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Mideast Opeds
January 2008 |
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| January 31 |
| The 'Lone Wolf' Disconnect - Fred Burton and Scott Stewart |
| George Friedman: The Geopolitics of Dope |
| Permanent U.S. bases in Iraq unlikely |
| Helga Zepp-LaRouche: Rogue trader triggers collapse |
| Robin Shepherd: A barrage against Israel |
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| January 30 |
| Adel Safty: The Annapolis spirit in action |
| Claude Salhani: Reaction to Bush final address is ho-hum |
| Ghassan Khatib: Short term gain for Hamas, long term gain
for Israel |
| Iraq: The Shia Between the Sunnis and the Kurds |
| Iraq: Kurds, Foreigners and Oil |
| Egypt: Navigating the Gaza Crisis |
| Iran: Dreams of a Caspian Refinery |
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| January 29 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Bush's Last Chance in the Middle
East |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Ahmad Al-Chalabi and the war on Iraq |
| Analysis: Challenges confront Bush, successor |
| Analysis: Iraq's politicians striving to reform unity
cabinet |
| Bush Touts Iraq Progress, Economic Plan in State of the
Nation address |
| Full Text: Bush's final State of the Union address |
| David Singer: Gaza - Stateless, Leaderless, Mindless and
Powerless |
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| January 28 |
| Gershon Baskin: The prospect of a new Gaza reality |
| Scott MacLeod: Terrorism's Christian Godfather |
| Israeli 'Economic Warfare' to Include Electricity Cuts in
Gaza |
| Palestinians clash over control of border |
| Amir Taheri: Prelude to War |
| Mshari Al-Zaydi: The Age of the Sects |
| Refugees are too scared to return to Iraq |
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| January 27 |
| Gaza's falling wall changes Middle East map for ever |
| Dan Roberts: It's not the end of the world as we know it |
| Ahdaf Soueif: Exodus presents us Egyptians with a threat
and an opportunity |
| Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah's Risky Reform Move |
| Qataris poised to snap up $3bn stake in Credit Suisse |
| Editorial: The siege of Gaza has failed |
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| January 26 |
| Matasha Bukhari: The puzzle of Gaza |
| Gideon Levy: Why the mighty fell |
| Mostafa Zein: Trapped Between Humiliation And Bush's
Visions |
| Mubarak under pressure |
| Conversation With Ehud Barak |
| Robert Fisk: A lesson in how to create Iraqi orphans |
| Syria: Who Needs Annapolis? |
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| January 25 |
| Dan Ephron: Recouping From Terrorists |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iraq's Federalist Problem |
| Isreal: Back to an attack mentality |
| Hassan Haydar: Us, Them, and Death |
| Elias Harfouch: The Martin Luther King Battle! |
| Editorial: The siege of Gaza has failed |
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| January 24 |
| Stopping Iran: Why the case for military action still
stands |
| Scott MacLeod: Bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Turkey and Greece Agree to Disagree |
| Tablighi Jamaat: An Indirect Line to Terrorism |
| Claude Salhani: Like the trumpets of Jericho |
| Daniel Pipes: The Middle East's strange affliction |
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| January 23 |
| Study: False statements preceded Iraq war |
| Iraq: What comes after the surge? |
| Feature: Shiite cult Soldiers of Heaven re-emerges in
Iraq |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Future of the NATO Alliance |
| LaRouche: Israeli War Plans Against Gaza Are Insane |
| Analysis: Anti-Islam film scares The Hague |
| Analysis: Islamist terror back in Europe |
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| January 22 |
| Saudi Arabia: Social Liberalization a Prerequisite to
Economic Reforms |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Pakistani Elections and Beyond |
| H.D.S. Greenway: A Mideast lesson for Bush |
| Analysis: Iran, Syria divide Germany |
| Analysis: President Bush's Herculean task |
| Jihad el-Khazen: I Announce The Death Of The Arab Street |
| Iraq: The Hard Days |
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| January 21 |
| Sympathizers seek answers from al-Qaida |
| Marek Halte: No peace without Damascus |
