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29 July 2008

July 29, 2008

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H1 American Prospect:

How Important Was the Surge? — Ten Iraq experts weigh in on the effectiveness of the surge

New York Times Bombers and Ethnic Clashes Kill 61 in Iraq Suicide bombers struck Kurdish protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad in one of the deadliest series of attacks in Iraq this year

Political Memo: Obama-Clinton Ticket Is Seen as Unlikely

White House Predicts $482 Billion Deficit

Syrians See an Economic Side to Peace

Study: US security system still broken Project on National Security Reform

Building an Interagency Cadre of National Security Professionals: Proposals, Recent Experience, and Issues for Congress
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)

WSJ Perle Linked to Kurdish Oil Plan Former Pentagon official Richard Perle, an early proponent of U.S. military action in Iraq, has been discussing a possible deal with officials of northern Iraq's Kurdistan regional government, including its Washington envoy

Asia Times Snub for Iran eases nuclear crisis
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization, dominated by China and Russia, has ended Iran's hopes of joining the regional grouping. This comes at a critical turning point when issues of peace and war hang by a thread. Yet the setback may be a blessing in disguise for Tehran, which, through its new interlocutor for communicating with Washington - Turkey - can now take fresh steps to resolve the crisis over its nuclear program. - M K Bhadrakumar

SPENGLER Why do nations exist? The sovereign nation-state as defined by ethnicity and language might be a flawed experiment, Spengler speculates after studying new books by noted thinkers Jean Bethke Elshtain and Wayne Cristaudo. Perhaps the future of the world lies in the supra-ethnic state, represented in quite different ways by the United States, China and India

Gains for McCain in latest USA TODAY/Gallup Poll

Gallup Daily: Obama 48%, McCain 40%

Adam Nagourney / New York Times: Where's the Bounce? It is a question that has hovered over Senator Barack Obama even as he has passed milestone after milestone in his race for the White House: Why is he not doing better?

IHT TALKING WITH TEHRAN I Drawing a red line with Iran By ANATOL LIEVEN AND TRITA PARSI Iranian leaders see the West's latest conditions as a vague basis for further negotiations.

TALKING WITH TEHRAN II

Iraq, Bush and the 'time horizon'

By SELIG S. HARRISON

Cooperation with Iran is necessary for an orderly departure of U.S. forces from Iraq.

Russia's security proposal doesn't threaten NATO, official says

By JUDY DEMPSEY Ambassadors at NATO headquarters had many questions for the Russian ambassador about the Kremlin's proposed security structure, but he had few answers

Jerusalem Report War of Words

Disinformation and the Iran nukes

By Ehud Ya’ari

Inside Iran's complex leadership

Los Angeles Times Iraq clings to a rickety calm between war and peace As the last troops sent in a U.S. military buildup leave, security has improved, but Iraqis tread carefully. They know no victor has been declared in the battles that will decide the nation's future

Ha’aretz – Pentagon chief: War with Iran would be 'disastrous'

Olmert: Contact with Israel will distance Syria from Iran, Hezbollah Sources say Damascus making 'tangible' efforts to show it takes talks with Israel seriously

Regime change, Iranian-style, MESH

NBC Interview: Ahmadinejad Offers 'Positive' Response

Asia Times Tehran seeks a new alignment When the Non-Aligned Movement meets in Tehran this week it will be under pressure to endorse Iran's quest to join the United Nations Security Council. In return, Iran will be expected to show tangible signs of flexibility in resolving the standoff over its nuclear program. - Kaveh L Afrasiabi

EurasiaNet Azerbaijan Gets Ready to Go Nuclear Flush with cash from energy exports, Azerbaijan is preparing to build its first nuclear reactor. Government scientists and officials tout the project as a sign that the country is now poised to flex its research muscles, but some ecologist warn of potential risks to the health and welfare of nearby population centers.

Guardian We lie and bluster about our nukes - and then wag our fingers at Iran George Monbiot: By failing to disarm and breaking the rules when it suits, nuclear states are driving proliferation as much as Ahmadinejad

Bombers in Iraq kill at least 57

US military and Iraqi officials blame al-Qaida for attacks that targeted Kurdish rally and Shia pilgrims

China's new nationalism may require careful negotiation

Simon Tisdall: The country's confidence, bolstered by the Olympics, is the subject of anxious debate for the EU and US

End of the two-state solution

Saree Makdisi: A multicultural state can offer Jewish Israelis and Muslim and Christian Palestinians a future free of discrimination, occupation, fear and violence

Non, Monsieur le Président

Dominique Moisi: Nicolas Sarkozy's energy and dynamism are marred by vulgar impulsiveness and cruel triumphalism

Financial Times The lure of the great cliché of China Do not be surprised if the arguments about the future of the country aired alongside the Olympics have a familiar ring to them. Ever since the Tiananmen Square uprising of 1989, pundits have essentially been debating the same questions, writes Gideon Rachman

When Markets Collide Avoiding the polemical tone, Mohamed El-Erian’s analysis offers valuable insights on a changing economic climate

Christian Science Monitor Russia's plan to avert second cold war Standoffs over Georgia and a US missile-defense shield stem from one main irritant: Moscow had no hand in designing global security after the USSR collapsed. Medvedev wants to fix that.

