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H1 New York Times An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S. At issue is whether intelligence presented by Israel showing nuclear ties between Syria and North Korea was conclusive enough to justify military action

Boston Globe Biden's gutsy proposal for Iraq By Scot Lehigh

Le Monde Diplomatique Meddling Aggressively in Iran by Selig S. Harrison

Slate Understanding the Israeli Attack on Syria We now know a little about what happened, but it'll be a long time before we know what it means. Shmuel Rosner

Financial Times COMMENT: The wrong way for Putin to retain influence Frankly, it might have been better if he had changed the constitution to allow presidents to run for extra terms, writes Anatol Lieven

COMMENT: Big challenges lie ahead for the emerging economies Is the rest of the world too reliant on the US for economic growth, asks Martin Wolf

Washington Post The Silenced Majority By Harold Meyerson We are condemned, the smart guys tell us, to stay in Iraq. None of the three leading Democratic presidential candidates will pledge to remove all U.S. forces by 2013. In the think-tankocracy of Washington, defense intellectuals of both parties argue that pulling up stakes is not an option.

IHT America's stark choice By SANDY BERGER AND BRUCE RIEDEL America faces a stark choice in Pakistan: Do we support democracy and the rule of law, or do we support a failing military dictator?

Independent Leading article: The French connection There seems to be a new Atlanticist flavour to French foreign policy

The Times Sarkozy takes a stand against Putin's Russia Visiting Moscow Nicolas Sarkozy was at pains to show France and Russia could do business together, but under new rules

Los Angeles Times Editorial Even the British are leaving Iraq With the 'coalition of the willing' breathing its last, the U.S. should take note of how to form a realistic exit strategy

Guardian Houses of cards Joseph Stiglitz: Booming home prices gave Americans the confidence to spend more than their income but now the game is over.

Land of the free? Richard Silverstein: American debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being stifled by an insidious form of pre-emptive censorship.

PBS Newshour Dueling Books Reignite Debate Over Israeli Lobby in United States Two books examining the Israeli lobby in the U.S., "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," and "The Deadliest Lies," present opposing views on Israel's influence among U.S. policymakers. Authors John Mearsheimer and Abraham Foxman detail their stances.

Daily Star Is Europe serious about having a vigorous foreign policy?
By Martti Ahtisaari

Al Awsat American Withdrawal and the Second Stage : Tariq Alhomayed

DEBKAfile Exclusive: The US plans new military presence in Lebanon including big air installation close by Syrian border

Baghdad Embassy Delayed Indefinitely

Asia Times At last, some good news from Iraq
Iraq's two rival Shi'ite clerics, Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr, who with their powerful militias have long fought for control of the Shi'ite community, have decided to lay down their arms and unite their efforts to bring stability and security to the country. It's the first genuinely good news from Iraq for a long time. - Sami Moubayed

Time Has the US Ceded Southern Iraq?

Ha’aretz Sneh Preparing for the military option The practical negation, or significant delay, of the Israeli option for action against Iran may have existential implications for the State of Israel

Time Sneak Preview: America's Future Middle East Policy!

Iraq: Iran's hand in the Shiite truce

H2 Washington Post Editorial Worse Than Irrelevant A congressional resolution about massacres in Turkey 90 years ago endangers present-day U.S. security

Washington Post Leaders At Odds on Armenia Resolution

FT Turkey considers foray into Iraq

FT: Hükümet sınır ötesi izni istemeye hazır değil

AP US Warns Turkey to Stay Out of Iraq-

McCormack: Türkiye'nin Irak'a müdahalesi kalıcı çözüm getirmeyecektir

Turkey vs. the Kurds in Northern Iraq: Approaching Military Intervention? Strategic Assessment, August 2007, Vol. 10, No. 2 Lindenstrauss, Gallia

ABD, K. Irak ve Türkiye Üzerine Notlar ve Sorular Şanlı Bahadır Koç, Haziran 2007

Guardian Turkish PM agrees to raids into northern Iraq · Limited action allowed against Kurdish insurgents
· Government yields to pressure from generals

NYT Turkey Allows Troops to Enter Iraq to Attack Rebels

Washington Times Cabinet eyes approval to hit Kurds in Iraq The Turkish government said yesterday it will seek parliamentary approval to send troops into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, in what is seen as an attempt to focus U.S. attention on the problem after a series of deadly attacks in southeastern Turkey.

