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H1 Official: Iraq Gov't Missed All Targets

Guardian Retreat into fortified bases would limit political fallout for White House

Foreign Policy The List: Six Reasons You May Have to Buy a New Atlas Soon

US Papers Tue: Should We Stay or Should We Go

Financial Times World will face oil crunch ‘in five years’ The world is facing an oil supply ‘crunch’ within five years that will force up prices to record levels and increase the west’s dependence on oil, Opec has warned

COMMENT: The world has two energy crises but no real answers If you look at the biggest geopolitical questions facing the globe, our dependence on oil is at the heart of them, writes Gideon Rachman.

Editorial Republicans start to call time on Iraq The real question is whether the presence of US and British troops is part of the problem or part of the solution

Bush defiant despite Iraq pressure

CIA, 1947: 'Jews will be defeated'

UPI Analysis: Sources fear Israel, Syria near war Well-informed sources in Washington fear a confrontation between Syria and Israel may happen this summer

Jerusalem Post Analysis: A dearth of strategic thinking By IRWIN COTLER
2007 isn't 1938. The Jewish people have record resources - moral, economic, intellectual, political

The Region: Getting serious about Syria By BARRY RUBIN Strategy isn't just stating what you want, but also what you wish the other side to think you want.

New York Times U.S. Envoy Offers Grim Prediction on Iraq Pullout Ryan C. Crocker and the Iraqi foreign minister are warning that the departure of American troops could lead to a regional conflict that could draw in Iraq’s neighbors.

Washington Post Bush Plans to Stress Next Phase in Iraq War Facing a growing Republican revolt against Iraq policy, president will emphasize intent to draw down U.S. forces if security conditions improve.

Democrats Seek GOP Support in Votes on Iraq War Deadlines for Troop Withdrawals To Be Considered

Iraqi Politicians Warn Against Pullout On a political tableau divided along sectarian and regional lines, the issue of an impending U.S. troop withdrawal provokes rare unity among a segmented leadership. Foreign Minister Asserts 140,000 Turkish Troops Are Poised Along Border

Slowdown Seen in Iran's Nuclear Program

Weekly Standard Moment of Truth for the President Will he reject disastrous advice to compromise with opponents of the war? by William Kristol

Los Angeles Times Editorial Talking, the best strategy Editorial: Now, not September, is the time for the administration to begin working with Congress on an Iraq pullout.

DEBKAfile: Bush exit plan for Iraq is ready, but Middle East is more concerned with imminent local flare-ups

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Secret Fatah-Hamas peace talks open in Stockholm under Iranian-Saudi aegis

Asia Times Basra tears itself apartShi'ite militias and tribal forces are in a fierce struggle for control over oil resources, territory and political control in Basra, the second-largest and the richest city in Iraq. The situation could represent the country's future: political factionalism devoid of a functional government.

PostGlobal Without Justice and Order, An Empire Cannot Rule

Daily Telegraph Brown's foreign policy is still a mystery Gordon Brown as foreign policy practitioner is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, says Irwin Stelzer.

IHT Sarkozy clashes with EU partners as he tries to reassert French influence

The Fantasy About Our Role in Iraq By: Trudy Rubin | The Miami Herald

MSNBC Dividing Iraq won't work

A Non-Militaristic Terrorism Strategy - Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly

UPI Analysis: Kosovo's future still questioned

Cordesman: Iraq war still undecided

CFR Iraq and the Surging Election Cycle

Samore: US Planning for Possibility, But Hopes Not to Have to Use ...

GOP Retreat From Bush's Wilsonian Foreign Policy - Joe Conason, Salon

Djerejian David Brooks & The ISG

Washington Note UN Emergency Peace Service: An Idea Whose Time Has Come

H2 Washington Times Editorial Calm the Turkey-Iraq tensions

Turkey's Kurdish Rebels Capture Plotters Against Leaders - Paper

AP Will Turkey Invade Northern Iraq?

Inside Track: Turkish Election Fever
The National Interest Online by Thomas Goltz

Mahmud Çehreganlı 'İran ile Türkiye Birbirine Çok Yakın'

Right and Wrong on Turkey [Andy McCarthy] National Review Online Blogs

Heritage Announces Speaking Event on US-Turkey Relations

Bayık Turkey 'faces choice between democracy and dictatorship'

SPIEGEL Interview with Turkish-Armenian Editor Etyen Mahcupyan: Dink's Murder Was 'Planned by a Bigger Network' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

Religion and public life (By Tulin Daloglu)

FT WORLD NEWS: Baghdad accuses Turkey of mobilising 140,000 troops on border

BBC Iraq fears Turkey troop build-up Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari says Turkey has massed 140,000 troops along its border with Iraq.

