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Michael Weiss

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Who just started arming Syria rebels?

The Council of the European Union renewed its arms embargo on Syria this week by another three months, with the slight amendment

Abdel bari Atwan

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Mali - Israel’s gate to Africa

Diplomatic reports from Mali prove that the French military interference to confront Islamic groups in the Muslim country are

Gilad Atzmon

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Human Right Watch’s tribute to Professor Richard Falk

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has expelled from its ranks top U.N. official Professor Richard Falk. The juicy details have been kindly

Rami G. Khouri

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American amateurism on display in Syria

A famous American coloring shampoo advertisement years ago used the effective slogan, referring to whether or not the woman in the

Doug Bandow

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Will NATO intervene in Syria?

Turkey and Syria exchanged mortar and artillery fire last week. The dispute need not involve United States, yet NATO membership

Joanna Lillis

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Watchdog report challenges Astana’s version of Zhanaozen violence

A report prepared by the global watchdog group Human Rights Watch suggests hardline tactics employed by officials in Kazakhstan

Maidhc Ó Cathail

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The Israeli provocation of Sept. 11 anti-American embassy protests

With U.S. foreign missions besieged on September 11 by Muslims outraged by an anti-Islam film, it’s useful to recall Jeff

Markar Esayan

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As people continue to die...

The latest terrorist attack by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Şırnak claimed the lives of 10 soldiers. It is believed

Fadi al-Ahmar

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Turkey and Iran: Competition and Confrontation

On August 21, the Mokdad clan kidnapped two Turkish citizens with the intention of holding them hostage until a member of their

Arwa Aburawa

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How can Islam help us tackle climate change?

With the latest scientific findings predicting even more drastic changes to the earth’s climate[1] and the complete failure

Muzaffer Kutlay

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Bulgarian Turks: From Assimilation to Expulsion

Bulgarian Turks are among the minority groups that earlier gained and legally secured their rights and freedoms in the Balkans. In

Paul Craig Roberts

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Amerika’s Future is Death

“The day we see truth and do not speak is the day we begin to die.” - Martin Luther King Conspiracy theories have

Ramzy Baroud

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Shifting truths in Sinai

Two Toyota Land Cruisers filled with about 15 well-built gunmen in ski masks and all-black outfits appear seemingly out of

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Muslims in France after the elections

For 3.5 million French Muslims, Ramadan began on Friday, 20 July. Enthusiasm for fasting seems stronger than ever this year, with

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America and India: Growing Partners in Afghanistan

Last week Pakistan's new spy chief Lieutenant General Zahir ul-Islam made an inaugural trip to the United States and met with his

Nuh Yılmaz

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The Erdoğan effect: Turkey, Egypt and the future of the Middle East

By Nuh Yilmaz, Kadir Ustun Turkey's foreign policy activism is drawing considerable attention these days, particularly because of

Ali Bulaç

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Earthquake and science

Based on observable data, it is possible to argue that we are experiencing quake storms on the planet. There are some signs of

Tariq Ali

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An Arab 1848: Despots totter and fall

He can't stay any longer because the military has declared that they will not shoot their own people. This excludes a

Jonathan Cook

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God-TV helps Israel oust Bedouins

A sign posted a few kilometres north of Beersheba, the Negev's main city, announces plans to plant a total of a

Maksud Djavadov

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Crafting an independent foreign policy for Bosnia

The geopolitics of Bosnia Hercegovina, together with its reliance on factors outside its borders, makes

Aram Nerguizian

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Turkish-Arab cooperation: How far will it go?

Expanded economic and security relationships with Arab states have emerged as crucial complements to Turkey’s

Valery Dzutsev

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2010 census data adjusted to meet Kremlin priorities in N.Caucasus

On November 9, the Kavkazsky Uzel (Caucasian Knot) website reported the Russian statistical service’s

Reza Marashi

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WikiLeaks: US-Iran relations "Now What" moment?

Lost in the clamor and commotion of WikiLeaks releasing 251,287 diplomatic cables is the perspective of those who

Dani Rodrik

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Don't count on global governance to solve the world's economic woes

Everybody agrees that the world economy is ill, but the diagnosis apparently depends on which corner of it you

Yossi Alpher

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Change we can't foresee

The conventional wisdom in some circles now holds that Republican gains in last week's US congressional

Couloumbis, Ahlstrom

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Turkey at a Crossroads

Turkey is misunderstood by most people in Europe and the U.S. - not the least because Turks themselves comfortably

Ahmet Davutoglu

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Taking Sino-Turkish relations forward

Turkey and China are located at opposing ends of Asia. Notwithstanding this physical distance, Turkish and Chinese

Michael C.

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Turkey’s doing it without the fez on

Turkey is at a crossroads: Its economy is booming, and the Turkish economic miracle is the direct result of the

Şaban Kardaş

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Turkey maintains reservations about US missile defense

Turkey’s position on US efforts to create a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system in Europe has emerged as

Amani Maged

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Ankara vs Brussels

"Don't keep us waiting" is a new phrase in the Turkish political lexicon on its bid for EU

Matthew Carr

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Spain's inquisitorial gaze for headscarf

Until this year, Spain appeared to be relatively indifferent to the Islamophobic politics that have become so

Paul R.

