Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 5:34 am
By George Friedman www.stratfor.com With U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement of his strategy in Afghanistan, the U.S.-jihadist war has entered a new phase. With its allies, the United S...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 5:29 am
NAHARNET: Report: Turkish Forces Foil Hizbullah Plot to Attack Israeli Target Turkish forces have foiled a Hizbullah plot to attack an undisclosed Israeli target in the country, Israeli daily Haare...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 5:25 am
WSJ: McChrystal Expects Effects of Surge Within a Year The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said he expected the Obama administration's retooled war strategy to show clear results by the end ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 5:10 am
LAT: Pro-government militiamen attack protesting students at two Tehran universities Iran's chief prosecutor warns that harsher measures will be taken against protesters. Tear gas was reported ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 5:01 am
HURRIYET: Iran rejects Turkish role in nuclear talks ...Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast implicitly rejected Turkey's desire to mediate between it and world powers, a possibility r...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 4:57 am
Full Article: http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=195034
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 9, 2009, 4:53 am
TODAY'S ZAMAN: PM Erdoğan explains not sending combat troops to Afghanistan Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan explained why Turkey was reluctant to send combat troops to Afghanistan...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 8, 2009, 1:32 am
TREND: U.S. Defense Secretary on unannounced visit to Afghanistan U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Kabul on Tuesday to talk with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan about how to us...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 8, 2009, 1:19 am
PASSPORT: Hezbollah's got a brand new bag ...But for those who do pay close attention to Hezbollah, Nasrallah's announcement was something of a dud: The manifesto was more a formalization o...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 3, 2009, 12:19 am
By George Friedman U.S. President Barack Obama announced the broad structure of his Afghanistan strategy in a speech at West Point on Tuesday evening. The strategy had three core elements. First, h...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 3, 2009, 12:09 am
OBAMA'S AF-PAK POLICY --SEEDS OF FAILURE (IntelliBriefs, B. Raman) Barack Obama criticised by Left and Right over Afghanistan surge (Telegraph.co.uk) Obama’s troop surge mirrors Bush on Ir...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 3, 2009, 12:01 am
REUTERS: Iran aid to Taliban is small, insigificant - U.S. Iran wants to inflict "pain" on Western forces in Afghanistan but its support for the Taliban has so far been small and insignificant, U.S...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 11:57 pm
BBC: US secretly detained Iranian over arms dealing Federal prosecutors have revealed that the US secretly detained an Iranian man who admitted plotting to procure and smuggle arms to Iran. Amir A...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 11:37 pm
PRESS TV: Lebanese gov't: Hezbollah will keep its arms ..."The council of ministers today adopted the proposed policy statement," Information Minister Tarek Mitri said after a cabinet meeting o...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 11:33 pm
FROM THE MEMRI BLOG: http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/22459.htm
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 11:29 pm
TODAY'S ZAMAN: US asks Turkey to send more troops to Afghanistan Ankara and Washington have been holding discussions on a US demand that its NATO ally Turkey send more troops to war-torn Afghan...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 10:56 pm
NYT: A Financial Mirage in the Desert ...For the last couple of years, the running joke on Wall Street was “Dubai, Mumbai, Shanghai or goodbye.” If you were the C.E.O. of a troubled investment...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 10:43 pm
AFP: RBS most exposed British bank to Dubai World: report British banks have total exposure to state-owned Dubai World of about five billion dollars, making them the biggest foreign creditor group ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Dec 2, 2009, 10:33 pm
THE DAILY STAR: Qatari stocks soar, snubbing Dubai World woes ...Qatar Telecom rocketed 7.9 percent, Industries Qatar surged 6.6 percent, Qatar National Bank finished up 6.4 percent and Qatar Gas T...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 19, 2009, 2:33 am
By Robert Fragnito As the United States attempts to form a unified front on Iran's nuclear program, President Barack Obama has been engaged this week in finding assurances from Russia and China...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 17, 2009, 10:09 pm
ASHARQ ALAWSAT: I always recommend reading Hassan Nasrallah's speeches rather than listening to them, because reading one of his speeches unemotionally allows one to read between the lines... ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 17, 2009, 9:28 pm
ALARABIYA: US, China agree on Iran nuclear "consequences" ...Obama told reporters in a joint address to reporters that he and Hu "agreed that the Islamic Republic of Iran must provide assurances to...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 17, 2009, 9:09 pm
THE MEMRI BLOG: http://www.thememriblog.org/blog_personal/en/22032.htm
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 17, 2009, 8:54 pm
FROM AEI, Author: Ali Alfoneh     Editors: Michael Rubin and Ahmad Majidyar SUMMARY Cleric brands Mousavi ‘counter-revolutionary’; Iranian analysts predict collapse of Saudi regime; Ahma...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 17, 2009, 1:39 am
- REUTERS: IAEA: Secrecy Raises Fears Of More Iran Atomic Sites ..."The agency has indicated that its declaration of the new facility reduces the level of confidence in the absence of other nuc...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 16, 2009, 4:08 am