The Times The Iraqi dustbowl A once fertile land is threatened by severe drought

Iraq in new crisis as drought brings crop failure Seasonal rains are 20 to 30 per cent of the average with one key reservoir holding no more than 10 per cent of capacity

U.S. Deficit to Reach Record $490 Billion in 2009

Wars Will Hike Record Deficit Higher

H 2 FT Editorial On the brink of a national disaster Banishing the AKP risks a free-for-all ungoverned by democratic rules and might tip Turkey into a chasm from which there is no return

The EU can strengthen Turkish secularism By Hakan Altinay and Kalypso Nicolaidis

Turkey hearing begins despite attack

UN envoy starts Cyprus talks

Independent Leading article: Collision course in Turkey

Adrian Hamilton: A bitter power struggle for the soul of democracy

Day of decision for Turkey over future of secular state Turkey's highest court will this week decide whether to outlaw the ruling party on the grounds that it poses a threat to the secular state.

Kurds are blamed for bombs that killed 17 in Istanbul

IHT Turkey's broadening crisis by Stephen Larrabee

Daily Telegraph Leader Turkey's secularism The two weekend explosions in Istanbul have been a disturbing reminder of the volatility of Turkey.

Turkish leaders appeal for unity

From Prospect, Fethullah Gulen and his beliefs represent nothing new in Islamic thought; instead Gulenism is essentially a cult

Der Spiegel Terror in Istanbul: Why Sunday's Bombings Could Help Erdogan

Time Fatal Bombings in an Edgy Turkey

Al Hayat The Turks Are Fine; We Are Jealous!

WSJ Turkey Battles Over Long-Dead Leader The Ataturk Thought Association, zealous guardian of the secular creed established by Turkey's founding father, feels under assault as a court battle pits Ataturk's legacy against the country's mildly Islamic government. • Photos: The Fight Over Turkey's Faith

CSM In Turkey, ruling AKP on trial in high court, media Newspapers and TV have entered a bitter fray between the opposition and the AKP government, accused of undermining the country's secularist ideals.

Guardian Turkey will not be subverted Bulent Kenes: No one is claiming responsibility for the bombs in Istanbul, but the finger of suspicion points at a shady ultra-nationalist group

PKK denies Istanbul blasts

The Times Erdogan makes unity plea after Istanbul bombings Turkish Prime Minister brushed aside concerns about the threat of closure of his party for alleged Islamist activities

NYT After Bombing, Turkish Leader Urges Unity

Türkiye demokrasiyle laikliği bir an evvel uzlaştırmak zorunda

ABDULLAH TÜRKMANİ

EDM ISTANBUL BOMBINGS RAISE FEARS OF NEW WAVE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS

BBC Istanbul attacks Turks ask who could have planted the deadly bombs

ABD Dışişleri Bakanlığı'ndan Türkiye Yorumu

İsrafil Kumbasar ABD, İran operasyonu için Türkiye'yi yeniden dizayn mı ediyor?

Tüm dünya kınadı

Avrupa'ya şikâyet etti: İslam bildiğiniz gibi değil

İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası Dış Basında Türkiye - BBC Turkish 0700 VOA TSİ 06:30 Turkish Press Review Google News Turkey TurcoPundit

Google News Fırat News Agency KurdishMedia Kurdish Kurdish Aspect Dış Basında Irak BBC Monitoring Inter-national

Kapatma kararı, G.Doğu'yu kaosa sürükler

Kerkük ateş çemberinde 22 ölü

Kerkük'te Türkmen ve Kürt guruplara kanlı çifte provokasyon

Kandil böyle vuruldu

Kemalizmi AKP sarstı, iyi geçinin

Hüsnü Mahalli Gündem Türkiye

Iraqi Kurdish Magazine Reflects on Tension Between Political Parties

Kurd MP Blames Election Bill Drafters for Kirkuk Attacks

Turkish PM links PKK to bombings

Turkey's prime minister implies Kurdish separatists were behind the bombs that killed 17 people in Istanbul.

DTP’de şahin kanat yönetimi ele geçirdi

PKK'nın üst düzey yöneticileri öldürüldü

Kapatma kararı, G.Doğu'yu kaosa sürükler

PKK bombayı reddetti, "İlgimiz yok" dedi

Irak'a gidecek tırlar konvoy halinde olacak! Veli Küçük'ün çantasından çıkan ilginç tır notları...

Uyuşturucu güzergâhını bombayla açacaklardı

F-16’lar inlerinde vurdu

Kuzey Irak Harekâtı’nın bedeli!