PKK için zaman istedi

ABD'den Zebari'ye yanıt

Bakan Gül: Kararımızı engellemeye kimsenin gücü yetmez

Erdoğan aide, US House speaker's secret meeting on Armenian bill

Hükümet tezkereyi görüşmedi

Sınır ötesi ihtimali kalktı

Independent'a Bayık analizi

CHP'den AKP'ye "İsrail ile kulis" suçlaması

Turkey's Islamist Crossroads By: Amir Taheri | The New York Post
As the current general-election campaign heads for its feverish crescendo, many Turks fear that their country may cease to be a democracy on or soon after polling day on July 22.

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Baydemir Roj TV'ye konuk oldu: PKK, silahlı Kürt muhalefeti!..

Baydemir: 'PKK Silahlı Kürt Muhalefeti'

Baydemir'e göre PKK, 'silahlı Kürt muhalefeti'

ERDAL ŞAFAK Baydemir ve Fidan

İlnur Çevik Blame PKK and close your eyes to realities

İBRAHİM KARAGÜLBu tesadüfler sizce de tuhaf değil mi?

Ali Bulaç Who will shape the region?

Rizgari Türk ordusunun Kürdistan’a girmesi kolay, çıkması tabutlarla olur!

Kürd Kimlikli Belediye Başkanı Olmak

PKK'yı destekliyoruz!

Siviller ölünce PKK sahiplenmedi

'Kadın canlı bombalar' uyarısı

Teröristlerden mayınlı pusu: 1 asker şehit

Irak: "Operasyona karşılık sert olur"

Başbakan'dan Iraklı liderlere sert çıkış

ABD: "PKK konusunda birlikte çalışalım"

TURKEY HAS MASSED 140,000 SOLDIERS ON IRAQ BORDER...

Engellemeye güçleri yetmez

Baydemir, Roj TV'ye çıktı

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 9 Jul 2007

Hüsnü Mahalli Bu işte bir iş var

FRANSA'DA PKK REKLAMI

Baykal: "AKP DTP ile işbirliği yapacak"

'PKK'yı Destekliyoruz' Tartışması

Murat Çelik Bağdat’taki özel harekâtçıların hayati sorunu

Southeast mayor says Kurds, PKK supporting each other

Kurdistan Coalition won't vote for oil draft in its current form

Turkoman Groups in Turkey Hold Kurds Responsible for North Iraq Blast

Türkmenlere silahlanın cağrısı

In reply to: "Turkey Protests to Greece over Kurdistan Map"

ABD Zebari’yle aynı görüşte değil

Mahir Kaynak İsimsiz savaş

The 'hooded Briton' speaks out

Sabahattin ÖNKİBAR
AlçaklIk: Barzani, Türk Özel Kuvvetleri'nin bürosunu kapattı

Ahmet Altan Türkiye eskisi gibi olamaz

ABD Irak'ta Kürtlere 'oynamalı'

[Yorum - Ord. Prof. Falk] Filistin soykırımına doğru

Northern Iraqi Village Mourns Loss

US-Israeli Hand in Kirkuk Blast

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Cengiz Aktar Partiler AB konusunda ne diyor?

Özdemir İnce Avrupa Birliği ve Sarkozy üzerine masallar

STELYO BERBERAKİS Rumlara ılımlı lider geliyor

Hasan Ünal Talat'ın AKP destekli Rum politikaları

Greek Cyprus coalition government crumbles

KKTC meclisini yumurta yağmuruna tuttular

İKV establishes Turkey chairs in France universities

"Kişisel teoriler resmi tezlerimizi ifade etmiyor"

Atina'dan 'bölücü harita' açıklaması

'Türkiye'yi ikiye bölen' haritayı açan Profesör konuştu

Sarkozy, Akdeniz projesi için Kuzey Afrika turunda

Akdeniz Birliği’ni kurmak için ikna turuna çıkıyor

Türkiye'nin Afrika girişimi

Kosova'nın bağımsızlığı Makedonya'yı etkilemez

Bölünmüş Türkiye haritası için Atina'ya ikinci tepki

Deniz Gökçe Sarkozy reformcu mu kandırıyor mu?