Wall Street Journal Cyprus Sabotage By MORTON ABRAMOWITZ and HENRI BARKEY Turkey's political turnaround should not be hurt by the Cyprus issue. While making clear that he intends to negotiate a Cyprus resolution on the basis of a bizonal, bicommunal federation, he should hold firm on not opening the ports. If Mr. Papadopoulos and EU are not ready for real negotiations, Mr. Erdogan might announce that Turkey has no choice but to plan for a long period of nonsolution. His options include a serious economic development program to strengthen the Turkish side of the island. Mr. Erdogan could also make a determined effort to use his political capital in the Muslim world to gain recognition for Northern Cyprus. The nuclear option for Mr. Erdogan is a referendum on the future status of the Turkish Cyprus, with choices including independence or becoming part of Turkey. Only such a challenge -- that the northern half of the island could be lost forever -- may prompt the Greek Cypriots to listen to resume negotiations in good faith.

WSJ: "Türk reformları Kıbrıs duvarına çarpacak"

Kritik oylama bugün

Time Sınır ötesi harekât hiçbir işe yaramaz

House to pass bill on Armenian genocide Jerusalem Post Ankara warns American recognition of genocide will harm ties with US and Israel.

Diplomats to push Israel, PA decleration Turkish foreign minister tells Jerusalem Post that issue of Golan is "on the table" at ME summit.

ABD: Operasyon çözüm değil

Celebrating Turkish-Americans
Joshua W. WALKER

ABD: 'Tek Yanlı Operasyon Çözüm Olmaz'

DT US calls for restraint over Kurdish attacks

US against Turkey's unilateral incursion into Iraq in pursuit of PKK

Sanctions against US won't affect congressmen, expert warns

AP Turkey Warns US on Armenia Genocide Bill

Ermeni tasarısında oylama bugün, Bush ve Rice Türkiye için atakta

Playing politics with history is a dangerous game Foreign Policy

Daniel Fried: Armenian Genocide Resolution to damage US interests

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Diyarbakır'ın çağrısı 'Demokratik talepler için adam öldürülmesi dünyanın hiçbir yerinde görülmemiştir. Silahlı şiddet sorunların çözümünün yöntemi hiçbir zaman olmamalıdır. 1990'lı yıllara dönmek istemiyoruz...'

NEW TURKISH STUDY HIGHLIGHTS POVERTY AMONG KURDS

New : Jews, Kurds and tribes

Serdar Turgut Terör örgütü analizi

Eser Karakaş DTP, terör ve sorun çözme

Nasuhi Güngör PKK’yı kim kullanıyor?

13 askeri şehit eden teröristler çembere alındı,tepelerine bomba yağıyor

Güneydoğu'da 3 bin Özel Harekatçı görev yapıyor

Barzani'nin elçisi apar topar geldi

Teröristler çemberde

Iraq says pact with Turkey best way to tackle PKK

Kuzey Irak’ta 'Türkiye' tedirginliği başladı

AFP US warns Turkey against cross-border operation into Iraq

US Urges Turkish-Iraqi Cooperation on PKK Voice of America

Emin Pazarcı PKK kampları ateş altında

Hadi Uluengin PKK nedir

Mensur Akgün Tarihten ders çıkarırken

Bu millet bölünür mü

This is not terrorism, it is clearly a warfare

Iraq's Kurds bordering Turkey fear shelling - Pravda.Ru

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül: "TSK güçlü ve duruma hakim"

Kıskaçtaki PKK'lıların peşine özel birlik düştü

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül: Güneydoğu gezisinde PKK'nın son çırpınışlarını gördüm

Karar ABD'ye bildirildi

Kürt yöneticiler 'acil' toplandı

ABD kınadı ve işbirliği istedi

Komutan vekillerle görüşmedi

Bahçeli İlk referandum operasyon için olsun

Iraqi President Rules and Divides By: Alexander Reutov | Kommersant
Iraq’s President Jalal Talabani unexpectedly supported on Monday the idea to divide the country along ethnic and religious lines into three regions. That plan has recently been approved by the U.S. Senate. Talabani believes that dividing Iraq will prevent civil war among Shiite and Sunni Muslims and Kurds. So far, it does not mean Iraq’s split-up. However, it gives oil-rich Kurdish north and Shiite south an extra trump card for getting free of Sunni Baghdad’s patronage. However, most experts believe it might later lead to bloodshed unseen by the Middle East since the time of crusades.

Romania involved in PKK funding, Turkish secret services say o

Timimizin tuzağı ’Gabar aynası’ mı

Gabar’da 80 kalleşin tepesine bomba yağıyor

İran'a saldırı akıllıca olur mu?
Türker Alkan

'Kürt kâbusu'nu bizzat Türkiye yaklaştırıyor
MUHAMMED NUREDDİN

Tunceli'de PKK'nın bombacıları yakalandı

Abbas to visit Turkey before US-hosted Mideast summit

Türkiye bölgesel istikrar inşasında önemli güç -

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

WHAT EU SHOULD BE TELLING TURKEY? : EUROPEUS

Türklerin namus cinayeti tiyatro oyunu yapıldı

An open call to EU Ambassadors
Barcin Yinanc

What EU should be telling Turkey?
Cengiz AKTAR

Armenia: Foreign Minister Appeals For EU Pressure On Turkey

Türk Musevi Cemaati ABD’yi ilanla uyardı

Kıbrıs-Suriye gemi seferleri Rumlara rağmen başlıyor

What Lies Ahead for Turkey?

