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H1 Independent Patrick Cockburn: Smokescreen for the war blown away Halting Iran's Nuclear Weapons Program: Iranian Vulnerabilities and Western Policy Options - Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser (Institute for Contemporary Affairs/Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) New York Times Support in G.O.P. for Iraq Policy Erodes Further Wesley Clark Legitimacy: First Task for America's Security Guardian On Kosovo, the EU is united - by a sickening lack of will Jonathan Steele: Despite the modest successes of the reform treaty, the first post-summit crisis lays bare Europe's failures. IHT Analysis: Is Sarkozy an old-style Gaullist in disguise? Financial Times COMMENT: How to defeat the jihadis in something other than a warThe use of force can be only one dimension. Hearts and minds are critical in the effort to counter terrorism, writes Philip Stephens. Editorial Al-Qaeda’s organisation is weaker, but the message still spreads Jihadism will not be defeated by a ‘war on terror’ that glorifies confrontation. Hearts and minds must be won Los Angeles Times The guns of August? Editorial: A summer war between Israel and Syria isn't inevitable. But Damascus' arms buildup is worrisome. Mideast has an old Cold War look Daily Star Arabs Should Accept the Truth of Our Own Defeats - Khairi Abaza Iran's Proxy War - Sen. Joseph Lieberman, Tehran is on the offensive against us throughout the Middle East. Will Congress respond? Wall Street Journal WSJ The bomb plots in Britain may reflect a new terror strategy. Ha’aretz – Avineri Post-Zionism doesn't exist Fundamentally, post-Zionism is a radical criticism not just of Israel's policy; at its base is total denial of the Zionist project and of the very legitimacy of the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish nation-state. Eldar Deciding what we do want, not only what we don't It's fashionable in local diplomatic and military circles to say that without a peace deal with Syria, a third Lebanon war is only a matter of time, but even if the Americans come to the table there's no guarantee of an accord David Kimche Blair as Tom Cruise Yedioth Dennis Ross: Risk of war
Slate How Putin Played Bush in Kennebunkport: And how Bush could still come out on top. Exclusive: U.K. Terror Plot — Why the Bombs Failed USIP Briefing: The Role of the Media in Conflict Global Politician Appeasement And Global Strategy Of The Russian-Iran Cabal Foreign Policy Seven Questions: The Wild, Wild East of Capitalism | H2 Washington Times Will Turkey shoot? There is a subtext in Turkey's current debate on how to deal with the PKK that has been largely missed in Western media coverage of Turkish saber rattling. CSM Turkey's Kurds: some back the state Though embattled, not all Kurds support the militant Kurdistan Workers Party. Washington Post A Test for The West In Turkey By Anwar Ibrahim This month's elections in Turkey have been described as a battle for the soul of the nation. FT Turkish court supports poll COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL: Central Asian group wins Petkim auction Erdogan Struggles With Generals for Ultimate Power in Turkey TURKEY: Countdown Begins to Crossing into Iraq American Chronicle: Turkey and Israel: Facing Common Threats and Sharing Great Perspectives BBC Turkey court rules reforms valid Turkey's highest court rules that controversial constitutional reforms passed by the government are valid AP Turkey set to hold a referendum on presidential election system Iraq: Turkey Ratchets Up Pressure For Action Against PKK ABD harekât olasılığını artırıyor! Howard Eissenstat İşkence cezasız Court backs popular election of president, referendum looms Turkey-European Union relations on parties' agendas Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring Türk: Ders aldık aynı hataları yapmayacağız Barzani: Türkiye ile her ortamda masaya otururuz Rizgari TC, Kürdistan'ın güneyinde kendisini ve Kürdleri denemek çabasındadır Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 5 Jul 2007 Irak'ta Petrol Yasası görüşmeleri yine ertelendi Iranian, Turkish Officials Discuss Increasing Border Security Kandil’e ABD silahı ilişkimizi zedeler Barzani AKP İLE ARAMIZI MEDYA BOZUYOR.. Tunceli'de temizlik operasyonu 'Peşmerge