09/11/2006 |
Back to Iraq
George Friedman | Stratfor
The midterm congressional elections have given the Democrats control of the U.S. House of Representatives. It is possible -- as of this writing, on Wednesday afternoon -- that the Senate could also go to the Democrats, depending on the outcome of one extremely close race in Virginia. ...
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08/11/2006 |
Analysis: Musharraf strategy in tatters
Shaun Waterman | UPI
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's strategy of cutting peace deals with local leaders on his country's border with Afghanistan lies in tatters, after the strike last week on a religious school in the area, and charges that a terror plot was hatched there. ...
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08/11/2006 |
Analysis: Israel prepares for another war
Joshua Brilliant | UPI
The engine of the Lebanese army truck groaned as its driver engaged the muddy track along the border with Israel. At the Israeli army post Nurit, overlooking the route, a cameraman waved. The response was an insulting Middle Eastern gesture. ...
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08/11/2006 |
A Bi-Modal Force for the National Maritime Strategy
Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr. USN (Retired) | Offnews.info
Essay and presentation by Captain Wayne P. Hughes, Jr. USN (Retired), Senior Lecturer Naval Postgraduate School, titled: “A Bi-Modal Force for the National Maritime Strategy.” The presentation was given at a CNA conference on the Maritime Strategy development in mid-October. He addresses the need for a bi-modal force in terms of warfighting and non-traditional/irregular threats. ...
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08/11/2006 |
Serbia’s New Constitution: Democracy Going Backwards
International Crisis Group Staff | International Crisis Group
Serbia is moving away from Western values and European integration, and setting the stage to continue its generation-long role as a source of instability in the Balkans. ...
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08/11/2006 |
MEXICO - Jumping on the Oaxaca Bandwagon
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
An umbrella group composed of five armed revolutionary organizations claimed responsibility for the Nov. 6 bombings in Mexico City. In a Nov. 7 Internet statement, the coalition said it will continue to detonate bombs and expand attacks to target 40 national and multinational corporations throughout Mexico as long as Ulises Ruiz remains governor of Oaxaca state. And as the government cracks down on protests, as it recently did in Oaxaca, the movement probably will only grow stronger -- and extend its attacks beyond Mexico City. ...
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07/11/2006 |
Mexico City Bombings: An Escalation in Tensions
Stratfor Staff | Stratfor
Just after midnight Nov. 6, emergency officials in Mexico City received two telephone calls from an unknown source warning that bombs were about to detonate. ...
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07/11/2006 |
Los expertos alertan del uso propagandístico de la Red por parte de los grupos terroristas
El País Staff | El Pais (Es)
Los investigadores coinciden en que la "radicalización" de los jovenes musulmanes ha aumentado y afirman que es necesario "contrarrestar esta propaganda"Los investigadores coinciden en que la "radicalización" de los jovenes musulmanes ha aumentado y afirman que es necesario "contrarrestar esta propaganda" ...
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06/11/2006 |
Neo Culpa: War's neoconservative boosters have turned sharply on the Bush administration--- Vanity Fair Exclusive: Now They Tell Us
David Rose | Vanity Fair
As Iraq slips further into chaos, the war's neoconservative boosters have turned sharply on the Bush administration, charging that their grand designs have been undermined by White House incompetence. In a series of exclusive interviews, Richard Perle, Kenneth Adelman, David Frum, and others play the blame game with shocking frankness. Target No. 1: the president himself. ...
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04/11/2006 |
Why Israel will go to war again – soon
John Keegan | Telegraph
There will soon be another war in the Middle East, this time a renewal of the conflict between the Israel Defence Force (IDF) and Hizbollah. The conflict is inevitable and unavoidable. ...
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