ZAMAN News Op-Ed Columnists Interviews Turkey Ponders Cross-border Operation [NEWS ANALYSIS] Turkey abandons ‘hands-off’ policy on Iraq Soli Özel Turkey Faces West UK Ambassador Baird: Fluent in ‘imperative Turkish’ Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey’s intelligence-gathering dilemma Turkish, Armenian Businesses Demand Border Opening WP Use of Kurdish Troops in Baghdad Debated Kerkük Kürtlerin ve Kürt kalacak Yusuf KANLI Rhetoric vs. capability Google News Kurdish Kurdish Media Bir büyük yazarın küçük hesapları Cüneyt Ülsever Yaşar Kemal’in gafı! Türkiye'de barışa dair umutlar MEHMET UZUN Nasuhi Güngör Kerkük tuzağından korunmak gerek Berat Özipek Anadil, resmi dil ve sağduyu Aksiyon Töre Değil, Cehalet - Tuba Kabacaoğlu İki 'çözüm arama' toplantısı... İkisinde de taraflardan biri yok... İlnur Çevik Discussing Kirkuk without the Kurds? Iraklı siyasî gruplar Ankara'da Kerkük'ü tartıştı Ertuğrul Özkök Başyazarla bir tartışma Kürtler’in petrol payı yüzde 21’e kadar çıkabilir Hüseyin Bağcı Are Kurdish intellectuals free of political sin? Güneri CIVAOĞLU DTP olağanüstü kongreye gidiyor 'Barış Konferansı' Kürtleri ikiye böldü Mehmet Y Yılmaz Önce rehine Kürtleri kurtarmak gerek Yunanistan'daki PKK'lılara inceleme Turkish State’ racism and the Kurdish websites KurdishMedia.com - By Hadi Elis When it comes to a word “Kurd", Turks do not know what to do. Turkish threats will not undermine the hopes of Kurdish people By Mufid Abdulla Turkey is a country that needs to put its own house in order before attempting to enter any other domain. Can Ataklı Türkler değil Kürtler barışı aramalı Ankara panel: Kirkuk's future up to all Iraqis Oktay Ekşi Barışı herkes ister... Gül: AB'ye önce biz kendi içimizde inandık Funda Özkan Barroso and Prodi back continuation of Turkey's EU talks İlter Türkmen Tablo iç açıcı değil Cengiz Aktar AB müzakereleri ve Yunanistan ERDAL ŞAFAK Ufuktaki bela Ali Bayramoğlu Kıbrıs’taki asker-sivil kavgasının anlamı... Almanya’da başörtü yasağına onay "Vatandaş Dimitri" Turgut Tarhanlı Şahin Alpay "Derin Katalunya" Ahmet Taşgetiren Küresel insanî kriz Başbakan'ın iki önerisi de uygulanamaz İsmet Berkan Ercan Kumcu Şehirlerde taşıt adedini sınırlamak rant ve yolsuzluk yaratır | H3 Ruşen Çakır ABD’de bir devir kapanırken/2 Demokratların seçim zaferinin ardından Türk-Amerikan ilişkilerinin geleceği Peter Galbraith: “Bush Irak işgalinden önce Sünni-Şii ayrımını bile bilmiyordu” ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ Bir konferansın anatomisi Taha AKYOL Yaşar Kemal'i eleştiriyorum Teşbihte hata Gündüz Aktan The Kurds will get all of us in trouble GÜNDÜZ AKTAN Ümit ÖZDAĞ Irak’a asker yollamak mı yoksa (1) NAZLI ILICAK Tayyip Erdoğan veya Abdullah Gül Cumhurbaşkanı olacak M. Ali BİRAND Erdoğan kızınca, Irak politikası karıştı MUHARREM SARIKAYA Kırmızı sınırı aşmak... Mr. Bush'a açık mektup Enis Berberoğlu Karayılan hastanede ihbarını kim yaptı? Bayar Ermeni yasası geçecek, mühim olan kamuoyunu hazırlamak Former US envoy predicts 'genocide' resolution will pass Cengiz Çandar TOBB'un Filistin seferi Rice'ın İsrail temaslarını gölgeledi Murat Yetkin Ortadoğu'da barışa engel çok, ama umut tükenmiyor MEHMET OCAKTAN Ankara'nın K. Irak'taki 'stratejik korkutma kartı…' İBRAHİM KARAGÜL İsrail komutasındaki peşmergeler sınırda! AKP, Irak için genel görüşme isteyecek Sami KOHEN Farklı bir "yeni Ortadoğu"... Gila Benmayor ’Barış İçin Sanayi’ Projesi Ortadoğu’da yeni umut ışığı Aksiyon MİT’in yeni vizyonu istihbarat, Fikret BİLA Baykal'dan Erdoğan'a 'kapalı oturum' önerisi İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Amerikan F-16'ları eğitim için İncirlik'te Mahir Kaynak Kim kimin dostu? Şamil Tayyar MİT’in adam öldürme yetkisi var mı? FEHMİ KORU Bir şeyler oluyor, ama ne? TAHA KIVANÇ Bana düşmez, ama... AKİF