takviyesi'ne yalanlama Tuğluk'un 5 yıla kadar hapsi isteniyor Kurdish Activists Confirm Damning Human Rights Report Ortak Çalışma Grubu bugün toplanacak Ferai Tınç Hamas Ali H Aslan American Muslim birth pains Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Avrupa'ya bir uyarı daha: Türkiye, İslam âleminin feneri AP üyesi Resetaris: Başarılı olamadık Avrupa Parlementosu (AP) KKTC'ye verilen ekonomik ve politik izolasyonların kaldırılmasına yönelik sözlerin tutulmadığını itiraf etti. "Rumların AB'ye kabulü hataydı" Portekiz Dönem Başkanlığı'nın Erdoğan ve Brown telefonda görüştü Merkel Rumları almamalıydık Turkey-European Union relations on parties' agendas Köln'e cami planı ortalığı karıştırdı Papa’nın doğduğu yere cami diktirmeyiz Ata Atun Why the Cyprus problem cannot be solved Le Monde: Laikliği koruyanlarla eski İslamcıların savaşı sonuçlandı AKPM Başkanı Linden:''Avrupa Konseyi üyeleri arasında kapalı sınır kabul etmeyiz'' EU’s Rehn says Turkey is a beacon for the Muslim world Ali Bulaç Islamophobia YORUM- "Türkiye Avrupa'da mı, değil mi?" UAÖ'nün Türkiye hesapları donduruldu A review of Five Years of My Life: A Report from Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz. Durmuş HOCAOĞLU Ali Saydam İki kabine kurun, öyle karar verin... Sincan’daki komutanın terfi sırası Bu yılki YAŞ’da atama bekleyen en ilginç isimlerden birisi de, 28 Şubat’ta Ankara’da Zırhlı Tümen Komutanı olan ve Sincan’da tankları yürüten Korgeneral Erdal Ceylanoğlu. 'Vatanseverler'e örtülü ödenek desteği iddiası Trilyonluk ihalelerde 'Vatansever' parmağı Mahkemenin bulamadığı tanığın yerini, çete lideri Zengin gösterdi Tamer Korkmaz Çorap Söküğü Çetesi Mümtazer Türköne "Vatan haini" çeteler 1000 dolar için AKP'ye oy verir misiniz? Nicole Pope Swimming with sharks Erhan Çelik Emekli General Ali İhsan Gürcihan'ın bilinmeyenleri Act now to eliminate poverty Ercan Kumcu İhracat artışının nedenleri Güven Sak Küreselleşen bir ekonomide büyümeye nasıl bakılmalıdır? Haluk Bürümcekçi Kura değil, kur politikasına müdahale (II) Hurşit GÜNEŞ Merkez Bankası tevekkülde Deniz Gökçe Büyüme tuş etti! Metin MÜNİR Nükleer cepheden yeni bir haber Yiğit Bulut Dolar gerçekleri Ertuğ Yaşar Petkim de ellere mi gitti Volkan Akı Petkim’de masada 20 milyar dolar vardı Güngör URAS Petkim kötü değil, iyi bir KİT idi (Satın alan hayrını görecek) | Kafalar karıştı işte konuşulan senaryolar Meclis'te skandal: Bülent Arınç'ın odasında gizli kamera bulundu Bilal Çetin Kasım’a kadar 5 ayrı seçim ihtimali... Şamil Tayyar Kritik karar En kötü senaryo: Referandum olmayabilir Mahkeme'den sürpriz karar, Köşk için ekimde referandum var Mustafa Karaalioğlu Şimdi ne olacak? M Ali Birand Devlet çetelerinden kurtulalım... M. Ali BİRAND Kriz havası dağıtılıyor MUHARREM SARIKAYA "Anlaşmayı Erdoğan bitirdi" Seçmen, Köşk için uzlaşma şartını dayatma olarak algıladı Nuray Başaran Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri 3'üncü parti gibi seçim meydanlarına da indirdiler Mehmet Tezkan Askerler yarın Kuzey Irak’a girecek mi? Sınır ötesine Sarıkamış örneği Ruşen Çakır Baykal Türkiye’nin Lula’sı olabilir mi? Radikal MHP, CHP, DP tutarsız AKP ise gerçekçi değil Muhalefetin ekonomik programlarındaki vaatler çelişkili. AKP'nin 2013'te 800 milyar dolarlık milli gelir hedefi için yıllık yüzde 9.5'lik büyüme gerekiyor Amerika, Türkiye'de demokrasi istiyor mu? H. Gökhan Özgün Petkim’i alan şirket Kazak değil ABD’li baş finansör Ermeni Petkim’i alan şirket Kazak değil ABD’li baş finansör Ermeni Petkim'in gizemli Yahudi ortağı Milliyet SEÇİMLER VE BİR ETİK TARTIŞMASI Başbakan Erdoğan ve AKP'li bakanlar, seçim çalışmaları sırasında devlet imkânlarından geniş bir şekilde yararlanıyorlar. MİLLİYET – BAŞYAZI Genelkurmay 1 Numara’nın peşinde 2 bin YTL maaşla komando aranıyor Dışişleri açıklamasının perde arkası Cengiz Çandar “Provokatörler, dolandırıcılar, kaçakçılar, sahtekarlar güçbirliği” üzerine Çoğunluk laiklik konusunda kaygılı ABD düşmanlığını anlamak Seçimlerin ana temaları İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700 VOA Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit Taha Kıvanç Fehmi Koru NAZLI ILICAK Petkim: 605 milyon $'dan 2 milyar $'a Prof. Dr. AYDIN AYAYDIN Fikret BİLA Erbakan: Abdüllatif Bey'le görüşeceğiz Ahmet Hakan Beyaz imam hatipli tartışmasına giriş Ertuğrul Özkök İlahi genel yayın