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| October 31 |
| Russia Swings between the U.S. and Iran |
| War Plans: United
States and Iran |
| High-tech trackers: extra eyes for US forces in Iraq |
| Ignoring Arab-Americans in '08? |
| Russia, Iran: The Next Step in the Diplomatic Tango |
| Oil and Water? |
| Awkward guests |
| Geopolitical Diary: Olmert's Political Stability |
| An Anarchist Link to the New York Blasts? |
| Iraq, U.S.: A Sunni Signal to Iran |
| U.S., Russia: The Beginnings of a Deal? |
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| October 30 |
| The cost of American bellicosity toward Iran |
| Iraq dam failure could kill up to 500,000 |
| Survey finds radical literature in UK mosques, much of it
linked to Saudi |
| David Blair: How King Abdullah has tackled terrorism |
| Palestinian census carries sobering subtext for Israelis |
| Frozen assets: US has crimped Al Qaeda funds |
| UK rejects Saudi terror criticisms |
| Kevin Toolis: Truth about the savage House of Saud |
| Military chaplains: A historian's view from the American
Revolution to Iraq |
| Military chaplains: A rich history of more than just
blessing the cannons |
| Geopolitical Diary: Washington's Kurdish Bind |
| Jeffrey Steinberg: Berserker Cheney escalates push for
World War III |
| Hezbollah, PKK and American Hypocrisy |
| Analysis: IDF's tactical upper hand over Hamas is
shrinking |
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| October 29 |
| Feature: Britons feel at home in Dubai |
| Dubai's bold bid to take on the City |
| Max Hastings: Iran's leaders need enemies like Bush |
| Israeli soldier, three Palestinians, killed in Gaza
clashes |
| Israel boosts campaign against Iran nukes bid |
| Janet Daley: Cameron should reassess America's
'idealism' |
| In the Rugged North of Iraq, Kurdish Rebels Flout Turkey |
| Saudi king's state visit to Britain stirs protests and
boycotts |
| Analysis: Mideast oil and Chinese arms |
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| October 28 |
| Syria mystery: A New Intelligence Failure? |
| Will Bush really bomb Iran? |
| Elias Harfouche: Penalties on the Road to War |
| Abdullah Iskandar: The Turkish War and the Crisis in the
Kurdistan Region |
| Mostafa Zein: Bush's Genius and Sarkozy's Miracle |
| Michael Yon: Inside
the surge |
| US: The Next Intervention |
| Iranians study nuclear physics in Britain |
| Turkey reluctantly prepares for attack on Kurds |
| Putin: US risking new Cuban missile crisis |
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| October 27 |
| We must bomb Iran, says US Republican guru |
| Helga Zepp-LaRouche: Third World War or New World
Economic Order? |
| Analysis: Iran's political flux mirrored in US |
| Iran threatens 'decisive strike' if US attacks |
| Al-Jazeera 'on crusaders' side' over bin Laden |
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| October 26 |
| The Road to War, Part II |
| Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert |
| Now what would a huge US bomb be aimed at? |
| Iran's Contingency Plan |
| Iran's Air Defense Concerns |
| Strike on Iran Would Roil Oil Markets, Experts Say |
| Alleged Site of Israeli Attack on Syria Cleared |
| David Ignatius: Iran's well-laid trap |
| Fawaz A. Gerges: Osama bin Laden's growing anxiety |
| Al Qaeda reveals signs of weakness |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Intense Foreign Policy Debate |
| Iran Sanctions: Can They Be Effective? |
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| October 25 |
| Iranian regime reaching point of no return |
| Iran's Revolutionary Guards: more than an army |
| US imposes strict economic sanctions on Iran |
| Full Text:
Rice-Paulson official statements on US new sanctions on Iran |
| Feature: Gaza
