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November 30
Saudi Arabia: Consequences of stepping into Iraqi Fray
Stepping into Iraq Saudi will protect Sunnis if US Leaves
Michael Burleigh: Winning Muslim hearts and minds
Is Iraq a civil war?
Three 'more' options for Bush and Maliki
US sees Afghanistan as test of NATO role
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November 29
Bush's five fatal Mideast mistakes
Max Boot: Iran and Syria aren't our friends in Iraq
Analysis: Deeper crisis, less U.S. sway in Iraq
A Second Strike: Homing in on Al Qaeda Prime?
Lionel Beehner: Iran and Regional Diplomacy
Bush reaffirms push for Mideast democracy
Does America need a draft to win the war on terror?
Land claim unsettles Israeli settlers
Iraqi refugees spill into Jordan, driving up prices
At Jordan summit, Bush and Maliki search for allies
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November 28
Jacques Chirac: France's vision for NATO
Iraq panel's real agenda: damage control
How Iraq panel went from obscure to high profile
Iraq's deepening religious fissures
Pope's fence-mending trip
NBC brands Iraq conflict 'civil war'
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November 27
Bahrain: Big win for Al Wefaq
Panel to weigh overture by U.S. to Iran and Syria
Five hours with Al Jazeera in English
When will Iraqi troops be ready?
US works to bridge its Muslim trust gap
Truce may restart Israeli-Palestinian talks
Janet Daley: We are in a war to the death – craven concessions won't win it
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November 26
Iraq study group weighs overture to Iran and Syria
U.S.building ties with Assad opponents in Syria
Poll: 58 percent back accepting Syrian offer
US launches diplomatic offensive in the Middle East
How Moqtada al-Sadr Controls U.S. Fate in Iraq
John Tirman: Regionalizing Iraq
Jihad el-Khazen: When Will The Terrorist Mind Expire
Jonathan Chait: Bring back Saddam Hussein
French angle for Saudi billions
Hanging caught on video reveals Iran's crackdown on dissidents
US attempt to pull Iraq back from the brink
Analysis: A delicate tug-of-war in Iraq
Zvi Bar'el: Assassination, but only after a hearing
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November 25
Iraqi coalition on brink of collapse as country descends towards civil war
The puppet's last dance: Would Saddam rule again?
Iraq: Divided they fall
Analysis: Iraq's violence spins beyond anyone's control
"Keep the victors' feet to the fire": Would Democrats turn neo-cons?
Avraham Tal: We are vassals, but alive
In Iraq, reprisals embolden militias Shiites attack
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November 24
Azmi Bishara: Realities of death
David Kimche: Let's say 'yes' to a cease-fire
Galal Nassar: The Vietnam complex
Gordon Adams: Who is US kidding?
Itamar Rabinovich: Courting Syria
Michael Karpin: Will Israel join the nuclear club?
Ze'ev Schiff: What Farkash told Sharon
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November 23
Shariah rising in the West
Israel Harel: Our weakness motivates Iran
Walid Phares: Al Qaeda Wants an "American Madrid"
David Govrin: Sadat, not Israel, made history
Ze'ev Schiff: No technological solution to ongoing Qassam rocket fire
Erin Mazursky: Darfur can't wait for diplomats to act
Under fire, US marines hand off battered Fallujah
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November 22
Avi Primor: Syria is the key
US could bomb Iran nuclear sites in 2007: analysts
David Ignatius: Lessons From the Saudis
Syria the spoiler
Fred Burton: Al Qaeda's Pan-Maghreb Gambit
Geopolitical Diary: Dividing the Iraqi Pie
American foes step into the Iraq fray
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November 21
George Friedman: A Fresh Look at the Draft
Geopolitical Diary: A U.K.-Saudi Crisis?
The Only Real Option: Leave Iraq Now
Joshua Sinai: Effective counterterrorism
Bernard Avishai: Stalemate over West Bank settlements
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November 20
Barry Rubin: The hijacking of political 'realism'
Michael Ledeen: How to win the real war
Herb Keinon: Close Syria-US ties won't affect Golan
Janet Daley: Belief in a better world should not become a casualty of Iraq
Thousands of Iraqis displaced by sectarian rage
Iran's fundamentalists push for segregation on campus
Analysis: Olmert is unmoved by pressure for a peace initiative
Palestinian human shields give Israel pause
US troop levels in Iraq may rise, then decline
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November 19
Kissinger: Iraq military win impossible
Henry Kissinger: Iran despises weakness
Joshua Muravchik: Bomb Iran
Ray Takeyh: Ahmadinejad is no Hitler
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November 18
The Passion of the Pope - David Van Biema and Jeff Isreali
William Pfaff : Bush left reality behind. Now we are all trapped
Julie Flint: The Arabs Are Victims, Too
Mary Riddell: Time for your Vietnam history lesson, George
US general: Islamic militancy could yield third world war
Iraq: The Compromised Security Forces
Iraq: OK, it's a disaster. So what about the solution
Vicki Woods: Anyone not muddled over Iraq?