Soykırım tasarısına karşıyız - Türk Musevi Cemaati'nin, bugün ABD Kongresi Dış İlişkiler Komisyonu tarafından oylanacak olan 106 Sayılı Kongre Kararı öncesinde, kamuoyunu ve Kongre üyelerini bilgilendirme amacıyla Washington...

ABD'yle ilişkiler ve Ermeni tasarısı
NURŞEN MAZICI

[YORUM - Herkül Milas] Türkiye'yi anlatmak neden kolay değil?

Greek historians fight ideological indoctrination

Turkey's democracy emerged stronger, EU expected to say

‘Yetimhane için uzlaşalım’
Patrik Bartholomeos, Ankara’daki temaslarının ikinci gününde Cumhurbaşkanı Abdullah Gül ile Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Ertuğrul Günay ve Vakıflar Genel Müdürlüğü’nden sorumlu Başbakan Yardımcısı Hayati Yazıcı ...

Tasarıda son dakika

Bush'tan kongre üyelerine 'soykırım' telefonu

Yalçın Doğan Daha çok demokrasi ETA’yı korkuttu

SON MEKTUPLAR

Ermenistan da '301' dedi

Rum tavrı sürerse Ankara, Kıbrıs'ta ilhak referandumuna başvurabilir

Ermeni diasporası Kouchner’e kızgın

O tasarıda ne var

Clinton'ın Kardak'tan çıkardığı ders

SPIEGEL ONLINE Interview with Author Dilek Güngör: 'My Identity Is Constantly Present' - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News

"Trend" news agency - Ankara Very Much Wants the 21st Century to Become Century of Settling Conflicts: Interview with Foreign Minister of Turkey

2 bin polisle operasyon
İstanbul polisi yasadışı terör örgütü MLKP’ye (Marsist Leninist Komünist Parti)karşı 2 bin polisin katıldığı bir operasyon düzenledi.

Şimşek 'Hangi yemine sadık kalacak?'

Serdar Turgut Casus romanları

Toptan, Gülen'den alıntı yaptı

10 Ekim 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 Gerekirse Irak’a gir

"Para ise para, teskere ise tezkere"

Şamil Tayyar O karar nasıl alındı?

Fikret BİLA Tezkere kararı

'Sınır ötesi' talimatı

Tezkere Meclis'e geliyor

İşte sınırötesi operasyon için öne çıkan tarihler

50 bin asker PKK’ya göz açtırmayacak

Sınır ötesine adım adım

Bells ring for cross-border operation

İktidarın 73 adımı Hükümet özelleştirme, enerji ve sosyal güvenlik konularına öncelik verdi

İşte Türkiye'nin kozları...

From the Archive - Turkish Support for U.S. Policy by Daniel Fata

Erdoğan, MYK'da tezkere için kararlılık gösterdi

Çözüm profesyonel orduda

Ertuğrul Özkök Konuşuyor...

"Karadeniz'deki gizli silah deposu kayboldu"

'Para ise para, tezkere ise tezkere' 'Sınır ötesi' için yeşil ışık yakıldı. Başbakan: Teröre karşı bütün kaynaklarımızı kullanacağız

Sınır ötesi emri

Sınır ötesi operasyon tezkeresi hazırlanıyor

Taha AKYOL Terör ve DTP

Güneydoğu'ya şefkat eli uzandıkça terör azıyor

Hasan CEMAL Erdoğan'a ve hükümete düşen...

Mustafa Karaalioğlu Zor zamanda soğukkanlı olabilmek

Bilal Çetin Kuzey Irak’a ambargo ve sınırötesi operasyon yolda...

Mehmet Tezkan PKK terörü AKP’nin yumuşak karnı..

Sadi Somuncuoğlu Bölücü terörle mücadelede hükümet nerede?

MUHARREM SARIKAYA
Tezkere bayram sonrası...

Baykal Kararlı olsan Bush seni arar

M Ali Birand Ankara'daki kargaşa sorunu büyütüyor

İsmail Küçükkaya Türkiye’yi bir şeye zorluyorlar, neye?

Serdar Akinan
Sınır ötesi “gerektiğinde...”

