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| December
31 |
| In the face of protests, Iran's leaders are at an impasse |
| Turkey and its generals: These cursed plots |
| Yemen's problems will not stay in Yemen |
| Muslims Fighting Terror |
| Somalia: A Flurry of Pirate Activity |
| Eugene Robinson: The decade when the U.S. lost its way |
| Iran: The last resort |
| Douglas Bloomfield: Winners and losers for 2009 |
| Roger Cohen: Change Iran at the Top |
| The Woman in the Way of a Palestinian Prisoner Deal |
| Eugene Robinson: Dick Cheney's lies about President Obama |
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| December
30 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Deciphering Disinformation |
| Iranians Want Regime Change |
| An al Qaeda Node's Limited Strategic Significance |
| How to fight al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen |
| Sudan: An Agreement at Last? |
| Turkey: The Ruling Party, the Military and the Kurds |
| Amos Harel: Israel can't launch strike against Iran on
its own |
| Matthew Continetti: The Two Americas |
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| December
29 |
| The Lost Decade: What the World Can Learn from 10 Years of Excesses |
| Iran: The Regime Considers the Path Ahead |
| U.S., Yemen: Lessons From a Failed Airliner Bombing |
| The Growing Conflict Between Pakistan's Taliban and
Shi'ites |
| The Detroit Suspect: From Nigeria's Privileged, a
Radical Convert |
| Pakistan: Ramifications of the Muharram Attacks |
| Yemen: The new front in the fight against terror |
| Anne Applebaum: Forecast for repressive regimes in the
'Teens' |
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| December
28 |
| Tehran's Biggest Fear |
| Report draws bleak picture of Internet freedom in Arab
World |
| U.S. quietly takes terror war to Yemen, a Qaeda
stronghold |
| Al-Qaeda group in Yemen gaining prominence |
| Iran: Clashes in Tehran and an Ominous Outlook |
| 2010: Regime Change in Iran |
| What is ‘Ashoura? |
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| December
27 |
| Editorial: Iran's perfect storm |
| Iran: Just Before Ashura |
| Tariq Alhomayed: We Wanted Syria…But Along Came
Iran! |
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| December
26 |
| U.S.: An Attempted Airline Attack |
| New Year Reflections |
| Russia’s aspirations in Mideast are unrealized |
| Christopher Dickey: What Would Jesus Do in Gaza? |
| Nehemia Shtrasler: Netanyahu's bid to split Kadima is
pure corruption |
| Sharon Begley: Copenhagen Redux |
| Yemen: A Devastating Blow Against an al Qaeda Node? |
| Claude Salhani: Iran, Country of the Year |
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| December
25 |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Yemen and the Huthi Game |
| The Forgotten Palestinian Refugees |
| Tariq Alhomayed: The Saudi Refuge and the Enemy! |
| Ayatollah Montazeri’s Legacy |
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| December
24 |
| In Search of Bin Laden |
| Iran: Crackdowns in Anticipation of a Holy Day? |
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| December
23 |
| Iran, Iraq: A Series of Oddities |
| Egypt, Palestinian Territories: A New Wall and the
Spurning of Hamas |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Islamic Republic At
Crossroads |
| Rami Khouri: A Bad Decade |
| Geopolitical Diary: A Japanese Proposal for Iran? |
| From Guantanamo to Desk at Al Jazeera |
| Gary Bauer: The Myth of the Anti-Muslim Backlash |
| Abbreviating Christmas in Iraq |
| A quiet Christmas for Christians in Iraq |
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| December
22 |
| George Friedman: The Iranian Incursion in Context |
| Germany: Afghanistan, Iran and Tensions with the United
States |
| Special Report: A Decade of Evolution in U.S.