yönetmeni Tufan Türenç Bu da öyle bir demokrasi işte... Emin Çölaşan Muhalefet bunları niçin sormuyor? Özdemir İnce Bambaşka bir anket sonucu Yalçın Bayer AKP, boşta TV bırakmıyor Rauf Tamer 15 gün kala... Mustafa Mutlu Anayasa Mahkemesi şimdi ‘cici’ oldu mu? ERGUN BABAHAN Çankaya bilmecesi EMRE AKÖZ 'Kadınınız' kime oy verecek? Bülent Keneş Who will people vote for? What will determine their decision? Mustafa Ünal Gül'ün performansı Hüseyin Gülerce Ertuğrul Günay'ı dinlerken... CHP Genel Sekreteri'nden tuhaf konuşma: AK Partililer'in hepsi Ege denizine sürülecek BALÇİÇEK PAMİR Mitinglerin mesajı MAHMUT ÖVÜR Siyasette üçüncü nesil Menderes [Yorum - Dr. Ümit Kardaş] Laik, demokratik, hukuk devleti klişesi! Hasan CEMAL Şehit cenazesi, taziye çadırı! İlnur Çevik Erdogan will not have an easy ride this time as PM Arslan BULUT Eser Karakaş Türkiye’nin kısa vadeli öncelikleri Ahmet Taşgetiren Her yerde Erbakan konuşuluyor ama... [Election strategies under spotlight-4] Democracy test during the AK Party rule by SELİN BÖLME* Nasuhi Güngör CHP dış politikada ne söylüyor? Mehmet Barlas Bütün partiler aynıdır ama bütün siyasetçiler aynı değildir… Berat Özipek MHP urganı kimin boynuna takıyor? Oy konusu Murat Belge Acı bir kayıp Haluk Şahin Ülkemizin yaşamında belirli dönemlerde çok önemli işlevler üstlenmiş olan bir kelimeyi kaybetmiş bulunuyoruz: 'Vatanseverlik'. Gülay Göktürk CHP'lilerin çaresizliği Sami KOHEN Teröre rağmen... Şakir Süter Yalanlama uzmanları! Metin Metiner Tahammülsüzlük... Gül: "CHP-MHP koalisyonu için uğraş var" Erdoğan: "Kirli çamaşırlarına da ip lazım" ABD Başkonsolosu Beyza Zapsu'yla saf tuttu Güler Kömürcü İzmirli, CHP-MHP’yi kucaklıyor |
H4 New York Times Support in G.O.P. for Iraq Policy Erodes Further Senator Pete V. Domenici of New Mexico broke with the White House on Thursday as Congressional Democrats prepared to renew their challenge to the war. G.I.’s Forge Sunni Tie in Bid to Squeeze Militants In Baquba, Iraq, local Sunni residents, including a number of former insurgents, have emerged as a linchpin of the American strategy. London Bombers Sped to Glasgow, Authorities Say A week after the intended bombings, evidence is emerging that two doctors were the main operatives, if not the leaders, of a network of other medical professionals. U.N. Chief Says Plan in Kosovo Faces Risks Editorial Celebrating, Not Hiding In the city of Cologne in Germany, an effort by Muslim leaders to get a building permit for a grand new mosque has provoked an ugly backlash of ethnic and religious bigotry. Al - Qaida Video Reflects Group's Troubles PAUL KRUGMAN Sacrifice Is for Suckers Nobody has asked the obvious question: “What sacrifices have you and your friends made, Mr. President?” DAVID BROOKS The End of Integration Expecting integration, Americans find themselves confronting polarization and fragmentation. A Low-Key Leader for a High-Intensity Job Hints of Surrender at Mosque in Pakistan Former Son-in-Law of Kazakh Leader Says He Was Framed Editorial Global Warming and Your Wallet An unpleasant and inescapable truth is that any serious effort to fight warming will require everyone to pay more for energy. | H5 Washington Post Key GOP Senator Breaks With Bush: Domenici Urges Change In Strategy on Iraq War Bin Laden's Deputy Exhorts Muslims in Iraq to Coalesce Editorial Same Old Protectionism House Democrats put up roadblocks to a balanced approach to free trade. Glasgow Suspect Angered by Iraq War, Relative Says Pakistan Moves to End Deadly Standoff at Mosque: Talks on Peaceful Ending Apparently Stall Indian Doctors Fear a Bomb Plot Backlash Political and medical leaders say they worry it will be harder to get visas to U.K. and that Indians living abroad will face racial profiling. | H6 Guardian On Kosovo, the EU is united - by a sickening lack of will Blockade helps Gaza militants, says report Latest blockade of Gaza threatens territory's commercial sector and aids the cause of extremists, says report Bombs plot investigators look at role of al-Qaida cells in Iraq MI5 and MI6 begin to build picture of foreign contacts. Shifting sands Antony Loewenstein Jul 05 07, 07:00pm: If you visit Saudi Arabia, expect to have many of your preconceptions shaken. The kingdom is changing, a fact little recognised in the west.There's no unbridgeable gap between culture and business |