Jeremy Greenstock: Turning A Corner On Iraq
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November 17
Michael Hastings: Can Prof. Shabir Save the Palestinian Gov't?
Gordon Adams: Beyond Iraq
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Analysis: Ehud Olmert pounds the drums of war over Iran
By Tariq Shadid: The Palestinian X-Factor
Daniel Schorr: A role for Iran in an Iraq exit strategy
A Palestinian Grand Bargain: Abbas’s Government, Hamas’s Program
Angered by rockets, Israelis weigh response
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November 16
Sudan closing off Darfur to outside world
A recipe for disaster: Will Israel hit Iran's nuclear installations?
Sidney Blumenthal: The neocons' last stand
Martin Jacques: America faces a future of managing imperial decline
Trudy Rubin: Iraq solutions by Baker, Gates and Bush I
War has changed. The laws of war must, too
Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Good-Faith Kidnapping
For Nixon, read Bush. For China, read Iran. It could change the world again
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November 15
The Road to Damascus
John Hughes: With midterms over, all eyes turn to the 2008 presidential race
US: Two years till election day, and the race is on
Bahrain: Limiting the Shiite Rise
Can Iran help stabilize Iraq?
Geopolitical Diary: A Compromise Prime Minister for the PNA
U.S. Policy and Palestine: Reform and Peace are Interdependent
Jordan: A Balancing Act that Keeps Political Change at Bay
For Evangelicals, Supporting Israel Is ‘God’s Foreign Policy’
Bush Faces New Calls to Shift Policies On Mideast
Monitor's View: Exiting Iraq with 'help' from Iran
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November 14
Geopolitical Diary: Caught Between Israel and Iran
No clash of civilizations, says UN report
Iraq: Commission improbable
Palestinians shift leaders in bid for aid
Huge task before Iraq Study Group
'Get Your Arab On': Comedians chip away at ethnic fears
Ari Shavit: Historians won't believe it
Jeremy Rabkin: Vive La Caliphate
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November 13
In New Middle East, Tests for an Old Friendship
Monica Duffy Toft: Iraq Is Gone. Now What?
Shailagh Murray: Lieberman a wild card on Iraq
Can Bush Sr. and His Team Save Son’s Presidency?
Walid Phares on Robert Rabil new book: Syria, the US, And the War on Terror
Israelis fear arms buildup in Gaza; Parallels seen with Lebanon
For Iraqis, news is a deadly business
World watches for sign of new US approach abroad
Will Rumsfeld's reforms last?
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November 12
A vicious monster rises in Iraq's sectarian war – 'the Shia Zarqawi'
Focus: This is Team America, the new power brokers
Peter Beaumont: Bush must be told: talk to your enemies
Iraq: Could a New Strongman Help?
Analysis: A meeting in handcuffs for Ehud Olmert, George Bush
Gideon Levy: No one is guilty in Israel
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November 11
Caroline Glick: Olmert's ill-timed Washington visit
Spencer Ackerman: Facing the realities of Iraq
Guy Bechor: A moment before next war
Walid Phares: Al-Muhajir's audiotape: an important salad bowl
Editorial: Hobbling Iran
Editorial: Back to Palestine
Memo to the winners: No easy fixes for Iraq, Iran, N. Korea
U.S. more than quadruples its robot order for Iraq
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November 10
Sneh: 'IDF must be ready to stop Iran at all costs'
Palestinian billionaire Munib al-Masri: A man for all factions
Norman Lamont: America and Britain should quit Iraq as soon as possible
Analysis: Bush turns to old hands
Experts: Changes Expected in US Middle East Policy
Geopolitical Diary: Rumsfeld's Legacy
Daniel Schorr: Bush wrestles with a new reality
In Gates, caretaker or agent of change?
Monitor's View: A pregnant pause in the US over Iraq
Among US troops in Iraq, mixed reviews of Rumsfeld's resignation
World Democracy Publishers Overview
A Darfur town empties as the janjaweed return
David Frum: Last Chance for Bush Admin
On the Record: Robert Gates on the Middle East
Avi Issacharoff : A hospital full of tragic stories - all from a single family
Editorial: The al-Qaeda challenge
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November 9
Analysis: Saudi analysts suggest Bin Laden is dead
George Friedman: Back to Iraq
Jerome Corsi: Does Gates pick mean accepting a nuclear Iran?