Christians fear 'those more extreme than Hamas' |
| Iran: Resignations, Rumors and Major Policy Debates |
| " General " Erdogan |
| Iraq: The Latest Turkish Incursion |
| Iran, U.S.: Iraq Talks and Iranian Frictions |
| Iran: Looking to China for New Fighter Jets? |
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| October 24 |
| Israel moves to further isolate Gazans |
| In contractors' shootings, Iraqis search for justice |
| Saudi Arabia: The Perils of Change |
| Farid Ghadry: Writing Arab history with Jewish blood |
| Photographs said to show Israeli target inside Syria |
| Turkey as a Regional Power |
| Iran divided by nuclear policy power struggle |
| Henry Kissinger: Bold
script, weak actors |
| Feature: Threat of war looms over Kurdish mountain
village |
| Simon Tisdall: America's war without end |
| Why Iraqi Kurds could oppose Turkish kin |
| Fresh violence in Gaza feared if peace talks collapse |
| Inside Gaza: the main players |
| At last, consensus in the Middle East: all agree these
talks are bound to fail |
| Trillion-dollar war: Afghanistan & Iraq set to cost
more than Vietnam & Korea |
| FT Report: Qatar 2007: Confronting the consensus |
| Iran holds its Black Church as symbol of tolerance |
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| October 23 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Debate Over Risk |
| Where the Jihad Lives Now |
| The Kurdish Crisis and the Image of the State |
| Turkey Sends More Troops to Iraq Border |
| U.S. Warns Iraq to Halt Rebel Raids On Turkey |
| Saudi Arabia: Human Rights, Reform, and the Rule of Law |
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| October 22 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Why the PKK Is Baiting Turkey |
| Zuheir Kseibati: Star Wars… in Iran |
| Niall Ferguson: One strike, Iran could be out |
| Shlomo Ben-Ami: The way to Damascene conversion |
| In nuclear chief, Iran signals harder line |
| US targeted Iran-tied group in raid |
| Al-Qa'eda target west from Horn of Africa |
| Core al-Qa'eda leadership still growing |
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| October 21 |
| Profile: The PKK |
| US needs more jaw and less war with Iran: analysts |
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| October 20 |
| EXCLUSIVE: The Case for Israel's Strike on Syria |
| Beyond the veil: Lives of women in Iran |
| Pakistan: Political
Theater Becomes a Horror Show |
| Geopolitical Diary: Revisiting Oil |
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| October 19 |
| Con Coughlin: A step nearer to war in Iran |
| Syrians disassembling ruins at sitebombed by Israel,
officials say |
| Iran: Supreme Leader adjusts course |
| Analysis: Bush's war rhetoric reveals the anxiety that
Iran commands |
| Turkey in Iraq: Economic implications |
| Fitness sinful for women in Saudi Arabia? |
| Arnaud de Borchgrave: Putin's Tehran junket |
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| October 18 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Emerging Turkish-Syrian Relations |
| Summer 2007: The Attack that Never Occurred |
| Cal Thomas: Turkey's travail |
| Russia, Iran harden against West |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Muslims are aware of the Antichrist |
| Israel, Russia: Olmert to Focus on Russo-Iranian Nuclear
Proposal |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia Warns Against U.S. Military
Action in Iran |
| Isreal: Paying a high price |
| Divisions in Europe may thwart U.S. objectives on Iran |
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| October 17 |
| Syrian human rights activists under siege, watchdog
warns |
| Turkey into Iraq? Easier said than done |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Iranian Goal of Sunni-Shiite
Relations in Iraq |
| Peter Zeihan: The
