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March 2007 |
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| March 31 |
| Role of the Iranian Revoultionary Guard |
| Preconditions in Mideast negotiations |
| Analysis: Iraq disputes echo past fights |
| Olmert predicts peace in 5 years |
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| March 30 |
| Patrolling Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, where 'gators'
lurk |
| Saudi goodwill must extend beyond the round table |
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| March 29 |
| Libya snubs Arab summit |
| Raghida Dergham: Summit of Arab Bravery |
| Summit reflects ‘peacemaker king’s’
regional leadership |
| Geopolitical Diary: Perspectives on the British
Detainees |
| Ehud Olmert's Moment |
| What say Israel? |
| Arab self-criticism |
| Aluf Benn: Even if the King doesn't visit |
| Helena Cobban: How analysts in the Arab world see the
Iraq war |
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| March 29 |
| 'Welcome to Riyadh': Saudi officially opens doors to Israeli journalist |
| A plea for real unity in the Arab world |
| Hassan Haydar: A New Saudi Role |
| Ghassan Ayash: One Summit to 'Bridge the Gap",
Another to Build the Future |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The Summit and the Theater of Maps |
| Saudi Arabia's peacemaking efforts may not be sustained |
| The Saudi Vision for Peace in the Middle East - 2 |
| The Saudi Vision for Peace in the Middle East - 1 |
| Analyis: The Arab League is attemptimg to seal rifts |
| For Sadr, a Fracturing Militia |
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| March 28 |
| Donald Macintyre: Some reasons for hope in the Middle
East |
| Geopolitical Diary: Another Step in the US-Iranian
Covert Wa |
| John Hughes: Cautious steps toward Middle East peace |
| Daoud Shirian: The Palestine Summit |
| Michael Rubin: Tehran Seizure |
| Secretary Rice prods Mideast players to table |
| Combating Terrorist Financing in Europe: Gradual Progress |
| Gulf Challenge: Iran's Seizure of British Naval Personnel |
| Salam Fayyad: Everyone's favorite Palestinian |
| Jim Hoagland: Bush's Royal Trouble |
| Stand-off in the Persian Gulf |
| Analysis: Seeking the elusive refugee formula |
| Gidi Grinstein: The return of unilateralism |
| Democracy Demotion in Egypt: Is the United States a
Willing Accomplice? |
| Roee Nahmias: ‘Marriage to an Arab is national
treason’ |
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| March 27 |
| Fate of refugees bedevils quest
for Mideast peace |
| Claude Salahan: Bush 'fails' in anti-terror job |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Rice's Opportunity on the Eve of the
Summit |
| Arnold Vercken: What does it mean to be lucky in Gaza? |
| Iraq moves to ease restraints on Baath Party members |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Gathering Storm in Egypt? |
| Carlos Pascual: A Brokered Peace |
| Jonathan Ariel: Not a good time for shuttle diplomacy |
| Pressure the hooligan mullahs |
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| March 26 |
| America's new plan for Middle
East peace |
| A Saudi-US fence around Iran |
| Uri Avnery: Without borders |
| Jameel Theyabi: The Riyadh
Summit and the 'Medical Prescription'! |
| Mixed feelings in Egypt ahead of
key referendum |
| No time, no interest - why many
Egyptians aren't voting |
| Confident Turkey looks east, not west |
| Face-off with Iran takes tougher
turn |
| Hassan Fattah: For many
Palestinians, ‘return’ is not a goal |
| Mustafa Zein: The lights of
Washington and the darkness of past centuries |
| Neighborly advice on Iraq |
| John Cooley: At the table with
Iran, what could the US concede? |
| US cautious on strong sanctions |
| Zvi Bar'el: By the scorched earth
method |
| Terror Database Has Quadrupled In
Four Years |
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| March 25 |
| How dual leadership imperils
sovereignty of states in the Middle East |
| 'No comment' on Olmert-Saudi
meeting reports |
| Jeff Jacoby: Defeating radical
Islam |
| Hear out Muslim Brotherhood |
| Analysis: Iranian President
Ahmadinejad sends a signal |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski: Terrorized
by 'War on Terror' |
| Joe Bidden: Mideast needs more, not less, diplomacy |
| Mark Katz: Nukes divide Russia, Iran |
