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H1 Washington Post Shiite Power Struggle Deepens in Iraq Sadr's followers are being overpowered by Shiite rivals loyal to the U.S. in Iraq's southern cities. Troop surge rewrites rules of battle between the most powerful Shiite factions seeking control

Daily Telegraph Britain in secret talks with the Taliban Agents from MI6 entered secret talks with Taliban leaders despite Gordon Brown's pledge that Britain would not negotiate with terrorists, The Daily Telegraph can disclose

Ha’aretz – PM to Assad: Israel awaits answer on reviving talks

Gallup: Questions and Answers About Americans' Religion

Poll of Saudis: Don't Like Jews and Christians, Want Israel Destroyed and Saudis to Have Nuclear Weapons - Tom Gross (National Review)

Russians Fear US Foreign Policy Targets Them

WSJ Putin's Cold War Confrontation with America satisfies a domestic agenda. BY LEON ARON

RFE/RLGeorgia: Country At The Crossroads The political crisis that rocked Georgia in November has left many questioning how -- if at all -- the country’s democratic development can get back on track – and what Western governments can do to help

Wall Street Journal U.S. Officials Differ Over Iran The Pentagon and State Department are split in their assessment of how much credit Iran deserves for improvements in Iraq

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1999-2006 (PDF; 86 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

DT LEADER Looking back on 2007 We look back on the major global events of the past 12 months, and consider what may be in store for the coming year.

IHT Rice's history lessons By DANIEL LEVY After the tragedy of the Lebanon war, Condoleezza Rice must understand that post-Annapolis success requires early and frequent American intervention

Yedioth The president's test/ Uzi Arad President Bush must act on pledge to safeguard Israel vis-à-vis Iran threat

New INSS Insight: Money and Influence in the Global Village Shmuel Even (December 25, 2007) explores the economic and political underpinnings to the growing phenomenon of state investmenets in global financial corporations

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Russian experts arrive to install Russian TOR-M1 air defense batteries at Iran's nuclear facilities

Five undeniable facts about the Syria that I saw / by Ehsani

Afghanistan: Into the Valley of Death – Sebastian Junger, Vanity Fair

E.U. Should Demand More from Israel – Donald Macintyre, The Independent

InFocus Islam in Europe • Winter 2007

H2 PJAK Leadership Member Interviewed By Iraqi Kurdish Paper

Turkey Says 200 Rebel Kurd Targets Hit

NYT Turkey Says Its Raids in Iraq Killed 150 Rebels

Mustafa Akyol The Kurds' Postponed Rendezvous With History

Jewish Policy Center Soner Cagaptay - Sarkozy's Policy on Turkey's E.U. Accession: Bad for France?

ESI Feminism and Islam in Turkey

Sunni-Kurdish alliance By abu aardvark

Kürdistan parlamentosu, BM’nin 140.madde ile ilgili önerisini tartışıyor

Post Script -- The PKK -- Alternate Battleground

İlnur Çevik US did not just turn a blind eye to Turkish raids against the PKK ...

Turkey Claims Success Against Kurdish Rebels

Turkey prepares to amend free speech law

Turkish army claims massive toll of Kurdish rebels AFP

Turkey bombs Northern Iraq: Iraq official

Turkish raids 'killed hundreds'

Bush'tan Çankaya'ya jet randevu

Gül, ABD’de Bush ile görüşecek

Gül, Bush'un davetlisi olarak 6 Ocak'ta ABD'ye gidiyor

Barzani sitesinde ABD’ye hakaret

Irak'ta Kürt-Arap ittifakı çatırdıyor

Google News KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect BBC Monitoring

Kürt parlamentosu Kerkük'ü masaya yatırıyor

DTP'liler sınırda canlı kalkan eylemi yapacak

Yavuz Baydar We have seen the stick, what about the carrot?

Metro bombacısı, özel eğitimli 800 teröristten biri

Would-be metro bomber specially trained by PKK

Sınırda '3. operasyon' iddiası

Kerkuk's importance not lost on US

"Army and AKP Rely on 'Muslim Brotherhood' in Kurdish Question"
Biamag

Bülent Keneş Quandary of ethnic Kurdish politics

Jetler ayak izini bile...