All Is Not well in Iraqi Kurdistan by Michael Rubin

Kurdish Press Highlights 27 July 08

Talabani ve Barzani, Kerkük'ü konuşuyor

PKK da saldırıyı kınadı (!)

Iraqi Kurdish Press Highlights (in Arabic) 27 Jul 08

Cevdet Aşkın

Turkey Expresses Concern Over Bomb Attacks in Iraq's Kirkuk

Raydan çıkarmaya çalışan anlayış

Ankara yine devrede

Prof. Arıboğan’dan bombalı saldırının analizi

Ankara'dan, Kerkük'e ambulans uçak

Öldürülen teröristlerden 2'si elebaşı

Şırnak’ta PKK’lı teröristlere büyük operasyon

Babacan heads to Iran for Non-Aligned Movement summit

Gül’s historical opportunity at hand by GÖKHAN BACIK*

Google News Greece Cyprus Turkish Cypriot Press ABHaber Dış Basında Türkiye-AB İlişkileri Günlük Haftalık

İlter Türkmen Kıbrıs elden gidiyor mu?

Sami Kohen AB süreci askıya alınır mı?

UN envoy in Cyprus to prepare groundwork for talks

Gerekçeye de bakacağız

AB sadece karara değil gerekçeye de bakacak

War games conclude in Black Sea (UPI) -- U.S.-led forces Monday wrapped up war-games operations in the Black Sea with the support of 16 countries and some 2,000 personnel, officials said.

AİHM'den AKP davasına ret

Rumlar tarih kitaplarında düzeltmeye gidiyor

Lagendijk dava için Türkiye'de

Armenian youth: Let there be light
The members of the youth team at an influential Armenian radio station are pushing for the normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia and for fruitful dialogue coupled with close

Hedo Okur Tuncay Nihat Altintop

9 yılda 6 bin yeni cami

‘Türk stili’ türban İslam’da yeni trend

A Web site that reveals more than it says Thanks to a recently renewed presidential Web site, the personal interests and goals of Turkey's first veiled first lady have been made available to the general public. Unlike an older version of the…

Polis müdürü 'Anafor'a takıldı

Serdar Turgut İslami heavy metal

H3 Korkunç saldırının şifreleri

AKP kapatılırsa ne olacak? SENARYOLAR

İddianameyi orasından burasından okurken

Danıştay’ı Ergenekon’a bağlayan tanık

Ergenekon İddianamesi Metin Arama

AKP kan kaybediyor

Çukurambar zirvesi

Gül ile Erdoğan gizlice Çukurambar’da buluştu

Deliller incelendi

Teröre karşı ABD modeli

Ergenekon bank!

Güney'den yeni iddia

Teröre karşı saf tutuldu

Tuhaf teklif: Milyonlar sokağa çıkıp cevap versin

Baykal’dan ‘milli gösteri’ çağrısı

'Saldırı, Anayasa Mahkemesi'ni etkilemeye yönelik gerçekleştirildi'

Özkök’ü öldürmeyi üç kez denemişler

MİT belgesi için Perinçek iması

Danıştay ile Ergenekon’un bağlantısı incelenebilecek

Hukuk operasyonu gibi olacak öyle planladılar

Ergenekoncu polisler var

Danıştay baskını öncesi toplantı

İki lider 'milli tepki' konusunda uzlaştı

Hedefleri kardeş kavgası

Bebek katilleri

MHP, içindeki Ergenekon’u erken tespit edip önlem almış

Ergenekon ile gizli toplantı

Garih cinayetinin belgeleri Ümit Sayın’ın evinden çıktı

AKP idam edilir mi?

Onursal Yargıtay Başkanı Selçuk: AKP’nin 6 yıllık iktidarı boyunca yasayı değiştirmemesi büyük hata

'Ergenekon'dan baskı gördü' haberi Yargıtay Başsavcısı'nı rahatsız etti

Küçük-Aslan aynı karede değil mi?

Bu fotoğraf delil sayılmadı

Önce böcek arandı sonra dava başladı

Hizbullah’la Ergenekon’un Şırnak’ta bomba kardeşliği

Baykal’dan hodri meydan

Bombacı 1.70 boyunda yeşil tişörtlü, kirli sakallı

Son Dakika Milliyet Hürriyet Zaman

Cengiz Çandar Güngören'deki terörist saldırıdan 'iyimser' sonuç çıkartmak

Ahmet Taşgetiren AYM nasıl kurtulur?

Ruşen - Çakır AKP kapatılırsa ne olacak? SENARYOLAR

Hakan Aygün Gizli tanık Danıştay saldırganı mı?

Taha Akyol Bebek katilleri

Fikret Bila Baykal: İspanya gibi tepki göstermek lazım

Hasan Cemal Hiçbir bomba, Türkiye’yi barış ve demokrasi yolundan alıkoyamaz!

Murat YetkinTürk-Kürt çatışması kışkırtılmaya çalışılıyor

İsmet Berkan Ergenekon iddianamesi ve gazetecilik

Fehmi Koru Ya üç aşamalıysa?