Russia Problem |
| Russia's Show of Support for Iran |
| Russia, Iran: A New Jet Engine |
| Dennis Ross: What Rice must do to pave way for Mideast
peace deal |
| Egypt: Regression in the Muslim Brotherhood’s Party
Platform? |
| Saudi Arabia: Human Rights, Reform, and the Rule of Law |
| Carl Osgood: The Pentagon's virtual world of 'military
transformation' |
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| October 16 |
| Iran: The Real Agenda Behind Putin's Visit |
| Mustafa al-Labbad: Mechanism of Iranian institutions
holding nuclear decision |
| Walter Rodgers: The folly of war with Iran |
| Ghassan Charbel: "The Russian Pillow" |
| In Iraq, a veteran Marine gunner sees a war to be won |
| U.S., Turkey: The (Fuel) Ties that Bind |
| Turkey: Re-evaluating the U.S. Alliance |
| Canada and the Transcontinental Drug Links |
| Geopolitical Diary: An Odd Threat Against Putin |
| Russia: Putin's Iran Trip Comes in Question |
| Walid Phares: Holy War and Anti War: An Axis against
Nature |
| An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers |
| Al-Qa'eda 'fatally wounded' in Iraq, says US |
| Trita Parsi: A sober analysis of Iran |
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| October 15 |
| John F. Cullinan: Who Speaks for Islam? |
| America: exceptional no more? |
| Moderate Muslims speak – to Christians |
| Prisoner swap: Marwan for Gilad? |
| Israel strike 'targeted Syrian nuclear reactor' |
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| October 14 |
| Al-Qaeda In Iraq Reported Crippled |
| Analysts find Israel struck a nuclear project inside
Syria |
| Jihad el-Khazen: An Arab-style Judgment |
| Focus: The new Taliban |
| Zev Chafets: The Sy Empire |
| Shiite leader supports dividing Iraq into self-governing
entities |
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| October 13 |
| Relations sour between Shiites and Iraq militia |
| Danielle Pletka: To bomb or not to bomb Iran |
| Sadegh Zibakalam: Ramifications of a military strike
against Iran |
| Iran: Keeping an Eye on Washington and Moscow |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Price of Russian Cooperation
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| Congress,"the Council of Delegates," and the
Sublime Porte |
| Robert Fisk: Do you know the truth about Lockerbie? |
| Chill in relations between former Cold War foes seems to
be deepening |
| Blair admits he is shocked by discrimination on the West
Bank |
| Robert Fisk: A reign of terror which history has chosen
to neglect |
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| October 12 |
| Feature: Sweets and tears in Gaza at Eid |
| Mohamed Elmenshawy: The Muslim Brotherhood shows its
true colors |
| Petraeus: Al Qaeda remains 'wolf closest to the sled' |
| Druze wives hope to reclaim old ties |
| A Muslim Letter to Christians |
| Uphill climb for Rice on Mideast peace |
| Turkish ire may affect Iraq war |
| Russia: How Iran Figures in Talks with the West |
| Geopolitical Diary: Turkey's Designs on Northern Iraq |
| Pressure in Israel for missile defense |
| Secular Tunisia may face a new, younger Islamist
challenge |
| An Orthodox balm for Europe |
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| October 11 |
| Geopolitical Diary: A New Shield for Israel |
| Analyst Warns Against Partitioning Iraq |
| The Neo-Missionaries and their Fascism |
| Security Contractors in Iraq: Tactical -- and Practical
-- Considerations |
| Turkey: Looking to Formalize a Buffer Zone? |
| The rise of mosques becomes catalyst for conflict across
Europe |
| House panel votes to condemn Armenian killings as
genocide |
| Iraq's deepening refugee crisis: Homeless in their own
land |
| Ahmadinijad, King of nuclear bluff |
| An Israeli Strike on Syria Kindles Debate in the U.S.