Sabiha Gökçen, savunmaya katkı sağlayacak

Kapkaççının 500 bin dolarlık villası

Genelkurmay adına sahip çıktı

Yavuz Semerci Sabah’ın yönetim kurulu değişiyor

Tosun Terzioğlu 'Gençlere disiplinlerarası çalışmaları öneriyorum'

Yaman TÖRÜNER Araştırma konusunda neredeyiz?

ELİF ŞAFAK - Türk siyasetinde kadınlar

Andrew Finkel The medium and the political message

Mensur Akgün Amerikan imparatorluğunun çöküşü

Are oil reserves a prerequisite for the humanitarian crisis?
Sylvia TIRYAKI

KÜRŞAT BUMİN Bir rektör 'prototipi' diyebilir miyiz?

'Erdoğan'ın damadı İsrail'le kulisten sonra mı Çalık'a müdür oldu?'

CHP: Bakanlar Çalık için kulis yaptı

Kaçırdıkları paralarla yat-kat almışlar

Uzanlar'ın 1.2 milyar doları bulundu

Uzanlar'a inceleme

Uzan Kardeşimle ne konuştun? Erkek adam çıkar, açıklar

Çete kayıtlarında Ciner'in de adı var

EKREM DUMANLI - Çeteleri kanıksamak

Berat ÖZİPEK ‘Vatansever çeteler’ ve hükümetin telafi sınavı

HAKAN ALBAYRAK Ulusalcı çetelere karşı “kitlesel refleks” çağrısı yapılacak mı?

Güler Kömürcü Bu çeteleri kim kullandı?

Yeni ‘1 numara’ iddiası

10 Temmuz 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Cengiz Çandar 22 Temmuz’a doğru “manzara-yı umumiye”...

Erdoğan: Gül 'alternatifsiz' değil...

Ertuğrul Özkök Fedakárlık yapıp dışarıdan seçelim

İsmail Küçükkaya Baykal’ın Erdoğan'a ilk cevabı: Önce listeyi görelim

Gül'e bir Çankaya çelmesi de Erdoğan'dan geldi Murat Yetkin

Borsayı coşturan seçim anketi

AKP, CHP, MHP, DP ve GP'nin seçim vaatleri...

Çankaya pazarlıkları
Erdoğan: Çankaya için tek aday dayatmayız. Baykal: İsim değil, taşıyacağı kriterler önemli

Başbakan, aday listesiyle liderleri dolaşacak

Gündemdeki soru ’listede kimler var’

Gül'den sınır ötesi operasyonu yorumu

M Ali Birand Kuzey Irak’a girsek dahi PKK böyle durdurulmaz

Fikret BİLA Baykal'ın uzlaşma formülü 'Sezer modeli'

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Uzlaşının takvimi

Şansölye modeli

AK Party still tracks far ahead of its rivals according to Raymond James-Konda

KOALİSYON HESAPLARI

Beyaz Türklerin kafası işte bu kadar karışık İş dünyasından bir grubun yaptığı toplantıdan çıkan sonuç ilginç: Hepimiz CHP'ye oy vereceğiz ama hiçbirimiz CHP'nin hükümet olmasını istemiyoruz

Milliyet Gülen'in AKP'ye desteği Çiçek'ten esirgeniyor

Bilal Çetin Cumhurbaşkanlığında uzlaşma kapısı aralanıyor...

Hiç tanınmayan biri için uzlaşma olmaz

Bir çiftçi partisine mi ihtiyaç var? KAAN BENLİ

Türklerin izinden gittiği imam'

Taha AKYOL Atatürk ve laiklik

Ahmet Taşgetiren Aktan'ın gözüyle MHP'li bir Türkiye'den çizgiler

Ruşen Çakır AKP’nin MHP takıntısı

Güven Sak AKP'nin seçim kampanyası Cumhuriyetçileşiyor mu

Seyfettin Gürsel Mehmet Şimşek ile ekonomi üzerine

MÜMTAZ'ER TÜRKÖNE - 'İrtica kalmadı, bölücülük verelim!'

LEYLA İPEKÇİ - Ulusalcı elit yine mi kârlı çıkacak?

ŞAHİN ALPAY - Seçim kampanyasına dair gözlemler

Can Ataklı Yüzde 40 bile tek başına iktidar yolunu açmayabilir

Abdullah Gül'den 'Uzlaşma' yorumu

ASLI AYDINTAŞBAŞ

İlter Türkmen Seçimlerin düşündürdükleri

Seçime doğru son anketteki durum

'Mağduriyet' oyları geri gitti

Yasemin Çongar: Hudson'daki Amerikalılar test edildiklerini hissetmiş

Enis Berberoğlu Var bir enayilik ama

Ekrem Dumanlı What is the West waiting for?

