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Mideast Opeds
June 2009 |
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| June 30 |
| Saudi Arabia: A
Royal Rift |
| George Friedman: The Real Struggle in Iran and Implications for
U.S. Dialogue |
| Iran… A Snowball or a Second Revolution? |
| Jihad el-Khazen: Saudi Hezbollah |
| Abdullah Iskandar: France’s Burqa and the
Taliban’s Burqa |
| Iranian Prince: 'My Moment Will Come' |
| Responding to the Iran crisis: How to reconcile competing
priorities |
| After a lull, protests revive in Iran |
| Iraq: Is the Job Done? |
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| June 29 |
| Feature: Life after U.S. pullout brings worries for
Iraqis |
| Iran: A Rift that Cannot be Healed |
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| June 28 |
| Iran: How a movement could transform the region |
| In Iran, the protests have quieted, but the protesters
are simmering |
| Middle East: Another war imminent |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Iran's rogue regime |
| Martha Bayles: When the revolution isn't broadcast |
| Feature: A turbid Jordan slouches through promised land |
| The new era in Iran |
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| June 27 |
| Saudi Media Take the Lead Against Iran's Regime |
| Helena Cobban: Iran Crisis Ripples Outward |
| What will become of Iran's "stiletto
revolution" now? |
| Iran’s Demonstrations: Imperfect Revolution |
| Iraq Withdrawal Deadline: Subtle Shift in U.S. Mission |
| Iran Sanctions: The German Control Problem |
| Iraq: A Critical Juncture for Security |
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| June 26 |
| Charles Krauthammer: Desperately seeking a revolutionary
leader for Iran |
| Analysis: Iran's 2-sided rule — turban and helmet |
| Frida Ghitis: Can Obama still talk to Iran? |
| Michael Gerson: No Choice but Democracy |
| Israelis, U.S. Jews Differ Dramatically On Obama |
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| June 25 |
| Iran: Government Infighting Continues |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Shift in the U.S.-Israeli Drama |
| Will Iran's turmoil change the Middle East? |
| Phil Giraldi: Stay Out of Iran’s Evolutionary
Process |
| Harlan Ullman: Four revolutions |
| Iran: Ahmadinejad's Turbulent Second Term |
| Is War between Iran and Israel Inevitable? |
| Germany's Muslims on the rise but feel alienated |
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| June 23 |
| Iran scrambles to negate Neda Soltan 'martyrdom' |
| George Friedman: The Iranian Election and the Revolution Test |
| Terry Lacey: Looking History in the Face in Iran |
| David Ignatius: A new Iranian revolution |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Battles on the Streets and Behind the
Scenes |
| Iran: A Rift Persists While Protests Dwindle |
| Iran: Text of Mousavi's Letter to the Guardians Council |
| Iran: The Chatham House Report and Election
Irregularities |
| Analysis: Barack Obama's call for change rings hollow in
Iran |
| Boris Johnson: What has Ayatollah Khamenei got against
little old Britain? |
| Analysis casts doubts on Ahmadinejad's victory |
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| June 22 |
| Uneasy Iraq weighs implications of the political crisis
next door |
| Expect things to get worse in Iran - at least for now |
| Amos Harel: Can Iran ever be freed from its religious
regime? |
| Profile: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani |
| What the World Didn't See in Tehran |
| In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences |
| Analysis: Qaeda seeks war, not refuge, in Yemen/Somalia |
| Gaza's 2 years under Hamas: order and absurdity |
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| June 21 |
| A struggle for the legacy of the Iranian revolution |
| Iran Makes History Again |
| Iran: Bullets and Barrels |
| Will Iran’s democratic upsurge pass over to
revolution? |
| Hadi Ghaemi: No ‘Tehran Tiananmen’ |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: The Koran and the Ballot Box |
