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| April 30 |
| Adrian Morgan: Why Must
We Be Silent in the Face of Such Outrages? |
| Reformists prepare to take on Ahmadinejad and his
militias |
| Inside the struggle for Iran |
| Life in Diyala like under the Taliban after Baghdad surge |
| New Saudi tack on Al Qaeda |
| Military sharpens debate in Turkey |
| Tension rises in Washington over war-funding bill
standoff |
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| April 29 |
| Martin Indyk: The Honeymoon's Over for Bush and the
Saudis |
| A Saudi Prince Tied to Bush Is Sounding Off-Key |
| Turkey: Secularism wears the headscarf |
| Andrew Tabler:
Catalytic Converters |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The End of Gaullism and The Fifth
Republic |
| An Ex-C.I.A. chief on Iraq and the Slam Dunk that
wasn’t |
| No Results in Damascus |
| James Traub: Islamic Democrats? |
| National Arab Conference calls for unity, political
reform |
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| April 28 |
| Saudi Arabia: Al Qaeda's Widening Focus |
| Joshua Brilliant: Be tougher on Iran, Israelis say |
| Analysis: Fight rages over Iraq oil law |
| Saudis say they broke up suicide plots |
| Turkey: The Coming Electoral Crapshoot |
| Geopolitical Diary: Putin's New Old Russia |
| Jordan's nervous opposition |
| Wanted: Iraqi strongman (Moqtada al-Sadr need not apply) |
| In Ahmadinejad's Iran, Jews still find a space |
| Gen. Petraeus: Iraq strategy needs more time |
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| April 27 |
| The Democratic Party and the Future of the Anti-War
Movement |
| Caroline Glick: Column One: Bishara and the Old Guard |
| Sonni Efron: Can we make them hate us less? |
| Islam and the Presidency in Turkey |
| Joe Lieberman: One Choice in Iraq |
| After First Steps, Saudi Reformers See Efforts Stall |
| US diplomat says moderate Arab nations fear Iran over
Israel |
| Massive IDF drill prepares for Syrian attack on the Golan |
| Israeli Suspicions Feed Arab-Jew Rancor |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Current Conciliatory Mood
Swing |
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| April 26 |
| An Israeli Arab's troubles mirror woes of dual identity |
| Iran: The Apparent Abduction of an Ex-FBI Agent |
| Jihad el-Khazen: To Avoid Any Involvement |
| Daoud Shirian: Turkey Teaches Us Reconciliation |
| Turkey: The "Rebel" As President |
| North Korea: Weapons on Display -- and for Sale |
| Execute bin Laden? U.S. and Mexico would |
| Geopolitical Diary: Hamas' Political Struggle |
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| April 25 |
| Ballistic Missile Submarines: The Only Way to Go |
| Jerry Lanson: A French election about tolerance |
| Poll: Muslims show only partial support for Al Qaeda's
agenda |
| Bush, Congress reach for war's reins |
| Turkey: The AK Party's Move to Secure Its Power |
| The last thing the Middle East's main players want is US
troops to leave Iraq |
| Mecca working women find it hard to be 'free' |
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| April 24 |
| Is the U.S.-Turkey Alliance at an End? |
| Losing Muslim hearts and minds |
| In Turkey, a sign of a rising islamic middle class |
| Syria’s Suddenly Popular Man in Washington |
| George Walden: France votes for the appearance of change
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| Iran four years from atomic bomb, say experts |
| Hazem Saghieh: Arguments Regarding War and Peace |
| Henry Siegman: The Underlying Risks in Missing The Arab
Peace Initiative |
| Muslims
Believe US Seeks to Undermine Islam |
| Walid Phares:
Losing the War in Congress: Not in Iraq |
| Baghdad security plan puts US forces, civilians
perilously close |
| Sudanese want action on Darfur |
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| April 23 |
| Patrick Seale: Can Syria and Israel Make Peace? |
| Jim Hoagland: France's Two-Week Referendum |
| US revs up reversal of Iraq's Baath purge |
| Asma Khalid: Why I am not a moderate Muslim |
| Sarkozy and Royal set to contest French presidency |
| US: A return to realism? |
| Why Armenia pays high price for 'genocide' campaign |
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| April 22 |
| Mustafa Zein: Taking Back the Initiative from the Street |
| Walid Khadduri: Turkey Bolsters Its Regional Energy Role |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Based On Two Pillars |
| Iran: A
nation of nose jobs, not nuclear war |
| Henry Porter: When will Islam damn the chlorine bombers? |
| Michael Chertoff: Make No Mistake: This Is War |
| Iraq: Say It Loud. Improvise. Keep ’Em Guessing. |
| Uri Orbach: We need to kill him |
| Joshua Brilliant: The Quartet`s record |
| Mark Katz: Iran and the Iraqi Sunnis |
| Joshua Brilliant: Olmert tries to calm Syria |
| Harbaksh Singh Nanda: Iran presses for talks, not war |
| To compare religions, compare their ideals and realities |
| David Schenker: Why Syrian Elections Matter |
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| April 21 |
| Analysis: Iraq surge may be extended |
| Bombers, White House see Shia resurgence, Iran as the
main enemies |
| Arab-Israeli Conflict: Bandages Help |
| Christian minorities coming under attack in Turkey |
| Al Qaida killing Sunni allies in clash over Iran, U.S.