Kritik kavşak İsmet Berkan

PKK üzerine tam saha baskı
Murat Yetkin

Referandum kültürü faşizme çıkar
Haluk Şahin

Bakan Gönül: Sınırötesi için tezkere şart

Babacan: "Bundan sonra yapılacaklar var"

Cengiz Çandar PKK stratejisi, 'sınır ötesi' ve 'Sözün başladığı yer'

Gül: Şırnak saldırısı PKK’daki münferit olay

Baykal: "ABD'ye gidişi beklemek mi lazım?"

DTP "Terör askeri yöntemlerle çözülemez"

Çiçek "Sivil toplumun taslağı beklenecek"

Anayasa paketi degişikligi bugün oylanıyor

‘Anayasa çalışması rölantiye alındı’

Ne olmasını bekliyorduk ki? Avni Özgürel

Mehmet AltanKimin taşeronu?

Mustafa Akyol Dini siyasete karıştırmanın faydaları

Sami KOHEN ABD'nin sınav dönemi

Abdülhamit Bilici Teröre karşı izlenecek yol

Tamer Korkmaz Ankara'dan Sam Amca'ya: Madem Öyle Gel Böyle!

AKP'nin beliren yeni yüzü M.Ali Kışlalı

Peki şimdi ne olacak Fatih Çekirge

TÜSİAD'dan sınır ötesi açıklaması

AİHM: Din dersi zorunlu olamaz AİHM'ye taşınan zorunlu din dersi davasında Alevilerin istediği oldu. AİHM, zorunlu din dersinin Avrupa İnsan Hakları Sözleşmesi'ne aykırı olduğuna hükmetti. Alevi ailenin avukatı Kazım Genç, 'AİHM' kararıyla okullarda zorunlu din dersi ve 'Yeni anayasadaki din dersi tartışmaları sona ermiştir' dedi

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

Fehmi Koru

'Hükümet üstü milli politika oluşturulsun'

Ertuğrul Özkök 503 Ertuğrul söyle bakalım

Ahmet Hakan Hrant ile Mehmet

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Krizde 3. göz

Cüneyt Ülsever

Enis Berberoğlu

Oktay Ekşi Şaşkınlık

Hakan Aygün Sınır ötesindeki asıl sıkıntı!

[Küresel aktör olma yolundaki Türkiye, terörle 'terbiye' mi ediliyor? / 1] Gabar dağı gerçekten Sözün bittiği yer olacak mı?

Bekir Coşkun ABD’den çare siparişi

Tufan Türenç Akan kanda ABD’nin sorumluluğu var

Mehmet Barlas Dış politika ve güvenlik de birilerinin sorumluluk alanındadır…

Nuray Başaran Yüzde 47’nin dayanılmaz ağırlığı

[IRAQ, IRAN AND THE ARMENIAN RESOLUTION] Turkey’s burgeoning civil society and transforming foreign policy by MEHMET KALYONCU*

Destiny of cross-border offensive in gov't hands, say analysts

MUHARREM SARIKAYA

ERDAL ŞAFAK Sabrın sınırı

ERGUN BABAHAN

EMRE AKÖZ Güvenim kalmadı ki

Umur Talu Düşünmeye davet

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Pozitif ayırımcılık ve Egemen Bağış

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT Akan kan durmadıkça

BALÇİÇEK PAMİR Oyuncak asker

CHP'de güçbirliği arayışı

İktidarın 73 adımı
Hükümet özelleştirme, enerji ve sosyal güvenlik konularına öncelik verdi

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Terör doruktaysa borsa neden zirvede?

Yüzde 6,5'lik faiz dışı fazlaya sevinen piyasa bütçeyi bekliyor

Ercan Kumcu

Erdal Sağlam

Foreign investors buying up Turkish companies for property assets - Turkish Daily News Oct 09, 2007

Turkey should not be too optimistic, says Civil - Turkish Daily News Oct 09, 2007

Yiğit Bulut Türkiye, ‘terörle mücadele’ edebilir mi?

Turkey Budget Targets Investment
Wall Street Journal

Turkey Needs an Economic Plan to Keep up Its CEF | ETF Trends

COMPANIES - EUROPE: KKR seals Turkish cargo shipping deal

YPK toplantısından sonuç çıkmadı

IMF heyeti Hazine ve Merkez Bankası’nda

Salih Neftçi Kurlar gündemin ilk maddesi olma yolunda...

Elektrik fiyatı otomatiğe bağlanıyor

Ege Cansen Enflasyon bitti

Global yatırım trendleri ve Türkiye
Metin Ercan

Eski Bakan Coşkun: TOBB öne çıkarıyorsun diye baskı gördüm

İletişim politikası neden önemli?
Uğur Civelek

Deniz Gökçe Kontrol elimizde değil!

