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| December 31 |
| Jim Hoagland: What the Dictators Can't Stop |
| Saddam: From a Tikrit boy to butcher of Baghdad |
| Family clues to Iraq's missing oil billions |
| Mary Riddell Sunday: The lessons the West must learn
from this tyrant's death |
| Niall Ferguson: Only stupid, sadistic dictators
hang… and Saddam was both |
| Saddam:
How did he last so long? |
| Feature: Iraqis divided after Saddam's execution |
| Feature: Saddam brings Koran to hanging with 'fear in
his face' |
| Amid political upheaval, Israeli economy stays healthy |
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| December 30 |
| Profile: Dictator oppressed Iraq for decades |
| Feature: Saddam's execution removes political thorn for
US, Bush |
| Chronology: The rise and fall of Saddam Hussein |
| Obituary: Saddam Hussein, megalomaniac who terrorized
his own country |
| Background: Other dictators killed or executed |
| Background: The legal case against Saddam Hussein |
| Con Coughlin: Hanging Saddam won't bring peace to Iraq |
| Ghaith Abdul Ahad: Saddam's fate divides a city torn
apart by conflict |
| Leader: Justice takes its course on a mass murderer |
| Feature: Shiite struggle in Iraq spills over across
Mideast |
| Feature: 'Israel-PA to backchannel talks' |
| Azmi Bishara: End of the neocons |
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| December 29 |
| What to Expect After Saddam Hussein's Execution |
| Nadav Tamir: A moment of truth in the Middle East |
| Itamar Rabinovich: Markers on the route to Damascus |
| Ammar Abdulhamid: Assad’s olive branch can bear
no fruit opinion |
| Uneasy political shift in Somalia |
| Feature: Growing up angry in Gaza |
| Feature: Bosnia's Muslims divided over inroads of
Wahhabism |
| Israel`s options vs. Iran`s bomb |
| Daniel Pipes: How the West could lose |
| Iraq: Waiting for the hangman |
| Iran isn't bothered |
| Yosef Lapid: Drop the cherished illusion of a
Palestinian state |
| ADL lists top 10 issues affecting Jews in 2006 |
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| December 28 |
| 2006 Review: After difficult year Jordan looks
nervously to 2007 |
| Ari Shavit: Damascus at the gate |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: What happened to the Arabs? |
| Salim Nazzal: Will the Syrian peace overture be the
last hope before war? |
| The Hamas factor - Robert Malley and Henry Siegman |
| Sallai Meridor: Israel’s strategic challenges in a
changing Middle East |
| Fariborz Haghshenass: Iran’s doctrine of asymmetric
naval warfare |
| Analysis: Iran and North Korea Show the Limits of
Sanctions |
| Jochka Fischer: The curse of unilateralism |
| Iraq: Any troop increase must be large and lasting |
| David Ignatius: Bush's new look on Iraq: Weary |
| Kaveh Afrasiabi: A careful approach to US-Iran dialogue
on Iraq |
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| December 27 |
| Efraim Inbar: The way to approach talks with Syria |
| Geopolitical Diary: Foreign Perception of a New Turkmen
Regime |
| Post-Turkmenbashi: Gaming the Five 'Stans |
| David Apgar: A two-state solution for Iraq? |
| Uzi Benziman: What do Assad and Olmert want? |
| Uncle Sam wants US Muslims to serve |
| US creates terrorist fingerprint database |
| Will EU and US be tougher now on Iran? |
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| December 26 |
| Iran Oil Revenue Quickly Drying Up, Analysis Says |
| Hundreds Disappear Into the Black Hole of the Kurdish
Prison System in Iraq |
| Shahid Alam: An “Islamic Civil War” |
| US military set to stike at Teheran's meddling in Iraq |
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| December 25 |
| Analysis: It's about ideology, stupid |
| National Islamism: The new front |
| The New Threat To Europe |
| District by district, Shiites make Baghdad their own |
| Anne Bobroff-Hajal : Why cousin marriage matters in
Iraq |
| Ethiopia intervenes in Somali civil war |
| What a 'troop surge' in Iraq might accomplish |