| Walid Phares: Royal Navy Incident: Iran's Larger Plan |
| Khaled Batarfi: Peace in the Middle East? Why Not! |
| Amir Oren: Gaza creeps in after Lebanon |
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| March 24 |
| In the Spotlight: King Abdullah
bin Abdulaziz - Saudi peace plan revived |
| Iran, Iraq: Tehran's Power Play
on the Water |
| Bolton: Iranian regime must be
toppled |
| US: Al Qaida on the run, violence
down in Baghdad |
| Rejected on ports deal, Dubai to
buy 2 U.S. aerospace firms |
| Iran using fast boats, mini-subs
in 8-day naval exercise |
| Iraq: Al Qaeda's Desperate Moves |
| Iraq: The Jihadist Attempt at
Sunni Intimidation |
| U.S.: A Look at Offensive
Cyberwarfare |
| Geopolitical Diary: Afghan
Taliban and Talibanization of Pakistan |
| Europe at 50: Happy Birthday |
| Again the Aggressor: The UN must
unite to punish Iran for its provocations |
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| March 23 |
| Why Iran Seized the British
Marines |
| Could a Missing Iranian Spark a
War? |
| Exclusive: Embassies in Teheran
prepare escape plans |
| Saul Landau: Return to Syria |
| Hussein-era arms linked to
fatalities |
| Maher Othman: Barzani, the Dream
of State… and Israel |
| Cartoons did not incite hatred,
French court rules |
| Stephen Pollard: Am I doubted
because I'm a Jew? |
| 'Bombs more precious than
children' |
| On Mideast Trip, Rice To Try a
New Formula |
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| March 22 |
| Iran training Iraqi death squads? |
| Geopolitical Diary: U.S. Tools
for a Saudi Gulf Push? |
| Analysis: Western front against
Palestinian cabinet starts crumbling |
| Somalia: The Islamists Strike
Back |
| Kenneth Weinstein: The
Anti-Chirac Elections |
| Jerome Segal: No Right of
Return |
| David Ignatius: Rice's Mideast
Minefield |
| Shiite militia may be
disintegrating |
| Iraq says may be near anti-Qaeda
deal with rebels |
| Troops seize chemicals in Baghdad |
| Be practical with the
Palestinians |
| Seizing on the Saudi Initiative |
| Isreal: Without personal conclusions |
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| March 21 |
| George Friedman: Geopolitics and the U.S. Spoiling Attack |
| Iran and the Shia legacy |
| Daoud Shirian: Iraq from an
Optimistic Perspective |
| Ian Black: Muslim Brotherhood
decries Egyptian 'anti-terrorism' referendum |
| William M. Reilly: Russia and
Iran at the U.N. |
| Joshua Brilliantt: Boycott to
Palestinian government seems cracking |
| Martin Sieff: Eye on Iraq; Sadr's
long game |
| Egypt's rushed constitutional
amendments cause outrage |
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| March 20 |
| The political ideas competing
for support in the Arab world |
| Walid Phares: How the Jihadists of the future are preparing for greater wars |
| Iraq: The Fear Factor in
Chlorine Bombs |
| Pakistan: Continuing Crisis and
Opposition Disarray |
| Iraq: A country drenched in
blood |
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| March 19 |
| Solly Ganor: The Coming War with
Islam |
| Hillel Fendel: Christian-Arab
Predicts World Islam Takeover - Unless... |
| Congress eyes lost billions sent
to Iraq |
| The Riyadh Summit: Chronic Files
Reopened |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The
Resistance's Defensive Government |
| Jihad el-Khazen: The Only
Exception |
| US military is ill-prepared for
other conflicts |
| Jackson Diehl: The Great Mideast
Pretenders |
| Analysis: Olmert's pros and cons
of talking with Hamas |
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| March 18 |
| Syria: Chances to succeed
combining liberalism and state-controlled economy |
| Poll: Only 27 Percent of Iraqis
say country is in civil war |
| Saudi peace initiative: A new
political asset |
| Niall Ferguson: Terrorist's
confession exposes dark side of US |
| Lessons of War: The fighting in
Iraq enters its fifth year |
| Why Pakistan is crucial to the world's stability |
| Analysis: The unity gov't may be
the last nail in Fatah's coffin |
| Morocco: Signs of Increased
Militant Activity in the Maghreb |
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| March 17 |
| Scott MacLeod: Iran's War Within |
| Geneive Abdo: A More Islamic Islam |
| Salim Nazzal: What's behind the US-EU policy shift
towards Syria |
| Leveraging sanctions and market forces to alter
Iranian behavior |
