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H1 IHT American strategy and pre-emptive war HENRY A. KISSINGER - Universal, generally accepted principles on the right to pre-emptive use of force need to be defined. CSIS Iranian Nuclear Weapons? The Uncertain Nature of Iran's Nuclear Programs -Anthony H. Cordesman and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan William Arkin Despite Denials, US Plans for Iran War Strategic Studies Institute Irregular Enemies by Dr. Colin S. Gray   Guardian Dead birds, terrorists, Franciscans: it's 15th-century Florence all over again Simon Jenkins: The age of Savonarola and Machiavelli highlights the dangers of a regime that asserts the supremacy of values or faith over politics. Leader –Iraq - Ungoverned and ungovernable Tomorrow it will be exactly four months since Iraqis went to the polls Washington Post Editorial Double Standard for Dictators The E.U. is isolating one dictator while proposing concessions for another. Guess which one sells gas. Where Do We Meddle Next? A Half-Century of Protecting Our Interests  By Michael Kinsley,  So, after more than a half-century of active meddling -- protecting our interests, promoting our values, encouraging democracy, fighting terrorism, seeking stability, defending human rights, pushing peace -- it's come to this. In Iraq we find ourselves unwilling regents of a society splitting into... Replace Rumsfeld By David Ignatius NRO Mark Steyn: Muslims are winning the demographic and the conversion battle. The Nation - It won’t be Puritan Massachusetts or John Calvin’s Geneva, but the theocracy toward which the GOP is pushing America will be just as daft, says Kevin Phillips... more» From the Journal of Democracy, an article on The "Mystery" of the Soviet Collapse	H2 Jerusalem Post Analysis: Playing poker in Teheran By GERALD M. STEINBERG Ahmadinejad's boast that his country has joined the nuclear club appears to be an admission of weakness. Weekly Standard To Bomb, or Not to Bomb That is the Iran question. by Reuel Marc Gerecht Target: Iran Yes, there is a feasible military option against the mullahs' nuclear program. by Thomas McInerney Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies – Strategic Assessments April 2006 -------  What if the United States fails in Iraq? Washington Institute The Point of No Return: Iran's Path to Democracy Mohsen Sazegara London Review of Books - Letters responding to "The Israel Lobby". NPQ - Graham Fuller on Good Shiite, Bad Shiite. Slate Today's Papers Wikipedia antiwar.com technorati Raw Story Exclusive: US using Iraqi terror group in Iran op, intelligence officials say...  Knight-Ridder Russia seen playing role in tight oil market, higher prices Christian Science Monitor Rival armed factions seizing pieces of Gaza The Times Iran is racing down nuclear route before UN can put up roadblock LA Times Shiites Try to Drive Wedge Between Jafari Opponents An article on Iran's Oil Bourse: A threat to the US economy? An interview with John Negroponte Director of National Intelligence.  AEI Energy Security, National Security, and Natural Gas By Gary J. Schmitt Der Spiegel ROMANIA AND BULGARIAThe EU's Unpopular Expansion	H3 A review of Osman's Dream: The Story of the Ottoman Empire 1300-1923. Metehan Demir ABD Cobra'sına çuval şartları Çuval geriliminden sonra, Türkiye savunma ihalelerinde stratejik işbirliği ve teknoloji transferi şartlarını koyunca Pentagon, ABD'li iki şirketi 91 helikopterlik ihaleden çekti. Ext links- Dis Basinda Turkiye - Google News Turkey –Turquie- Türkei - İç Basında Türk Dış Politikası - Kurdish Media  - FPR Archive - Quickread - Google News - Iraq -Iran - Syria – Kurdish - Greece - Cyprus – Azerbaijan - Israel - BBC Turkish 0700 -TurcoPundit - Mideastwire.com - Iraqi&Regional MediaMonitoring İbrahim KARAGÜL Ortadoğu'da nükleer savaş senaryosu ve nükleer Türkiye! New Kurdish strategy needed KurdishMedia Norway’s DNO plans Iraqi Kurdistan oil output start in 2007 For Kurds, Saddam Trial Brings Chance of Revenge Son of Iraqi president speaks Der Spiegel Berlin "Honor Killing": Brother of Murdered Turkish Woman Convicted  Guardian Man jailed for 'honour killing' that shook Germany · Turkish brother gets nine years for murdering sister · Community tension as two other brothers freed Pope Honors Priest Shot to Death in Turkey LAT Uproar in Turkey Over Slain Stray Dogs EDM EDM KOSOVO AND THE POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: NO ANALOGY MEANS NO "PRECEDENT" - ALIYEV'S INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? EurasiaNet Iran Expanding Ties With Central Asian States to Counterbalance US Geopolitical Pressure Arab Labourers Flock to Kurdistan Institute for War and Peace Reporting Federal government must take responsibility for Anfal campaign ... Kurdistan Regional Government İKÖ Parlamento Birliği de KKTC’ye ‘Kıbrıs Türk Devleti’ diyecek Powell’ın sağkolundan ‘Kürt devleti’ için Tayvan benzetmesi Kürdistan Hewlêr Üniversitesi´nde İngilizce eğitim dönemi başlıyor
H4 New York Times  More Retired Generals Call for Rumsfeld's Resignation Meeting Yields No Progress on Curbing Iran Nuclear Bid Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei's one-day trip ended with no agreement by the Iranians to halt production of enriched uranium. Europe Stalls on Road to Economic Change  Europeans are worried that weak leaders in Germany, France and Italy are preventing economic changes. PAUL KRUGMAN Weapons of Math Destruction An administration that lies about taxes will also lie about other, graver matters. Al Qaeda's Man in Iraq Gets Encouragement From His HQ	H5 Washington Post Editorial Double Standard for Dictators The E.U. is isolating one dictator while proposing concessions for another. Guess which one sells gas. Where Do We Meddle Next? A Half-Century of Protecting Our Interests  By Michael Kinsley,  So, after more than a half-century of active meddling -- protecting our interests, promoting our values, encouraging democracy, fighting terrorism, seeking stability, defending human rights, pushing peace -- it's come to this. In Iraq we find ourselves unwilling regents of a society splitting into... Replace Rumsfeld By David Ignatius,  Now more than ever a symbol of the public's distrust of the Bush administration, Rumsfeld should go or we risk losing the war in Iraq. White House Defends Rumsfeld's Tenure Intelligence Office Gives Progress Report Immigrants Must Choose By Charles Krauthammer,  Many of the hundreds of thousands of Hispanic demonstrators who poured out into the streets on Monday may not know much English, but they've learned the language of American politics: Flags. Tons of flags. And make them American. A New Twist On Judas Beyond the Buzz Over Gospel's Publication By E. J. Dionne Jr., British Court Voids Anti-Terrorism Provision A High Court judge ruled Wednesday that a key provision of British anti-terrorism law, one that allows a form of house arrest for suspected terrorists, is "conspicuously unfair" and an "affront to justice." Moussaoui Proclaims Hatred 9/11 conspirator says he wished more Americans died; calls victims' testimony "disgusting." Cockpit Recording Transcript |	H6 Guardian Dead birds, terrorists, Franciscans: it's 15th-century Florence all over again Simon Jenkins: The age of Savonarola and Machiavelli highlights the dangers of a regime that asserts the supremacy of values or faith over politics. Leader –Iraq - Ungoverned and ungovernable Tomorrow it will be exactly four months since Iraqis went to the polls in their historic parliamentary election, but they are still waiting for a new government to be formed. US allies are behind the death squads and ethnic cleansing Jonathan Steele: Iraq's American overlords at last seem to have grasped the danger posed by their friends' militias. But it may be too late. 'I feel like I did in the Vietnam days - I hate to pay taxes just so they can go and bomb more people' The Guardian profile: Reporter, Seymour Hersh, whose scoops give the Bush administration sleepless nights. General joins attack on Rumsfeld Fourth retired officer calls on defence chief to resign over Iraq. Prodi quickly caught in row over remarks about Hamas Romano Prodi embroiled in row when quoted as saying he would try to get the EU to change its approach to Hamas. Iran vows not to retreat on nuclear programme The will of the people was heard in Belarus's election The west is imposing a double standard on our young democracy, says Alyaksei Mazhukhou.