EMRE AB'nin sınırı, Türkiye'nin geleceği Hadi Uluengin Irak gerçeği ve hayali HAKAN ALBAYRAK "Ben bilmem paşaport maşaport!" Savaş SÜZAL [Yorum - Doç. Dr. Birol Akgün] Yeni Irak stratejisinin başarı şansı ne kadar? Fikret ErtanBağdat operasyonu Bilal Çetin Küçük sağ partilerde ortak cephe arayışı Tamer Korkmaz Çankaya'nın Yazgısı Beyaz Saray'ın Elinde Değil Nuh Gönültaş Başbakan’dan “Süper” oyalama taktiği... MİT'in gizli belgesi basına nasıl sızdı ABD'de yeni Ermeni tasarısı geliyor Seyfettin Gürsel Haziranda erken seçim Asaf Savaş Akat 2007 tahminleri Ekonomi üzerine ahkâm kesmek İşsizlik oranı yüzde 9.3’e geriledi Enerjide yanlışlık başka yerde Güngör URAS / Elektrikte özelleştirmenin ertelenme nedeni Hurşit GÜNEŞ Petrol fiyatlarının düşmesinin getirdikleri Japonya, Türkiye’nin gizli IMF’si, Japonya’nın Türkiye’ye yaptığı hibe ve kredi yardım miktarı 5,1 milyar doları geçti. Japonya, 2007’de enerji ve ulaşım sektörlerinde yeni işbirliği ve yatırımlar hedefliyor. |
H4 New York Times Top U.S. General in Iraq Says New Plan to Pacify Baghdad May Take Months to Show Results Democrats Seek the Middle on Social Issues Democrats in Congress say they are committed to governing from the center, even on divisive social issues. EditorialEnergy Time We cannot continue to hold our national security and the health of the planet hostage to our appetite for fossil fuels. Rice Plans a Joint Meeting With Mideast Leaders Defense Secretary, in Afghan Capital, Scolds Iran France Proposed Merger With Britain in ’56 Second Hanging Also Went Awry, Iraq Tape Shows The execution of Saddam Hussein’s half brother ended with the noose decapitating him after he dropped through the gallows trapdoor. Rice Speaks Softly in Egypt, Avoiding Democracy Push The secretary of state’s visit indicated that the United States has decided that stability, not democracy, is its priority in the region. NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF Car Washes and Genocide Genocide may be the worst of crimes, but historically it has also brought out the best in some people. Editorial | H5 Washington Post Rivkin and Casey: Rules for Congress on Iraq E.J. Dionne Jr.: Huckabee's War Edge in '08 Richard Cohen: Tunnel Vision on Iraq Our Tunnel Vision Iraq is not Vietnam, but America is still America -- and we still don't know what in the world we're doing. Ending an Opium War Some Detainees Fall Into Limbo Five years later, Guantanamo fails to fairly and quickly handle the cases of hundreds of prisoners. • Interrogation Research Is Lacking, Report Says | H6 GuardianBrown's doctrine has to be more than 'Neither Washington nor Brussels' Iraqis will never accept this sellout to the oil corporations Kamil Mahdi: The US-controlled Iraqi government is preparing to remove the country's most precious resource from national control. We are not leaving, Gates warns Iran A hollow surge Rosemary Hollis Jan 15 07, 03:34pm: Even if security is restored to the streets of Baghdad, the weakness of the Iraqi government could spell failure for Bush's plan. Cords that cannot be broken Dilip Hiro: President Bush has said the Pentagon will track down Iranian networks in Iraq, but he appears not to understand two of the main factors.Decapitation during execution of Saddam's henchmen provokes new wave of Sunni anger An insufficient surgeAlan Mendoza Jan 15 07, 08:01pm: President Bush's troop surge risks inflating expectations without necessarily providing the firepower to deliver.Incroyable, but true ... France's 1956 bid to unite with Britain MI6 dispute Blair's Saudi claim |
