Month: December 2009

  • News and Analysis (12/10/09)

    A wartime president accepts the Nobel Peace Prize because war is justified “as a last resort or in self-defense; if the forced used is proportional; and if, whenever possible, civilians are spared from violence,” but makes no mention of Gaza: Text of Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize Speech (AP / Yahoo) As Iranians deal with unprecedented…

  • News and Analysis (12/09/2009)

    Two hundred and four have already been arrested in another breakout of angry dissent in Iran … Violent Protests in Iran Carry Into Second Day (NY Times) …joined by Iranian Kurds … Student Protests Erupt in Over a Dozen Iranian Cities (Indybay.org) … while in Turkey a constitutional court may “undermine the government’s efforts to…

  • News and Analysis (12/8/09)

    Re-enforcing US fears of homegrown terrorists: U.S. Citizen Charged with Conspiring to Aid Terrorists in 2008 Mumbai Attack (Washington Post) US ultimatum threatens to “use considerably more force on the Pakistani side of the border to shut down Taliban attacks” Pakistan Told to Ratchet Up Fight Against the Taliban (NY Times) Turkey has an opportunity…

  • News and Analysis (12/7/09)

    “They said if I collaborated with them it would be a good thing for the Palestinians, that it would help them target Hamas leaders, not accidentally kill civilians… They said I would get a permit to enter Israel in return. They offered money, they said I would be allowed to travel abroad”: Israel Accused of…

  • News and Analysis (12/5-6/09)

    Israel continues to suffocate the citizens of Gaza without fear of international reprimand… Israel Closes Sole Oil and Gas Terminal on Gaza Border (CS Monitor) …”That an Irish foreign minister is not permitted to visit a region to assess a humanitarian situation is almost without precedent and is tantamount to censorship”: Report: Israel Denies Irish…

  • News and Analysis (12/4/09)

    Serving as America’s gateway into the Middle East, Turkey is too valuable an ally to lose: Iran, Afghanistan to Test Turkish-U.S. Ties (Reuters / Washington Post) As NATO forces answer the US call for troops in Afghanistan… Nato Members Pledge Extra 7,000 Troops for Afghanistan (Guardian) Nobel prize nominee Greg Mortenson argues that only a…

  • News and Analysis (12/3/09)

    “In the 42 years that Israel has had full control of the city, it has on average revoked the Jerusalem residency permits of about 200 people a year … The previous high had been 1,363, in 2006”: Israel Revoked Jerusalem Residency of 4,500 Palestinians in 2008 (Washington Post) Ahmadinejad continues to show absolute resolve in…

  • News and Analysis (12/2/09)

    Obama seeks “to prepare the country for the heavier fighting and higher casualties that are likely to result from his [Afghan] strategy in the months ahead…. Obama: U.S. Security is Still at Stake (Washington Post) … but he was neither specific nor open the essential role of Pakistan, which is suspicious of American intentions ……

  • News and Analysis (12/1/09)

    Tripling the troop commitment since his inauguration, the President has made Afghanistan War Obama’s war: Obama Issues Order for More Troops in Afghanistan (NY Times) Facing political pressure from every branch of government,  Zardari can’t appease everyone: Pakistan’s Zardari Holds Off His Political Foes — For Now (Washington Post) Tory MP complains, “A normal nation…

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