Timothy Garton Ash: Time is up for Bush's foreign policy
Profile: Donald Rumsfeld
Gaza attack threatens Palestinian unity talks
Ze'ev Schiff: A military failure and strategic vacuum
Analysis: Beit Hanun is the Palestinian version of Kfar Kana
Yuval Stenitz: Will America save the world?
Turkey's relations with EU face deeper strains
Pakistan: Attacks and Retaliation in the NWFP
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November 8
Al Qaeda: The Next Generation
Sami Abdel-Shafi: A brutal taste of the future
Geopolitical Diary: Undoing De-Baathification, Maybe
Fredrick Barton: Help Iraq Help Itself
From Tunis to Tehran, the great veil debate
John Hughes: Bush faces daunting challenges in his lame-duck years
Shift coming in US policy on Iraq
Daniel Pipes: America, Islam and reciprocity
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November 7
Analysis: Seeking Iraq exit strategy, U.S. pushes Israel toward peace talks
Analysis: Baath threatens revenge if Saddam is executed
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Analysis: Saddam's sentence makes history
Geopolitical Diary: Waiting Games in Iraq
Simon Tisdall: U-turns the neocon way
PNA: The Gaza Attack Against Israeli Soldiers
Justice for Iraq's tyrant?
Sebastian Mallaby: And Now, Back to The War
In Spain, dismay at Muslim converts holding sway
Desperate to leave, Iraqi family finds solace in new baby
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November 6
Max Hastings: Bush and Blair have forfeited moral authority to hang Saddam
Janet Daley: Saddam's fate divides Right from smug
Con Coughlin: Tyrant receives a fairer justice than he ever allowed his people
Saddam Hussein death sentence a milestone
Israel's 'Autumn Clouds' campaign darkens Gaza border
Exiting Iraq, but expecting to return
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November 5
Peter Galbraith: The Case for Dividing Iraq
The power of Israel in the United States
Israel 'has six months to hit Iran'
Divided They Stand: The Syrian Opposition
Sami Moubayed: The Islamic Revival in Syria
Ping-Pong Diplomacy For Iran
Bush Says U.S. Pullout Would Let Iraq Radicals Use Oil as a Weapon
Where Plan A Left Ahmad Chalabi
Jews and Arabs can never live together, says Israel's vice PM
Zvi Bar'e: Neck-and-neck in trouble
Elliot Jager: Say 'yes' to the 'hudna'
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November 4
Gerald Steinberg: Getting beyond slogans of Palestinian victimization
Matthew Cobb: Catholics then, Muslims now
Nuclear knock-on: If Iran acquires bomb, neighbours will inevitably respond
From Suez to Iraq: how to weaken the will of the West
By Uri Savir: Re-engage Rabin's road map
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November 3
Patrick Seale: Has America 'lost' the Middle East?
Iran: Making a Point with Military Exercises
Baker panel predicts U.S. talks with Syria and Iran
Ze'ev Schiff : Nuclear confusion in Israel
Ike Seamans: No chance for peace in the Middle East
Geopolitical Diary: Washington vs. the Iraqi Shia?
Anthony Shadid: The Children of the High Dam
Stop calling it the 'war on terror'
Syria's interests: Iraq is the one issue on which Assad may see reason
pdf.gif (130 bytes) Walid Phares: Future Terrorism: Mutant Jihads
United Nations compromise shows limits to US power
German Muslims laud US diplomat's style
US efforts in Iraq embattled, but often welcomed
Laurence Sellin: Understanding Iraq
Aluf Benn: The view from Tehran
Daniel Pipes:The UN and EU are irrelevant
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November 2
Top adviser to Riyadh declares defeat of US forces in Iraq
Taliban Psyops: Taking the Fight Abroad
Boris Johnson: I remember the quiet day we lost the war in Iraq
Blair's Syrian peace initiative fails to impress
Analysis: What's Behind the Growing Baghdad-Washington Rift
Robert Kagan: Staying the Course, Win or Lose
Military Charts Movement of Conflict in Iraq Toward Chaos
Atop Azerbaijan's oil boom: Mr. Aliyev
Analysis: Israel prepares raids in Gaza
Iraqi prime minister asserts independence, gains stature
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November 1
Ahmed Youssef: Pause for Peace
George Friedman: The Election and Investigatory Powers of Congress
Daniel Pipes: Decision Time on Iran
Jamie Glazov: Muslim Rape, Feminist Silence
Jeff Jacoby: Scenes from the jihad
The Iran Phenomenon in the Middle East - An Israeli Perspective
P. David Hornik: Egypt no precedent for 'peace'
John Hughes: Neither voters nor political leaders are satisifed with Iraq

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