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October 2009 |
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| October
31 |
| Al Qaida veterans flowing into Gaza despite Hamas
crackdown |
| Turkey: Bold Moves on the Kurdish Issue |
| New fundamentalist movements on the rise in Gaza |
| Powerful Islamic movement sees leadership struggle |
| Eugene Robinson: A familiar war in Afghanistan |
| Michael Goldfarb: When Pro-Israel is not very pro-Israel |
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| October
30 |
| A Possible bin Laden Sighting |
| Iran: An Update on the Nuclear Standoff |
| The Return of Israel's Existential Dread |
 Israel as an
al-Qaeda Target: Sorting Rhetoric from Reality |
| The Kremlin Wars (Special Series), Part 5: Putin
Struggles for Balance |
| U.S.: The Recession Ends |
| U.S.: Breaking Up 'The Ummah' in Detroit |
| Infamous Islamist Imam Forswears Terror |
| David Ignatius: On the war's front lines |
| Charles Krauthammer: The three envelopes |
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| October
29 |
| Iraq: A Rebounding Jihad |
| Saudi Arabia Under the Lash |
| Israel, U.S.: Negotiating Iran with Russia |
| Sami Moubayed: A turkey hunt in Iraq |
| The NDP Conference and Egypt's Future |
| Iran: Protest Politics |
| Pakistan: Militant Strategy Behind a Market Attack |
| Afghanistan: The Taliban Tries to Deter Elections |
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| October
28 |
| Russia, Iran and the Biden Speech - George Friedman and Peter Zeihan |
| The Kremlin Wars (Special Series), Part 4: Surkov
Presses Home |
| Thomas Friedman: Don’t Build Up |
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| October
27 |
| Salafism: A New Threat to Hamas |
| Why Pro-Arab France Is Warming Up to Israel |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Latest Attacks in Baghdad |
| Israel's 'Cold' Peace With Egypt, Jordan Grows Chillier |
| Turkey: Shuttle Diplomacy Between Washington and Tehran |
| The Kremlin Wars (Special Series), Part 3: Rise of the
Civiliki |
| Ephraim Inbar: George Mitchell's mission impossible |
| Opportunities fade amid sense of isolation in Gaza |
| War fatalities leave Obama with dilemma |
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| October
26 |
| Anthony Shadid: Bombings rock Iraq's political landscape |
| Analysis: Baghdad blasts bode ill for Barack Obama's
withdrawal plan |
| David Ignatius: A resilient Baghdad on a day of horror |
| Analysis: Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Uranium
Deal |
| The Dethroning of King Dollar? |
| Barry Rubin: The big American freeze |
| Fareed Zakaria: Think before surging |
| 'Iran is our friend,' says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip
Erdogan |
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| October
25 |
| Saudi Arabia’s Autumn of Risks |
| Turkey-Israel: Tensions on the Horizon |
| David Ignatius: History's road to Waziristan |
| David Ignatius: History's road to Waziristan |
| Joshua Kurlantzick: Afghanistan could turn into Vietnam.