H7 The Economist Language and terrorism Don't mention the GWOT Global poverty Are we nearly there yet? Millennium Development Goals The eight commandments McClatchy Experts: Global drug abuse largely contained One war appears to be going well for the United States and its allies these days: the drug war. The availability of all major illegal drugs except Afghan heroin is flat or down, according to newly released global figures. So is drug use in the United States, the world's leading consumer. And drug seizures are up sharply. » read more Airbrushing Islam's Role in Terror Threat - Irshad Manji, The Australian In the battle for competing visions between the US and al-Qaida, the Sunni resistance is now opposing al-Qaida in Iraq, as are the Taliban in Afghanistan, and more on Takfirism, a messianic ideology. The outcome of the battle of ideas between Americanism and anti-Americanism will set the tone of the 21st century. It will be the decisive ideological struggle of our times. Who will sound the call to service? If we are to survive as a nation with our values intact, then we must find leaders willing to make the call | H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor Daily Star Arabs Should Accept the Truth of Our Own Defeats - Khairi Abaza US Papers Fri: Zawahiri, Bush face defectors Persian Press: Daily Says US, UK Forces in Iraq Buying Iranian Uniforms 10-foot-deep trench will protect Iraqi city of Karbala The Economist The Palestinians The labours of Fayyad Lebanon From crisis to crisis BBC Pakistan head orders mosque pause President Musharraf says security forces should halt operations at Islamabad's Red Mosque to let women leave. Boston Globe Editorial Musharraf's belated crackdown Blast targets Iraq wedding party At least 17 members of a Baghdad wedding party are killed and 25 injured in a car bomb attack. Iraq Flexes Arab Muscle | H9 Ha’aretz – Avineri Post-Zionism doesn't exist Fundamentally, post-Zionism is a radical criticism not just of Israel's policy; at its base is total denial of the Zionist project and of the very legitimacy of the existence of the State of Israel as a Jewish nation-state. Eldar Deciding what we do want, not only what we don't It's fashionable in local diplomatic and military circles to say that without a peace deal with Syria, a third Lebanon war is only a matter of time, but even if the Americans come to the table there's no guarantee of an accord Unintentional results In the Middle East as a whole, the discovery of the scope of the underground tunnel network in southern Lebanon and the pace of Hezbollah's rocket stockpiling have shaken the very foundations of the leaderships in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the Gulf Emirates. Eitan to Winograd: IDF didn't present explicit war plans Can 120 Jews reach a consensus on the future of the Jewish people? Report: Settlers use just 9% of state-allocated land Barak's popularity as PM candidate nearing Netanyahu's Former IDF chief Ya'alon blasts Halutz's 'culture of corruption' Yedioth Dennis Ross: Risk of war Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine From Commentary, an exchange on Jews, IQ and history. Ya'alon: Land for Peace Concept Failed Russia Says Iran Nuclear Plant Will Not Open Before 2008 A review of An Anthology of Jewish-Russian Literature: Two Centuries of Dual Identity in Prose and Poetry |
H10 Christian Science Monitor French revolution: Rentable bikes every 900 feet Beginning July 15, Parisians can get one with the swipe of a card - and the first half-hour is free. In the war on drugs, one victory Chinese exporters seek to assure US on safety To keep their catfish in US markets, some of China's top producers seek independent ratings. ASIA A review of An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy. Martha Nussbaum discusses her book, The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future. A review of Holy Warriors: A Journey Into the Heart of Indian Fundamentalism by Edna Fernandes. Maoists say they're fighting for the invisible tribal peoples of India. Are they terrorists, or the product of a corrupt and unjust system? A review of In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce. A review of India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha. Pradipta Chaudhury on India’s