Metropollerde 'turuncu alarm'

Türkiye’ye kaçanlar kıskaçta

'Otonom Kürt devleti' uyarısı

800 bombacıdan biri

Erdoğan: no pardon for terrorists who target civilians, military

İran, Talabani'nin açıklamalarına tepkili

Auto arson suggestive of PKK involvement

Neron'u bul emri

Üç ’Neron’ MOBESE kamerasına takıldı

Demirtaş yeniden muayeneden geçirildi

Barzani'ye ağır yanıt
Erdoğan: Kim siviller zarar gördü diyorsa yalan söylüyordur...

PKK'lı annesini aradı: '346 kişi öldü'

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights 25 December 2007

Iraq: PUK, KDP, IIP Sign Memorandum of Understanding

DTP'li Alınak, Erdoğan ile Büyükanıt'ı BM'ye şikayet etti

Tanık Koruma Yasası, yarın TBMM Genel Kurulu'nda görüşülecek

Adalet Bakanı Şahin: Bir af hazırlığı yapılmıyor

Baykal, 'eve dönüş'ün esnetilmesine de karşı

DTP'li Aysel Tuğluk'un 3 yıl hapsi istendi

Bahçeli: TSK'nın operasyonu yüreklere su serpti

Türkiye'de baska dillerin Türkçe'ye siringa edilmek istenmesi yanlistir

Irak'yın kuzeyinde intihar saldırısı: 22 ölü

80 PKK'lı sağır oldu

Gabar'a özel eğitimli komandolar indirildi

Bush and Erdogan Satisfied, Talabani Guarded, Barzani Angry

Şırnak'ta operasyon: 2'si kadın 5 terörist öldürüldü

İzmir'de PKK operasyonu; 27 kişi gözaltına alındı

Iraq Threatens to Halt Oil Exports to Korea

Dünya bizimle

Türkiye, İran desteğinden memnun

Delegation of lawmakers holds talks in Tehran

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber

Jewish Policy Center Soner Cagaptay - Sarkozy's Policy on Turkey's E.U. Accession: Bad for France?

Temel İskit YORUM-Kapalı Kapı Politikası

Özel-Die Presse: Birçok AB üyesi ülke Sarkozy’nin arkasına saklanıyor

Fransa,Türkiye'nin AB üyeliği konusunda Slovenya ile uzlaşmazlık yaşanacak

'Almanya fay hatlarını kaşıyor'

Yüksel Söylemez THE SARKOZY SYNDROME

Turkey on thin ice; puts off Kosovo visit The postponement of the Turkish foreign minister's scheduled two-day visit to Kosovo yesterday indicated Turkey's fragile position concerning relations with the regional actors involved in the

'Omniprésent' Sarkozy

2007'nin Fransasını Samim Akgönül anlatıyor

Amanda Akçakoca Borders come tumbling down

Armenians debate ties with Turkey

Hasan Kanbolat Change expected in Uzbekistan’s Turkish and Western policy in Karimov’s new term

Zamanaşımı af gibi çalışıyor

Malatya katliamında yeni gelişme; polislere soruşturma başlatıldı

Nereden nereye?

BBC Dünya Servisi'nin 75'nci yılı ve bir tanık: Andrew Mango

Gülay Göktürk Çanlar üniversiteler için çalıyor -

Foreign visitors to Turkey rise 15.4 pct in Nov

Türkiye’de kadın devrimi yaşanıyor

Sarkozy'nun amcası Galatasaray Lisesi mezunu çıktı

Erdoğan, ABD'de torun ziyaretini cebinden ödemiş

'Kundakçıları asalım' sesleri

Tank projesini hep yanında taşıyordu

''Türk mantığı ile nükleer santral, yeni Çernobiller yaratır''

Celebrating Christmas in Turkey

18 günde 42 araç yakıldı

Çelik: Yabancı kelime üzmesin

Dünyada, Türkiye'nin 62 katı kadar alan çölleşti

Fethullah Gülen, tarihi buluşmayı değerlendirdi

'Yüreğimin yağı eridi'

Fethullah Gülen'e "Keşke asker, polis ve valiler de yüzde 95�in içinde olsaydı" dedirten olay