Taha Kıvanç İddianameyi orasından burasından okurken

Enis Berberoğlu MİT, Ergenekon’u ne zaman hatırlar

Şamil Tayyar

Mehmet Altan Amaç, Türk-Kürt Kavgası mı?

Eyüp Can Deniz Baykal'dan Anayasa Mahkemesi'ne çifte mesaj

Ali Bayramoğlu Kan, korku ve vahşet…

Yasemin Çongar

Ertuğrul Özkök Çok mu zordu bir el uzatmak

Ahmet Hakan

M Ali Birand

Ekrem Dumanlı Boşuna çırpınıyorsunuz!

Mehmet Kamış Ergenekon'un damarına girildi

Mümtazer Türköne Katliamın sorumlusu kim?

Şahin Alpay AKP kapatılırsa ne olur?

İhsan Dağı 'Bu iş demokrasiyle olmaz paşam'

Serdar Turgut İddianame üzerine düşünceler

Cüneyt Ülsever Ergenekon ve kapatma davası

Nuray Başaran Emniyet Genel Müdürü Köksal'dan yeni polis resmi

Sabahattin Önkibar Ergenekon iddianamesindeki tuhaflıklar

Soğukkanlı olmalıyız
HASAN CELAL GÜZEL

Ramazan Akyürek’in ‘üzüntü’sü...
ORAL ÇALIŞLAR

Sami Selçuk Şimdi susma zamanı-I

Anti-emperyalizm Meselesi
NURAY MERT

Oktay Ekşi Dürüst olalım

Özdemir İnce Zurnanın zırt dediği yerler

Mehmet Y Yılmaz Terör olaylarında medyanın sorumluluğu

Yılmaz Özdil Olur böyle vakalar Türk polisi karşılar

Yalçın Bayer Yeni üniversitelerde tarikat-cemaat savaşı

Yalçın Doğan Güngören’de medya

Can Dündar Terör dersi almamız lazım

Mahir Kaynak Patlama

Eser Karakaş Bugün yazı yazmak

Melih Aşık Türkiye nereye?

Andrew Finkel Ergenekon -- has the coup already taken place?

Ali Bulaç What sort of case is Ergenekon?

Lale Sarıibrahimoğlu Turkey’s resolve to settle scores with its deep state

MUHARREM SARIKAYA Baykal'ın çağrısı...

ERDAL ŞAFAK Asla başaramayacaklar!

ENGİN ARDIÇ

ERGUN BABAHAN Oyuna gelmemek

EMRE AKÖZ Bombalı mesajlar

Umur Talu Kalpten inat

HASAN BÜLENT KAHRAMAN

NAZLI ILICAK Bombalar neden patlıyor?

Oray Eğin Bombanın zamanlaması ne anlama geliyor?

Toktamış Ateş Ergenekon...

MELİHA OKUR
AKP çelik korsede kapatmaya gerek yok!

MEHMET BARLAS Anayasa Mahkemesi AK Parti'nin siyasi alternatifi olamaz

MAHMUT ÖVÜR AK Parti de CHP de değişecek!

YAVUZ DONAT Kafa karıştıran sorular

Derya Sazak Tehlikeli boşluk

Kerim Balcı Attack on the judicial system?!

[Yorum - Dr. Davut Şahiner] Ergenekon'un derdi millet değil devlet

Bülent Keneş The heinous attack at the most critical juncture

Bizim korkunç memleketimiz
PERİHAN MAĞDEN

TAMER KORKMAZ

Kim olduğu belli değil mi?

İBRAHİM KARAGÜL

Hani o bomba başka yerde patlatılacaktı!

Güngör Mengi

İyi insanlar

Mehmet Tezkan

AKP kapatılmasın!

Cumhurbaşkanı Gül'den 3 kanuna onay

Baykal'ın "sessiz yürüyüş" önerisine MHP'den cevap

Ekonomi

Seyfettin Gürsel Rekabet gücü için yapısal reformlar şart

Bir IMF anısı MAHFİ EĞİLMEZ

Eurozone tehlikeleri: Bay Sarkozy
KORKMAZ İLKORUR

ABDURRAHMAN YILDIRIM

Ercan Kumcu Merkez Bankası artık daha tutucu olduğu izlenimi veriyor

Erdal Sağlam Piyasa faiz artışı duracak sinyali aldı

Hurşit Güneş Petrol fiyatı nihayet gevşiyor

AKP kapatılırsa kredi notu düşebilir

Güngör Uras İşte cari açığı kapatma formülü

Yaman Törüner İslamda ticaret

Central bank expects significant deviation from inflation target

Gila Benmayor Bakan Hilmi Güler, bilim adamlarına kulak verirse elektrik faturamız düşer

Deniz Gökçe
Sanayi verimliliği öğrendi!