LAT: Iran issue is key to Obama's other foreign policy goals His administration hopes to improve U.S. relations with the Muslim world and achieve global nuclear disarmament. ...Whatever the ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 16, 2009, 3:55 am
HAARETZ: Ahmadinejad: Western nuclear pressure empowers Iran ..."The Iranian nation's nuclear rights are not negotiable and our nuclear cooperation will be done within the UN nuclear watchdog&#...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 16, 2009, 3:51 am
REUTERS: Russia delays Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station Russia on Monday said it would not start a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr atomic power station by the end of the year as plann...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 16, 2009, 3:42 am
HAARETZ: Israel to ship drones to Turkey, after tense two-year delay Israel is ready to complete a long-delayed weapons deal with Turkey cited by some sources as the catalyst for recent tensions be...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 10:01 pm
REUTERS: Diplomats: Iran active uranium enrichment stable since September Iran has effectively stopped expanding active uranium enrichment since September, said a senior diplomat in Vienna, where t...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 9:50 pm
AP: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_afghanistan_petraeus
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 9:34 pm
HAARETZ: Netanyahu to Sarkozy: Israel ready for Syria talks without preconditions ...Netanyahu made the remarks in response to a question from French President Nicolas Sarkozy, with whom he met for...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 9:23 pm
NAHARNET: Peres: Hizbullah Trading in Arms, Drugs in South America to 'Finance Terror' Israeli President Shimon Peres has reportedly informed Brazil that Hizbullah cells in Brazil, Argentin...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 9:13 pm
NAHARNET: Hamas Urges New Lebanese Cabinet to Improve Conditions of Palestinians ..."Hamas wishes prosperity and development for Lebanon and asks the new government to pay particular attention to t...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 6:40 pm
CNN: Obama considering 4 options for Afghanistan, sources say President Obama is considering four scenarios to move forward in Afghanistan and is expected to discuss them at his eighth meeting with...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 6:32 pm
REUTERS: Yemen, U.S. sign military deal as country fights rebels Yemen has signed an agreement with the United States for cooperation on military intelligence and training, its official news agency...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 3:04 pm
By Borzou Daragahi "Both were members of the Basiji elite, the hard-line Iranian militia. Over time, they took different paths, one embracing feminism and the other mellowing, then turning back ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 11, 2009, 2:58 am
In Honor of Veterans/Remembrance Day, In Flanders Fields By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918) Canadian Army ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 10, 2009, 3:11 am
By Riad Kahwaji, CEO Institute for Near East & Gulf Military Analysis (INEGMA) The common view shared by several officials in many U.S.-allied countries in the Middle East is that "it is a bad time...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 4, 2009, 1:24 am
- REUTERS: Obama says time for Iran to decide future path ..."It is time for the Iranian government to decide whether it wants to focus on the past, or whether it will make the choices that will...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Nov 3, 2009, 1:41 am
- TELEGRAPH: Afghanistan: Barack Obama warns Hamid Karzai to tackle corruption Barack Obama has welcomed Hamid Karzai's election as the president of Afghanistan with as much admonishment as ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 30, 2009, 2:57 am
NYT: Iran Rejects Deal to Ship Out Uranium, Officials Report Iran told theUnited Nations nuclear watchdog on Thursday that it would not accept a plan its negotiators agreed to last week to send its...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 28, 2009, 1:53 am
From AEI, Author: Ali Alfoneh Editors: Michael Rubin and Ahmad Majidyar Supreme Leader reportedly “against negotiations with United States”; Iran’s Foreign Minister agrees “circumstances no...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 27, 2009, 4:05 am
- REUTERS: Iran hints at acceptance of nuclear deal with West Iran's foreign minister said on Monday the Islamic Republic could endorse a United Nations-brokered deal for it to send potentia...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 26, 2009, 12:51 am
- NYT: Both Iran and West Fear a Trap on Uranium Deal ...In Washington, the concern is precisely the reverse. Here, even some of President Obama’s aides are wary that Iran is setting a trap, ...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 23, 2009, 2:35 pm
From AEI, Author: Ali Alfoneh Editors: Michael Rubin and Ahmad Majidyar SUMMARY Iranian hardliners intensify accusations against reformist leaders; senior cleric equates obedience towards U.S. t...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 23, 2009, 1:18 am
LAT: IRAN, ISRAEL: Avowed enemies allegedly held secret nuclear talks ...The talks, vehemently denied by Iranians but confirmed by Israelis, were reportedly held behind closed doors at the Four Sea...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 23, 2009, 1:09 am
AP: Mitchell: Effort to revive Mideast talks hasn't failed Full Article: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1123156.html
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 23, 2009, 1:05 am
HAARETZ: Analysis / Will Iran nuke deal bury chances of Israeli attack? It's no surprise the agreement emerging between Iran and the international community is being greeted in Jerusalem with a...
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Robert F. posted an article on MEMG: The Middle East Monitoring Group - Oct 23, 2009, 12:58 am
NAHARNET: Abu Al Ghayt: Priority for Lebanese State Sovereignty, Respecting Institutions Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Abu Al Ghayt stressed on Thursday after meeting U.N. Special Coordinator fo...
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