| Talks emerge out of Gaza conflict |
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| December 24 |
| Karen Armstrong: The Muslim prophet born in Bethlehem |
| Hazem Saghieh: Iran and the 'Shiitization of the
Sunnis' |
| Will Bush re-Formulate a Comprehensive Strategy,
Starting with Iran? |
| Analysis: UN resolution on sanctions will not stop Iran |
| Editorial: Christians in crisis |
| Saudi Lawyer Takes On Religious Court System |
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| December 23 |
| Royal intrigue, unpaid bills preceded Saudi ambassador's
exit |
| Wounded but Alive: Could Ahmadinejad Become More
Dangerous? |
| Victor Davis Hanson: Why the rise of radical Islam? |
| Gaza gripped by gun battles between factions |
| Robert Fisk: Banality and barefaced lies |
| Old allegiances crumble in battle for Palestinian hearts and
minds |
| Second U.S. carrier sets sail for the Gulf |
| PR specialist is new Saudi ambassador to U.S. |
| Iran: Loss at the Polls, but No Foreign Policy Shift |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Sudden Opportunity in
Turkmenistan |
| Mike Turner: U.S. Role in Wider Mideast War |
| The Iraq Study Group: Assessing Its Regional Conclusions
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| December 22 |
 Establishment Ulama and
Radicalism in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan |
| Iran's Holocaust-denial conference: a community of hate |
| Tom DeWeese: The UN is not just dysfunctional - it's a
criminal enterprise |
| Ahmadinejad: The face of anti-Americanism, anti-Zionism
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| Editorial: Saner Voices in Iran |
| Robert Baer: Why Did the Saudi Ambassador Quit? |
| James Mann: Iraq stops Bush from staging a Reagan-style
revival |
| Riyadh revels in new-found confidence |
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| December 21 |
| Fred Burton:
Consequences of the 'Blind Sheikh's' Eventual Death |
| Al Qaeda: The Implications of al-Zawahiri's New Video |
| Geopolitical Diary: Libya's High-Stakes Verdict |
| Janessa Gans: So this is what occupation feels like |
| Peter Grier: Bush's move to supersize US military |
| Simon Tisdall: Now Blair must appeal to Iran's
moderates |
| Sherwood Ross: Bush developing bioterror weapons for
offensive use |
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| December 20 |
| Akiva Eldar: Assad's fatal attraction |
| Time Exclusive: Syria in Bush's Crosshairs |
| Robert Satloff: Forget the Domino Theories |
| Simon Henderson: Talking Turki |
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| December 19 |
| Azzam Tamimi: Only an end to sanctions can halt
Palestine's crisis |
| Fred Hiatt: A New Mideast, or Wishful Thinking? |
| US Air Force loses out in Iraq war |
| Robert Novak: The Israel Quandary |
| Democrats challenge Bush doctrine on Mideast tour |
| Missing: a functional Iraqi state |
| At stake in Libyan HIV trial: EU relations |
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| December 18 |
| Saudis report Shiite 'state' inside of Iraq |
| Danny Rubinstein: Preparing for a civil war |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Palestinian Struggles |
| Analysis: Figuring out intentions of Syrian regime |
| Editorial; Don't turn Syria away |
| Feature: 'Lucky' Iraqi translator has America and little
else |
| Neil MacFarquhar: How Iran’s leader keeps the west
off balance |
| Joseph McMillan: How to talk to enemies |
| Bennett Ramberg: A predecessor's lessons for Robert
Gates |
| What Iran vote says about Ahmadinejad's support |
| Palestinian turf wars accelerate |
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| December 17 |
| Neocons: We expected Israel to attack Syria |
| Sam Ser: To hell with ambiguity |
| Troubles in the House of Saud? |
| Deborah Housen-Couriel: Israel must Face the challenge |
| Charles Krauthammer: In Baker's blunder, a chance for
Bush |
| E.J. Dionne Jr.: A war Bush wouldn't pay for |