Bilimsel aşırmalar Türker Alkan

Yargıtay üyeleri, 18 geçersiz, 25 boş oy atınca başkan seçilemedi

Yargıtay başkanı seçilemedi, seçim yarına kaldı

Erdoğan'dan Emniyet müdürlerine beş öğüt

Engin Ardıç Bravo

Dört üniversite rektörlüğüne Köşk ataması

Rahibi bıçaklayan Bay, olaydan önce Azerbaycan'a gitmiş

Türksat: Depremde hasar almadık, uydular yerinde

26 Aralık 2007 Basın Özeti

H3 TSK Basın Açıklaması / 41

Genelkurmay, iki hava harekatının bilançosunu açıkladı

Hava fotoğraflarıyla K. Irak operasyonu

İşte sınır ötesi operasyonların bilançosu

F-16'lar 'BBG Evi'ni ayak izinden buldu

Terörist annesini aradı: 346 arkadaşımız öldü

Talabani: PKK ready to lay down arms if no jail promised

Kandil işte böyle söndü

Cengiz Çandar PKK ile mücadelede “aritmetik sorunu”...

Sami KOHEN Barzani kime güveniyor?

Önleyici diplomasi Murat Yetkin

Abdülhamit Bilici Dağ nasıl çözülecek?

2007: Türkiye'nin makas değiştirdiği yıl Haluk Şahin

M Ali Birand 22 Temmuz seçimleri, dengeleri değiştirdi

Mehmet Kamış Rejim değişirken...

Yılın son MGK’sında konu Sarkozy ve operasyonlar

Fikret BİLA PKK'nın dağa çıkışı teşvik politikası

Ahmet Taşgetiren Kaç kişi ölmeliydi?

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Hamilik savaşı...

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMANKürt sorununda bir yerler-1

Serdar Turgut Gül’e neden kırgınım?

Aldatan ekran M.Ali Kışlalı

Ege Cansen Hukuk, Türkiye’nin medenileşmesine daha fazla engel olmamalıdır

Baykal Ameliyat yaparken içeride parça bırakılmaz

Bilal Çetin Ocak reformları ve DTP davası...

DTP'li Fatma Kurtulan'dan çarpıcı açıklamalar:
Yakınları dağa çıkan tek vekil ben değilim

301’e AKP makyajı

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

PKK için kötü bir son hazırlanıyor!

İlnur Çevik Kurds have to get used to these raids

Serdar Akinan Soğuk barış

Baykal'dan yine 1 milyar dolar iddiası

301’de eskiye dönüş

Ertuğrul Özkök Muhalif muhafazakárlara açık mektup

Ahmet Hakan Dönekliğin raconu

Başbakan düğmeye bastı; 301 yeni yılda değişiyor

Cüneyt Ülsever AKP’liler ve ulusalcılar nihayet birleştiler!

Oktay Ekşi Bir Barzani portresi

Tufan Türenç Darbelerde CIA kokusu

Siyasetin işini siyaset yapsın
İsmet Berkan

Mehmet Tezkan

AKP�nin elindeki tarihi fırsat aslında tarihi sınav demek!..

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası

Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri -

Dış Basında Irak BBC Turkish 0700

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

Taha Kıvanç İşte öyle bir şey...

Fehmi Koruİşte bu olmadı!

KÜRŞAT BUMİN

'Mecidiyeköy bombacısı' hakkında sorular

ALİ BAYRAMOĞLU

Huber Köşkü kahvaltısı…

Sınırötesi dil operasyonu Başbakan Erdoğan’ın direktifi üzerine, başta Irak, İran gibi komşu ülkeler olmak üzere Ortadoğu ve Körfez’e Arapça, Farsça, Kürtçe yayın yapacak yeni bir TV kanalının kurulması için çalışmalar başladı.

Hakan Aygün Irak’ta tam başbakanlık “akıl oyunları”... –

Nuh Gönültaş Türkiye için PKK sonrası yeni terör modelleri...

Dindarlaştığımız falan yok! Avni Özgürel

Fatih Altaylı AKP'nin kendi kendine sorması gereken soru

İsmail Küçükkaya Siyasal tarihimizde 2007

Nasuhi Güngör Sosyolog gözüyle AK Parti

Eser Karakaş Yargı sadece hukuktan yana taraf olur

Mustafa Akyol Misyoner hakkını Müslüman savunmalı

Şamil Tayyar Hukuk bir gün size de lazım olur

Mehmet Altan Ben korkarım...

Anayasal rejim ve Türkiye'de anayasa girişimleri (1)
ZEHRA F. KABASAKAL ARAT

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Polisi kutluyorum ama eleştirilerim de var

Bekir Coşkun Dindar sayısı kaç?..

