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August 2010 |
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| August 31 |
| George Friedman: Rethinking American Options on Iran |
| Saudis amass U.S. weapons to confront Iran |
| Iraqis to U.S.: 'Thanks for the Mess' |
| Eugene Robinson: The Iraq war leaves a fog of ambiguity |
| Palestinian Negotiations: Back to Square One |
| Richard Cohen: Time stands still in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
| Where does the US stand after its retreat from Iraq? |
| Birthplace of the Taliban: The Next Battleground |
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| August 30 |
| Strategy Page: Iran Blows More Smoke |
| Bahrain and the Iranian underground |
| Rami Khouri: Guns and Cell Phones |
| Howard Bess: Christian Nationalism's War with Islam |
| Back At Last, The Iraq Army Air Corps |
| Turkey And The Arms Race |
| Eleven American Combat Brigades Remain In Iraq |
| Iraq special report: 'American soldiers sacrificed a
lot. But we sacrificed more' |
| Nicholas Kristof: Obama’s Failure in Sudan |
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| August 29 |
| Dangers of war persist for soldiers left in Iraq |
| Analysis: Pakistan floods reveal climate change fallout |
| For Obama, steep learning curve as chief in time of war |
| A needless war: Iran's nuclear dreams are not so far from
India's |
| Sami Moubayed: A Syrian Taif for Iraq |
| Feature: As US military bases close, Iraqis left behind |
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| August 28 |
| Obama: Iraq war ending, Baghdad to chart future |
| Iraq on highest alert for terror attacks |
| Robert Fisk: Egyptians prepare for life after Mubarak |
| Simon Henderson: Iran's Shadow over Unrest in Bahrain |
| Analysis: Mideast talks, fast clock, big hurdles |
| Direct Talks: Five Myths |
| Rival Iranian spy factions shoot it out on Tehran's
streets |
| Patrick Cockburn: Grim stability is the US legacy in
Iraq |
| Johann Hari: How much proof do the global warming
deniers need? |
| Iraq road map: the new US ambassador explains hurdles
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| Analysis: 'McCarthyism' Rises in Israel |
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| August 27 |
| Peace within a Year? Israeli-Palestinian Direct Talks
Resume |
| Turkey: An Emerging AKP-Gulenist Split? |
| Palestine: A Cause or a Political Project? |
| Gaza: The Injustice against Kin |
| In Ramadan, Where is the Story of Islam and the Muslims |
| Do We Want the Direct Negotiations to Succeed? |
| Special report: Can Saudi Arabia fix its housing time
bomb? |
| Pentagon's cyber security plans have a Cold War chill |
| Arnuaud De Borchgrave: War and peace in Mideast |
| What happens when the talks fail? |
| Analysis: Sea change still distant in Iraq |
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| August 26 |
| Reflections on Iraq and the American Grand Strategy |
| Iraq: Serial Bombings Across the Country |
| Iraq and the Middle Eastern Cold War |
| Jeremy White: Civil War Still a Possibility in Iraq |
| Jonathan Power: The lies for an undesired war |
| Mario Margiocco: Debt and America’s sense of
insecurity |
| David Makovsky: Mideast Peace talks to look forward to? |
| Turkey: Hair Today, Prime Minister Tomorrow |
| Just like Bushehr, Iran's uranium enrichment is no threat
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| On the Way Down: The Erosion of America's Middle Class |
| Steven Rosen: Bush’s Gift to Obama |
| Mamoun Fandy: Six Signs for the Forthcoming Washington
Negotiations |
| Osman Mirghani: Handicapped Negotiations |
| Yuksel Taskon: Turkey’s Search for Regional Power |
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| August 25 |
| Michael
Totten: The Perfect Iranian Storm on the Horizon |
| Iraq troop drawdown, Mideast peace talks give Obama risky
chance for momentum |
| Shabwa: Blood feuds and hospitality in al-Qaida's Yemen
outpost |
| Islam, Secularism and the Battle for Turkey's Future |
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| August 24 |
| Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks, Again |
| U.S., Iranian and Russian Interests in Iraq |
| Yemen: Military Faces AQAP in the South |
| Matters to Consider Before Bombing Iran |
| Iran Plays Religious Card in Iraqi Political Game |
| Endless Negotiations: Palestinian Quicksand |
| Bilal Hassen: When America Forsakes its Palestinian
Ally |
| Rami Khouri: Leaving Iraq and the World More Dangerous |
| Louay Safi: Growing Anti-Mosque Hysteria in the Heart of
America |
| Ramzy Baroud: Trapped at Ground Zero |
| Iraq: US Still Needs a Deal with Iran |
| Analysis: New Middle East talks sound old to Arab ears
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| Gareth Porter: Obama Plays Down Plan for Post-2011 Iraq
Troop Presence |
| Robert Parry: Spinning the US Failure in Iraq |
| US Invasion Victims: Iraqi Women Trafficked into Sexual
Slavery |
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| August 23 |
| Al-Qaida in Yemen: An army of jihadis willing to fight |
| Ezzedine Fishere: Crumbling Arab world? |
| Abdul Rahman Al-Rashid: Iran's Salafi Sleeper Cells |
| Thomas Homer-Dixon: Disaster at the Top of the World |
| As U.S. scales back role in Iraq, attacks and political
deadlock persist |
| Arab sources: A major military surprise is close |
| Tony Karon: Islam is the new bogeyman in a time of US
uncertainty |
| Ground Zero Mosque: American intolerance on full display
for Muslim world |
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| August 22 |
| Palestinian Territories: A Shift in Hamas' Militant
Posture? |
| Five myths about the Iraq troop withdrawal |
| Analysis: As Mission Shifts in Iraq, Risks Linger for
Obama |
| David Ray Griffin: Will the real Osama bin Laden step forward |
| George Will: Many possible Israeli concessions would be
suicidal |
| Russia's Long (and Brutal) War on Terror |
| John Kozy: Why the Wars can't be Won |
| As U.S. scales back role in Iraq, attacks and political
deadlock persist |
| David Ignatius: A president in need of a political spark |
| Nicholas Kristof: Taking Bin Laden’s Side |
| Thomas Friedman: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise |
| Amir Tahiri: Iran or Islam? In Tehran that is the
question |
| Avi Issacharoff: PLO must cease climbing trees too high
to climb down |
| Yoel Marcus: Ahmadinejad must be splitting his sides
laughing |
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| August 21 |
| Analysis: In Mideast talks, scant hopes from the
beginning |
| Iraqis watch pullout with bitterness and fear |
| Bruce Riedel: Al Qaeda Already Gaming Out War Between
Israel and Iran |
| Going Critical: Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor Starts Up |
| Alon Ben-Meir: Resolution 194 -- the Achilles' Heel of
the Arab Peace Initiative |
| The U.S. and Israel: Same View of Threat, Different View
on Force |
| Iran's Bushehr reactor: A weapons generator, a hostage,
just another power plant -- or all three? |
| Ground Zero Mosque: American Intolerance on Full Display
for Muslim World |
| Tobin Harshaw: When is a Muslim not a Muslim? |
| Editorial: No one can rely on US intelligence |
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| August 20 |
| Geopolitical Diary: Iran's Nuclear 'Red Line' |
| Benny Avni: No peace until Arabs truly acccepts
Palestiniasn refugees |
| Israel: Ground forces aim for new rocket systems |
| Iraq withdrawal: a moment of profound US uncertainty |
| U.S. assures Israel that Iran threat is not imminent |
| In Iraq war, soldiers say they had a job to do |
| Power Struggle Among Russia's Militants - Ben West and Lauren Goodrich |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: Why Do They Fear our Cemeteries? |
| Diana Mukkaled: Obama’s Mosque |
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| August 19 |
| Paul Rogers: An asymmetrical drone war |
| Ali Reza Eshraghi: Calling Iran’s Bluff |
| What happens in 50 years when the oil runs out? |
| George Will: Skip the lecture on Israel's 'risks for
peace' |
| Sexual harassment in Egypt: Why men blame women |