new caste politics. A look at how India has its own "soft power": Buddhism The Economist Japanese politics The unbearable weight of Shinzo Abe Pakistan A mosque red with blood China blames unrest on pollution | H11 IHT Analysis: Is Sarkozy an old-style Gaullist in disguise? London bombers sped to Glasgow, authorities sayA week after the intended bombings, evidence is emerging that the two doctors were the main operatives, if not the leaders, of a network of other medical professionals. Skilled workers leaving Eastern Europe in droves The big guessing game A crisis of identity and the appeal of jihad EUROPE European press review The Economist Eastern Europe's economies Worrying about a crash Ukraine's future Viktor ludorum Charlemagne The two-speed myth | H12 RFE/RL Ukraine Urges OSCE To Do More On Frozen Conflicts Google News Azerbaijan Boston Globe Bush's white lie about Putin CSM Russia's bold left stands up to Kremlin Eduard Limonov's leftist National Bolshevik Party leads protests and spurs controversy. Political Trends in the New Eastern Europe: Ukraine and Balarus by Dr. Arkady Moshes, Dr. Vitali Silitski Strategic Studies Institute FT Putin’s lobbying wins Sochi the Olympics Like so many things in Russia these days, Sochi’s victory in the race to host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games owes much to the personal intervention of its modern-day tsar The Economist America and Russia Days of fishing and poker Bush and Putin agreed politely to disagree a lot and co-operate a bit Armenian President, PACE Head Discuss Relations Geopolitical Diary: The Spoils and Concerns of a Sochi Olympics EDM KULOV CONTINUES TO ADVOCATE RUSSIAN-KYRGYZ CONFEDERATION |
H13 The Times Hamas won the propaganda war We’ve had an exercise in good-cop, bad-cop with our Islamist friends in the past week Bomb plots ‘carried out with bin Laden’s blessing’ Top foreign intelligence source tells The Times: 'It was an established fact from Day 1 that al-Qaeda was behind this' BOMB PLOT SUSPECTS 'DISAPPEARED FOR YEAR'... Editorial Pakistan’s Catch-22 Musharraf may have to choose between a deal with Bhutto or martial law There’s no point wanting our politicians to be saints So, what is Gordon Brown up to? In speech after speech he proclaims his profound goodness Stand-off at mosque after army blasts walls Militants agreed to lay down their weapons in return for an amnesty after three days trapped inside a besieged Islamabad mosque Wall Street Journal Money Meltdown Japan in the Balance The Economist Business The trouble with private equity Private equity has come in for much political criticism, but its more serious problems are financial Public v private equity The business of making money | H14 Financial Times COMMENT: How to defeat the jihadis in something other than a warThe use of force can be only one dimension. Hearts and minds are critical in the effort to counter terrorism, writes Philip Stephens. Editorial Al-Qaeda’s organisation is weaker, but the message still spreads Jihadism will not be defeated by a ‘war on terror’ that glorifies confrontation. Hearts and minds must be won WORLD NEWS: Rallying call by al-Zawahiri WORLD NEWS: Building bridges to destruction Clinton and Obama back China crackdown Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have agreed to co-sponsor legislation that threatens trade retaliation against Chinese goods to cajole Beijing into revaluing its currency, according to their Senate aides. Pentagon tackles globalisation The Pentagon is having to face a new set of challenges and opportunities as the defence industry heads along the path of globalisation COMMENT: America will prefer to rely on rules, not principles COMMENT: We must act when currencies become misaligned Our legislation aims not to punish but to encourage all countries to follow international rules, write four US senators Despite its economic power, the Asia-Pacific still lacks a financial centre to rival London and New York. But not for long. Afghanistan splits German parties Germany’s foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier rejected calls from senior members of his party to scale back troop numbers in Afghanistan. MARKETS AND INVESTING: Price of crude breaks through $74 threshold Sarkozy pursues GdF link to Algeria French president Nicolas Sarkozy