Güneri CIVAOĞLU Krizde 3. göz

Güngör URAS Zamla gelen 40, uçağa giden 67 milyon YTL

Ertuğ Yaşar IMF ile anlaşmalıyız

New economic blueprint focuses on employment

İ.Hüseyin Yıldız Merkez Bankası faizleri indirmek için beklemesin

'Faizde gıdım gıdım düzeltme yetersiz kalıyor'
Akbank Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı Erol Sabancı

Metin MÜNİR
Ben Mehmet Şimşek'çiyim

H4 New York Times An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S. At issue is whether intelligence presented by Israel showing nuclear ties between Syria and North Korea was conclusive enough to justify military action.

MAUREEN DOWD Bomb, Bomb Iran Hillary’s hawkish Iran vote was an ill-advised move, especially given her private view.

H5 Washington Post The Silenced Majority By Harold Meyerson We are condemned, the smart guys tell us, to stay in Iraq. None of the three leading Democratic presidential candidates will pledge to remove all U.S. forces by 2013. In the think-tankocracy of Washington, defense intellectuals of both parties argue that pulling up stakes is not an option.

Partitioning's Dubious Pedigree

New Security Strategy Emphasizes Disaster Preparedness The White House yesterday updated the nation's homeland security strategy for the first time since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, acknowledging the need to prepare for catastrophic natural disasters as well as the "persistent and evolving" threat of terrorism.

Clashes in Northwest Pakistan Intensify

As many as 250 people, including at least 45 soldiers, have been killed in fierce fighting in northwestern Pakistan over the past four days

Why Fight For Anyone's Freedom?

By Michael Gerson, In the backlash against President Bush's democracy agenda, conservatives are increasingly taking the lead. It is inherently difficult for liberals to argue against the expansion of social and political liberalism in oppressive parts of the world

It's Not Democracy. It's a Sub.Americans Seem Willing to Vote for Everything but an Actual Candidate By Peter Funt, What's your vote? Is America's newfangled fascination with being polled, minute by minute, on every imaginable topic, reflective of (a) a more informed electorate, (b) renewed responsibility among media or (c) none of the above?

Security Contractor Gunfire Kills 2 Iraqis

Clinton Cites Her Resilience In interview, senator argues political battles she has weathered equip her to unite the nation

Supreme Court Won't Review Alleged CIA Abduction

U.S. Intelligence Officials Will Probe Leak of Bin Laden Video

Editorial Ms. Clinton's Trade Adjustment Convenience bests principle as the candidate stumps in Iowa.

Trade, Taxes Focus of Debate As Fred Thompson finally joined competitors on stage, candidates praise GOP economic priorities

H6 Guardian Houses of cards Joseph Stiglitz: Booming home prices gave Americans the confidence to spend more than their income but now the game is over.

Land of the free? Richard Silverstein: American debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being stifled by an insidious form of pre-emptive censorship.

Legal interventions Conor Foley: Bush and Blair's unilateralism failed and it is time for a new approach to foreign policy based on respect for international law.

The rise and rise of Hizb ut-Tahrir

Jonathan Spyer A significant 'Islamisation' of the politics of the Arab world is taking place, the implications of which we are only beginning to understand.

Israel grabs West Bank land
Israeli army orders seizure of Palestinian land surrounding four West Bank villages to hugely expand settlements around Jerusalem.

Pakistan pounds rebels Thousands flee Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area as air force jets attack militant positions.

You've had long enough to work it out. What is your vision, Gordon?
Jonathan Freedland: Brown has a year to prove that he's the leader we've been waiting for, by doing less politics and more governing.

H7 Al Awsat American Withdrawal and the Second Stage : Tariq Alhomayed

Washington Times King Abdullah's 'openness' strategy (By S. Rob Sobhani)

BBC US court rejects CIA kidnap case The US Supreme Court throws out an appeal by a German who accuses the CIA of kidnapping and torturing him.

Tony Karon Iran, the Inflatable Bogey

CFR Keeping ‘Bottom-Up’ From Bottoming Out

CSIS STATESMEN’S FORUM: National Security Adviser of Iraq

Scowcroft, Brzezinski, Hamilton, Kassebaum Baker, Hills & Others Call for Syria and Hamas to Be Engaged in Israel-Palestine Effort

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

BBC Iraq provinces 'limit refugees' The UN says the options for Iraqi internal refugees are narrowed by several Iraqi provinces refusing them entry

Allawi's Party Rejects Accusations of Involvement in Violence

US-Led Iraq Coalition Withering Fast

Security guards fire on Iraqi car

US Embassy opening in Baghdad delayed indefinitely...

Daily Star Why keep letting Israel sabotage the world's efforts to make peace?