| PM associates: Syria will support terror, even with
Golan |
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| December 16 |
| Analysis: The Blind Sheikh's Importance to Militant
Islamists |
| Interview: Condoleezza Rice on Lebanon, Syria, Iran,
Iraq and Mideast peace |
| Rice rejects overture to Iran and Syria |
| David Kimche: Don't spurn Syria's overtures |
| Assad to Olmert: Take a chance, See if we're bluffing |
| Interview: Ahmadinejad's Ambitions |
| Interview: Radical Islamist fights U.S. efforts to
silence him |
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| December 15 |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Saudi Power Struggle? |
| Saudi Scandalous inquiry |
| Diana: the truth, the whole truth and conspiracy
theories |
| Jonathan Steel: Iraqis can't be blamed for the chaos
unleashed by invasion |
| Dan Gordon: The promise of 'Peace in our Time' |
| Shiite? Sunni? Some in US learn who's who |
| Could Iran help the US stabilize Iraq? |
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| December 14 |
| Analysis: The Iranian Position |
| Max Boot: Throw the Iraq report in the trash |
| Helena Cobban: The importance of US engagement with
Iran and Syria |
| Anxious Ally: The United States and Saudi Arabia need
to swap notes on Iraq |
| Why Israel maintains nuclear ambiguity |
| Iran nukes prompt concerns within Mideast |
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| December 13 |
| Simon Tisdall: Saudi plan offers a lifeline |
| Saudi Ambassador to U.S. Resigns |
| Daniel Pipes: James Baker's fiasco |
| John Hughes: US may talk to Syria, but not Iran |
| Iraq battle lines fracture mixed neighborhoods |
| Bush's rethink on Iraq |
| Mideast nuke race: Gulf states to challenge Iran |
| Iraq: Is Democracy the Problem? |
| Bahrain: Elections and Managing Sectarianism |
| Kuwait: The Beginning of Real Politics? |
| United Arab Emirates: A Toe in the Water of Political
Reform |
| Khader Khader: Camp David III will also fail |
| Aharon Klieman: America's faltering moment |
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| December 12 |
| The Schoolchildren Slayings in Gaza: Personalizing the
Violence |
| Global jihad's new front in Africa |
| In Fallujah, Marines bring goodwill, but trouble can
follow |
| Jimmy Carter: Israel, Palestine, peace and apartheid |
| Edward Wasserman: Al-Jazeera's invisible launch in
America |
| Iraq: Time to Offshore Our Troops |
| Michael Kinsley: It's Not Apartheid |
| Yossi Paritzky: US-Isreali fundamentalist alliance |
| Bradley Burston: No Palestinians, no problem |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: The Unbearable Shallowness of the
Iraq Study Group |
| Calling Hollywood to help the oppressed in the Midle
East |
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| December 11 |
| Interview: Israel Doesn't Rule out Military Strike on Iran |
| A grand bargain for the Middle East - Raj Purohit and Amjad Atallah |
| Ines Ehrlich: Modern day Gog and Magog |
| An ultra-intrusive approach to Iran - Geoffrey Forden and John Thomson |
| Iran needs a change of direction - Walid Phares and Behrooz Bahbudi |
| Ex-hostages in Iraq opt for forgiveness |
| With or without EU, Turkey is rising |
| Bush and Iraq Study Group: Competing visions for Middle
East |
| Darfur crisis crosses borders |
| Cairo starts to disperse a central symbol of its
bureaucracy |
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| December 10 |
| Richard Perle: Democracy Defeated |
| David Rothkopf: Even If we leave now, we'll be back |
| Imad Moustapha: What motivates Syria? |
| Ethan Bronner: Israel is not linked to Iraq, except
that it is |
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| December 9 |
| Iraq’s biggest failing: There is no Iraq |
| Iran: The Islamic Republic's Big Vote |
| Geopolitical Diary: Turkey's Latest Plan |
| Amir Taheri: American Abdication and Iranian Hubris |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: The Russians are Coming |