H7 Major Investment Bank Warns Against Israeli Attack on Iran What's next -- war with Iran? (By H.D.S. Greenway) BBC Confronting Iran Porter Bush's New Iran Policy: War Plan or Propaganda? Juan Cole Iraq for Land: Can Jordan, Egypt and other Sunni Arab States Get a Real State for the Palestinians, Peace for Israel, and Peace for Iraq all at Once? Will Bush even let them Try? 1/15/2007 06:29:00 AM Mullahs are Vulnerable By: David Waddington | The Washington Times Mr. Ahmadinejad's wild rhetoric, his regime's fomenting of crises in Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine and its determined pursuit of nuclear weapons are signs of weakness and not strength. From Salon, an interview with Michael Ledeen on Iranian regime change: "Faster, please!" Impending energy threat
A Time for Middle East Peace By: Clifford D. May | National Review The Irrelevance of Military Victory by Rep. Ron Paul | H8 Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq Analysis: Differences Snarl Iraq Plan 'Time is Running Out' In Iraq BBC Criticism of Iraq hangings grows UN and EU leaders criticise the executions in Baghdad of two of Saddam Hussein's top aides. Rice seeks Saudi backing on Iraq A review of The Occupation: War and Resistance in Iraq by Patrick Cockburn. Want to know whether Bush's new Iraq strategy will work? Just check the Kalashnikov Index in Baghdad. Or world opinion. Residents say snipers are firing at random on Haifa Street Restoring Order: Conquering Iraq in the 13th and 21st centuries. Could Genghis Khan teach the US? Egypt Backs US Strategy on Iraq Iraq Balks at US Plans for Iran, Syria | H9 Ha’aretz Secret understandings reached between representatives from Israel and Syria Yedioth Ahronoth Understandings reached' Ha’aretz – Get set for the earthquake A survey that appeared in Haaretz shows a clear political shift: Likud has risen from 12 seats to 29, while Kadima has shriveled into a party smaller than Shinui. Moscow's Mideast myopia Iran's influence in the Mideast has been strengthened partially due to diplomatic protection it has received from Russia and China. Oren Ayalon can do it, Barak cannot Barak is waiting in the wings, in anticipation of the Winograd Committee's report. This may well bring down the entire defense leadership. But he will have difficulty presenting himself as the new broom to sweep away the debris left by the Winograd Committee. Jerusalem Post 'There was no breakthrough with Syria' Our World: Olmert's heirs apparent Betting on wrong horse/ Breiman Daily Alert.org - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel – Rice to preside over meeting with Israelis, Palestinians BBC No breakthrough Hamas 'planned to murder Abbas' Fatah accuses Hamas of plotting to kill its leaders, after tunnels filled with explosives are found in Gaza. From The New York Times Magazine, does Abe Foxman have an anti-anti-Semite problem? He has spent his life fighting bigotry. But how he fights, and whom he’s fighting, are now the issues. review of A Match Made in Heaven: American Jews, Christian Zionists and One Man's Exploration of the Weird and Wonderful Judeo-Evangelical Alliance. |
H10 Christian Science Monitor How the United States is deferring war costs As war spending on Iraq and Afghanistan nears the levels for Vietnam and Korea, concern is rising over the 'borrow now, pay later' approach. Iran: driving new Saudi diplomacy? In an unprecedented meeting, Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah met with members of Hizbullah. Israel buzzes over notion of attacking Iran The country promises intensified diplomatic actions if Iran fails to comply with a UN resolution on its nuclear activities. Bush's troop 'surge' shapes 2008 race Opinion: America's role in Somalia In Spain, bitter rift over fighting terror For the first time since the 1970s, a major political party decided not to join in an anti-ETA march. ASIAIs Bangladesh the Next Afghanistan? By: Joshua Kurlantzick and Anirudh Suri | The New Republic Left