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| August 18 |
| Anthony Shadid: Iraqi leaders fear for future after
their past missteps |
| Feature: Iran above Islam |
| Dorian de Wind: The Iraqi Phoenix Rises Again |
| Robert Wright: Why Not to Bomb Iran |
| Maureen Dowd: Our Mosque Madness |
| Iraqis question security after recruits bombed |
| In Iraq, cemetery is symbol of militia's vow to fight if
U.S. forces delay exit |
| Saudi arms deal poised for smooth US passage |
| Rami Khouri: Israel, muscular and a perpetual victim |
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| August 17 |
| George Friedman: The U.S. Withdrawal and Limited Options in Iraq |
| Anthony Shadid: In Iraq, Western Clocks, but Middle
Eastern Time |
| Henry Siegman: Is Israel's Legitimacy Under Challenge? |
| Shai Baitel: Obama's Last Day in Iraq |
| Ground Zero mosque: A house of worship or a symbol of
destruction? |
| Anatomy of Misery: How did Sudan implode so
catastrophically? |
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| August 16 |
| Editorial: Israeli-Saudi interests |
| Analysis: Iraq region in uncertain turmoil after US-led
war |
| Gen. David Petraeus says Afghanistan war strategy
'fundamentally sound' |
| Daoud Kuttab: Peace process ... road to another mirage |
| Amira Hass: What Hamas is really afraid of |
| Stuart Levey: Iran’s new deceptions at sea must be
punished |
| Tony Karon: Bush left the White House but what else has
changed? |
| Michael Gerson: Obama's mosque duty |
| Ross Douthat: Islam in Two Americas |
| Feature: Iraqis uneasy about US reduction, but demand
full departure |
| In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict |
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| August 15 |
| Bomb Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Reactor? The endgame may be
coming soon |
| U.S. broadens covert side of war on terrorism |
| George Will: Netanyahu's warning |
| A Tumour In Islam - Shia Sunni Conflict |
| Towards a World War
III Scenario? The Role of Israel in Triggering an Attack on Iran |
| Margaret Atwood: Mideast peace needs prophets, not
yes-men |
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| August 14 |
| Israeli generals and intel officials oppose attack on
Iran |
| Trita Parsi: A campaign for war with Iran begins |
| The Weak Case for War with Iran - Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett |
| Alon Ben-Mei: 'Arab and Peace' Is Not an Oxymoron |
| Webster Brooks: Iraq’s Shi’a Leadership Crisis
& the Iranian End Game |
| Mehdi Khalaji: Internal Divisions among Iranian
Hardliners Come to the Fore |
| Ray McGovern: Shilling for War on Iran |
| Iraq: Invading Is Easier Than Leaving |
| It's Time to Get Tough on Iran - Michael Eisenstadt and David Crist |
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| August 13 |
| Christina Lin: The East Asian Loophole in Iran Sanctions |
| Shawn Amoei: Neocon war plans undermine Iranians' quest
for democracy |
| Bouthaina Shaaban: The Aggression is Ongoing: Their
Maps and Our Destinies |
| Amr Hamzawy: Between Berlin and Beirut |
| Flow of oil from Iraq to Iran raises concerns |
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| August 12 |
| Is the U.S. pursuing the wrong Mideast peace process? |
| Al Qaeda In West Africa |
| Fears of al–Qaida return in Iraq as US–backed
fighters defect |
| Patrick Clawson: Ahmadinezhad's Bomb Rhetoric:
Opportunities for U.S. Policy |
| Iman Kurdi: No Muslim threat to Europe |
| The
Point of No Return |
| Is Netanyahu a "Bomber Boy"? |
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| August 11 |
| Matthew Levitt: Status Check on the Struggle against
Global Terrorism |
| Analysis: U.S. and Iraqi Interests May Work Against
Pullout |
| State Dept. faces skyrocketing costs as it prepares to
expand role in Iraq |
| Ahmed Moor: Israel Cannot be Both Jewish and Democratic |
| Sahi Baitel: A Middle Eastern Quid Pro Quo |
| Stuart Whatley: Democratic Values, Islam and the
Judeo-Christian Tradition Fallacy |
| Spies, secrets and smart-phones |