So that Annapolis will not be a failure
By Rami G. Khouri

Iraqis Divided by Constitution's Treatment of Women By: Tina Susman | Los Angeles Times
Article 41 is just one line in the 16-page document, but to critics, it is the worst. Opponents, including women's rights activists and legal scholars, say the one poorly worded sentence opens the door to rule by draconian interpretations of Islamic law that could sanction the stoning of adulterous women, allow underage girls to be forced into marriage and permit men to abandon their wives by declaring, "I divorce you," three times.

With the Moroccan Elections Over, Let Voter Education Begin By: Asmae Otmani | The Daily Star
Morocco's September 7 legislative elections marked -- with their 37 percent participation level -- the lowest voter turn-out in the nation's history. In such a situation, one might suppose that Morocco had mounted no significant voter awareness campaign, but this was not the case

H9 Ha’aretz - Daniel Levy: It's no wonder 'Israel Lobby' book is a bestseller

Sneh Preparing for the military option The practical negation, or significant delay, of the Israeli option for action against Iran may have existential implications for the State of Israel

Yoel Marcus: Olmert, Abbas too weak to make peace

Tom Segev: The 'unification' of Jerusalem is fiction

WTR: Cheney, Rice, debating the attack on Syria

Amir Oren Islam is the enemy The conclusion to be drawn from an analysis of the words of Bush, Mullen and others is that Israel needs to compromise with moderate forces in the region. Opponents to this should be presented in their religious rather than national context: confrontation with the ayatollahs, Hezbollah and Hamas, not with Iranians, Lebanese and Palestinians

Geopolitical Diary: A New Shield for Israel
Stratfor

Yedioth King of nuclear bluff

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nuclear blackmail is hugely successful, Alexander Libin says

'Iran developed new bomb'

FARS news agency says Iran successfully developed optically-guided one-ton bomb

Annapolis: failure foretold
Yossi Alpher, Bitterlemons.

Perils (for Israel) of deadline diplomacy
Hillel Halkin, NYSun.

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

Giving Peace Another Try The Economist Palestinian and Israeli negotiators are dusting off blueprints for peace that last saw the light of the day during the abortive effort of Bill Clinton to round off his presidency at the end of 2000 with a final settlement of the Palestine problem. The new talks are aimed at drawing up a framework agreement to be presented to a peace conference hosted by the US at Annapolis, on the Maryland coast, in late November.

Israelis Wary of New Talks By: Joshua Mitnick | The Washington Times
Israeli opposition leaders are stepping up their criticism in the face of the first real negotiations with the Palestinians in nearly seven years and government steps to prepare the public for "difficult decisions" ahead. Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has assailed the ruling coalition — particularly Prime Minister Ehud Olmert"s conservative partners — for proposing to hand back most of the West Bank to the Palestinians.

H10 Christian Science Monitor

As Egypt cracks down, charges of wide abuse Regular reports of torture and police abuse are fueling protests across the country

British troops in Iraq to halve by next spring Prime Minister Gordon Brown announces pullout amid antiwar protests and poor showing in polls.

ASIA

Asia Times French arms deal with Pakistan risks US ireThe likelihood that France will sell missiles and radar for Pakistan's JF-17 fighter aircraft - which is being developed jointly with a Chinese company - has far-reaching implications. The deal could circumvent the EU arms embargo against China and improve Beijing's military capabilities in relation to Taiwan; and it risks US anger, indicating that below the surface, Franco-US rapprochement may not be as serene as appears. - Federico Bordonaro

IHT Reviving North Korea By PHILIP BOWRING
Which country potentially offers the highest returns on capital? Answer: North Korea.

High Cost and Low Odds By: Shim Jae Hoon | Asia Sentinel
Even if Seoul is willing to spend a fortune to revive North Korea’s economy, the cult of Kim Jong Il may make it impossible. With the South Korean delegation home from the October 2-4 inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang, Seoul is debating what it would take to overhaul the North’s rusty infrastructure.

Boston Globe A new course for Korea (By Leon V. Sigal)

IT TOOK a nuclear test by North Korea a year ago today to turn President Bush around, but his change of course on North Korea is already yielding dividends - and not just in reversing the North's nuclear weapons programs. It is also opening the way to peace in Korea and improved security for all of Northeast Asia.

"India-China Competition Revealed in Ongoing Border Disputes"
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Guardian Partial progress

Sharon Squassoni North Korea's plutonium production may be disabled. But that doesn't mean it will no longer pose a nuclear threat.

LA Times Killer Chinese imports?

Toxic toys! Poison pet food! Chinese-held greenbacks! Are we killing ourselves, or are we paranoid?

