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March 2010 |
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| March 31 |
| Al-Maliki: The Last to have the Right to Object |
| Ali Ibrahim: The Ugly Face of Terrorism |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Are Arab Citizens Rebellious? |
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| March 30 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Russia's Fundamental Problem |
| Iraq: An Intensifying Political Battle |
| Israel puts missile shield through paces |
| Ayad Allawi looks to past in fighting critics |
| China: Crunch Time |
| Russia: Telltale Signs of Caucasus Militants'
Involvement in Attacks |
| Wayne Madsen: A second Israeli assassination in Eastern
Europe? |
| Analysis: Iran strike would test resilient Israeli
markets |
| What the Iraqis are building |
| Thomas Friedman: Israel's hobby, America's necessity |
| Moscow Bombings: Possible Culprits |
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| March 29 |
| Red Alert: Bombing in Moscow |
| Analysis: Allawi win could curb Iran's influence |
| US researchers postulate Israeli tactical nuclear strike
on Iran |
| Analysis: Rift Exposes Split in Views on Mideast |
| Tariq Alhomayed: The Sons of Iran! |
| Huda Al Husseini: Iran Encourages Palestinian
Reconciliation to Ignite a Third Intifada |
| Akiva Eldar: The plague of darkness has struck modern
Israelites |
| Thomas Friedman: Hobby or Necessity? |
| David Landau: Israel is sliding toward McCarthyism and
racism |
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| March 28 |
| Imagining an Israeli Strike on Iran |
| Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Iyad Allawi |
| William Kristol: To only say Iranian nukes are
unacceptable is to accept them |
| Sarah Ozacky-Lazar: Collective rights for the Arab
citizens of Israel |
| Hussein Ibish: Israel as a Jewish State |
| Iraq Vote's Real Winner: Chaos |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashed: Obama Finally On Board |
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| March 27 |
| Iraq election: A 'birther' movement and comparisons to
Nazi Germany |
| Iraq: Building a state on a sectarian, ethnic and quota
basis |
| Iraq: A victory for Iran? |
| Iraq: Turbulence at the exits |
| Iraq: The game is not over |
| Paul Hirschson: Christians marginalized across the Middle
East |
| Iraq: Allawi's Party Ahead in Official Tally |
| Brett Schaefer: The False Promise of "The Alliance
of Civilizations |
| IslamOnline: What Moderation? |
| Amos Hare: Is Gaza now Netanyahu's biggest problem? |
| Osman Mirghani : What are the Palestinians Counting On? |
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| March 26 |
| Dubai's Islands Lie in Wait for Visitors |
| Naval battle between UAE and Saudi Arabia raises fears
for Gulf security |
| Ayad Allawi, once seen as a U.S. puppet, returns to the
center of Iraqi politics |
| Joseph Bottum: Yes, it is sectarian violence |
| John Rosenthal: Germany’s War on the War on Terror |
| Middle East Plagued by Corruption Cases |
| Isreali Cabinet likely split on U.S. demands for Mideast
process |
| Court concession raises Islamic finance risk |
| Gary Bauer: Standing with our Friend and Ally, Israel |
| Libya Releases ‘Rehabilitated’ Islamists |
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| March 25 |
| Scott Stewart: Jihadism and the Importance of Place |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Netanyahu-Obama Showdown |
| Influence of Islam Grows in Syria |
| Is America a World Monster? |
| Con Coughlin: Mossad expulsion marks new low in
relations |
| Analysis: Netanyahu talks kept low-profile amid
damage-control moves |
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| March 24 |
| U.S. generals push for Arab-Israeli peace |
| Dispute with Israel underscores limits of U.S. power |
| Amos Harel: A necessary stop in Damascus |
| Uri Avnery: The Doomsday Weapon |
| Robert Dreyfuss: Not Chalabi’s Iraq |
| Egypt Keeps Politics in the Family |
| Iraq's Kurds could lose some of their influence to
anti-American Sadr movement |