| Caroline Glick: Jews Wake Up! |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Hamas' critical lesson |
| Robert Fisk: The Roman Empire is Falling - So It Turns
to Iran and Syria |
| David Horovitz: Iran the vulnerable? |
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| December 8 |
| Syria lists terms for talks with U.S. |
| Jimmy Carter:
Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine |
| Dennis Ross:
Internal Affairs |
| Martin Jacques: The neocons have finished what the
Vietcong started |
| Robert Zelnick: A reality check on the Iraq |
| Aaron Klein: Terrorists rejoicing over new Iraq 'plan' |
| Joseph Farah: Capitulation to terrorism |
| Arab world welcomes Iraq Study Group report |
| In Riyadh, 'Saudi Jeans' and calls to prayer |
| Analysis: Olmert opposes talks with Syria |
| Full Text: The Iraq
Study Group Report |
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| December 7 |
| Feature: Baghdad, a city on the brink |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Underwhelming Findings of the Iraq Study Group |
| Seth Wikas: Syria’s Response to the Baker-Hamilton
Report |
| Patrick Clawson: Engaging Iran on Iraq: At What Price and
to What End? |
| Situation is grave, deteriorating and threatens wider
war, says Baker report |
| Jonathan Steele: Mission accomplished? |
| Experts: Syria, Iran willing to aid U.S. |
| Iraq Study Group: Shift mission, go regional |
| Zalman Shoval: Israel must be wary of paying the price
for Iraq's mess |
| Saudi security adviser sacked after Iraq article |
| Quiet US bid to talk to Iraqi insurgents |
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| December 6 |
| Iraq report sees "grave and deteriorating"
crisis |
| David Ignatius: The Price of Iran's Help |
| Iraq: Horrors of closet civil war played out in no man's
land |
| Is American Support for Middle Eastern Dissidents the
Kiss of Death? |
| John Cooley: To halt Mideast tremors, heal the fault
line |
| Kenneth H. Bacon: A Role for Syria |
| Fallujah's city council battles to hold its ground |
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| December 5 |
| Raymond Ibrahim: Islam gets concessions; infidels get
conquered |
| Official: US talks with Syria, Iran could isolate Israel |
| Islamic militancy - Next dark ages |
| Caroline Glick:
Olmert's Saudi friends |
| Exclusive: 'US won't launch preemptive strike against
Teheran' |
| US arms firms in talks over Saudi jets |
| Yuksel Soylemez: The pope's visit through Turkish eyes |
| What Went Wrong: A Sober Look At Iraq |
| Iraq report confronts Bush resolve |
| His confirmation in doubt, John Bolton exits the UN |
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| December 4 |
| What the US has learned (so far) in Iraq |
| Daniel Allott: Islam and violence |
| Bahrain poll results prove eye opener |
| Shattered Iraq limps into 2007 |
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| December 3 |
| Saudis and Iran prepare to do battle over corpse of Iraq |
| Israel turns to intifada boss to broker ceasefire |
| Saudis lead Israel peace bid |
| Jim Hoagland:
Kofi Annan's Legacy |
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| December
2 |
| Corruption: The 'second insurgency' costing Iraq $4bn a
year |
| Najmaldin Karim: A 1991 Kurdish Betrayal Redux? |
| Engaging Syria: Alternatives to the Regime |
| A Perfect Failure: The Iraq Study Group has reached a
consensus |
| Ralph Peters: From Metternich to Jim Baker |
| Evelyn Gordon: A culture of violence |
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| December 1 |
| Jonathan Steele: Iraq is already enduring two wars.
Could it survive a third? |
| Bart Mongoven: The Widening Gaps in the Evangelical-Republican
Coalition |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iraq's Evolving Relationship with
Iran |
| Amira Howeidy: Hamas's Cairo messages |
| Palestinian refugees: No exit |
| Ramzy Baroud: On ethnic cleansing and racism |
| Abdel-Moneim Said :Waiting for Baker-Hamilton |
| Middle East hot spots merging |