In India’s Coalition Math, Marxists’ Power Is Magnified By: Somini Sengupta | The New York Times
To a stranger, Prakash Karat and the organization he leads, the Communist Party of India (Marxist), would seem like anachronisms in the roaring capitalist economy that is India today. But quite improbably, by seizing on India’s deepening friendship with the United States, Mr. Karat and his party have lately emerged as a sharp and dangerous weapon against the coalition government, making it plain that though the Communists do not have the strength to rule India, they have the power to spoil the plans of those who do.

Pakistani Troops Kill 150 Militants in Tribal Region

Bashing China Is Unfair By: Peter Quinter | Miami Herald
The recent rash of highly publicized recalls and alerts on Chinese-made consumer goods have shaken confidence in the safety of Chinese imports, with the media calling for consumer boycotts and stricter trade regulations aimed at discouraging U.S. businesses from dealing with China

H11 IHT America's stark choice By SANDY BERGER AND BRUCE RIEDEL America faces a stark choice in Pakistan: Do we support democracy and the rule of law, or do we support a failing military dictator?

Putin asks France to be main partner in Europe
By SOPHIA KISHKOVSKY After President Vladimir Putin expressed his friendship, Nicolas Sarkozy offered a frank exchange of views during their meeting in Europe

A recipe for failure?
By DANIEL KURTZER It is important to assess what an international meeting at this time could achieve in the Arab-Israeli peace process. Four outcomes could very well determine success.

French minister breaks ranks over immigration bill President Nicolas Sarkozy's eclectic coalition of ministers showed its first serious crack on Tuesday when the secretary of state for urban affairs threatened to resign over the government's immigration policy

A refugee from Western Europe
By SAM HARRIS AND SALMAN RUSHDIE / TMS
The Dutch government should recognize a scandal in the making and rediscover its obligation to provide Ayaan Hirsi Ali with the protection she was promised.

Belgians agree on one issue: foreigners Signs of a breakthrough in the coalition talks emerged Tuesday morning when the Christian Democrats and Liberals agreed on a tough new approach to asylum policy and economic migration.

EUROPE European press review

Daily Star Is Europe serious about having a vigorous foreign policy?
By Martti Ahtisaari

Eurocrats target Poland (By Paul Belien)

Kosovo PM Says Independence Soon

H12 RFE/RL Azerbaijan: Islamist Trial Sets Stage For Confrontation With Tehran

Iraq, Iran Reopen Border In Kurdish Region

Baltics Regional Energy Conference Looks For Alternatives To Russia

Eastern European leaders meeting in Vilnius will address ways to reduce their energy dependence on Russia, and seek deals with their counterparts from the Caspian region.

Google News Azerbaijan

CIS Summit: Coming Together on Paper, Still Apart in Practice

FT Kazakhstan hit hard by shortage of liquidity

Kremlin Upbeat About Sarkozy Visit By: Anna Smolchenko | The Moscow Times On Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin will meet Sarkozy for dinner and informal talks, most likely at the Novo-Ogaryovo presidential residence outside Moscow, Peskov said. Putin and Sarkozy are scheduled to meet again for talks in the Kremlin on Wednesday and speak to reporters afterward. A Russian Foreign Ministry official who helped prepare Sarkozy's visit echoed Peskov's positive comments, saying relations with France would not depend on the ties between Paris and Washington.

H13 The Times Sarkozy takes a stand against Putin's Russia Visiting Moscow Nicolas Sarkozy was at pains to show France and Russia could do business together, but under new rules

Kremlin faithful prepare for second coming of President Putin

Iraqi interpreters to get either cash or refuge

A scheme for at-risk staff working with the British in Iraq offers payments of up to £7,000 or the chance of refugee status

Olmert grilled over corruption claims

Wall Street Journal Stop the Terror in Burma
President Bush is preparing further U.S. sanctions against the dictatorship.
By LAURA BUSH

The Fed's decision to cut rates last month was based on worries that credit-market turmoil could reinforce slower growth at a time of "particularly high uncertainty," minutes from the meeting show. (Minutes)

Gordon Brown's Mistake
This weekend Britain's prime minister decided not to ask voters for a mandate. It was a win for the Conservatives, and for his predecessor, Tony Blair.
By RUPERT DARWALL

H14 Financial Times COMMENT: The wrong way for Putin to retain influence Frankly, it might have been better if he had changed the constitution to allow presidents to run for extra terms, writes Anatol Lieven

COMMENT: Big challenges lie ahead for the emerging economies Is the rest of the world too reliant on the US for economic growth, asks Martin Wolf

COMMENT: The free trade consensus lives on Notes of alarm have been sounded over free trade three times in recent years, yet among economists it is alive and well, writes Jagdish Bhagwati

Iraq car bombs target US-allied Sunnis Two suicide car bombs killed at least 22 people in northern Iraq in attacks targeting a local police chief as well as a Sunni Arab tribal leader working with US forces to fight al-Qaeda