H4 New York Times Bombers and Ethnic Clashes Kill 61 in Iraq Suicide bombers struck Kurdish protesters in Kirkuk and Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad in one of the deadliest series of attacks in Iraq this year

Political Memo: Obama-Clinton Ticket Is Seen as Unlikely

White House Predicts $482 Billion Deficit

Arrests Increase Tensions Between Palestinian Factions

Syrians See an Economic Side to Peace

After Bombing, Turkish Leader Urges Unity

Air Force Plans Altered Role in Iraq

DAVID BROOKS The Biggest Issue America’s stagnation in educational progress threatens the country’s long-term economic and sociological prospects.

BOB HERBERT Can Obama Run the Offense? Barack Obama needs to show that he can play offense and pile up enough points to win this election

Unidentified Flying Threats

By NICK POPE Skepticism about U.F.O.’s may render us vulnerable to terrorists or espionage against the United States.

Did Obama Overstay?

By DAN SCHNUR While the early half of the candidate's trip was useful in establishing his credentials, the second half did more harm than good to his candidacy.

Editorial There Was Smoke — and Fire The attorney general needs to get serious about punishing the Justice Department for its practice of politicized hiring

Past Time for Speaking Out

President Bush’s refusal to speak out publicly and clearly about China’s repressive behavior is an abdication of leadership and a blot on his record.

A U.S. Trial by Its Looks, but Only So Behind the routine at the first trial for a Guantánamo detainee, two trials are unfolding at once: one for Salim Hamdan and one for the military commission system.

2008 Beijing Olympics: Before Guests Arrive, Beijing Hides Some Messes

In Beijing, Blue Skies Prove Hard to Achieve

Tension Mounting in Serbia on Eve of Nationalist Rally

Bush Praises Pakistan Just Hours After U.S. Strike

H5 Washington Post Four Women Kill Dozens In Suicide Blasts in Iraq

Kurdish Protest Hit in Kirkuk; Shiites Targeted in Baghdad

Record $482 Billion '09 Deficit Forecast Next President's Options May Be Limited

The Hour of Europe By Anne Applebaum, In a strange sense, Bush's catastrophic diplomacy was a gift to Europe's politicians.

Obama the Unknown By Richard Cohen, I know that Barack Obama is a near-perfect political package. But I'm still not sure what's in it

A Torture Paper Trail By Eugene Robinson, Perhaps above all, George Bush should be remembered as the president who embraced torture.

Kaine in 'Serious' Talks With Obama

Another Blow To Justice By Jamie Gorelick, How the apolitical process for selecting judges and prosecutors was stood on its head.

Plagued by Terrorism, Indians Voice Frustration

Olmert: No Accord on Jerusalem This Year

U.S. Strike May Have Killed Al-Qaeda Aide Pakistani Premier Meets With Bush

H6 Guardian We lie and bluster about our nukes - and then wag our fingers at Iran George Monbiot: By failing to disarm and breaking the rules when it suits, nuclear states are driving proliferation as much as Ahmadinejad

Bombers in Iraq kill at least 57

US military and Iraqi officials blame al-Qaida for attacks that targeted Kurdish rally and Shia pilgrims

China's new nationalism may require careful negotiation

Simon Tisdall: The country's confidence, bolstered by the Olympics, is the subject of anxious debate for the EU and US

End of the two-state solution

Saree Makdisi: A multicultural state can offer Jewish Israelis and Muslim and Christian Palestinians a future free of discrimination, occupation, fear and violence

Non, Monsieur le Président

Dominique Moisi: Nicolas Sarkozy's energy and dynamism are marred by vulgar impulsiveness and cruel triumphalism

Labour rallies round troubled Brown MPs deny existence of list of names being sent to the cabinet calling on them to urge Gordon Brown to quit

Torture dossier on Palestinian groups Human rights reports accuse Fatah and Hamas of violations that have led to three recorded deaths

Buffett joins Obama to solve crisis Iraq widely expected to be dominant campaign issue but supplanted by concerns about economy

The post-Karadzic world Ian Bancroft: Lord Ashdown's scaremongering about Bosnia and Herzegovina's future misses the real reasons for the state's fragility

Surging to defeat James Antle: Winning a battle - thanks to the surge - has lured US neocons into thinking they can win the Iraq war debate

When Barack went to Kabul

Nushin Arbabzadah: Some loved him, others weren't so impressed. What's important is that Afghans don't rely on Obama to come to their rescue

H 7

Kenneth Pollack's grand strategy for the Middle East by Lee Smith

Muslim Brotherhood Supreme Guide: Bin Laden Is a Jihad Fighter

Winning the world's hearts and minds ISN

The Dilemma of International Justice - Council on Foreign Relations

Iran’s Accelerating Nuclear Program Requires A Stringent Sanctions Response

Will Afghanistan Become Obama's War? - Patrick Buchanan

The Triumph of the Anti-Bush - Erich Follath, Der Spiegel

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

Iraq suicide blasts cause carnage

Suicide bombers kill at least 53 people and wound 240 in attacks on crowds in Baghdad and the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