| James Carroll: Islamofascism's ill political wind |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Grave Mistakes Or Blatant Lies |
| Palestinian hip hop featured at Sundance |
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| January 20 |
| Ahmadinijad's financial folly: Squandering Iran's oil
windfall |
| Mohamad Bazzi: Bush's visit: no peace, no democracy in
Mideast |
| Patience in Iraq |
| David Christ: Iran’s small boats are a big problem |
| Zvi Bar'el: The height of Meshal's flames |
| The Construction Site Called Saudi Arabia |
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| January 19 |
| Patrick Seale: The Political Bankruptcy of George W Bush |
| Yossi Sarid: Fear of Netanyahu |
| Arab Business: Time for a relaunch |
| Ariel Cohen: Lieberman out. Olmert next? |
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| January 18 |
| Could US, Iran Stumble Into War? |
| Papers show 'discreet' Saudi demands for arms sale fees |
| Three-way checkmate - Hussein Agha and Robert Malley |
| Elias Harfoush: Baathists … without a Baath Party ! |
| Hassan Haydar: The Iranian Chess Game |
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| January 17 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Bush Wraps Up Mideast Trip |
| Daniel Pipes: Bush's Middle East Hopes |
| Bush's Middle East Trip: The President Embraces Rice's
Approach |
| Randa Takieddine: Sarkozy In The Gulf |
| Abdallah Iskandar: Olmert And Gaza |
| Jihad El-Khazen: I repeat what all Arabs say |
| Mohamed Salah: The Race for Protesting Bush's Visit |
| Opium fields spread across Iraq as farmers try to make
ends meet |
| Iraq: The Narrowing Kurdish Window of Opportunity |
| Bad Reviews for Bush in the Mideast |
| Blair Pushes Post-Westphalia Chaos - Jeffrey Steinberg and Mary Burdman |
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| January 16 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The U.S. Economic Anti-Crisis |
| Jeff Jacoby: Death of the Bush Doctrine |
| Michael Hirsh: Long in the Tooth |
| Robert Fisk: Bloody reality bears no relation to the
delusions of this President |
| Cal Thomas: Faith and fantasy |
| Uzi Benziman: The last refuge |
| Debra Freeman: Clinton's fight for 'invisible Americans'
can save the U.S.A. |
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| January 15 |
| The Strait of Hormuz Incident and U.S. Strategy |
| Claude Salhani: What does Iran want? |
| Zvi Bar'el: The Arabs should stop whining |
| Israel and Palestine: Bush's cowboy ways |
| Uri Avnery: The hands of Esau |
| As Bush visits, U.S., Egypt grow farther apart |
| France: Sarkozy's Nuclear Sweeteners for the Middle East |
| Sudan: Considering Confederation |
| Turkey: Ankara's Natural Gas Power Play |
| Marie Lillo: Political importance of Sarkozy's visit to
Saudi Arabia |
| Douglas Alezander: What is the price for peace? |
| Jamil Theyabi: The Emperor's Tour |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Is Obama a Brave Leader? |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Struggle over Re-Baathifying
Iraq |
| The Surge Effect: The gamble is paying off for Bush and
McCain |
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| January 14 |
| Gary Anderson: Why Al-Qaeda Is Losing |
| Shibley Telhami: It's Not About Iran |
| Amir Taheri: The day the Americans sunk Khomeini's navy |
| Iraq offensive: Clear out militants – and stay |
| Sam Leith: Having a large laugh at Islamic terrorists |
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| January 13 |
| Salama A Salama: Illusions of peace |
| Fawzi El-Shueib: From Damascus to Washington via Paris |
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| January 12 |
| Raghida Dergham: Roadmap of candidates' positions to
enter White House |
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| January 11 |
| Al Baradei: Old And Renewed Nuclear Fears |
| Between fitna, fawda and the deep blue sea |
| US beats a Middle East policy retreat |
| U.S. Operations in Iraq: A Message to Jihadists |
| Edirorial: Letter to George W. Bush |
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| January 10 |
| Al-Baradei: I fear a surprising terrorist attack with
radioactive material |
| Analysis: Gulf Arabs chart delicate course between Iran,
U.S. |
| Zuheir Kseibati: A Bad Beginning, From Hormuz To
Jerusalem |
| Feature: Millions of Shiites flock to Iraq to celebrate
Ashura |
| Jihad el-Khazen: A Terror State That Harbors Terrorists |
| David Ignatius: Stormy winds of change sweeping Iraq |