White House denies Baghdad embassy mistakes The state department counters accusations that its plans to build the giant embassy in Iraq were over budget, behind schedule and entrusted to an unreliable contractor

COMMENT: Science is the pursuit of the truth, not consensus If all the members of the Royal Society were converted to creationism, that would not affect my belief in evolution, says John Kay

FRONT PAGE - COMPANIES & MARKETS: US business leaders search for clues in hazy economic outlook With credit markets in turmoil, a declining dollar and economic growth sputtering, US business chiefs face some difficult decisions

WORLD NEWS: Ukraine repays Gazprom debt in cash and gas

IMF cuts global growth estimate to 4.8% The International Monetary Fund has cut its estimate for global growth next year but still expects the world economy to grow at 4.8 per cent, according to Italian press reports

China resists European pressure on currency

Darling’s raid behind Tory lines

The Labour party is ready to let its political opponents dictate where it directs its efforts – not a convincing or inspiring platform for two more years of Brown’s government

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial Even the British are leaving Iraq With the 'coalition of the willing' breathing its last, the U.S. should take note of how to form a realistic exit strategy

Belgium: Europe's canary in a coal mine? Jonah Goldberg The country's identity crisis doesn't bode well for the EU's non-nationalist experiment.

H16 American Politics

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Thompson debuts in GOP debate, but no one dominates

Democrats: New spy law adds privacy protections

Democrats in House of Representatives on Tuesday unveiled a proposed eavesdropping law that they say gives the National Security Agency the power to target suspected foreign terrorists, but protects the constitutional rights of Americans

H17 Daily Telegraph Iraq insurgency: al-Qa'eda returns home

Damien McElroy travelled to the heart of war-ravaged Iraq to witness how repentant al-Qa'eda loyalists are returning home.

'Chemical Bill' urges spray raids on poppy fields

US officials press Afghan government for firmer grip on the war on drugs, including the use of controversial chemical spraying.

UK diplomats 'face lifetime gag'

Uproar as the Foreign Office issues regulations stopping diplomats from commenting on international issues even after retirement.

H18 Independent Leading article: The French connection There seems to be a new Atlanticist flavour to French foreign policy.

Sudanese troops behind fatal attack on peacekeepers, says Darfur rebel chief

Darfur's most influential rebel leader has accused the Sudanese government of trying to sabotage the deployment of a United Nations peacekeeping force by burning down a military base used by African Union soldiers and killing 10 troops

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

The Geopolitical Foundations of Blackwater Stratfor

Missile Proliferation: New Challenges and New Threats DIIS

General rebukes Special Operations forces A crusading three-star general has sparked outrage within the Army Special Forces and Marine Special Operations Command by publicly condemning and twice bringing legal actions against members of their forces.

US judge blocks Guantanamo move A US judge blocks the transfer of a detainee at Guantanamo Bay to Tunisia, where he says he'd be tortured.

Military, defense contractors alike deploy to warfare exhibition

So Be It? By: Bret Stephens | The Wall Street Journal
What do you make of the following statement, from a recent editorial in the Economist: "Dozens of plots may have been foiled and thousands of lives saved as a result of some of the unsavory practices now being employed in the name of fighting terrorism. Dropping such practices in order to preserve freedom may cost many lives. So be it"?

Rein in the Mercenaries By: Patt Morrison | Miami Herald
Americans are learning more about contractors in Iraq, where they outnumber soldiers. Some cook, some translate and some, most famously Blackwater, provide security for U.S. officials and operations.

H20 Slate Understanding the Israeli Attack on Syria We now know a little about what happened, but it'll be a long time before we know what it means. Shmuel Rosner

How to Build M&E Systems to Support Better Government
World Bank
This 172-page report highlights the experience of several countries which have succeeded in building a well-functioning government monitoring and evaluation system

H21 What was in Hitler's postbag
Intimate correspondence between Adolf Hitler and members of the German public is being made public for the first time.

Confessions of a game with Mass appeal It is a bit rich for an institution responsible for the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition to lecture football on morality

Matthew Syed

Rebuking obnoxious views is not just a personality kink
Terry Eagleton: I took Martin Amis to task for advocating the hounding of Muslims, but this has been reduced to an academic spat.

Art of seduction: sex through the ages

From ancient miniatures to modern film, 2,000 years of civilisation's frankest moments go on show

Marion Jones caught by a wider antidoping net

'Clean sports' watchdogs are drawing on invoices, shipment records, and other evidence not related to testing regimens.

Data Storage Discovery Earns Nobel

Breakthrough by Frenchman, German Empowers iPods and Laptops

Al Gore tipped to win Nobel

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