Özdemir İnce Nur Suresi, 31. ayet (24:31)

Hilmi Yavuz Osmanlı Sentaksı, Cumhuriyet Sentaksı (2)

ERDAL ŞAFAK Duygu karmaşası

ERGUN BABAHAN Meclis'te ipli siyaset

EMRE AKÖZ Tahsil cehaleti alır...

Umur Talu

NAZLI ILICAK

MAHMUT ÖVÜR

YAVUZ DONAT

Can Ataklı

Mustafa Mutlu

Dokunulmazlık dosyaları dönem sonuna kalıyor

İstanbul'da yolcu otobüsünü ateşe verdiler

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM Zammın en önemli tahribatı
Sorunu dün IMF Türkiye Masası Şefi Leronzo Giorgianni'nin ağzından aktarmıştık: "Enerji sektörü reformları, önümüzdeki ...

Ercan Kumcu 2007’de Amerikan ekonomisi

Erdal Sağlam

Harvard'lı profesörden Türkiye'ye kur uyarısı

''Elektrikte öngörülen zammı ekonomimizin izin verdiği ölçüde düşük tuttuk''

Bakan Şimşek, TBMM'de iki gün sunum yapacak

2008’de kayıtdışı ekonominin 2 puan düşürülmesi hedefleniyor

Deniz Gökçe Korkma sorun döviz borcu değil, iç borç!

IMF’ye olan borçların sıfırlanması gündemde

2008'e girerken 'evin havası'! Uğur Gürses

Opportunities and risks lying ahead in 2008

Suç ekonomisiyle mücadele
Metin Ercan

Küçük reformlar Mustafa Aysan

Yiğit Bulut �Ekonomik güvenlik� kavramını bilmeyen bir ülke...

İBRAHİM KAHVECİ

AKP'ye kesilen fatura 366 milyar YTL

Doğalgaza yüzde 14 zam geliyor

'İMF'den 2008 Hedefleri'

H4 New York Times Suicide Bomber Kills at Least 25 Near Refinery in Northern Iraq

H5 Washington Post Shiite Power Struggle Deepens in Iraq Sadr's followers are being overpowered by Shiite rivals loyal to the U.S. in Iraq's southern cities. Troop surge rewrites rules of battle between the most powerful Shiite factions seeking control

U.S. Manufacturers Seek More Sales Overseas Once blamed for the loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs, global business is shaping up as a bulwark against what some fear is a looming recession.

Two Bombings Kill At Least 26 in N. Iraq: Officials Call for Increase in Security Forces

A Chance to Rein In North Korea Last week's presidential election in South Korea presents the Bush foreign policy team with new options. Nicholas Eberstadt,

A Nuclear Renaissance Ignored

Editorial

H6 GuardianUzbek president in election 'farce' Uzbekistan's autocratic ruler Islam Karimov tightens grip on power in election condemned as illegal

Olmert rules out ceasefire Peace talks threatened by plans for new settlements

Holding out for a hero Shelina Zahra Janmohamed overty, war and climate change are all indications that individual is not as heroic as we once thought. Do we need a modern-day messiah?

H7

DEBKAfile Exclusive: Russian experts arrive to install Russian TOR-M1 air defense batteries at Iran's nuclear facilities

Five undeniable facts about the Syria that I saw / by Ehsani

Afghanistan: Into the Valley of Death – Sebastian Junger, Vanity Fair

BBC Urgent talks on Afghan expulsions

Foreign officials hold emergency talks with Afghan authorities over two diplomats ordered to leave the country.

Winter offensive on Taleban

Afghan burden on Nato

What chance Afghan peace?

Charlie Wilson’s War, and Ours – Max Boot, Commentary

Interview with Taliban Suicide Bomber – Sami Yousafzai, Newsweek

UPI Analysis: Allies recommit to AfghanistanFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and Australia's new Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made unannounced visits to Afghanistan this weekend. They came to pledge their support in the war on terror and to reiterate their commitment to the NATO military initiative spearheaded by U.S. forces battling the Taliban.

Walker's World: The best Christmas present
By MARTIN WALKER The best Christmas present the creaking global economy could hope to receive would be sudden agreement on the Doha Round of the world trade talks. Fat chance. It looks further away than ever, after Brazil and Canada just launched a new complaint against U.S. farm subsidies and India swore to block U.S. anti-dumping proposals.