| Waiting for the cherry trees to blossom in the
Middle East |
| Eye on Iraq: Surge successes and
setbacks |
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| March 16 |
| Maher Othman: The Upcoming Arab
Summit |
| Terrorism: Inside al-Qaeda's
brain? |
| Elias Harfouch: Syria's Threads
of Hope |
| Breaking Camp: Political Fractures Among the Christian Evangelicals |
| The Mastermind's Many Roles in Al Qaeda |
| Palestine's new cabinet line-up |
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| March 15 |
| John R. Bolton: Don't Ban Your
Instincts, Ban Ki-moon |
| David Ignatius: The Right Bet in the Mideast |
| Ziad Asali: On solid ground |
| Christopher Dickey: France's Sarko is too American |
| Iraqi Energy: What Might Work |
| Exodus to Syria: Iraqis find
peace across the border |
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| March 14 |
| Iran building guerrilla armies
in Gaza |
| Shlomo Avineri: What's missing
from the Saudi initiative |
| Claude Salhani: Give war a chance |
| Europe leads bid to lure Syria in from the cold |
| The legacy of Iraq is that the world stands by
while Darfur burns |
| The possibility of easing
tension between the US and Iran |
| Israel now open to once-rejected
Arab peace plan |
| Two Busted Flushes: The U.S. and Iranian Negotiations |
| Matthew Levitt: Putin's New Friends: Moscow Hosts Hamas |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Olmert, Peretz and Halutz are three
men in the same boat |
| Antonia Juhasz: Whose Oil Is It, Anyway? |
| Tulin Daloglu: Dealing with Islam |
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| March 13 |
| Sami Khiyami: The threat of
Balkanisation |
| Israel nods to Saudi peace idea |
| Editorial: Israel's existence is
not a question |
| Eye on Iraq: The surge needs Sadr |
| Iran, Russia: Nuclear Reactors
and Geopolitics |
| Al Qaeda: Al-Zawahiri's Latest
Message Reveals Little |
| Morocco: The Unusual 'Bombing'
in Casablanca |
| Analysis: The Saudi fig leaf |
| Akiva Eldar: On the road from Mecca to Riyadh |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iraqi Sunnis and the Search for
a Social Contract |
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| March 12 |
| Dawn of a new era? Baghdad
conference may lead to political turning point |
| Analysis: The Saudi fig leaf |
| Iranians should engage one
another before the West engages Iran |
| Iraq's neighbors take first
small steps toward working together |
| Stealth Warrior: Defense Secretary Bob Gates to the Rescue |
| Analysis: The Saudi plan will
push forward the peace process |
| Joost Hiltermann: Why 'soft
partition' of Iraq won't work |
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| March 11 |
| Robert Kagan: The 'Surge' Is
Succeeding |
| Saree Makdisi: Why does The
Times recognize Israel's 'right to exist'? |
| Hassan Haydar: Iraq Is An
Internal US Predicament |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Bad News |
| Moustafa Zein: A Preventive
Withdrawal |
| Amiram Barkat: Mixed feelings
about Iran |
| Gideon Levy: Netanyahu and Meshal
forever |
| Editorial: Finger on the pulse |
| Colin Freeman: Iraq four years on |
| Living in terror: Iraqis tell their stories |
| Iraq: 'Smart' rebels outstrip US |
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| March 10 |
| Bruce Riedel: Granting Al-Qaeda's
Wish for Iran |
| Continental Drift: Europe gets even less serious |
| All is not lost Middle East: Democracy won't be won
-- or lost -- this year |
| List of the world's
billionaires |
| Breaking the silence with Iran |
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| March 9 |
| Democrats outline an Iraq endgame |
| Syrian-American in 'secret talks'
to brief Israel MPs |
| Iran's successful blend: charity, ideology |
| A US plan for simpler, safer nuclear arms |
| US commander in Iraq: I need more soldiers, more
time |
| Con Coughlin: Prince Bandar
shows House of Saud how to punch its weight |
| Noam Chomsky: A predator becomes more dangerous
when wounded |
| Simon Tisdall: Surge - or huge muddle? |
| US sends spies into Pakistan to
kill bin Laden |
| US sends spies into Pakistan to
kill bin Laden |
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| March 8 |
| Rami Khouri: Challenging Israel
to match an offer |
| Hassan Nafaa: Towards a unified
Arab vision of Israel |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Bush's Stick