Cengiz Aktar Partiler AB konusunda ne diyor?

Erol Tuncer Bunalımın nedeni yüzde 10’luk baraj!

Exam results expose state of education

OKS'de Doğu'nun zaferi

MİT: Kayıtlı mısınız?

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri - Dış Basında Güncel Türkiye Bülteni

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

VOA TSİ 06:30 Dış Basında Türkiye Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey Turquie Türkei TurcoPundit

Taha Kıvanç İbretlik bir durum

Fehmi Koru Bırakalım, ülkeyi Aydın Doğan yönetsin…

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU Mahkumiyet ve siyaset

NAZLI ILICAK Bataklık kurutulmalı

Erdoğan'a jet yanıt: Öyle uzlaşma olmaz

Cüneyt Ülsever Seçim dönemi sönük geçiyor

Serdar Turgut Yeni bir açılım

Ali Bulaç Verdiğimiz Sınav

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN
Anayasa Mahkemesi... Ama Amerika'da

Mehmet Tezkan Başbakan çark etti.. Gül’ün Köşk’e çıkma hayali suya düştü..

Yalçın Doğan Bahçeli Kayseri’de gül topladı

Adayları parti liderleri bile seçmiyor! FAİK AKÇAY

Judiciary, judicial interpretation and impartiality by Prof. MUSTAFA ERDOĞAN*

İki reklam arasındaki bir temel farkı bulun İsmet Berkan

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Next parliament faces crucial test on presidential election

Suat Kınıklıoğlu The rural vote

ERDOĞAN AYARI

Lale ŞIVGIN Seçimden önce 'birileri' DP'yi mi işaret edecek?

İpten kurtuldu idam destekçisi

MAHMUT ÖVÜR
Seçimden çok 'savaş'a gider gibiyiz!

ERGUN BABAHAN İşkenceciyle el ele vermek

EMRE AKÖZ Kemalist bilim anlayışı

Umur Talu

Engin Ardıç Cumhuriyetçi misin, demokrat mı?

Hakan Aygün “Başörtüsü” sorununu AKP değil CHP mi çözecek?

Tünelin ucu Nuray Mert

Arınç AKP VE CHP KAÇAR SANDALYE ALIR?

Anketlere kuşku duyanlar

Emekli subaylar kime oy verecek?

Ağlayan araştırmacının tahmini ne

[Yorum - Dr. Hüseyin Yayman] AK Parti oyları neden yükseliyor?

11. cumhurbaşkanını yeni Meclis seçecek

Şakir Süter Sertlik ve hoşgörü

Emin Çölaşan Paketler, torbalar çuvallar...

Hadi Uluengin İki seçim tek sonuç

Nuh Gönültaş Başbuğ İlhan abi...

Bahçeli: Apo'yu neden mi asamadık

Anayasa Mahkemesi rüştünü ispat etti
Hasan Celal Güzel

Yılmaz'dan seçmene mektup

TESUD Başkanı: Barajı dört parti aşar

Giresun kalite fındık alım fiyatı 5.15 YTL

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu Sıra kamu tüketimini azaltmaya geldi

Erdal Sağlam Piyasanın tahmini yine AKP iktidarı

Avrupa'da sondan ikinciyiz Mahfi Eğilmez

AKP Türk iş dünyası elitini kazanamadı

Partilerin ekonomi programları Korkmaz İlkorur

Murat Yülek Growth streak continues unabated

MELİHA OKUR Haydut fonlar nasıl yönetilir?

Güngör URAS Petkim ihalesiyle Tüpraş'ın ilk ihalesi birbirine benziyor

Süleyman Yaşar Petkim stratejik değil

Unakıtan: New gov’t will have final say on Petkim

Eser Karakaş Petkim ihalesi, Petrol-İş, milliyetçilik ve sol

Ertuğ Yaşar Petkim’de toplumsal linç

Yalçın Bayer PETKİM, küresel sermayeye yem oldu

Sabiha Gökçen ihalesini Limak OGG kazandı

HÜSEYİN SÜMER - Sermayenin milliyeti varsa Petkim kimin olur?

Haluk Bürümcekçi Muhteşem ikilinin dönüşü mü

BOB HERBERT Abusing Iraqi Civilians An article in The Nation magazine goes into great and disturbing detail about the brutal treatment of Iraqi civilians by some U.S. soldiers and marines.