Petraeus: US, Iraqi Security Forces Control Virtually All Iraq

Bush Forced al-Maliki to Back Down on Pullout in 2006

Syria Envoy Calls for Peace With Israel

Pentagon Eyes $1.5 Billion Aircraft Sale to Iraq

U.S. forces to leave Iraq in 2010

H9 Ha’aretz – Pentagon chief: War with Iran would be 'disastrous'

Olmert: Contact with Israel will distance Syria from Iran, Hezbollah Sources say Damascus making 'tangible' efforts to show it takes talks with Israel seriously

Olmert: Living with 270,000 Arabs in Jerusalem means more terror

The Legacy of the Gaza Truce - Aluf Benn

New al-Qaida Web video urges Muslims to kill Saudi king

Israel agrees to move part of West Bank separation fence

Syria envoy to U.S.: Israel has chance for peace with all Arabs

Jerusalem Post Top PA officials to Post: 'PA on the brink of bankruptcy'

Arab countries failing to meet their financial commitments as Hamas's financial coffers grow, according to officials.

Barak: Iran putting entire world at risk Defense Minister discusses regional and bilateral issues with American counterpart in Washington

Why terror thrives Is it beyond our capacity to define attacks against civilians as a crime against humanity?

Yedioth Ahronoth 'Keep all options on table'
Defense Minister Barak in Washington, meets with Secretary of Defense Gates on Iran, urges US to keep military option open. Tomorrow Barak will meet twice with Secretary of State Rice ahead of more talks with Palestinian Authority

Daily Alert.org – Hebrew Press Editorials (2008) - Middle East Progress - EJC Israeli Press Review – Google News Israel - Palestine

Olmert Accuses 'Public Figures' of Attempting Informal Contact With Syria

End of the two-state solution

Saree Makdisi: A multicultural state can offer Jewish Israelis and Muslim and Christian Palestinians a future free of discrimination, occupation, fear and violence

Israeli PM downbeat on peace deal The Israeli PM says he does not believe a comprehensive deal can be reached with the Palestinians this year.

Hamas members detained in W Bank Palestinian security forces in the West Bank detain more than 50 members of the militant Hamas movement.

Daily Star Fatah and Hamas Getting Ready for Another Bloodbath?

One Month into the Lull with Hamas in Gaza (Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center)

Govt Files Appeal in AIPAC Case

Analysis: Palestine and U.S. security

H1 0 Christian Science Monitor Russia's plan to avert second cold war Standoffs over Georgia and a US missile-defense shield stem from one main irritant: Moscow had no hand in designing global security after the USSR collapsed. Medvedev wants to fix that.

In Turkey, ruling AKP on trial in high court, media Newspapers and TV have entered a bitter fray between the opposition and the AKP government, accused of undermining the country's secularist ideals.

A better benchmark for Iraq: lawyers Lawsuits signify social progress. We don't kill people; we sue them.

How Harvard students want to fight terrorism Disappointing views from the best and brightest.

Tourism rises globally, but not to U.S. With a weak dollar, America is a great buy for foreigners, yet visits are falling.

ASIA

Islamic terror blasts aimed at India's economy, experts say India's Islamic extremists have acquired the ability to strike almost at will, and they are aiming their blows not only at the government but also at the economy.

Newsweek US Funds For Pakistan's F-16s Will Anger India

Bitterness threatens Indian tolerance Randeep Ramesh: Indian Mujahideen, the group that says it bombed Ahmedabad, taps into a deep sense of grievance among India's Muslims

China's new nationalism may require careful negotiation

Simon Tisdall: The country's confidence, bolstered by the Olympics, is the subject of anxious debate for the EU and US

Which China? Catherine Sampson: Don't confuse China's leadership with its people. There's a greater difference between them now than at any time since 1989

China rights 'worsen with Games'

Amnesty International says human rights in China have not got better but worse with its hosting of the Olympic Games.

FT Editorial Antitrust explosion If they can co-operate with the rest of the world’s competition authorities, the Asian giants will be most welcome in the antitrust club

US and Pakistan stress close ties US President George Bush tells Pakistan's visiting PM that the two countries remain close allies despite recent strains.

Pakistan feels the heat in Washington Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani can expect a heated reception during his meeting with US President George W Bush in Washington, given the many top US policymakers who blame Islamabad for the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. The Pakistan government's bungled attempt to control its rogue intelligence agency won't ease the atmosphere. - Syed Saleem Shahzad

India ripe for more attacks
Deadly bomb blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad, two cities that symbolize India's growing economic might, appear also to have been aimed at stirring communal riots. And all indications are that more attacks will follow if these ones don't succeed in that goal. - Sudha Ramachandran

“China Naval Modernization: Implications for U.S. Navy Capabilities — Background and Issues for Congress,” updated July 10, 2008.