Counterterrorism Operations |
| U.S.: A Delay for the Massive Ordnance Penetrator |
| Barry Rubin: The 'no war, no peace' option |
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| December
21 |
| Iran: A Christmas Message from the Iranian Military? |
| Mehdi Khalaji: Islam vs. Iran's 'Islamic Republic' |
| Mark Silverberg: Re-Thinking American War Strategy |
| Steven Rosen: The Mideast peace deal you haven't heard
about |
| Tariq Alhomayed: The Iranians Have Done Good in Iraq |
| David Ignatius: The race against Obama's deadline in
Afghanistan |
| Thomas Friedman: Off to the Races |
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| December
20 |
| Amid the carols and decorations, Iraq Christians fear
extinction |
| Peak of Megalomania: The Tower of Dubai |
| Iran: Signaling the U.S. and Reshaping the Iraqi
Political Battlefield |
| Analysis: Prospects for Middle East Peace in 2010 |
| Zvi Bar'el : World can still change Iran without bombing
it |
| Farah Stockman: Revolution of the mind |
 Shahram Chubin: The Iranian
Nuclear Riddle after June 12 |
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| December
19 |
| Yemen: Source Says U.S. Involved in Airstrike |
| Iraq Incursion Update: Assessing Iran's Motives |
| Growing Power of Iraqi Kurdistan Could Backfire on
Tehran |
| Amir Taheri: Saddam, Blair and the Judgment of History |
| MARTIN DURKIN: The Greens Are a Sinister Movement |
| Jewish Settlers: We’ll Burn You All! |
| A New World War for a New World Order: The Origins
of World War III |
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| December
18 |
| Israel's new UAV can reach Iran |
| David Ignatius: How partnering with the U.S. could
strengthen Pakistan's sovereignty |
| Key risks in the Middle East in 2010 |
| E.J. Dionne Jr.: Democrats can't blame Bush for their
troubles |
| Ziba Mir-Hosseini: Broken Taboos in Post-Election Iran |
| Shlomo Avineri: No peace, no war, but perhaps a
revolution |
| Lamis Andoni: The underlying fault lines of the region |
| Arshin Adib-Moghaddam: No military solution to conflicts |
| George Joffe: Yemen troubles could stir wider
confrontations |
| Diana Mukkaled: Forcing Livni to Flee |
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| December
17 |
| China and the Brewing Iranian Crisis |
| Reshuffling the cards? (II): Syria's new hand |
| Profile: A Legacy of Regret for a Saudi Diplomat |
| Danny Ayalon: An Open Letter to the Arab World |
| Scott Stewart: Tactical Implications of the Headley Case |
| Ray Takeyh: Behind scuttled nuke pact, Iran’s regime
in turmoil |
| Pakistan: Stability Versus the Rule of Law |
| A breakdown of Iran's missile arsenal |
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| December
16 |
| Michael Bronner: Al-Qaeda’s Migrant Martyrs |
| U.S.: A BMD Test Geared Toward Iran |
| Geoplolitical Diary: Abu Dhabi Bailout Could Spell
Opportunity for Washington |
| Palestinian tunnel tycoons feeding demand for banned
goods |
| Iraq: Closer to Reaching its Energy Potential |
| Howard Schneider: The Palestinians' opposite poles |
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| December
15 |
| Iranian arms dealer tip of the iceberg |
| 2009 in Review: The Year of Obama |
| Aluf Benn: Obama will back dialogue with Hamas |
| Analysis: Occupation Eats Away Israel's Heart and Soul |
| Gaza border: Why Egypt is building a steel underground
wall |
| Ghassan Charbel: The GCC Summit and the Neighboring Fire |
| Life after death: What does the evidence show? |
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| December
14 |
| Reshuffling the cards?: Syria's evolving strategy |
| Pakistan: The Supply Line Dilemma |
| Howard Schneider: Darkness is falling on Dubai's golden
era |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Gulf Leadership Confronting the
Houthis |
| Israel
and Russia in UAV Deal |
| What drives the hunt for Osama |
| Alive and Kicking: Iranian opposition keeps up the fight |
| Saudi Royals Reunited? Crown Prince Sultan Returns Home |
| Analysis: PLO meeting expected to be dominated by
internal crisis |
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| December
13 |
| How Much Allah Can the Old Continent Bear? |
| David Ignatius: Jordan's ace of spies |
| Scott Artran: To Beat Al Qaeda, Look to the East |
| Claude Salhani: Is Turkey still a viable Middle East
interlocutor? |
| Carlos Lozada: 2009 is over. But is it history? |
| US-Iran Talks: The Road to Diplomatic Failure |
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| December
12 |
| Resilient Iranians still dream of a new revolution |
| Dubai faces self-made public image ‘disaster’ |
| Jim Hoagland: In the 'arc of the crisis' th US can't be
allowed to fail |
| Copenhagen: The Last Chance |
| Saad Jawad: Iraqi Kurdistan and Turkey |
| Turkey and the Kurds: A new beginning |
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| December
11 |
| Iraq: A Unified Kurdish Army? |
| Iran: The Crisis…and the Street! |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: Burqa Committees and Minaret
Referenda |
| The Sudan: A Saga of Missed Opportunities |
| Analysis: Israel, Hamas inch towards prisoner trade |
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| December
10 |
| On Syria border: No sign of Saddam loyalists |
| Iran's Democratic Moment: Protestors now demand an
'Iranian Republic, not Islamic Republic.' |
| Abuse and show trials – Amnesty reports on Iran |
| Pakistan: Expanding the Taliban Insurgency |
| Christopher Caldwell: No Minarets, Please, We're Swiss |
| Identifying Muslim Radicals - by Stephen Schwartz and Irfan Al-Alawi |