H5 Washington Post Bush Plans to Stress Next Phase in Iraq War Facing a growing Republican revolt against Iraq policy, president will emphasize intent to draw down U.S. forces if security conditions improve.

Democrats Seek GOP Support in Votes on Iraq War Deadlines for Troop Withdrawals To Be Considered

Iraqi Politicians Warn Against Pullout On a political tableau divided along sectarian and regional lines, the issue of an impending U.S. troop withdrawal provokes rare unity among a segmented leadership. Foreign Minister Asserts 140,000 Turkish Troops Are Poised Along Border

Slowdown Seen in Iran's Nuclear Program

Resolute Amid the Wreckage By Eugene Robinson Despite entreaties from all sides on Iraq, there's no reason to think that sanity will prevail.

French Lessons for Bush By E. J. Dionne Jr. Nicolas Sarkozy was a divisive figure during his campaign for the French presidency, but he's governing as a uniter, not a divider.

They Honor Us With Their Hate By Richard Cohen Sometimes, especially in the Middle East, the United States should be prouder of its enemies than its friends.

The End Of the Tories? By Anne Applebaum, Hands up, everybody: The British Conservative Party surrenders.

Editorial The Bank's Duty The World Bank should reveal the data it has on the vast human toll from pollution in China.

Pakistani Commandos Storm Mosque After Talks Fail 3 Troops, 20 Extremists Killed, Army Official Says

H6 Guardian Retreat into fortified bases would limit political fallout for White House

Republican revolt prompts Bush to rethink surge

Right turns on New York Times

21/7 bombers: ringleader slipped through police net Security services face criticism as four convicted of failed attacks

Hostages flee as army moves in to break Pakistan mosque siege Security forces storm radical mosque in Islamabad in an effort to end bloody week-long siege.

Sarkozy attempts to set EU economic agenda

Beware of energy nationalism, warns global agency IEA attacks countries with tight grip on production as demand for gas and oil grows faster than ever.

Russia declassifies Stalin files
Files on millions of victims of Stalinist repression have been declassified.

EU to shield gas and electricity sector from buyouts
Private equity and hedge funds would be banned from taking over gas and electricity networks, the Guardian has learned.

They still rage about the class war, but keep funding their class enemies George Monbiot: The unions will clearly take any level of Labour abuse, leaving Brown free to bank their money as he appeases the bosses.

We should welcome the dawn of the migration age Ban Ki-moon: The negative aspects of the era of mobility too often overshadow its potential power: to bring millions out of poverty.

Blair's second chance Jo-Ann Mort He can erase the stain of Iraq with success in the Middle East. But he'll need to push harder than George Bush - and Dick Cheney - want him to.

Leader Still spinning Alastair Campbell: Alastair Campbell's writing seems contemporary, but his plan was always for publication of the book. That may have affected what he recorded.

Campbell is still spinning
Martin Kettle: These diaries are mostly remarkable for what he has left out - especially on the media day job.

Leader Plane weird Aircraft: The market in airplanes is as funny as the films of the same name. For a start, civil aircraft is not a market so much as a duopoly, a face-off between two continental champions, Europe's Airbus and America's Boeing. Not much scope for serious competition there.

From dominance to trust Colin Bradford Being the world's dominant power has encouraged resentment, but a few policy shifts on poverty and the environment could win the US new friends.

A bankable opportunity Vinod Thomas What the World Bank must do to confront grinding poverty, growing inequality and a host of looming environmental problems.

H7 The Fantasy About Our Role in Iraq By: Trudy Rubin | The Miami Herald Much of the Iraq debate is a reaction to Pollyanna-ish claims by the White House that we will achieve stability and democracy in Baghdad. It's past time for the White House to level with the public. Yet, far away from the Washington blah-blah, U.S. military forces in Iraq are pursuing far more pragmatic goals that the public needs to be aware of. So here's a reality check, based on interviews with U.S. and Iraqi officials in Baghdad.