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| March 23 |
| Iraq: Al-Maliki Demands a Recount |
| George Friedman: The Netanyahu-Obama Meeting in Strategic Context |
| Israel, Palestinian Territories: Rumors of a Third
Intifada |
| Afghanistan: Peace Talks and Hizb-i-Islami's Aims |
| Afghanistan: Hizb-i-Islami Delegation to Hold Peace
Talks With Karzai Government |
| U.S., Israel: Netanyahu Goes to Washington as Tensions
Rise |
| Elias Bejjani: Attacking Iran: The Sooner the Better |
| Amnon Lord : Obamacare could lead to Hamas control |
| Ghassan Khatib: US interests require an end to the
Israeli occupation |
| Neri Zilber: Livni to the rescue? |
| Analysis: Blundering toward disaster |
| Yossi Alpher: The best option is the Fayyad option |
| Yizrael Harel: Fayyad’s toy gun |
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| March 22 |
| The Trouble with North Sinai: Egypt's "Mexico"
Problem |
| Turkey's Political Revolution |
| Iyad Allawi: Iraq after the Elections |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Yes…Hamas should remain silent |
| Thomas de Maizière: Pre-empting home-grown terrorists |
| Iraq’s Political Chess Game |
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| March 21 |
| In Dubai, the party's far from over |
| Iraqi Shiite bloc savors growing power |
| The Return of Bin Laden’s Daughter |
| The Permanent Intifada |
| David Ignatius: Time to break the fog of Middle East
politics |
| Iraq: Early backer of war, finally within grasp of power |
| Zvi Bar'el : Who's in favor of an intifada? |
| Shaul Arieli: Unilateral moves are a recipe for an
explosion |
| Bashir Abu-manneh: Notes on Israel's Triumph to Disaster |
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| March 20 |
| Analysis: Iraqi religious parties' decline could favour
Allawi |
| Iraq: Parliament Comes Into Focus |
| Israel, Palestinian Territories: Another Rocket From
Gaza |
| Analysis: Experts wonder whether U.S. has a real Israel
strategy |
| Iraq: Seculars gain as religious parties lose ground |
| Ian Bremmer: A Kingdom Changes Slowly |
| Phillip Knightley: ‘War on Terror’, Excuse
Me… |
| Jeff Gates: Making Sense of Anti-Semitism |
| War in Iraq, Seven Years On |
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| March 19 |
| Iraq's delayed democracy |
| Could Israel drag America into war with Iran? |
| Middle East quartet's cut-and-paste diplomacy |
| Patrick Clawson: What is the purpose of the U.S. foreign
terrorist organizations list? |
| Israel: the World is Holding its Breath |
| Michael Oren: For Israel and America, a disagreement,
not a crisis |
| Ron Prosor: The response to Israel's announcement is
disproportionate |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Allawi and the Amazing Return |
| Jihadism: The Grassroots Paradox |
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| March 18 |
| Iran shakes up guards, U.S. 'ships bombs' |
| Geopolitical Diary: The U.S.-Israeli Row |
| Iraq outcome goes to last count |
| Israel: The United States, Iran and the Palestinians |
| Zakaria: Israel is making a big mistake |
| Harlan Ullman: Is the United States a serious nation? |
| John Bolton: Israel and the Crisis With Obama |
| Iran's regime contains but fails to eliminate the
opposition |
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| March 17 |
| In Iran, a street demonstration that both sides stay
away from |
| David Makovsky: Settlement Snafu |
| Germany: Mitteleuropa Redux |
| Geopolitical Diary: China's Potential Shift on Sanctions
Against Iran |
| Iraq: Preliminary Surprise in the Parliamentary Polls |
| Islamism: why the west gets it wrong |
| David Ignatius: Outsourcing intelligence |
| Anthony Shadid: Followers of Sadr emerge stronger after
Iraq elections |
| Naureeen Dowd: Bibi’s Tense Time-Out |
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| March 16 |
| Egypt: Imagining Life After Mubarak |
| Daniel Pipes: America’s shiny new Palestinian
militia |
| Turkey: Increasing Tensions for the Military |
| Analysis: Mideast peace or fascism? |
| Thomas Friedman: Driving drunk in Jerusalem |
| Moshe Arens : Israel doesn't need to grovel for U.S.