| Michael Gerson: Realism on Iran? It's called freedom |
| Roger Cohen: A supreme leader loses his aura as Iranians
flock to the streets |
| Zvi Bar'el: Which Iran would Israel bomb? |
| Zvi Bar'el: Mousavi testing how far he can take Iran
protests |
| Iran: No one truly knows how the protests will end |
| Analysis: Assad no longer stands in his father's shadow |
| Iran: The supreme leader’s fatal mistake |
| Abdel Bari Atwan: Same old questions and no new answers |
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| June 20 |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: The June 12 Revolution |
| Analysis: Iran at a turning point |
| Robert Fisk: In Tehran, fantasy and reality make uneasy bedfellows |
| The Ayatollah speaks – and the protesters are
warned |
| Robert Fisk: Khamenei is fighting for his own position
as well as Ahmadinejad's |
| The end game in Iran: Four ways the crisis may resolve |
| Al-Qaeda End Game |
| A show of force as the Islamic revolution fights back |
| In U.S., Iranians see country and countrymen in a new
light |
| Iran: Opposition 'is really on a knife edge' |
| James Zogby: Can Obama do it? |
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| June 19 |
| Iran: The Supreme Leader Draws the Line |
| Iran: Khamenei inflamed divisions in address at Friday
prayers |
| Simon Tisdall: Khamenei and the politics of denial |
| Amir Taheri: Iran's Electoral Swindle |
| Robert Baer: Don't forget Mousavi's bloody past |
| Patrick Cockburn: History suggests coup in Iran will
fail |
| Can Iran's top clerics defuse the crisis? |
| Profile: Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Iran's presidential
challenger |
| Profile: Basij militia force |
| Who hates who in Iran |
| David Makovsky: Upheaval in Iran doesn't change nuclear
calculus |
| Khamenei-Rafsanjani split limits Iran’s power to
quell uprising |
| Geopolitical Diary: Tensions in Iran coming to a boil? |
| Iran: Election Unrest Continues |
| Iran: The dead are mourned – but the fight goes on |
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| June 18 |
| John Bersia: Lessons from Iran, Lebanon and North Korea |
| Geopolitical
Diary: Ahmadinejad's Rivals Still On The Move |
| Iran: Increasing Post-Election Tensions |
| Security at Places of Worship: More Than a Matter of
Faith |
| Con Coughlin: Iran's brave revolutionaries can change
nothing but the faces |
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| June 17 |
| Ahmadinejad Won; Get Over it |
| Paul Craig Roberts: Are You Ready for War with a
Demonized Iran? |
| Gazans under 'satanic' siege turn to God for refuge |
| Iran: Twitter, Cyberwarfare and Opposition Movements |
| Jeffrey Gedmin: What Do Iranians Want? |
| David Ignatius: Obama's Message to Iran |
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| June 16 |
| Iran's motorcycle urban warfare |
| Iran regime faces public anger: will it survive? |
| Geopolitical Diary: Islamic Republic Destabilizing From
Within? |
| George Friedman: Western Misconceptions Meet Iranian
Reality |
| Laila El-Haddad: No peace from Netanyahu |
| Ahmadinejad’s Victory: Predicted and Feared |
| Rami Khouri: What Comes Around Goes Around |
| Iran: The Supreme Leader Intervenes |
| Iran: Shots Fired at Mousavi Supporters |
| Martin Walker: Where Iran goes now |
| Eye of the storm? Red Sea on the boil |
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| June 15 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Netanyahu's Speech and the Peace
Process |
| Mehdi Khalaji: Khamenei's Coup |
| Analysis: Netanyahu's overture likely too little |
| Michael Rubin: Iran's election result proves Obama's
formula is not working |
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| June 14 |
| Analysis: Ahmadinejad win actually preferable for Israel |
| Iran Election: The Regime Cracks |
| Nicholas Kristof: Drugs Won the War |
 Reading Khamenei: The
World View of Iran's Most Powerful Leader |
| Iran: Rafsanjani Resigns? |
| A Carnival of Provocations as Gaddafi Visits Rome |
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| June 13 |