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

Poll of Saudis: Don't Like Jews and Christians, Want Israel Destroyed and Saudis to Have Nuclear Weapons - Tom Gross (National Review)

BBC Iraq bombs hit US-backed militias More than 30 people are killed and scores injured as suicide bombs target Iraqi militias opposed to al-Qaeda.

Petraeus Q & A TWS Exclusive: An interview with Gen. Petraeus from the Swiss weekly Weltwoche and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

REVIEW: 'Persepolis'

Forward Cold Peace Egypt may have a peace treaty with Israel, but that doesn’t mean Egyptians have warm feelings toward the Jewish state.

As 2007 Ends, Most Americans Oppose Iraq War

Christmas in Diyala, the War Party's 'Model' Province
by Justin Raimondo

11 Suspected Gunmen Captured in Kirkuk

H9 Ha’aretz – PM to Assad: Israel awaits answer on reviving talks Olmert gives message to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, who will meet with the Syrian President on Thursday

A partner, not a rival Egypt has worked tirelessly to advance peace processes in the region and was the pioneer in making peace with Israel, at a very high price from its perspective.

Rosner Candidate wanted, no experience needed America differs from Israel in believing that its margin of security, which is derived from its strength and size, give even candidates from nowhere a chance.

Jerusalem Post In Praise of Missile Defenses – Editorial

Olmert to Assad: I await an answer regarding negotiations

'Iran has built its own supercomputer' Custom built machine using domestic algorithms promises to make intel gathering harder than before

'Annapolis was a big disappointment'

New survey shows peace conference succeeded in uniting sides only in the disbelief that it will bear fruit.

Yedioth Ahronoth Barak in Egypt amidst strife
Defense Minister Barak to discuss Israel's concerns over Gaza arms smuggling with Cairo top brass despite harshly-worded diplomatic spat over matter. Also on the agenda - Gilad Shalit and Egypt's inaction against Hamas

The president's test/ Uzi Arad President Bush must act on pledge to safeguard Israel vis-à-vis Iran threat

PM: Syrian channel still open

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

[Fbis] OSC: Baku dismisses report of Israeli hand in Azeri-Iran row as 'nonsense'

Al Awsat Hamas: The 20-Year Struggle

Independent Donald Macintyre: The EU should demand more from Israel

ISRAEL AND EGYPT SPAR OVER WEAPONS SMUGGLING...

Winep The Palestinians: Between State Failure and Civil War - Michael Eisenstadt

Hamas: Past Negotiations Bring Nothing for Palestinians

H10 Christian Science Monitor

ASIA

IHT Thailand's next steps

By PHILIP BOWRING

If the military can swallow its pride, there is now a real chance that Thaksin will return to Thailand and either assume the top job again or decide who does.

TOYOTA sees bright future as world #1...

Japan shoots down missile in space...

Bird flu vaccine found effective for humans China has made good progress in developing a human vaccine against the deadly bird flu virus, with a second phase of tests showing it to be safe and effective

H11 IHT Rice's history lessons By DANIEL LEVY After the tragedy of the Lebanon war, Condoleezza Rice must understand that post-Annapolis success requires early and frequent American intervention.

'Ode to Joy' and the Turkish march By SLAVOJ ZIZEK Before succumbing to the warm sentiment of how we are all one big family, my fellow Europeans should spare a thought for all those who cannot rejoice with us.

Germany's postwar labor peace in jeopardy as train engineers strike
A broader trend of small, specialized unions acting on their own is threatening the highly centralized labor movement that has been powerful throughout the postwar period.

Christ and the Grand Inquisitor

By JAMES CARROLL Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor valued humanity as is. Jesus loved humanity for what it might become.

EUROPE European press review

InFocus Islam in Europe • Winter 2007

Culture-Led Regeneration

ERM Report 2007 - Restructuring and employment in the EU: The impact of globalisation Source: Eurofound Full Report (PDF; 1 MB)

Industrial relations in the EU, Japan, US and other global economies, 2005–2006
Source: Eurofound Full Report (PDF; 667 KB)

Housing and integration of migrants in Europe Source: Eurofound Full Report (PDF; 607 KB)

H12 RFE/RLGeorgia: Country At The Crossroads The political crisis that rocked Georgia in November has left many questioning how -- if at all -- the country’s democratic development can get back on track – and what Western governments can do to help.