| Randa Takieddine: A Speedy Presidential Marriage! |
| Geopolitical Diary: New Year Could Bring More Trouble to
Pakistan |
| Bush (Almost) impossible mission |
| Bush Trip: An Opportunity to Promote Security, Freedom,
and Peace |
| The Bhutto Assassination: A Tough Case for Scotland Yard |
| Jeffrey Steinberg: British trigger global mayhem as
financial crash accelerates |
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| January 9 |
| Annual Forecast 2008: Beyond the Jihadist War - Middle
East |
| Annual Forecast 2008: Beyond the Jihadist War |
| Sand Trap: Bush's Mideast trip risks being overshadowed
by Iran |
| Madeleine Albright: Democracy: inevitable no more |
| Iran: Washington’s War may have to wait |
| Ghassan Khatib: Bush needs clarity to confront the
challenges ahead |
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| January 8 |
| The Rise and Fall of the 'Strait of Hormuz Incident' |
| Yossi Alpher: Why is he coming? |
| American armada prepares to take on Iran |
| Iraq: New leaders of Sunnis make gains in influence |
| Look who's pro-U.S. now: Saudi Arabia |
| Iran high on Bush Mideast trip |
| Bush drills for Middle East deals |
| Jacob Heilbrunn: The Case of Fouad Ajami |
| Israel: Ready for war |
| Israel seeks all clear for Iran air strike |
| US tells Iran to back down after Gulf skirmish |
| Cheney steps up rhetoric against Iran |
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| January 7 |
| Iran: Provocation and Negotiations |
| Claude Salhani: New al-Qaida threats against Bush |
| Jamil Theyabi: The Profession of Death! |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Israel Is A State Of Institutionalized
Terror |
| Uri Avnery: The case of the white bird |
| Geopolitical Diary: Al Qaeda's Silence on Pakistan |
| Akiva Eldar: Another obstacle to Zionism |
| Gaza: Lurching from crisis to crisis |
| Bush's Mideast mission |
| Eyal Chowers: Peace and the nation-state |
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| January 6 |
| Borzou Dargahi:
Iran's power rests in many hands |
| UK bishop warns of no-go zones for non-Muslims |
| Israel warns of Iranian missile peril for Europe |
| Michael Nazir-Ali: Extremism flourished as UK lost
Christianity |
| Iraq-Syria: Iraqi refugees resort to desperate measures
to survive |
| Jemima Khan: If a Bhutto must run Pakistan, why not
Fatima? |
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| January 5 |
| Israel: The Many Benefits of Dismantling Settler
Outposts |
| Iran: Call For Calm Elections |
| Mauritania: Threats Stall the Dakar Rally |
| Jeffrey Goldberg: Seeds of Hate |
| The War Inside the Arab Newsroom |
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| January 4 |
| Amir Taheri: The Dual in Islam |
| Michael Jacobson: Raising the costs for Tehran |
| Iraq: An Intra-Shiite Breach at the Top |
| Arnaud de Borchgrave: Absurdistan? |
| Despair, poverty rise in Palestinian area |
| Al Jazeera no longer nips at Saudis |
| Geopolitical Diary: Elections and the Army in Pakistan |
| Shashi Tharoor: Bhutto's death has averted a
mullah-military Pakistan |
| Con Coughlin: Bilawal Bhutto's limitations for Pakistan |
| Ahmad Mustafa: A case of 'destructive chaos' |
| Paul Greenberg: The world in which we live |
| David Ignatius: Night of the Opinions |
| Sudan: The Killing of a USAID Officer |
| Marc Lynch: Why U.S. strategy on Iran is crumbling |
| What Palestinians will do with $7.4 billion |
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| January 3 |
| Analysis: Bush's Gordian knot |
| Pakistan, Bhutto and the U.S.-Jihadist Endgame |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Real Reasons Behind High Oil
Prices |
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| January 2 |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Pull of an Egyptian-Iranian
Entente |
| Russia and Iran: Unfriendly friends |
| Saudi Arabian bloggers rattled by first arrest of online
critic |
| Pakistan: The Brief Election Delay |
| Jamil Theyabi: Bhutto Opens Surgeries Season |
| Sudan: Diplomat's Death Will Not Change Much |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Each Wants To Rule On Its Own |
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| January 1 |
| Net Assessment:
United States |
| Intel Community: 'Military killed Bhutto' |
| Afghanistan: Fissures Among the Taliban |
| Dmitry Kosyrev: Palestine, the Kosovo of the Middle East |
| Baghdad: First New Year's in years |