unchecked, Bangladesh could become another Afghanistan--a base for regional terrorism--and damage America's growing relationship with South Asia. Yet the United States and other major powers are paying little attention to the crisis in Dhaka. Central Asia’s Other ‘Turkmenbashis’ By: F. Stephen Larrabee | The Japan Times In the next few years, Central Asia will face leadership change on many fronts, with security apparatuses -- which, as in Turkmenistan, have been crucial to buttressing these countries' regimes -- likely to be important players. Trade Deal Will Link Beijing and ASEAN By: Carlos H. Conde | H11 IHT BP may have to cede some control of Russian venture Sarkozy, France's tough guy, files down his rough edges Germany seeks to modernize policing across EU Attack on U.S. embassy jolts Greek complacency on terror EUROPE BBC Spain's PM admits Eta 'mistake' The Spanish PM says he made a "clear mistake" by pinning his hopes on peace talks with the Eta Basque separatists. Spanish march against Eta attack From Open Democracy, why a European Union dependent on energy supplies from states that violate human-rights norms must not abandon principle to self-interest. A look at how Germany's role in Europe is changing. From German Law Journal, a special issue on What Future for Kosovo? The former Yugoslav republic of Slovenia made 18,000 people disappear in the blink of an eye. Now it wants the world to forget its experiment in ethnic cleansing | H12 RFE/RL Google News Azerbaijan Russia: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery By: Charles Wolf | The Daily Star |
H13 The Times Ready to Talk An Israeli-Palestinian summit provides reason for hope Outrage as executioners bungle hanging of Saddam's brother Allies 'go after' Iran as beefed-up naval force sails for GulfIn an effort to blunt Iranian influence, US forces are told to detain Iranian agents in Iraq and to strengthen American military presence in the Gulf The immediate obstacle lies in Baghdad, not Tehran French Connection Where might we be today if France had formed a union with Britain in 1956? Libby Purves Wall Street Journal The Poor Get Richer Reviving Japan's Military A postwar taboo lying in the path of a resurgent Japan has been removed. | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: Simplify, then exaggerate:the neo-cons' route to disaster The current debacle in Iraq is what you get when you turn op-ed columns into foreign policy. Does that conclusion strike you as simplified and exaggerated? Maybe so – but that’s journalism, writes Gideon Rachman. Iranian leaders speak out against US Bush ally hopes to win over Islamic world COMMENT: Cycles of optimism and pessimism There are great entrepreneurs on every continent. But there has been something sinister about Europe’s ability to smother the ambitions of its entrepreneurs, says Julie Meyer, of Ariadne Capital COMMENT: Cycles of optimism and pessimism It is not inconceivable that the US economy wil get stuck for a while in a ‘pessimistic equilibrium’ while the opposite occurs in the eurozone, writes Paul de Grauwe of the University of Leuven. Keep pouring oil on troubled watersIt must be galling for Opecs oil ministers to watch prices slide in spite of their hawkish words. But short-term price volatility is no reason for production cuts on top of those the cartel has already agreed to. COMMENT: Let Scotland vote on the Union The tercentenary of the Act of Union is as good a time as any to ask whether the marriage has a future. We should give the Scottish National party its referendum, writes Philip Stephens. COMMENT: The influx of workers demands welfare reform COMMENT: Japan's future looks brighter than Germany's Sarkozy gains new momentum over Royal | H15 Los Angeles Times Iraq edges closer to Iran, with