Boston Globe Editorial Lesser evils and an exit strategy

'Soft partition' of Iraq? (Claude Salhani)

Middle east Times Commentary: Spirituality key to understanding Islam

Islam's "Death Cult" - Michael Hirsh Muslims must find a way to remove this modern cancer - this fundamentalist death cult - that has infected their religion. None of us on the outside can do it for them. (Newsweek

The Middle East: Now Playing at a Theater Near You - Thomas Friedman

Weekly Standard The Bright Side
Putting our economic problems in perspective. by Irwin M. Stelzer

The Crisis of the Wahhabi Regime
by Stephen Schwartz and Irfan al-Alawi

Asia Times A moment of truth for Pakistan Pakistan's bloody six-day offensive against the radical Lal Masjid (Red Mosque) in Islamabad and the militants bunkered inside it is approaching its climax. For President General Pervez Musharraf, though, this is only the beginning of a new phase in the "war on terror" that could radically alter the country's delicate relationship with its jihadis. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

It could be curtains for the Busharraf show The United States' willingness to turn a blind eye to Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf's double games over al-Qaeda and Taliban networks is being undermined. It is affecting the campaign to portray Iran as the primary external source of instability and violence against US troops in the region. And President George W Bush faces a growing domestic political backlash. - Gareth Porter

MICHAEL BARONE: At least China has a certain continuity to it. Can’t say the same for Russia. “Unfriendly and Potentially Dangerous”

Outside view: Iran uses 'hedging strategy' in Afghanistan

Debating the surge at AEI:

Helena Cobban A crucial week in DC, for Iraq

H8 IraqSlogger Google News Iraq Iran Syria Mideastwire.com - NPR Iraq stratfor

US opposition to Iraq war hits new high: poll

Official: Iraq Gov't Missed All Targets

UN: Iran has 'slowed down its nuclear work'...

No Troop Pullout Imminent

McClatchy Bush stays course, rebuffs demand for change

Iraqi Papers Tue: Sadr in Iran?

Report: Wars Costing $12 Billion a Month...

Despite U.S. military surge, car bombings stay at same levels

BBC Monitoring Quotes From Iranian Press 9 Jul 07

BBC US Iraq chief warns of long war The head of US forces in Iraq, Gen David Petraeus, says fighting the insurgency could take decades.

BBC Lebanon stand-off
Nation remains divided a year after Israel-Hezbollah war

Is Egypt About to Turn Radical?

Geopolitical Diary: Red Mosque Fallout Could Derail Election Schedule
Stratfor

Ethnic Group in Pakistan Faces Attacks by Jihadists By: Philip Smucker | The Washington Times An ethnic group that claims bloodlines from the armies of Alexander the Great says it is under attack from jihadi groups, which have turned this former princely state into a rear base for attacks into neighboring Afghanistan.

Iran in Afghanistan, Friendly Foe By: Anuj Chopra | ISN Security Watch
Some believe recent actions by Iran are deliberately paving the road to Afghanistan's destabilization, but others say a weak Kabul is not in the Islamic Republic's best interests.

It's Hard to Be an Arab - Barry Rubin (Global Politician)

Iran's Continued Press Woes

H9 Ha’aretz – Analysis: Israel monitoring Lebanese politics closely Intelligence analysts: Lebanon's internal tensions may not affect Israel now, developments under scrutiny

Jewish leaders concerned by trend to delegitimize Israel

New Guest: Is Jewish a race or a religion?

IDF: Winograd must warn before releasing report

Olmert, Prodi discuss blocking Iran's nuclear arms program

Daily Alert.org – Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

CIA, 1947: 'Jews will be defeated'

McClatchy Worries about Palestinian democracy climb as Abbas strengthens role of military courts

Jerusalem Post Analysis: A dearth of strategic thinking By IRWIN COTLER 2007 isn't 1938. The Jewish people have record resources - moral, economic, intellectual, political

The Region: Getting serious about Syria By BARRY RUBIN Strategy isn't just stating what you want, but also what you wish the other side to think you want.

Syria rejects offer to hold peace talks Olmert tells Al Arabiya that Assad welcome to meet him in Jerusalem.

Reform Reflections: Israel - not a State of all its citizens
[ RABBI ERIC H. YOFFIE,

Polish PM caught in 'anti-semitic' row

Economy in Gaza edges toward crisis...

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Hamas army established'
Intelligence officer tells Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi that Hamas' military industry is being run in organized manner, developing in many areas. 'Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are controlled by Hamas army,' he says

Daily Star It's time for the Jewish community to pressure Israel to accept peace

Blair might fail, but those for peace must wish him luck By Robert E. Hunter

Israel should accept a regional peace conference By Carlo Strenger

Exclusive: Security fence may not be completed until 2010
Defense ministry: Legal appeals to High Court are cause of delay; others blame gov't apathy; just over half of planned structure complete.