| Iran: The Results of the Presidential Election |
| Sami Moubayed: Syria warms to Obama's charm |
| Iraq: An Assassination and Political Tensions |
| Robert Fisk: Iran united by spirit of democracy |
| Robert Fisk: The world may be one but you need a visa to
get around it |
| Martin Schram: Politics local there, too |
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| June 12 |
| Iran: A Presidential Election and Metamorphosis |
| Iran: Nuclear Challenges and Questions About Capability |
| Factbox: Issues in Iran's presidential election race |
| Q&A: How powerful is the Iranian president? |
| Wildcard in Iran election: Obama |
| Iran: Is Khamenei Turning Away From Ahmadinejad? |
| At last, a real election in Iran – but it won't
help relations with the West |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Zahra of Iran |
| Analysis: Netanyahu cornered by hawks and Obama |
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| June 11 |
| Helena Cobban: Syrian Foreign Minister eager to work
with Obama |
| West Bank: Some unclean drops to drink |
| Maleeha Lodhi: Turning A New Page? |
| Arabs hope for reformist win in Iran |
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| June 10 |
| Iran's election system |
| Key events in Iran since revolution |
| Iranian candidates' views on key issues |
| George Friedman: West Bank Settlements and the Future of
U.S.-Israeli Relations |
| Iran demonstrators aim to see off Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's
'empire of lies' |
| A look at Iran's presidential candidates |
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| June 8 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Political System Approaching
Impasse |
| Global weapons spending hits record levels |
| Moshe Arens: Great expectations and pious hopes |
| Akiva Eldar: Time's awasting |
| Thomas Friedman: After Cairo, It’s Clinton Time |
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| June 6 |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Pie in the Muslim sky |
| Analysis: Baathists beat nationalist drum |
| Analysis: Obama placing Mideast hopes on containing
settlements |
| Mohamed Abdel Salam: The terror phase is approaching its
end |
| Greg Bruno: Al-Qaeda in the crosshairs |
| Yoram Schweitzer: Why hasn't al-Qaeda attacked again? |
| Anouar Boukhars: Exploiting al-Qaeda's vulnerabilities |
| U.S.: Obama's Address to the Muslim World |
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| June 5 |
| Full Text: Barack Obama's Speech in Cairo |
| Geopolitical Diary: An Al Qaeda Message at a
Critical Time in Pakistan |
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| June 4 |
| Michael Moynihan: The Shot Heard Round the World |
| James O'Gara: Welcome to Cairo, Mr. President |
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| June 3 |
| Brazil, France: The Mystery of Flight 447 |
| Saudi Arabia:
Making an Example of al-Sanea |
| Geopolitical
Diary: Obama's Outreach to the Muslim World |
| Inside Intel: Assassination by proxy |
| Feature: Saudis happy about Obama visit but look for
action |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Obama and the Arabs |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Obama Needs a Magic Wand |
| Ariqat: We Know the Answers; Time for Decisions |
| Saudi Arabia: A Public Financial Reprimand |
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| June 2 |
| Feature; Obama faces tough crowd with speech to Muslim
world |
| Background: Obama open to Islam in writings, comments |
| Graham Allison: A New Red Line For Iran |
| Moshe Arens: So what's your solution? |
| Nehemia Shtrasler: Netanyahu's unloaded gun |
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| June 1 |
| Feature: Let's get green - Ahmadinejad challenger is
confident |
| Obama’s Middle East Trip: New Dawn or More of the
Same? |
| Joshua Muravchik: Islamists Lose Ground in the Middle
East |
| Analysis: Anti-Hamas crackdown sign of renewed PA
confidence |
| Akiva Eldar: What will happen if Israel 'defeats' Obama? |
| Christina Bellantoni: Obama will carry friendly message
to Muslim world |