H7  UPI Walker's World: China's Hu Jintao comes to Washington Outside View:Tipping point in Iraq By ANTHONY H. CORDESMAN Iran Sounds Like a Bad Rerun - Trudy Rubin, Newsday Experts see any strike against Iran as problem Chicago Tribune Knight-Ridder White House rebuffs generals' calls for Rumsfeld to resign Jim Lobe Neocons Turn Up Heat for Iran Attack CSIS President Hu's trip to the United States CSIS gathered together a few China experts to brief reporters on Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States next week. Listen to the briefing / Read the Transcript NRO Victor Davis Hanson: We’re having too many dead-end debates.	H8 BBC US in warning to 'defiant' Iran The US warns Iran there will be consequences if it continues to defy the UN on its nuclear programme.  In depth: Nuclear fuel cycle Iraq Unrest Forces 65,000 to Flee Iraq' s Refugee Problem Surges as Violence Rages Shi'ites Ask: Why Convene Iraq Parliament? Washington Times Zarqawi, al Qaeda are heading out, U.S. general says Al Qaeda in Iraq and its presumed leader, Abu Musab Zarqawi, have conceded strategic defeat and are on their way out of the country, a top U.S. military official contended yesterday. Daily Star A vicious circle of poverty, conflict and dependence By Mohammed El-Samhouri Mark Steyn - The cost of de-nuking Iran will be high now but much higher in later years. As with the Danish cartoons, at stake here is the credibility of Western civilization... more» The first chapter (and a video interview) from Noah Feldman's What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building	H9 Ha’aretz - Enough handouts By Aluf Benn - America's friendship is Israel's most important political asset. But as Uncle Sam's strength seems to be weakening, FM Livni needs to secure broader support for Israel. The irony of great power politics One hopes that newfound opposition by academics Mearsheimer and Walt to unilateralism in the US and Israel will be a silver lining of "The Israel Lobby." Jerusalem Post Analysis: Playing poker in Teheran By GERALD M. STEINBERG Ahmadinejad's boast that his country has joined the nuclear club appears to be an admission of weakness. UNSC fails to pass draft condemning Israel's Gaza ops US: Syria making efforts on Iraq border From LRB, a review of The Holy Land in English Culture 1799-1917: Palestine and the Question of Orientalism; an article on the Israeli election and the ‘demographic problem’; and here are letters responding to "The Israel Lobby".
H10 Christian Science Monitor Rival armed factions seizing pieces of Gaza Fatah and Hamas militias train in abandoned Israeli settlements as anxiety grows over instability. Behind Bush's tough stance against Iran After 9/11, the White House may see the US as only nation ready to take action. Retired generals speak out to oppose Secretary of Defense They say Rumsfeld quashed dissent and bungled Iraq's occupation. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs disagrees. Report: US soldiers 'unlawfully' shot Reuters cameraman Private investigation comes week after 'firing' of Marine officers involved in civilian shooting at Haditha.	H11 IHT American strategy and pre-emptive war HENRY A. KISSINGER  Universal, generally accepted principles on the right to pre-emptive use of force need to be defined. In Europe's terror fight, the rights issue There is a cultural battle playing out within Western democracies: the battle between security and basic freedoms. BBC Bleak or bright? Italy's future will depend on politicians making harsh choices UPI Analysis: Bush's European allies pay price It's not easy being a faithful ally of President George W. Bush these days. PINR "Italy: Challenges Beyond the Elections" Full text of report Der Spiegel ROMANIA AND BULGARIAThe EU's Unpopular Expansion The Economist Islam in Europe: Sending a message to the faithful back home	H12 Knight-Ridder Russia seen playing role in tight oil market, higher prices For most of the past decade, Russia, the world's second largest oil producer and exporter, provided the extra supply needed to meet the world's growing thirst for oil. Now its production is flat and the world oil market is drum tight. EDM KOSOVO AND THE POST-SOVIET CONFLICTS: NO ANALOGY MEANS NO "PRECEDENT" - ALIYEV'S INVITATION TO THE WHITE HOUSE: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? - PUTIN'S FEAR OF ELECTIONS AND FEAR OF INVESTMENT EurasiaNet To Georgia, Wine War with Russia a Question of National Security Power Struggle Brews in Afghanistan Pitting President Against Parliament