may be hoping to breathe life into his Mediterranean union initiative with a deal to reinforce ties between Algeria’s Sonatrach and French state-owned Gaz de France The mystery and myth of Lebanon's militants The face, arms and handsof Abu Omar, an Islamist "commander" in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Hilweh in southern Lebanon, are covered in second-degree burns... WORLD NEWS: Israeli attacks in Gaza kill seven militants European interest rates on the rise European interest rates are on the rise after the Bank of England announced another increase in borrowing costs and the European Central Bank signalled that eurozone rates were likely to go up in September Editorial British and European central banks stick to the script Self-sustaining growth – with no contagion from the sluggish US economy – calls for higher interest rates | H15 Los Angeles Times The guns of August? Editorial: A summer war between Israel and Syria isn't inevitable. But Damascus' arms buildup is worrisome. Mideast has an old Cold War look Coalition faces blame for rise in Afghan deaths U.S. and allies have killed more civilians than insurgents have, according to independent tallies Editorial |
H16 American Politics The disunited States Simon Tisdall Jul 05 07, 06:00pm: The Republicans are struggling to find a presidential candidate they can fall in behind, and the Democrats are faring little better. Obama safety fear after knife arrest Armed man arrested outside presidential hopeful's hotel. Fred Thompson rises in polls but not with policy specifics Poll: Bloomberg Takes From Giuliani -- in a Race Against Hillary... Paper in military town calls for Iraq pullout realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp | H17 Daily Telegraph 45 Muslim doctors planned US terror raids Iranian banks are feeling the heat It has been a long time coming, but cracks are beginning to appear in the edifice of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's autocratic regime says Con Coughlin. Pakistan in crisis Conspiracy theorists insinuate that the siege of the Red Mosque in Islamabad is being used by the government to demonstrate that Islamic radicalism is rampant in Pakistan. If that is the case, then the tactic has seriously backfired. | H18 Independent Patrick Cockburn: Smokescreen for the war blown away Bombing suspects 'tried to radicalise Bangalore mosque' Two Indian brothers at the centre of police investigations into the alleged NHS terrorist plot tried to persuade their local Indian mosque to adopt a more "hard line" form of Islam. Gaza economy on the brink as 85% of residents live on aid Iran's leader hints at rights for women Berlusconi's military intelligence chief accused of spying on judges The Big Question: Are standards at UK universities threatened by overseas students? |
H19Military Intelligence Terrorism An essay on The Evolution and Importance of Army/Marine Corps Field Manual 3-24, Counterinsurgency; and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency Operations: An excerpt from The U.S. Army/Marine Corps Counterinsurgency Field Manual A review of Buda's Wagon: A brief history of the car bomb by Mike Davis. The Palestinian conflict may not meet David Singer's threshold of what constitutes a civil war, but it does speak to an important conclusion about war in general: In contrast to the last two centuries, intrastate conflicts nowadays are far more likely to be internationalized Al-Qaeda No. 2 Urges Strikes On Western Interests "Congressional Oversight of National Security Activities: Improving Information Funnels" by Heidi Kitrosser, Cardozo Law Review, Vol. 29, 2007. Democratic Control of Intelligence Services : Containing Rogue Elephants" by Hans Born and Marina Caparini, July 2007. Department of Defense Instruction: Conscientious Objectors (PDF; 177 KB) Spying on Americans: New NSA Whistleblower Speaks Brain Research, Nanotech and the Military: Mind Wars Developing Irregular Warfare Leaders for the 21st Century Strategies for Asymmetric Threats to US National Security Steven Metz The Lethality of Improvised Weaponry in Irregular Warfare CRS Views Private Security Contractors in Iraq "Enemy Combatant Detainees: Habeas Corpus Challenges in Federal Court," updated June 26, 2007. "Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy -- Background, Issues, and Options for Congress," updated June 15, 2007. "Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview," updated June 5, 2007. "Coast Guard Deepwater Program: Background, Oversight Issues, and Options for Congress," updated June 22, 2007 Habeus Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 (PDF; 170 KB) Source: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee (via Federation of American Scientists) The Threat and Local Observation Notice (TALON) Report Program (PDF; 3.85 MB) Food Security Assessment, 2006 A review of Five Years of My Life: A Report from Guantanamo by Murat Kurnaz. Asylum seeker kept bomb manuals A failed asylum seeker who kept a collection of manuals on how to carry out car bombings on nightclubs and airports, is facing a lengthy jail sentence. | H20 Slate How Putin Played Bush in Kennebunkport: And how Bush could still come out on top. Next the anti-smoking Guardianistas will be coming for dogs and cats From The Chronicle, new universities for Muslims, many supported by groups in the Middle East, are spreading through the sub-Saharan region Imperial Washington: Cullen Murphy, author of Are We Rome?, takes in the sights and similarities (and an interview). Ian Buruma on Embracing the Empire. An op-ed on How a Revolution Saved an Empire. A review of Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson From Commentary, the CIA's record of failure, bad enough before George Tenet, is now beyond question. Can it be repaired? From the New York Review of Books, what Tenet knew: A review of At the Center of the Storm: My Years at the CIA by George Tenet. Did the Bushes get to George Tenet? Why did a man who seemed so bent on cashing in put off writing his memoir—at a loss of some $2 million? A review of Twice as Good: Condoleezza Rice and Her Path to Power by Marcus Mabry. A review of George Kennan: A Study of Character by John Lukacs From Vanity Fair, The History Boys: In the twilight of his presidency, George W. Bush and his inner circle have been feeding the press with historical parallels: he is Harry Truman—unpopular, besieged, yet ultimately to be vindicated—while Iraq under Saddam was Europe held by Hitler. To a serious student of the past, that's preposterous. Writing just before his untimely death, David Halberstam asserts that Bush's "history," like his war, is based on wishful thinking, arrogance, and a total disdain for the facts From Foreign Policy, is it too late for America to win back its disappointed admirers? Not if the United States returns to its founding ideals and finally puts to bed the myth of “American exceptionalism” once and for all, says Anne-Marie Slaughter; and where's the love? Each year, the United States seems to slide ever lower in the world’s esteem. But not everyone hates America. Hidden inside a new 47-nation Pew Global Attitudes Survey are some surprising oases of support for the world’s sole superpower From Conversations With History, an interview with Nayan Chanda, author of Bound Together: How Traders, Preachers, Adventurers, and Warriors Shaped Globalization. | H21 A review of Have a nice doomsday: why millions of Americans are looking forward to the end of the world by Nicholas Guyatt. Google Book Search Gets Text Layer What would the world be like if there were no humans here? A review of The World Without Us by Alan Weisman A review of The 1001 Smartest Things Ever Said. A prosperous, lucky country turns out to have been founded on genocide. Clearly, Australia urgently needs an intelligentsia to help it emerge from its dark moral labyrinth... more» ... more» Geology, as much as any science, shows that trying to replace truth with consoling myth will fail – and insult human dignity along the way... more» Gordon Brown resorted to his school's Latin motto when pledging commitment to his new job, but what's the significance of these ancient mission statements? The idea is simple, a bit of Latin spells a dose of gravitas, and a hefty slice of tradition and history From Commentary, an exchange on Jews, IQ and history. Catholic teaching once knew the evil that came from releasing individuals from moral law. Will it ever return to the idea that God’s justice must permeate relations of capital and labor?... more» |
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