India-China Alliance in Geneva; When Farms Mean National Security

Beijing cites threats to Olympics, defends heavy security

Letting nuclear powers get their way Ian Williams: It's nonsensical for the US to sell arms to both India and Pakistan - two nuclear foes - while cancelling a deal with Taiwan

H11 IHT TALKING WITH TEHRAN I Drawing a red line with Iran By ANATOL LIEVEN AND TRITA PARSI Iranian leaders see the West's latest conditions as a vague basis for further negotiations.

TALKING WITH TEHRAN II

Iraq, Bush and the 'time horizon'

By SELIG S. HARRISON

Cooperation with Iran is necessary for an orderly departure of U.S. forces from Iraq.

Russia's security proposal doesn't threaten NATO, official says

By JUDY DEMPSEY Ambassadors at NATO headquarters had many questions for the Russian ambassador about the Kremlin's proposed security structure, but he had few answers

Tension mounting in Serbia on eve of nationalist rally

EUROPE European press review

Non, Monsieur le Président

Dominique Moisi: Nicolas Sarkozy's energy and dynamism are marred by vulgar impulsiveness and cruel triumphalism

Nicolas Sarkozy, the grin and the cat , Patrice de Beer

Walker's World: U.K.'s Brown looks doomed

H12 RFE/RL

Google News Azerbaijan

EurasiaNet Turkmenistan: President Tinkers with Constitution in the Name of Efficiency
BY DEIRDRE TYNAN
Safely ensconced in power, Turkmen leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov is now striving to make the Central Asian state’s authoritarian system more efficient. To do that, Berdymukhamedov is giving the Turkmen Constitution a makeover.

US Pushes for Talks between Leaders of Georgia and Abkhazia

EDM MOSCOW FORCING CZECH REPUBLIC TO GUESS AS TO REASONS BEHIND OIL SUPPLY CUT

- YUSHCHENKO SWITCHES SUPPORT FROM OUR UKRAINE TO UNITED CENTER

- PUTIN’S ATTACK ON MECHEL – ANOTHER SILOVIKI POWER PLAY?

H13 The Times The Iraqi dustbowl A once fertile land is threatened by severe drought

Iraq in new crisis as drought brings crop failure Seasonal rains are 20 to 30 per cent of the average with one key reservoir holding no more than 10 per cent of capacity

Al-Qaeda biological weapons expert 'killed' Missile strike on a Pakistani madrassa reportedly kills Abu Khabab al-Masri, regarded as one of al-Qaeda’s top bomb makers

Wall Street Journal Obama Should Stand Up to Russia's Regime
By Garry Kasparov
Democrats once understood that placating thugs is not the answer

V-AP Day
By James Taranto
Vietnam and Iraq: History reverses itself

The Thrill Is Gone
Germany isn't ready for a serious relationship with Barack Obama.

Target: India
Its homegrown Islamic terrorism threatens the entire region.
Review & Outlook

India's Counterterrorism Failings
By Sadanand Dhume
A challenge for policy makers and the Muslim community.

Obamanomics Is a Recipe for Recession
By Michael J. Boskin
Mixing tax hikes and trade protectionism could send the economy into a tailspin.

Fannie Mae's Political Immunity
Paid for with government-guaranteed profits.

Don't Hold the Olympics Without Iraq
By Michael Soussan
The IOC never considered banning Iraq when Uday Hussein was running the show.

U.S. Deficit to Reach Record $490 Billion in 2009

H14 Financial Times The lure of the great cliché of China Do not be surprised if the arguments about the future of the country aired alongside the Olympics have a familiar ring to them. Ever since the Tiananmen Square uprising of 1989, pundits have essentially been debating the same questions, writes Gideon Rachman

When Markets Collide Avoiding the polemical tone, Mohamed El-Erian’s analysis offers valuable insights on a changing economic climate

Women bombers kill 37 in Iraq

Female suicide bombers targeted Shia pilgrims in Baghdad and Kurdish political demonstrators in Kirkuk. The bombings killed at least 37 people and injured scores of others

West Bank ‘tsunami’ hits Hamas and allies With almost the entire West Bank leadership of Hamas in jail, the Palestinian Authority and Israel take aim at its network of schools, orphanages, clinics, charities and businesses

Pakistan promises it will root out militants

Careful science can help fight terror

A lethal pandemic of flu is much more likely than an unprecedented man-made outrage, write Richard Mottram and Clive Cookson

Record deficit of $482bn forecast for 2009

Merrill in new cash call and write-offs Merrill Lynch underlined the depth of the credit crisis by taking dramatic action to bolster its depleted balance sheet, revealing a $8.5bn share offering and $5.7bn in writedowns stemming from the sale of toxic mortgage securities

Government bent on losing an election The mood in the UK Labour party since last week’s by-election loss of Glasgow East has been one of despair, writes Philip Stephens

America must not be rash on inflation Below-capacity output growth and a softening in the prices of oil and commodities are likely to push core inflation back towards the comfort zone, writes Mark Gertler