H13 The Times Iran is racing down nuclear route before UN can put up roadblock No going back, says defiant Iran Iran’s hardline President declared that the Islamic republic would not retreat 'even one iota' Nuclear watchdog says Iran's claims still unconfirmed 9/11 plotter wants US crushed as 'head of the Israel snake' Zacarias Moussaoui lambasted US support for Israel, which he said was little more than an American colony Darfur crisis spills over as rebels raid neighbour's capital In Times Online weblogs: Charles Bremner on General de Villepin's surrender to the students in Paris WSJ The Meaning of Moussaoui And the lesson of the Flight 93 tape. Trial Unnerves Some U.S. Jewish Leaders Jewish leaders worry the pending trial of ex-Israel lobbyists could galvanize those blaming Israel for White House Mideast problems.	H14 Financial Times	H15 Los Angeles Times Doubts About Taking On Tehran Anti-Rumsfeld Chorus Grows Editorial Stingier than we think If only the U.S. were as generous with foreign aid as Americans worry it is. Shiites Try to Drive Wedge Between Jafari Opponents Look who's coddling African dictators Hint: It's communist, has more than 1 billion inhabitants, and is undermining U.S. foreign policy. Moussaoui Vows to Outlive U.S., No Matter the Verdict Al Qaeda terrorist says another major strike will come before Bush leaves White House. "We will have to destroy you," he says. Data Still Dribbles From Afghan Base Computer drive sold at a bazaar may hold names of people who inform on Taliban and Al Qaeda.
H16 Kevin Phillips on the theocratic inclinations of the Republican electorate, and more on theocons and theocrats Raw Story NEW LIBBY FILING FINGERS ROVE, FLEISCHER Blogometer realclearpolitics – ABC’s The Note - Early Bird thru GovExec -	H17 Daily Telegraph Sarkozy will be a hard man for Socialists to beat As the coming debate turns to policy, Mr Sarkozy may yet overcome Miss Royal's simple appeal to reveal himself as the only politician with sufficient vision and style to lead his country out of the mire, says Colin Randall. Iran trip doomed America has called for the United Nations to force Iran to comply with its demand that it give up its uranium enrichment programme, bringing Teheran one step closer to sanctions or even military action.	H18 Independent  Criticism of Rumsfeld grows as retired generals call for his dismissal Hey, let's celebrate Enriched Uranium Day 'Hitler's holocaust plan for Jews in Palestine stopped by Desert Rats'
H19 National Security Archive - U.S. Intelligence and the Indian Bomb Documents Show U.S. Intelligence Failed to Warn of India's Nuclear  Tests Despite Tracking Nuclear Weapons Potential Since 1950 Washington Times Financial intelligenceBy John SnowHitting terrorists where it hurts	H20 Slate Judas Saves: Why the lost gospel makes sense. Christopher  Hitchens JapanFocus An article on lifting the curtain on the US-Japan relationship.	H21 Economic Theories of News": The first chapter from All the News That’s Fit to Sell: How the Market Transforms Information into News. I may be a Miss, but you can call me Madame Shocking news — French feminists are agitating for the abolition of the title of Mademoiselle Hollywood liberals don't do D.C. By Jonah Goldberg We're still waiting for the great Washington movie, but conservative scion Christopher Buckley's "Thank You for Smoking" comes close.
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