or without the U.S. Despite White House efforts to confront Iranian influence in Iraq, Iraqis echo Tehran's calls for release of five men caught in raid. Bring in the blue helmets Niall Ferguson: For Iraqis to recognize the legitimacy of any force, Bush has to hand over the country's security to the United Nations. Apple Pie and the Middle East By: Michael Oren | Los Angeles Times Anger greets bodies of executed in Tikrit History's warning to Hugo Chavez By Alexandra Starr The last Venezuelan president whose appeal depended on high oil prices saw his power crumble when prices dropped. |
H16 American Politics WP Bush Shifts Deficit Burden to Democrats President is calling the bluff of Democrats, who won control of Congress in part by accusing Bush of reckless fiscal policies, political analysts say. NYT Democrats Seek the Middle on Social Issues Democrats in Congress say they are committed to governing from the center, even on divisive social issues. I Have a Dream - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Iraq Plan Tricky for '08 Presidential Aspirants Politics at Forefront in Libby Trial realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird GovExec Another chance for Gore? (By Scot Lehigh, Globe Columnist) Washington Times The Reagan example As the presidency of George W. Bush enters its seventh year, Mr. Bush has to carefully consider how he can be an effective wartime president when both houses of Congress are controlled by the opposition party. | H17 Daily TelegraphThe threat from Iran Iran has been actively involved not only in supplying the Iraqi insurgency with arms and manpower but also in a more sophisticated programme of political infiltration. Iran 'taking control of Basra by stealth' Iranian intelligence prepares to dominate southern Iraq. | H18 Independent Gypsy-haters, holocaust-deniers, xenophobes: the EU's new political force Europe's far-right parties have crossed a new threshold, winning more influence in the European Parliament than ever before. Leading article: Misfits, bigots and malcontents Zapatero admits 'clear mistake' in trying to negotiate with Eta British troops may leave within a year, says Iraqi Vice-President Washington trial forces Cheney into the spotlight An unlikely marriage: how France proposed to the UK Foreign ministers attempt to revive EU constitution Miguel Angel Moratinos and Jean Asselborn: This enlarged Europe needs a new constitution The big question: What would happen if Scotland achieved its independence? |
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism Naval Transformation, Ground Forces and the Expeditionary Impulse: The Sea-Basing Debate Challenging Transformation's Cliches SSI New security body may form policymaking core The Japan Times Pakistan will close four camps to foil Afghan terror Europe Hopes to Thwart Terrorists With a High-Tech Aircraft That Snoops Growing Role of Military Irks US Allies The New Post-Conflict Strategy: Building Domestic Capacity for Reform | H20 Slate A review of Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and the Rise and Fall of the AQ Khan Network From The New Yorker, an article on Azzam the American: The making of a homegrown jihadi. A review of American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion. Academic Freedom and Professional Responsibility after 9/11: A Handbook for Scholars and Teachers | H21 PAPER: For first time, more American women living without a husband than with one... Ruins in Northern Syria Bear the Scars of a City’s Final Battle Technology's Web of Eyes Now is the time to rediscover John Maynard Keynes’s revolutionary ideas for an international trade organisation and adapt them to rebalance the world’s economies in the 21st century |
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