H15 Los Angeles Times Iraq clings to a rickety calm between war and peace As the last troops sent in a U.S. military buildup leave, security has improved, but Iraqis tread carefully. They know no victor has been declared in the battles that will decide the nation's future

Female suicide bombers in Baghdad and Kirkuk kill 57, injure 280 Three attacks in the Iraqi capital target Shiite pilgrims gathered for a religious holiday. In the north, a Kurdish rally is hit

As Olympics near, Beijing still can't beat pollution Vehicle curbs and factory closures haven't worked, and emergency plans may have to be tried. China says it's made improvements, but air quality experts question standards and measuring techniques

Missile strike in Pakistan may have killed Al Qaeda official Pakistan military is tight-lipped about the incident. Local officials say at least 12 people died in the attack, believed to have been carried out by a U.S. aerial drone

Leftists' dreams die hard in Egypt

'Mubarak has kept us so distracted by trying to earn a living that we have time or energy for nothing else,' says one. 'We've lost a younger generation of leftists.

Editorial

Are we winning in Iraq? David B. Rivkin says all signs point to a dramatic turnaround for U.S. forces. Joseph Cirincione says the war has been among the greatest disasters in U.S. history

McCain, Obama keep economy in campaign forefront

Ich bin ein Obaman Gregory Rodriguez: Germans swooned over the candidate, but it might be a different story back home

Who's a journalist?By Scott Gant

The proposed federal law to protect reporters and their sources draws a tenuous line between bloggers and professionals

H16 American Politics

Barack Obama: TRIP SHOWED AMERICANS 'I CAN FUNCTION ON GLOBAL STAGE'

Record deficit for next president The next US president is expected to face a record budget deficit of nearly half a trillion dollars in 2009.

How McCain Could Win Undecideds - Peter Brown, Wall Street Journal

Obama Stars Abroad, McCain Stumbles at Home - Al Hunt, Bloomberg

Salon Waving the flag on Iraq -- now in rerun! McCain's attack on Obama as a defeatist is right out of the Karl Rove playbook. But here's why it won't work. By Gary Kamiya

realclearpolitics memeorandum ABC’s The Note – US News Political Bulletin Early Bird GovExec Swamp Gas The Swamp

Veepstakes: Divining Obama's Thinking

In new tactic, McCain takes aim at Obama's character

Immigration debate turns Hispanic voters away from McCain

A look at what University of Chicago conservatives think of Barack Obama.

H17 Daily Telegraph Female suicide bombers inflict mayhem in Iraq Three female suicide bombers killed 25 Shia pilgrims in Baghdad while another 27 were killed in an attack in the north.

US kills al-Qaeda chief in airstrike, Pakistan says

Navy sack Iran hostage crisis captain The Royal Navy captain in charge of the HMS Cornwall during the Iranian hostage fiasco has been relieved of command

H18 Independent Female bombers kill scores of Iraqi pilgrims Four female bombers have detonated explosives in the middle of crowds in Baghdad and Kirkuk, killing at least 57 people and wounding 300 in a double attack apparently geared towards stoking increased sectarian and ethnic divisions.

Merrill shocks Wall Street with $8.5bn share sale Merrill Lynch, the investment banking giant that has lost more than $40bn (£20.1bn) on its mortgage investments since the start of the credit crisis, shocked Wall Street last night with plans to raise $8.5bn in new shares.

IMF: Credit crunch losses to hit $1trn

UN peacekeepers 'at breaking point'

H19 Military Intelligence Terrorism

Navy sack Iran hostage crisis captain The Royal Navy captain in charge of the HMS Cornwall during the Iranian hostage fiasco has been relieved of command

Building an Interagency Cadre of National Security Professionals: Proposals, Recent Experience, and Issues for Congress
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)

America’s soft power military

The Global Nuclear Detection Architecture: Issues for Congress
Source: Congressional Research Service (via OpenCRS)

“Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues,” updated June 27, 2008.

“Defense Contracting in Iraq: Issues and Options for Congress,” updated June 18, 2008.

“U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities: Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik,” updated June 20, 2008.

“Authorized Classification and Control Markings Register,” Director of National Intelligence Special Security Center, 12 May 2008.

From Vanity Fair, Douglas Feith recently testified that his views had been distorted by author Philippe Sands — oh really?

Think you're not part of the military-industrial complex? Think again.

H20 Slate

From Slate, here's an interactive guide to Bush-administration lawbreaking

From Business Week, should oil be cheap? Expensive oil hurts, but there's a business case to be made for a floor under the price of crude.

H21 Air tanker drops in wildfires are often just for show A plane swooping toward a wildfire is a reassuring sight, but it's sometimes a needless and expensive exercise to appease politicians. Fire officials call them "CNN drops."

Former Google engineers unveil Cuil, a new search engine

Economics does not lie: The dismal science is at last a science—and the world is the beneficiary

Art as statement: As more and more people begin to have access to art, it is increasingly becoming a lifestyle statement.

A look at what University of Chicago conservatives think of Barack Obama.

who will digitize the world's books?