Let's hope so. |
| Mark Medish: What’s With Iran? |
| Franklin Lamb: Syria's Golan Heights |
| Feature: Egyptians conflicted over preserving Jewish
past |
| Thomas Friedman: Eyes on the Prize |
| In Yemen, War Centers on Authority, Not Terrain |
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| October
24 |
| Israeli military strike more likely after Iran misses
deadline |
| Egypt's Brotherhood is knocking |
| The Kremlin Wars (Special Series), Part 2: The
Combatants |
| Iran: Rising Stakes in the Nuclear Talks |
| David Ignatius: History's road to Waziristan |
| Somaliland, the Unrecognized State |
| Iran, Israel: Sworn enemies across the disarmament
table |
| Netenyahu: 'Just means against an unjust attack' - Interview |
| Fayyad: 'Institution building' in Palestine - Interview |
| Turkey, Israel: Strategic partnership jeopardized |
| Turkey, Israel: Surfacing submarine |
| Turkey, Israel: On opposite trajectories |
| Turkey, Israel: Contrasting Middle East visions |
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| October
23 |
| U.S. and Israel train to stop Iran |
| Iran: The Supreme Leader's Health |
| The Kremlin Wars (Special Series Introduction): The War
Begins |
| The Kremlin Wars (Special Series), Part 1: The Crash |
| What Do Muslims Want? |
| Michael Ledeen: We Have Met the Enemy . . . And it is
Iran. |
| Somalian Piracy: Flourishing Business in a Failed State |
| Feature: In exile, Iraqis taste a life impossible at
home |
| Analysis: Will Iran nuke deal bury chances of Israeli
attack? |
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| October
22 |
| What if Israel strikes Iran from the air? |
| Iran's Biggest Worry: Growing Ethnic Conflict |
| Iran: The Ripple Effects of Defection |
| The Curious Case of Adlene Hicheur |
| Pakistan: A Mysterious Explosion in North Waziristan |
| Tunnels Provide Wares, and a Lifeline, for Gaza |
| Dubai: A Five-Star Ghost Town at the End of 'The World' |
| Douglas Bloomfield: Will Obama put the peace process on
hold? |
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| October
21 |
| The U.S. Challenge in Afghanistan |
| Iran: A Costly Delay in Talks |
| Pakistan: Militants Attack Soft Targets |
| Zvi Bar'el: How the Muslim world deals with the rise of
Islamism |
| Africans seeking refuge in Israel must first survive
perils of Egyptian crossing |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Iran ...Terrorism Returns Home |
| Space: The Highest Ground |
| Election law stalls in Iraqi parliament - Anthony Shadid and Nada Bakri |
| Painful Mideast Truth: Force Trumps Diplomacy |
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| October
20 |
| Analysis: Iran has its own terrorism problem |
| Feature: At 60, matured Netanyahu has second go at peace
making |
| Pakistan: Tracking the Offensive in South Waziristan |
| Anne Applebaum: The slowly vanishing NATO |
| Richard Cohen: Obama's identity crisis |
| The Goldstone Mission vs. The Peace Process |
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| October
19 |
| Iran: Dual Attacks in Sistan-Balochistan |
| A Tumultuous Week Ahead for the Iran Issue |
| Libya: The Succession Guessing Game |
| In Iraq, security is only surface deep |
| Israel worried Fatah may resume suicide attacks |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Will Iran Establish Ties with Israel? |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Before Mitchell Announces His
Failure |
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| October
18 |
| The Lying Game on Iran |
| Five myths about Iran's nuclear progarm |
| Tariq Alhomayed: It’s Cairo, Not Tel Aviv! |
| Analysis: Israeli military stigmatized to block strike
against Iran's nuclear facilities |
| Why Israel failed in the Gaza war |
| Think Tank: new ideas from the 21st Century: Your
honour is taking an injudicious kick at Israel |
| Zvi Bar'el: How do Turkey and Israel measure each
other's love? |
| Jim Hoagland: Obama's Afghan Squeeze Play |
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| October
17 |
| Is a new cold war brewing with Iran? |
| Amir Taheri: The Monster and Cinderella |
| Osama bin Laden: sunflower enthusiast with a passion
for fast cars |
| Iran, Saudi Arabia Face Off in the Media |
| Hussein Shobokshi: The Iranian Revolutionary Bazaar |
| Analysis: U.S. using Goldstone report to punish
Netanyahu |