forgiveness |
| Akiva Eldar: East Jerusalem plan was supposed to be
shelved, so what happened? |
| Bilal Hassen: Israel crosses the line.. but with US
support |
| Interview: Israel has stolen the opportunity we gave to
the US: Arab League Chief |
| Maleeha Lodhi: The Obama Presidency: Change we cannot
believe In |
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| March 15 |
| Reuel Marc Gerecht: Hope and Change in Iraq |
| Bruce Anderson: Biden's visit to Israel shows that peace
is as remote as ever |
| Pakistani scientist describes Iranian efforts to buy
nuclear bombs |
| DUBAI: Questions continue to surround alleged Mossad
killing of Hamas operative |
| Daoud Kuttab: Indirect Road to Palestine |
| Eric Margolis: Israel and a Red-faced Obama |
| Akiva Eldar: U.S. row shows Jerusalem is cornerstone of
peace |
| Tariq Alhomayed: In order not to lose Obama |
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| March 14 |
| David Ignatius: Election puts Iraq's future decidedly in
Iraqi hands |
| Zvi Bar'el: Israel demands peace from Palestinians as its
own racism spreads |
| Issue of presidency endangers Iraq’s tenuous
balance |
| Gideon Levy: Israel's Arabs have been misbehaving lately |
| Reuven Pedatzur: Obama's new nuclear age doesn't bode
well for Israel |
| Iraq: Spillage from the Oil Curse |
| Alan Sabrosky: Zionism and Jewish Nationalism |
| New fraud cases point to lapses in Iraq projects |
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| March 13 |
| Islamic firebrands challenge Hamas rule in Gaza |
| The Jerusalem imbroglio: Is this peace process futile? |
| "Eclipse of the Sunnies," by Deborah Amos,
reviewed by Thomas Lippman |
| Can a Fatwa Against Terrorism Stop Extremists? |
| Emmanuel Sivan: So what does the Arab and Muslim street
really think? |
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| March 12 |
| David Gardner: Turkey needs more from Ataturk’s
heirs |
| In Afghanistan: The Tide is Turning |
| Once-dominant Sunnis anxiously watch as Iraq votes are
tallied |
| David Makovsky: Netanyahu and the Blind Side |
| Yossi Sarid: Don't call the Israeli Left anti-Zionist |
| Akiva Eldar: U.S. gave Israel green light for East
Jerusalem construction |
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| March 11 |
| Terrorism: Defining a Tactic |
| Geopolitcal Diary: Iranian Influence in Afghanistan and
Turkish Secularism |
| Iraq: Possible Outcomes of the National Election |
| Mshari Al-Zaydi: The Iraq Era |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Positive Aspects of the Iraqi
Elections |
| Feature: Supportive, frank Biden reaches out to Israelis |
| Feature: Biden downplays Jerusalem controversy to push
for peace |
| Simon Tisdall: Is the tide turning in Somalia? |
| Feature: Women in charge in West Bank's key district |
| Special Report: The World's Billionaires |
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| March 10 |
| Geopolitical Intelligence Report: China's Challenge |
| Robert Fisk: Living proof of Armenian genocide |
| Report: Will foreign drones pose a threat to the U.S.? |
| Did the Dubai Assassination Really Help Israel? |
| David Kimche dies; Israeli spy involved in Iran-contra
scandal |
| Ramzy Baroud: An Alternative Reading of Murder in Dubai |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid: Is Iraq's Democracy Contagious? |
| Osman Mirghani: The Next Round in the War Against Al
Qaeda |
| Saddam Hussein weighed nuclear 'package' deal in 1990,
documents show |
| An Eviction Stirs Old Ghosts in a Contested City |
| Geoploitical Diary: U.S. Left With No Good Options in
Iran |
| Elliott Abrams: Obama Talks, Syria Mocks |
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| March 9 |
| Israelis and Palestinians: Agreeing to talk — and
to fail |
| Analysis: Region Unimpressed by Balloting in Iraq |
| The Turkish Army Is Beaten: Why the U.S. should hail the
Islamists |
| How to Make Defeatism Look Good: Let’s Give Up and
Cheer the Islamists |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Ousting the Russian Pilots from Iran? |