Georgia: Failure To Communicate Dogs Saakashvili's First Term

BBC Russia tests ballistic missiles Russia successfully tests two intercontinental missiles amid renewed criticism over US missile defence plans.

Putin's gambit
How much power will Russia's president hand over in 2008?

Russians Fear US Foreign Policy Targets Them

WSJ Putin's Cold War Confrontation with America satisfies a domestic agenda. BY LEON ARON

Google News Azerbaijan

[Fbis] OSC: Baku dismisses report of Israeli hand in Azeri-Iran row as 'nonsense'

[Fbis] OSC: Denmark Scrambles Fighter Jets After Russian Planes Near Danish Air Space

H13 The Times

Wall Street Journal U.S. Officials Differ Over Iran The Pentagon and State Department are split in their assessment of how much credit Iran deserves for improvements in Iraq

H14 Financial Times

H15 Los Angeles Times Editorial About tolerance, 2007

Religion hasn't been responsible for a lot of peace this year, but hope appeared in some unlikely places.

27 dead in bombings north of Baghdad

New milestones on the Silk Road The ancient trade route is still bustling as human and financial capital move between East and West.

H16 American Politics

Gallup: Questions and Answers About Americans' Religion

USA braces for baby boom retirement wave...

Hillary Clinton puts her experience first She stresses her role as the president's partner for eight years, but her rivals question how much she really did.

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

Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

The rise of Obama

By Steve Sailer One Democratic presidential contender has an inherently fascinating family history: Not only does our largest minority group furnish most of his ancestry, but he was also raised in the capital of a foreign country of enormous importance to America

The 'Take It Easy' Candidates
Huckabee and Obama.
by Fred Barnes

H17 Daily Telegraph Britain in secret talks with the Taliban

Agents from MI6 entered secret talks with Taliban leaders despite Gordon Brown's pledge that Britain would not negotiate with terrorists, The Daily Telegraph can disclose

LEADER Looking back on 2007

We look back on the major global events of the past 12 months, and consider what may be in store for the coming year.

Prime Minister to appoint fixer at No10 Gordon Brown is to appoint a "chief executive" to work alongside him in Number 10 in an attempt to shake up his faltering Downing Street operation.

CHEER: Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Bank Crisis may make '29 look 'walk in park'...

H18 Independent Western diplomats expelled from Kabul Two senior Western diplomats were given 48 hours to leave Afghanistan yesterday after trying to negotiate with anti-government leaders

British rule out inquiry into Iraq
No examination of mistakes as final British troops exit Iraq.

Donald Macintyre: The EU should demand more from Israel

Review of 2007: A year that began with euphoria and ended with the spectre of recession

Suicide bomb targets Sunnis allied to US

H19Military Intelligence Terrorism

Bing West COIN Theory and Securing Iraq

Defining Armed Conflict
Source: Cardozo Law Review, forthcoming Full Paper (PDF; 440 KB)

Intelligence Estimates: How Useful to Congress? (PDF; 129 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

U.S. Arms Sales: Agreements with and Deliveries to Major Clients, 1999-2006 (PDF; 86 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: A Brief Overview of Selected Issues (PDF; 131 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

BASE STRUCTURE REPORT FISCAL YEAR 2007 BASELINE The Base Structure Report FY 2007 Baseline represents a consolidated summary of the Department of Defense real property inventory

H20 Slate

The Department of Energy’s Pandemic Influenza Planning (PDF; 911 KB) Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Inspector General

Entering the Executive Branch of Government: Potential Conflicts of Interest With Previous Employments and Affiliations (PDF; 150 KB)
Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists)

H21

IHT Christ and the Grand Inquisitor

By JAMES CARROLL Dostoevsky's Grand Inquisitor valued humanity as is. Jesus loved humanity for what it might become.

Despite Woes, McClatchy Banks on Papers

McClatchy's Gary Pruitt is one of the last true believers in the financial power of the press. His success or failure at making the transition into the Internet age will be a crucial indicator of the future of local print journalism in the U.S.

Do celebrity do-gooders do any good? Sure, they can raise the profile their fave issues. But to highlight a problem is not the same as solving it... more»

Oscar Peterson: Virtuoso pianist who dominated jazz piano in the second half of the 20th century

An incandescent flame, a demigod, genius, and narcissist who changed the art of ballet forever: Rudolf Nureyev... more»

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