| Afghanistan: Understanding a U.S. Troop Surge |
| Caroline Glick: How Turkey was lost |
| Destination death: An Al-Qaeda bus in Iraq |
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| October
16 |
| Saudi Arabia: Prince Bandar and Resurfacing Coup Rumors |
| Religious extremism is not exclusive to Islam |
| Pakistan: The Taliban Lashes Out |
| Pakistan: A Synopsis of the Lahore Attacks |
| David Ignatius: Careful to a Fault on Afghanistan |
| Robert Pape: To Beat the Taliban, Fight From Afar |
| Ayatollah Khamenei dead? How rumours start |
| Yoel Marcus: Is the Obama effect turning the world
against Israel? |
| Yossi Sarid: Abbas is a dead man - Netanyahu and Barak
killed him |
| Yemeni troubles: broad implications |
| Yemen: Isolated no more |
| Yemen: snapshot of a potential future |
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| October
15 |
| Pakistan: The South Waziristan Migration |
| Armenia, Turkey: A Politically Meaningful Soccer Match |
| Analysis: Hamas and Fatah face a forced marriage |
| Analysis: U.S.-Russia divide displayed on Iran |
| Dubai begins to expel its economic demons |
| Feature: Egypt's anti-succession campaign launched amid
low security |
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| October
14 |
| Could an Israeli air strike stop Iran's nuclear
program? |
| Hamas struggling to get longer range rockets |
| Syrian-Saudi trade flowing despite political
disagreements |
| 'Embarrassing' Incident in Gulf of Suez: German Ship
Transporting Arms for Iran |
| Analysis: Cold Turkey could change political balance |
| Prince Turki al-Faisal: Seven steps to a secure
Afghanistan |
| Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan: Meeting Russia's Interests |
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| October
13 |
| George Friedman: Nobel Geopolitics |
| In Egypt and Saudi Arabia, succession looms |
| Geopolitical Diary: An Independent Israeli Foreign Policy? |
| Boris Morozov: Why Russia is not afraid of an Iranian
bomb |
| Isi Leibler: Zionism at the crossroads |
| Asli Aydintasbas: Should Turkey Apologize To The
Armenians? |
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| October
12 |
| Yemen army, rebels 'bogged down in war without end' |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Significance of a Hostage Crisis in
Pakistan |
| Russia halts TOR-M1, S-300 air, missile defense
missiles to Iran |
| Fareed Zakaria: What Failure in Afghanistan? |
| Middle East: a Belgian solution? |
| Frank Rich: Two Wrongs Make Another Fiasco |
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| October
11 |
| Pakistan: Implications of the Attack on the Army
Headquarters |
| Analysis: Hamas incitement over Jerusalem fails to
ignite West Bank |
| Will the Nobel Help Obama Make Peace? |
| Thomas Friedman: The Peace (Keepers) Prize |
| David Ignatius: How to Aggravate Pakistan |
| Analysis: Nobel prize is signal to Obama to avoid war in
Iran |
| Analysis: Hamas incitement over Jerusalem fails to ignite
West Bank |
| Feature: In Gaza, the zebra is a donkey |
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| October
10 |
| Turkey: Dropping Out of ‘Anatolian Eagle’ |
| Amir Taheri: Watching the Genie Dance |
| Armenia, Azerbaijan: The Nagorno-Karabakh Talks Collapse |
| Jeff Gates: The Nuclear Riddle |
| Captured insurgent in Iraq: `I will fight again' |
| Nathan Stock: Talk to Hamas now or fight new radicals
indefinitely |
| Analysis: Unrest rising over Goldstone report |
| Analysis: U.S. strategy in doubt as Abbas loses popular
support |
| Goldstone Report: Many Attackers and Even More
Beneficiaries! |
| Iraq: After Years of War, a New Decorum |
| Zuheir Kseibati: The Damascus summit and the course of
constants |
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| October 9 |
 Hamas in
Combat: The Military Performance of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement |
| Poll: Majority of USA favors military action
against Iran |
| Iraq: The Security Budget and Parliamentary Elections |
| Mystery of the Missing Iranian Scientist |
| Caroline Glick: The newest round of war |
| Testing Obama's doctrine: Lofty ideals and Afghan reality
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| Analysis: Third intifada unlikely, despite Jerusalem
tensions |
| Cesar Chelala: Turkish-Armenian reconciliation |
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| October 8 |