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| March 8 |
| Iraq: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give
the West its 'democracy' |
| Jonathan Spyer: What Does Assad Want? |
| Iraqis ignore violence and vote. Now the hard part |
| Hamas slaying in Dubai ripples worldwide |
| Dubai killing: a closer look |
| Barry Rubin: Yitzhak Rabin's vision and the direction of
Middle East politics |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski on Iran: Still clueless after all
these years |
| Iraq: Sunnis with Shiites with Secularists |
| Cocaine, kidnapping and the Al-Qaeda cash squeeze |
| Iraq: Parliamentary Elections and Iraq's Future |
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| March 7 |
| A look at the major coalitions in Iraq's election |
| Key players in Iraq's parliamentary elections |
| A look at this Sunday's election in Iraq |
| Iraq's election: Can it Pull a country together? |
| Arabia: Inshallah, Obama |
| David Ignatius: A sober approach to sanctioning Iran |
| Gideon Levy: There has never been and Israeli peace camp |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Did the Arabs give Abbas a
“cover” or expose him? |
| Diana Mukkaled: The Image of the “Nuclear”
Summit |
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| March 6 |
| Barry Rubin:
Pardon me, Obama Administration, but isn't your policy on fire? |
| Chronology: Iraq: The long road to democracy |
| Arnaud De Borchgrave: Move over Dubai |
| Why Tony Blair and George W Bush were right about Iraq |
| Mariz Tadros: The sectarian incident that won’t go
away |
| Muslim firebrands challenge Hamas rule in Gaza |
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| March 5 |
| Special Report:
The U.S. Withdrawal From Iraq |
| Geopolitical Diary: The Turkish Challenge |
| Closing Loopholes: Another Vital Aspect of Sanctions on
Iran |
| Iran and the UN: The Coming Showdown |
| Middle East Peace: Ground Truths, Challenges Ahead |
| Myths and Truths about U.S. Policy in Iraq |
| Mshari Al-Zaydi: Declaring Jihad on Switzerland |
| Iran Sanctions: The U.S. Struggles to Sway U.N. Partners |
| After Iraq's Elections: A New Government by September? |
| Ramzy Baroud: Flexible Afghanistan war objectives |
| David Ignatius: To Pakistan, almost with love |
| Iraq’s Critical Election |
| Adam Ingram: How to handle Hamas |
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| March 4 |
| Using Intelligence from the al-Mabhouh Hit |
| Are Iran's Leaders Hiding a Severe Economic Downturn? |
| Armistice Now: An Interim Agreement for Israel and
Palestine |
| David Schenker: Hope on the Nile |
| Maureen Dowd: Loosey Goosey Saudi |
| Thomas Friedman: A Word From the Wise |
| Joshua Foust: The Next Battles for Marja |
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| March 3 |
| Yemen: Growing Unrest in the South |
| Geopolitical Diary: The U.S. Instigates Attempts at
Containing Russia |
| Geopolitical Diary: France and Russia Revive Old
Geopolitical Links |
| Aluf Benn: Who will blink first in Iran's nuclear poker
game? |
| As Afghan role dwindles, doubts grow about NATO's future |
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| March 2 |
| Feature: Under blockade, coastal Gaza now a fish importer |
| Yoel Marcus: Iran, Syria may talk big, but too scared to
act |
| Daniel Pipes: Crisis in Turkey |
| Michael Singh: Incremental Sanctions Make a Nuclear Iran
More Likely |
| Khaled Diab: What We Can Learn from the Sadat Years |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid: Noise of the Iraqi Elections |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Tehran…A Photo Op |
| Using Diplomatic Touch, an Outsider Challenges the Grip
of Egypt’s Ruling Party |
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| March 1 |
| In new video, CIA bomber says he lured targets with
doctored intelligence |
| Akiva Eldar: No country would accept Netanyahu's
conditions for peace |
| Rashad Hussain, a Muslim and new U.S. envoy, is bridge
between two worlds |