The Fall of the House of Yasir Barry Rubin

H10 Christian Science Monitor US faced with Iraqi Army turncoats

Iraq's security forces are set to include officers working with insurgents.

Terror's India connection The Glasgow attack is the first known act of global terror involving an Indian Muslim.

THE MONITOR'S VIEW

When 'Made in China' is a warning

In changing times, many Chinese find wisdom in Confucius

More citizens are turning to the ancient sage as they try to cope with the economic and social changes racking their country.

ASIA BBC Vanishing haven
China's growing influence in Central Asia threatens Uighurs

IHT Repeating the mistakes of the Asian crisis By PHILIP BOWRING If there is any finger-pointing to do, it should be aimed at the West.

Will Japan destroy the Yen to save the Dollar?

Potentially toxic consumer products made in China turn up in Europe

Politics and the yuan
Barack Obama has joined Hillary Rodham Clinton on the misguided bandwagon of those seeking to penalize China for manipulating its currency.

Hey Hillary, Has China Got an Issue for You! By: William Pesek | Bloomberg Suddenly, the world's executives are shocked, shocked about quality-control problems in China.

India's sons live the dream - and wage jihad
Last month's attempted attacks in London and Glasgow exploded the myth that India's Muslims are immune to the siren song of jihadism. Police allege that at the core of the recent conspiracy were Indian professionals who turned into radical fundamentalists in the high-tech capital Bangalore. Indians are shocked, and intelligence authorities have to recalibrate their suspect profiles. - Sudha Ramachandran

H11 IHT Sarkozy clashes with EU partners as he tries to reassert French influence

Oil usage to rise faster than expected Despite record prices and climate change warnings, oil usage to soar: report.

Darfur's outdated script By JULIE FLINT A no-flight zone would do little or nothing to address the reality that the greatest threat to civilians in Darfur today comes on the ground - not from the air.

German interior minister urges tougher anti-terror laws
By JUDY DEMPSEY Wolfgang Schäuble called for special detention centers and suggested that it was appropriate to kill a terrorist suspect, but his own party tried to distance itself from the proposals.

British terror suspect worked in jet design
By ANAND GIRIDHARADAS
A man identified by the police as one of two main suspects in the British car bomb plot worked for much of last year as an aeronautical engineer for an Indian outsourcing company that designs aircraft parts for clients including Boeing and Airbus.

EUROPE European press review

Malta Turning into 'Detention Centre', Warns Minister By: Lucia Kubasova | EU Observer Maltese authorities say they face an increase in racist sentiment among the country's population, with inflows of illegal immigrants turning the island into a large-scale "detention centre."

Polish coalition close to collapse

Washington Institute: Prized Fighter: How Nicolas Sarkozy Could Help Destroy Hezbollah

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

Premier of breakaway Georgian region injured in attack

H13 The Times Iraq warns of civil war if US troops withdraw Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said that the US had to stay the course in Iraq or face catastrophic consequences

Pressure on White House to change exit strategy

Panic grips Socialists The predatory recruiting tactics of President Sarkozy have stirred doubts about the very survival of the Socialists in France

Missing Link

What Alastair Campbell, perhaps, removed from his diaries

Wall Street Journal

H14 Financial Times World will face oil crunch ‘in five years’ The world is facing an oil supply ‘crunch’ within five years that will force up prices to record levels and increase the west’s dependence on oil, Opec has warned

COMMENT: The world has two energy crises but no real answers If you look at the biggest geopolitical questions facing the globe, our dependence on oil is at the heart of them, writes Gideon Rachman.

Editorial Republicans start to call time on Iraq The real question is whether the presence of US and British troops is part of the problem or part of the solution

Bush defiant despite Iraq pressure George W. Bush is not contemplating a change of strategy in Iraq, in spite of intensifying bipartisan pressure on the president to start reducing US troop numbers in the country, the White House said

WORLD NEWS: US takes China to task over Iraq and Afghan arms

WORLD NEWS: Market bomb death toll mounts

NATIONAL NEWS: The diaries: all you need to know

Fed shift provides backdrop for Bernanke Ben Bernanke will deliver a speech on inflation forecasting that will be closely watched for clues as to the Federal Reserve’s evolving thinking on how to explain its policy objectives to the markets and public.

WORLD NEWS: Islamists suffer as freedom slips down the Mideast agenda Emboldened by a lack of American pressure, Arab regimes have rolled back reforms and launched a crackdown on dissent.