| Yemen: Iran's Role in an Intensifying Insurgency |
| China: An Al Qaeda Call to Arms |
| Somalia: A Pact Between Jihadists |
| Pakistan: Biting the Hand that Feeds You |
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| October 7 |
| Bad options on Iran: An Israeli strike won't suffice |
| Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Part 3: The Psychology of
Naval Mines |
| Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Part 2: Swarming Boats
and Shore-Based Missiles |
| Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, Part 1: A Strategy of
Deterrence |
| U.S., Israel: Juniper Cobra 2009 |
| Israeli navy to deploy robot craft |
| What to Do With Hamas? Question Snarls Peace Bid |
| Abbas' Move on War-Crimes Report: A Boost for Hamas |
| Pakistan: The Coming Offensive in South Waziristan |
| Webster Brooks: Russia's Strategy to block Obama's Bid
for nuke free Iran |
| Feature: High on qat, Yemeni troops battle Shiite rebels |
| Feature: Security walls at Samarra shrine now create
divide |
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| October 6 |
| Iran: The Supreme Leader's IRGC Reshuffle |
| George Friedman: Two Leaks and the Deepening Iran Crisis |
| Farid Ghadri: The end of the Assad regime? |
| Why we know so little about Iran's nuclear program |
| Black market shows Iran can adapt to sanctions |
| Aphganistan: Preparing for a Pullback? |
| Analysis: Living with a nuclear Iran |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Doom & gloom a la mode |
| Fred Barness: The Republican Revival |
| Russia launches new Mideast arms push |
| Moshe Arens: A license to kill |
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| October 5 |
| The Significance of Leaks About the Iranian Nuclear
Issue |
| Terrorism message is viral on Web |
| Dubai's ruler downsizes ambitions amid crisis |
| Iran: It's Time to Uncover the Ploy |
| Clive Crook: An American polity blinded by rage |
| Who is really to blame for the tensions on the Temple
Mount? |
| Azerbaijan: the next flashpoint between the U.S. and Iran |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: A Glimmer of Hope in Iran |
| Analysis: No relief in Geneva |
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| October 4 |
| The Coming Failure On Iran |
| Mahmoud Ahmadinejad revealed to have Jewish past |
| New al-Qaeda 'body bombs' alarming terror experts |
| Analysis: What can we learn from the nuclear talks with
Iran? |
| In Anbar, U.S.-allied tribal chiefs feel deep sense of
abandonment |
| Report says Iran has data to make a nuclear bomb |
| ElBaradei in Tehran - how much is this a breakthrough? |
| Hamas score rare victory in tape swap: analysts |
| Jeff Gates: Israel gets its way |
| David Broder: It's time for Obama to reveal his true
political self |
| Karin Friedemann: The business of lobbying in American
politics |
| Dealing with Iran - Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett |
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| October 3 |
| Michael Gerson: Israel may see attack as best option on
Iraq |
| Iran's new hard-liners: Who is in control of the Islamic
republic? |
| Iran's Geneva offer on nukes: Progress for both sides |
| Israel: Agreeing to Diplomacy |
| Iraq: Al-Maliki's Choice |
| The Conflict Onscreen: Israeli filmmakers tackle the
Middle East Conflict |
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| October 2 |
| Jeff Gates: Where will Israel be in five years? |
| Determining the Effectiveness of Sanctions on Iran - Patrick Clawson and Mehdi Khalaji |
| Iran Nuke Talks: Succeeding Beyond (Diminished)
Expectations |
| Factbox: Five risks to watch for in the Middle East |
| Profile: Tough-talking Fatah chief is back |
| Alistair Crooke: Nukes aside, the real problem with Iran |
| Iran Nuke Talks: Succeeding Beyond (Diminished)
Expectations |
| David Ignatius: A Showdown In Waziristan |
| How Not to Defeat al Qaeda |
| Louis Rene Beres: Washington doesn't get it: Iran just
wants the bomb |
| Quil Lawrence: A Precarious Peace in Northern Iraq |
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| October 1 |
| The power, and threat, of Iran |
| Geopolitical Diary: Obama's Moment of Reckoning |
| Iran: Cast of Characters for the Oct. 1 Talks |
| Threat of Terror Escalates in Germany |
| Iran: An Update on Possible Sanctions |