| Iraq’s Other Security Threat: Politics |
| Cleric linked to Fort Hood attack grew more radicalized in Yemen |
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| December
9 |
| Iraq: Bombings in Baghdad |
| Ellen Cantarow: The Great Wall of Israel |
| Palestinian succession battle intensifies |
| Background: Who are the Israeli settlers? |
| Feature: Impoverished Gazans migrate in search of
livelihoods |
| Feature: Puppet show a forgotten casualty of Baghdad
bombings |
| Feature: Israeli settlers step up fight against West Bank
freeze |
| Feature: Jordan is main host for Middle East refugees |
| Analysis: Tough election challenge to Mubarak unlikely in
2011 |
| Anne Applebaum: In Switzerland, towers of fear |
| Contending with the PKK's Narco-Terrorism - Benjamin Freedman and Matthew Levitt |
| Farideh Farhi: Anatomy of a nuclear breakthrough gone
backwards |
| Fred Hiatt: Shades of Iraq in Afghan surge |
| Aluf Benn: Netanyahu's freeze is like Obama's Afghanistan
policy |
| Amira Hass: How Israel manipulates its citizens |
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| December
8 |
| George Friedman: The Jihadist Strategic Dilemma |
| Cliffhanger in Dubai’s tale of two cities |
| Salam Fayyad: 'Building a de facto Palestinian State' |
| Diana Mukkaled: Saddam’s Day of Broadcasting |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Obama’s Dilemma! |
| Mixed messages from Jerusalem: Is Turkey or France the
preferred mediator with Syria? |
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| December
7 |
| Dubai mega-tower 'last hurrah' to age of excess |
| Russia, Israel: Focusing on Iran |
| Iran…and Political Hallucination! |
| Gordon Brown: Copenhagen must be a turning point. Our
children won't forgive us if we fail |
| Elias Harfoush: Looking for Bin Laden’s Address |
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| December
6 |
| Analysis: Iran's belligerence masks instability |
| Barghouti's release a wild card in Mideast |
| Iranian arms merchant says 'war is coming' |
| Swiss minaret beginning to Look like a Danish cartoon |
| David Ignatius: Who loses the Iran game |
| George F. Wil: The climate-change travesty |
| Veil's spread fans Egypt's fear of hard-line Islam |
| Bassel Oudat: Who needs Paris? |
| Iran: Wayward Ship with No Captain |
| Patrick Seale: Should the Palestinians Negotiate with Israel? |
| Claudio Cordone: The Call from the Swiss Minaret |
| How Obama Came to Plan for ‘Surge’ in Afghanistan |
| A Post-American Europe - Nick Witney and Jeremy Shapiro |
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| December
5 |
| Israel's Patience with Tehran Wearing Thin |
| Dubai: A High Rise, Then a Steep Fall |
| Pakistan: Mosque Attacks and a Potential Insurgent Rift |
| Sebastian Mallaby: A bad omen in Dubai |
| Russia: Blast Result of Pyrotechnics Accident |
| Peter Stamm: Switzerland’s Invisible Minarets |
| The Fayyad plan: A way to make progress toward a Middle
East peace |
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| December
4 |
| Analysis: A bus blows up in Damascus - exploding tire or
terror strike? |
| Al-Qaida Kills Eight Times More Muslims Than Non-Muslims |
| Syria: A Bus Explosion |
| Saudi Arabia: Military Performance in Yemen |
| Russia: The Nevsky Express Bombing and the Kremlin Clan
Wars |
| Somalia: Suicide Blasts and an Untoppled Government |
| The question that won't go away: where is Osama bin
Laden? |
| Al Qaeda in Iraq: Down but Not Out |
| Anthony Shadid: In Iraq, din of war gives way to
mundanities of withdrawal |
| The Dubai Crisis of Financial Europe: The Copenhagen
Horror! |
| The Problem Ain't Dubai: It's London! |
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| December
3 |
| Chris Phillips: Explosion shakes Syrian security |
| An Iranian nuclear bomb, or the bombing of Iran? |
| Arms smuggling heightens Iran fears |
| George Friedman: Obama's Plan and the Key Battleground |
| Hamad Al-Majid: Spreading Shiism to the Moon |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Has Iran Leapt Into the Unknown? |
| Will Iran help or hinder Obama in Afghanistan? |
| Obama and Netanyahu: Lessons of 2009 |
| Obama team now talking surge: Afghan strategy mirrors
what president opposed in Iraq |
| Kenneth Rogoff: Dubai is more than a castle in the sand |
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| December
2 |
| UAE: Dubai's Financial Woes |
| Why Dubai is more than a little bit of local difficulty |
| Obama Announces New U.S. Afghan Strategy |
| Full Text: Obama's Speech on the new startegy in
Afghanistan |
| Pakistan: Islamabad and the Obama Strategy in
Afghanistan |
| Analysis: Dubai ... a Miracle or a Mirage? |
| Beating Terror: The option no one wants to think about |
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| December
1 |
| Iran loses clout in Arab world |
| Switzerland: Unrest and the Minaret Ban |
| Iran: Defiant Statements and Political Theater |
| What will it take to tame Tehran's nuclear plans? |
| The good rapprochement: Why Obama will praise Erdogan |
| Dubai's woes Are a blow to Its ambitious ruler, Sheik Mo |
| Swiss minaret ban: Can Europe learn to trust its Muslim
citizens? |
| The roots of Iran's nuclear program |
| Timeline: Iran's reach for nuclear power |
| Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi: This is not the end of the road
for Dubai |
| Johan Steyn: Invading Iraq was not just a disaster: it
was illegal |
| Iran is playing a dangerous game |
| Rami Khouri: From Biblical Principles to Poker |
| Inside Islam: What do a billion Muslims think? |