Sarkozy faces eurozone critics Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, faced a barrage of criticism over tax-cutting plans that blow a hole in the 13-member eurozone’s promise to achieve balanced budgets by 2010.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: US must end its financial protectionism

NATIONAL NEWS - NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY: Miliband sees nation as 'global hub'

Consumer product stipulations are among numerous rules set by Brussels that are increasingly being adopted around the world – although not all are happy about the trend.

COMMENT: Like companies, states must report The World Bank must track flows of money more effectively to tackle corruption in developing countries, writes Clare Lockhart, chief adviser to the Ministry of Finance of Afghanistan 2002-05.

COMMENT: How to reduce risk in the financial system

COMMENT: Citizen Smith returns to the Beeb Like the star of the 1970s comedy series, channel chiefs have decided that excellence is the enemy of equal access, writes Philip Stephens.

Aircraft-makers must think ahead, so should politicians The industry requires huge bets and lead times, so it is no surprise to see Boeing and Airbus alternate as top dog

Editorial Latin lessons

The Bush administration is edging towards a more constructive approach in its dealings with Latin America.

WORLD NEWS: Washington provides comfort in fight to win Latin American hearts and minds

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Talking, the best strategy

Editorial: Now, not September, is the time for the administration to begin working with Congress on an Iraq pullout.

Sanctions with sense Tougher financial penalties against Iran are essential, but Congress' approach is ham-handed.

Iraqi official warns of chaos if U.S. troops leave

Bush holds firm on Iraq plan despite GOP concerns

BBC pursues U.S. exposure

The United States of Britain? By: Niall Ferguson | Los Angeles Times
Britain's new prime minister, Gordon Brown, was a day early with his Independence Day celebrations. On July 3, he made one of the most startling statements ever made by a newly installed premier before the House of Commons. Unless my ears mistook me, Brown pledged to transform the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland into the United States of Britain.

H16 American Politics

realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

H17 Daily Telegraph Brown's foreign policy is still a mystery

Gordon Brown as foreign policy practitioner is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, says Irwin Stelzer.

PM forgets to hang tough on Europe Whatever happened to the Gordon Brown who, in a previous incarnation, attempted to persuade the British electorate that he was something of a Euro-sceptic?

Police let guilty July 21 bombers slip net Police missed a string of opportunities to intercept four terrorists months before the botched suicide bomb attacks on July 21.

Brown hints at vote on EU treaty

Gordon Brown has raised the possibility of a referendum on the new European treaty - but only if he is forced to make last-minute concessions by Britain's EU partners.

Campbell: Blair feared coup by Brown Tony Blair warned Gordon Brown he wouldn't support him if he was ousted, according to Alastair Campbell's diaries.

From Ibsen to Iraq A cut-out-and-keep guide to a more thoughtful public relations, by Su Barking.

Campbell diaries read like a soap opera

The Blair years described in Alastair Campbell's diaries are "government by hissy fit", writes Rachel Sylvester.

H18 Independent Bush under pressure to scale back troops in Iraq

EU backs Palestinian peace force

Campbell reveals depth of Blair's feud with Brown

Thomas Sutcliffe: Just what I want from a political diary

Leading article: A failing state

Catholics fear Pope's revival of traditional ways

Four guilty of plotting July 21 suicide attacks on London transport system Four members of an Islamist terrorist cell have been found guilty of plotting the 21 July bombings of London's transport system.

The 'emir' and his plan to inflict death and destruction on London

Leader visited same training camp as July 7 bomber

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

The Rise of Intelligence Fusion Centers Secrecy News There are now more than 40 intelligence fusion centers around the country. The 100-page CRS report includes a map and a list of these centers.

Interpol: UK not sharing info from terror probe

CRS "Tactical Aircraft Modernization: Issues for Congress," updated June 8, 2007.

"Arms Control and Nonproliferation: A Catalog of Treaties and Agreements," updated June 1, 2007

"Private Security Contractors in Iraq: Background, Legal Status, and Other Issues," updated June 21, 2007.

U.S. Missile Defense Protecting DC to Boston Said Possible in 14 Months...

Army's Recruiting Goal Lags For Second Month in a Row

H20 Slate

America becomes a more 'adult-centered' nation

A new survey finds a decreased emphasis on children in marriage.

USIP Pursuing Justice in the Midst of War: The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Beyond

H21 What Will Librarians Be Doing in 2017?

DAVID BROOKS The New Lone Rangers The angry young women on the radio these days are not the first pop stars to romanticize independence for audiences desperate for companionship.

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