threats |
| Geopolitical Diary: Jihadist Warfare in the Horn of
Africa and Beyond |
| Bomb Threats: Evacuations Not Always the Best Course of
Action |
| Walid Choucair: Two Arab Approaches To 'Shore Up Peace' |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Hamas is anything but indifferent |
| Maher Othman: Al-Qaeda, Gaza, and the Two-State Solution |
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| April 20 |
| The Gulf States and Containing the Shiite Revival |
| Syria: Shooting the messenger |
| Analysis: Bush really aims to go out fighting |
| David Ignatius: Rice on The Right Tracks |
| Polly Toynbee: We need to focus on this week's deaths in
Iraq |
| Dennis Ross: Squeeze Play: Approach Tehran with Sticks,
Not Carrots |
| Aftermath of a Baghdad bombing: a reporter's view |
| Iraq falling behind on 'benchmarks' |
| Joshua Brilliant: U.S. and Israel probe alliance |
| Eye on Iraq: Black Wednesday in Baghdad |
| Iraq: The hidden Face of the War |
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| April 19 |
| Baath time in Syria |
| Iraq's Shiite political fissures widen |
| Turks wary of possible Islamist power play |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Between al-Baghdadi and the Clever |
| Hassan Haydar: Retrieving France |
| Democrats Search for Exit Strategy From Iraq Showdown
With Bush |
| Iraq: Shia Targeted in Massive Suicide Bombings |
| Syria: Elections without Politics |
| Daniel Pipes: Yes, there is a moderate Islam - let's
support it |
| U.S. May Be Softening Stance on Muslim Brotherhood |
| Morocco: Large-Scale Campaign Planned by Jihadists? |
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| April 18 |
| Revolutionary Guard Wields Power Inside and Outside Iran |
| U.S., Iran Lose from Major Changes in Baghdad |
| The Coming Era of Russia's Dark Rider |
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| April 17 |
| U.S.: A Well-Planned Shooting Spree |
| Iraq: Tehran's Shiite Housekeeping and U.S. Talks |
| Walid Phares: British minister fails the war of ideas |
| More Iraqis go north, fleeing violence |
| Danny Rubinstein: Is Bishara the 'Palestinian Herzl'? |
| Dr Joeseph Diaz: Inner rage turns loner into a merciless
killer |
| Simon Tisdall: Date with destiny |
| Mahan Abedin: Real US battles with Iran still lie ahead |
| Ruined bridges, US barricades signal Baghdad's division |
| Eye on Iraq: Terror still surging |
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| April 16 |
| Divided Iraq has two conflicting spy agencies |
| UN conference to spotlight huge Iraqi exodus |
| Alan Dershowitz: Palestinians and the 'right of return' |
| Armenia's diaspora funds a religious revival |
| In Iraq, a parliament in disarray |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Suleiman in Israel |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia's Authoritarian Regime Shows
Its Face |
| Morocco: Terrorism or 'Fashion'? |
| Local Goals for the Moroccan Suicide Bombers |
| Miniskirts Meet Minarets in the New Istanbul |
| Jackson Diehl: Mideast Relations 101 |
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| April 15 |
| Eye on Iran, rivals pursuing nuclear power |
| Iran trains 'thousands' of Iraqi insurgents |
| The Iranian connection: from Tehran to Baghdad |
| Power politics: Cold War Two |
| Davis Kimche: Have we become afraid of peace? |
| Joshua Brilliant: From Tartus to Jerusalem |
| Interview: Iraqi premier rejects timetable |
| Robert Malley: Forget Pelosi’s Visit; What About
Syria? |
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| April 14 |
| America as Israel's Proxy: Has the puppet master become
the puppet? |
| Robert Fisk: Fear and loathing on an American campus |
| Iraq Parliament Bombing: The Insider Factor |
| Iraq, Turkey: An Impending Clash and no U.S. Umpire |
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| April 13 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iraq's Worsening Crisis of
Governance |
| John Pilger: Can't look from the sides as we are led
towards crisis over Iran |
| Farid Ghadry: Assad's useful idiot |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Since The Victims Are Arabs and Muslims |
| Maher Othman: Azmi Bishara & the Jewish State |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Shields and Victims of Terrorism |
| Iraq: Deadly Blast at Parliament |
| Con Coughlin: Russia on the march - again |
| Syria, Israel rebuff unofficial envoy |
| Suleiman: Peace accord could happen in 6 months |
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| April 12 |
| John Dillin:
America, Iraq, and the question of total war |
| How North African nations are dealing with Islamist
resurgence |
| Haifa Zangana: The Iraqi resistance only exists to end
the occupation |
| Liz Cheney: The Truth About Syria |
| Fred Burton:
The Imminent Spread of EFPs |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Larger Militant Threat in
Morocco |
| Suicide Bombings in the Algerian Capital |
| Pakistan: The Challenge of Religious Extremism and the
Musharrafian State |
| Zalman Shoval: Dangerous times for Israel |
| Rafael Medoff: Pelosi's father and the Holocaust |