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| Ehud Yaari: Think Saudi |
| S. Rob Sobhani: King Abdullah's 'openness' strategy |
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| October 10 |
| Daniel Kurtzer: A recipe for failure? |
| The Geopolitical Foundations of Blackwater |
| Geopolitical Diary: Saudi Arabia's Resilience |
| The Middle East's 20 Richest People |
| Russia, France: The New Relationship |
| Turkey: Pressure to Send Forces into Northern Iraq |
| Jeffrey Steinberg: Britain's 'managed chaos' drives the
world toward war |
| Dennis Ross: Condi's Keys |
| Yoel Marcus: The cat's tail |
| Iraq military coalition withers |
| Pakistan: Musharraf Asserts Himself with a Bombing |
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| October 9 |
| As Mideast realigns, US leans Sunni |
| Iraq: Iran's Hand in the Shiite Truce |
| Israel: The Gaza Strip and the Grad Artillery Rocket |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Extreme interrogation tactics |
| New political deal angers Pakistanis |
| Israel, PNA: The Jerusalem Division Offer |
| Pakistan's Helicopter Accident |
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| October 8 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Talk of More U.S.-Iranian Talks |
| The camel in the tent - Rachel Ehrenfeld and Alyssa Lappen |
| Barry Rubin: Let's not make a deal |
| David Ignatius: 'A Way Out' for Iran |
| Jamil Theyabi: More Urgent Than Just Warning…! |
| Abbas William Samii: The Guards run the show in Iran |
| Feature: Gazans dig for profit |
| For U.S. military families, Iraq war can't end short of
victory |
| 'War on terror' has been a 'disaster': British think tank |
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| October 7 |
| Suicide bombers head to Iraq from Damascus |
| Syria said strengthening ties to opponents of Iraq
government |
| Hazem Saghieh: Farther than the scandal of Ahmadinejad |
| Iraqi officers want UK patrols back in Basra |
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| October 6 |
| Elias Harfouche: Tehran and Pyongyang |
| Iraq: Regrets Only? |
| Noah Feldman: Democratosis |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Are the Arabs Sleeping? |
| Iraq: Increasing Frictions Between Baghdad and Arbil |
| Iraq: The tide is turning in Basra |
| Christians In Iraq feel increasingly vulnerable |
| Bombmakers Reach the Internet Mainstream |
| Jeremy Scahill: The scandal of Blackwater |
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| October 5 |
| Iraq: The Sectarian Tables Turn |
| Meyrav Wurmser: The Iran-Hamas Alliance |
| Report: Israel 'blinded' Syrian radar |
| Syrian parliament member says ‘Israel operation
failed’ |
| US 'must break Iran and Syria regimes' |
| Iraq: Conquer and divide |
| Michael Burleigh: Drum beaters for Iran war should think
again |
| US hawk David Wurmser 'plotted Iran war' |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Kurdish Oil Reality |
| Ideals and realities clash in Bush 'freedom agenda' |
| Investigator: Corruption is 'rampant' in Iraqi government |
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| October 4 |
| Syria, seeking investors, turns cautiously to Iran |
| How Europe and America Should
Confront Islamic Extremism |
| Analysis: Iraqi Kurds sign new oil deals |
| When the Israelis Arm the Arabs |
| Iran: An Opportune time for U.S. talks |
| Israel, Syria: Upgrades and an Unchanged Air Defense
Dynamic |
| Informants, Bombs and Lessons |
| Russia, Turkey: An Unlikely Proposal |
| Afghanistan: Signs of a Major Shift |
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| October 3 |
| Are U.S. and Iran headed for war? |
| Egypt and the US: Thorny Issues |
| Simon Heffer: Would you vote for war on Iraq? |
| Putin plan: more democratic? |
| Iran: Almost Dollar-Free |
| Turkey: Izmir Attacks |
| Geopolitical Diary: No Post-Putin Russia |
| George Friedman: Sarkozy, the European Central Bank and
Gettysburg |
| New revelations in attack on American spy ship |
| ElBaradei warns Tehran to come clean on 'work plan' |
| Pakistan: The Rise of the Generals |
| Muslims, Jews share a holy day |
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| October 2 |
| Iran, Iraq: Upping the Ante with SAMs |
| Putin and Russia: Four More Years |
| Chris Weigant: The day after we bomb Iran |
| Jamil Theyabi: Similarities Between Bush and Ahmadinejad |
| Ghassan Charbel: The Absent Man |
| U.S. takes Anbar model to Iraqi Shiites |
| Darfur: A Rebel Raid Buys Time for Khartoum |
| U.S. steps up its military presence in Africa |
| Struggle to unite Afghan tribes, one by one |
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| October 1 |
| Shifting Targets: The Administration’s plan for Iran |
| Bolton calls for bombing of Iran |
| Geopolitical Diary: Israeli Politics and Geopolitics |
| Joschka Fischer: Realism in Iraq |
| Peter Preston: An illogical Armageddon |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The Iraqi Balfour Declaration? |