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| August 10 |
| Egypt's restive Bedouin: Triangle of trouble |
| Akiva Eldar: Abbas stands between a rock and a hard
place |
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| August 9 |
| James Carroll: Enter Christianity |
| Amir Oren : Barak chooses a chief of staff |
| Extremist groups 'very much alive' in Iraq, U.S. Special
Forces official says |
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| August 8 |
| Who is the new guerilla group threatening chaos in
Greece? |
| Zvi Bar'el: The dream of Greater Israel refuses to fade
away |
| Jonathan Moore: The Afghanistan tightrope |
| Joel Brinkley: The forgotten formula in Afghanistan |
| Israel's choice: Either Zionist or humanitarian |
| Jim Hoagland: Obama needs personal touch in diverse
Mideast |
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| August 7 |
| The Mystery Behind the Rockets from Sinai |
| Seumas Milne: The US isn't leaving Iraq, it's rebranding
the occupation |
| Obama's popularity may be down in US, but he's even less
popular among Arabs |
| Facebook, YouTube and Twitter are the new tools of
protest in the Arab world |
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| August 6 |
| Michael Oren: At the crossroads to peace and war in the
Middle East |
| How to form a bew Iraqi government while U.S. combat
forces withdraw |
| Iraq: Requiem for a Profound Misadventure |
| Feature: Powerless Middle Easterners charged up over
electricity cuts |
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| August 5 |
| The smell of smoke in the air all comes back to Iran |
| Wayne Madsen: Pentagon and Israelis working together to
trigger war |
| David Ignatius: Obama offers Iran an opening on
engagement |
| Ahmadinezhad's Bomb Rhetoric: Opportunities for U.S.
Policy |
| Analysis: Was it an assassination attempt on Ahmadinejad
or not? |
| Huge Iranian energy plant explosion coincides with bid
on Ahmadinejad's life |
| Allawi: Still Our Safest Bet in Iraq |
| Sabria Jawhar: Why I Hate the Burqa -- And Yes, I Wear
One |
| Press conference by UN peacekeeping chief on border
skirmish tripartite talks |
| Ari Shavit: Calm won't last without changing Israel's
strategic landscape |
| Ramzi Baroud: Lebanon awaits a verdict |
| Elias Bejjani: The Israeli-Hezbollah war is inevitable |
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| August 4 |
| Tariq Alhomayed: Why Did You Topple Saddam Hussein? |
| Adel Al Toraifi: The Nuclear Gulf |
| Profile: Ahmadinejad: Controversial at home and abroad |
| Thomas Friedman: Broadway and the Mosque |
| Anthony Shadid: As Obama talks peace, many Iraqis are
unsure |
| Egypt: Brotherhood reworks strategy |
| Iraq: Politicians agree to disagree |
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| August 3 |
| Rocket attacks on Israel and Jordan highlight how Hamas
could use Sinai |
| Eyeing world opinion, Israel agrees to cooperate on UN
Gaza flotilla inquiry |
| Tony Karon: Washington fiddles away as Pakistan burns in
civil war |
| Analysis: Despite Iraq withdrawal, greater Mideast not
looking good |
| Turkey: The Scary European Model |
| Turkey: How Conspiracy Theories Spread |
| Sohrab Ahmari: Iran and the Radical Sunnis |
| Niva Lanir: How to launder 'black' intelligence |
| Rajiv Chandrasekaran: In Kandahar, U.S. tries the lessons
of Baghdad |
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| August 2 |
| Rocket attacks on Israel: Why Hamas has an interest in
keeping Gaza quiet |
| Uri Avnery: All Quiet on the Eastern Front |
| Robert Parry: Neocon Re-write of American History |
| Immigrant maids flee lives of abuse in Kuwait |
| A benchmark of progress, electrical grid fails Iraqis |
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| August 1 |
| Is Terrorism Over? |
| Iran transforming Afghan war |
| Ramzy Baroud: Why Muslims Should Rethink Palestine |
| Iran and Russia: Pies Falling from the Skies |
| Michael Young: Is it goodbye, America? |
| Zvi Bar'el: What's a conspiracy without the CIA? |
| Nasim Novin: Is Ahmadinejad Instigating a Demographic
Catastrophe? |