and the Garden of Eden |
| Combat Season 2007: The Taliban's Metamorphosis |
| Challenges and opportunities in
the campaign to combat terrorism financing |
| Helena Cobban: The time is ripe
for the US to engage Syria on Mideast issues |
| Israel on worldwide alert after
disappearance of Iran official |
| David Ignatius: After the Rock,
Diplomacy |
| Endy Bayuni: Cute Veil! Where'd
You Get It? |
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| March 7 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iranian Secrets on the Loose? |
| Iran cracks down on women's
rights activists |
| Akiva Eldar: What Arab initiative? |
| Peter Zeihan: The New Logic for Ballistic Missile Defense |
| Iran: Same goal, new strategy |
| Ahmadinejad challenged for control of Iran's
economy |
| Gershon Baskin: Accept the Saudi
initiative |
| Azzam Tamimi : Sunnis will not
be persuaded that Iran is their real enemy |
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| March 6 |
| Phyllis Chesler: How my eyes were opened to the
'barbarity' of Islam |
| Palestinians see growing food
shortages |
| Algeria: Trademark Attacks and a
GSPC-Al Qaeda Blend |
| A warrior and a scholar -
America's last best hope for salvation in Iraq |
| Caroline Glick: Israel's man in
Mecca |
| Yaron London: Abolish Law of
Return |
| Momentum builds for more
sanctions against Iran |
| America and Israel wary as war
drums beat |
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| March 5 |
| Using diplomacy rather than
threats: Washington takes a chance on Tehran |
| Analysis: The Shia-Sunni schism |
| Is Israel Falling Apart? |
| Attack on Iran would backfire,
warns report |
| David Francis: Why Iraq's
new oil law won't last |
| Pakistan walks fine line with
capture of high-level Taliban leader |
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| March 4 |
| Report: Iran poised to strike in wealthy Gulf states |
| Investors on the road to
Damascus: Syria is hot despite the sanctions |
| Robert Fisk on Bin Laden at 50 |
| Editorial: A new chance for peace |
| Sects slice up Iraq as US troops
'surge' misfires |
| Noah Felman: Choosing a Sect |
| Caroline Glick: If Iran gets the
bomb |
| Talks on Iraq mark latest about
face by Bush |
| Michel Rocard: Trust negotiations, not Iran |
| Sheldon Schorer: The Democrats -
good for Israel in 2008 |
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| March 3 |
| Israel hardens its peace terms
ahead of Saudi Arab summit |
| Robert Fisk: How easy it is to
put hatred on a map |
| US Navy: aircraft carrier for Afghanistan, not Iran |
| Zalmay Khalilzad: A Shared Stake in Iraq's Future |
| Meeting with Iraq's Neighbors: A
Confidence-Building Measure, or Much More? |
| Saudi Arabia: The difficulty of protecting westerners from 'simple' attacks |
| Iran: A strong stance against
separatists spells trouble for Kurds |
| Afghanistan, Pakistan: Beneath
the Taliban Label |
| Signs of a new Sunni offensive |
| Overpaying for mobile licences? |
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| March 2 |
| Israel's liaison to its neighbors: Saudi Prince Bandar |
| Analysis: Who really makes Israeli policy? |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Some serious thoughts on Syria |
| Somalia: Off to Baghdad-on-sea |
| Philippe Gelie: Washington Begins Dialogue with Iran |
| John Keegan: Why the US surge must defeat two enemies |
| Feature: Far from Baghdad, never far from fear |
| Libya's Qaddafi marks 30 years of rule by the 'green
book' |
| In Germany, few want to play an Iraqi |
| Kyndra Rotunda: Denying self-defense to GIs in Iraq |
| America and Iran: A thaw in the offing? |
| Iraq: A Delicate and Inevitable Move into Sadr City |
| Geopolitical Diary: NATO's Nonmilitary Options Against
the Taliban |
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| March 1 |
| America's new path on Iraq: talk to Iran |
| Geopolitical diary: Lead-up to public US-Iranian
negotiations |
| Poverty follows Palestinians' sanctions |
| Islam is taking over over Europe, says Dutch politician |
| Boris Johnson: We must not let Bush wage war against
Iran |
| Exodus 'is largest since the creation of Israel' |
| Pat M. Holt: The US has nothing to lose by negotiating
with Iran |
| Psychosomatic Responses: Fear as a Terrorist's Force Multiplier |
| Methyl Hydrates as a Potential in the Global Energy
Industry |