| Dennis Ross: Ways and Means |
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| April 11 |
| Syria finds the world suddenly visiting, with carrot and
stick |
| George Friedman: The Limitations and Necessity of Naval Power |
| 500 terror attacks in EU in 2006 - but only 1 by
Islamists |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Hair or no hair? That is the question |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iranian Nukes Not For Sale |
| Morocco: Failed Suicide Bombings |
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| April 10 |
| Marc Lynch: Insurgents against al-Qaida |
| Analysis: Air of change in the Arab world |
| From hiding, Sadr rallies against the US |
| Wave of Saudi youths challenge kingdom's conservative
sway |
| Iraq duty stretching National Guard |
| Ghassan Charbel: Saddam asks from his grave |
| Eye on Iraq: The worst mistake |
| Sami Moubayed: Missed opportunities |
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| April 9 |
| Robert Fisk:
Mohamed Hasseinein Heikel: The wise man of the Middle East |
| By Ilan Berman: Detente with Tehran? |
| Iraq: The Battle of Sizes |
| Elias Harfouch: When Winners Celebrate! |
| Emad Omar: It's time for Israel to face the music |
| Hopes for release of 'West Bank Mandela' |
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| April 8 |
| We can't stop Gaza kidnap gangs: minister |
| Amir Taheri: Hating America, Loving Nancy |
| Iraq: Horror of horrors |
| Iran: After the storm, the talking can begin |
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| April 7 |
| Inside the real Iran |
| Georgie Anne Geyer: Just say 'No' to Tehran's game |
| Frida Ghitis: Peace of the weak? |
| Benchmarks: Truck bomb menace |
| Joshua Brilliant: Arab peace initiative`s hurdles |
| Ali Safavi: Act of grace or desperation? |
| David Frum: How We Can Fight Tehran |
| Mona Anis: Little Baghdad on the banks of the Nile |
| As one Syria trip draws fire, others draw silence |
| Ze'ev Schiff: Forty years on the road |
| Ahmadi-Nejad wins plaudits from his Arab audience |
| The Real Fumble in Damascus |
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| April 6 |
| Might Iran deal on nukes, too? |
| Is Al Qaeda's influence spreading to Morocco? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Is the al-Sadrite Movement
Imploding? |
| Walid Phares:
Ahmadinijad Plan "B": The Circus Continues |
| Pelosi's Visit to Damascus, a Chapter Within the Jewish
Lobby Strategy |
| Maher Othman: Pelosi on the Road to Damascus |
| David Ignatius: Calming the Waters in the Gulf |
| Eye on Iraq: The side-effects of surge |
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| April 5 |
| Nicholas Dungan: It could be the anti-Iraq |
| Analysis: Sailors' release is a gift to Britain, a gain
for Iran |
| Sailing into troubled waters |
| Israel’s Protests Are Said to Stall Gulf Arms Sale
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| Shaul Rosenfeld: The Saudi conspiracy |
| Hassan Haydar: Hostage Diplomacy |
| Ahmadinijad: Hardliner who gained power with help of
mullahs |
| Abbas Edalat: The US can learn from this example of
mutual respect |
| USS Nimitz Forced Iran's Decision |
| Analysis: Bush on sidelines in some disputes |
| Uzi Arad: Wrong road to peace |
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| April 4 |
| Ruling But Not Governing: Militaries in the Middle East |
| David Ignatius: Back to Baker-Hamilton |
| Israeli Arabs - second-class citizens in their own
country |
| Simon Tisdall: Somalia slips ever backwards |
| Roni Aloni-Sadovnik: Israel's sex slaves |
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| April 3 |
| Claude Salhani: Syria back in the Arab fold |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Re-emergence of Iraq's Top
Shiite Cleric |
| Walid Phares:
Jihadi circus begins in Teheran |
| Omar Waraich: The end of the general |
| How bogus letter became a case for war itelligence
failures |
| Dennis Ross: A Plan for Calm, Hope, and Reform in the
Middle East |
| Gaza feuds keep tension high |
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| April 2 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Israel Responds to Saudi Peace Offer |
| Qaeda Is seen as restoring leadership |
| Can the Saudi King Save the Middle East? |
| Iran forces Israeli rethink |
| Jameel Theyabi: The Successful 'Summit' and the
'Dogmatic' Disposition |
| Protecting Tehran, knifing Tony Blair |
| A turn to reason in Riyadh |
| Sunnis surge beyond Baghdad |
| Jihad el-Khazen: I Nominate Cheney |
| Mostafa Zein: On the Culture of Fear |
| Ban Ki Moon of UN beginning to assert authority |
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| April 1 |
| David Satterfield: Prospects for Peace at Home and
Progress with Neighbors |
| The feuding camps behind Iran crisis |
| Simon Henderson: Ominous Similarities to 1979 Hostage
Crisis in Tehran |
| Ned Temko: Memories of US hostages shape Blair's
response to Tehran |
| Niall Ferguson: Iran targeted the Security Council's
weakest link: us |
| Diplomacy: 'It has not been the easiest year...' |