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Staving Off Israeli Folly

Bruce Riedel's hard-hitting article about a possible Israeli military attack on Iran has appropriately

Gwynne Dyer

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Tony Blair and the great Islamic threat

People often wind up believing their own cover story. Former British prime minister Tony Blair, for example, is

Hatem Ete

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Prospects of constitutional reform in Turkey

Turkish politics is currently undergoing a heated political debate on the constitutional reform package (supported

Steven Salaita

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Four reasons why Americans should oppose Zionism

Israel has been subject to some bad publicity recently. In 2008-09, it launched a brutal military campaign in the

Jacob Heilbrunn

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The wildest dream: Bombing Iran

"Another question Israeli planners struggle with: how will they know if their attacks have actually destroyed

Juan Cole

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Israeli attack on Iran to reduce Obama to a one-term president

What should a poor warmongering Neoconservative do? This political grouping includes WASPS such as former CIA

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Iraq’s future hanging by a thread

Iraqis now have greater physical security, though violence continues and politics are stalemated. But the years of

Azmi Bishara

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The Arabs and Turkey

There is something in the Arab public space that hampers an objective discussion of Turkey's increasing political

Gareth Porter

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The real aim of Israel’s bomb Iran campaign

Reuel Marc Gerecht’s screed justifying an Israeli bombing attack on Iran coincides with the opening the new

Zafar Bangash

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Total failure of the Pakistani elites

When people in a Muslim society are driven to commit suicide because of poverty and hopelessness, it should cause

Roger Cohen

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The forgetten American

The Dogans were a quiet family little noticed by their neighbors here in upstate New York. Ahmet Dogan had come to

Ziauddin Sardar

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Between two masters: Qur'an or Science?

The headline in the Bulletin of the Islamic Medical Association of South Africa announces a staggering discovery.

paul balles

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Americans should declare independence from Israel

When will the American public wake up to the fact that Israel controls America? If the public doesn't wake up,

David Morris

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Gaza Flotilla Cover-up and the New York Times

For the past month, the alternative media have sought concrete evidence that the mainstream U.S. media, including

Sebastian Rosato

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The Untied States of Europe

Everyone, it seems, has an opinion about Europe's debt crisis. Optimists, such as Princeton political scientist

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A time to appease

“APPEASEMENT!” WHAT a powerful term it has become, growing evermore in strength as the decades advance.

Stanley Heller

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Grand theft flotilla

"There’s been three or four reports from passengers that Israelis then went out with their credit cards

Daniel Larison

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Israel needs Turkey — and so do we

Nothing will ever be the same between Turkey and Israel. Not after Israel’s raid on the aid flotilla bound

Ufuk Ulutaş

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Turkey and Israel in aftermath of flotilla crisis

Turkey and Israel in the Aftermath of the Flotilla Crisis On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos stormed a passenger ship, the

Stephen M.

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Turkey and the Neocons

It couldn't be more predictable. Back when Israel and Turkey were strategic allies with extensive

Dilip Hiro

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Turkey’s soul-searching leads to rise as regional power

Turkey’s soul-searching leads to its rise as a regional power Long, unfinished wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,

Patrick J.

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Lift the siege of Gaza

In June 1948, our wartime ally imposed a blockade on Berlin, cutting off and condemning to death or Stalinist

Taha Özhan

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Multilateralism in foreign policy and nuclear swap deal

Since September 11, 2001, America's foreign policy and the future of the global system have occupied a central

Anthony Cordesman

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Israel as strategic liability

America's ties to Israel are not based primarily on U.S. strategic interests. At the best of times, an Israeli

Suat Kınıklıoglu

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This Israeli government has gone too far

I am the only Turkish politician who has visited Israel since Israel unleashed the Gaza War, and since the Davos

Richard Falk

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Rebalancing the world

It may turn out that May 17, 2010 will be remembered as an important milestone on the road to a real new world

Cynthia McKinney

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Israel’s latest murder of humanitarian activists

I am outraged at Israel’s latest criminal act. I mourn with my fellow Free Gaza travelers, the lives that

Nikos Raptis

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Of Turks and of Greeks

As a Greek young man I was drafted to serve in the Greek Army. So, I was ordered to sing the usual

Graham E.

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Brazil and Turkey are vital checks and balances

If Washington thinks it now faces complications on getting United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran,

Conn Hallinan

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Iran, Brazil, Turkey and the ghost of Lord Palmerston

Lord Palmerston—twice England’s prime minister during the middle 1800s—once commented,

M. K.

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India's course correction on Iran

The agreement between Iran, Turkey and Brazil for a swap deal on the stockpile of Tehran's nuclear fuel sets

Ulan Temirov

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Is Kyrgyzstan ready for a legal Islamic political party?

Some believers in Kyrgyzstan think the political upheaval that brought down Kurmanbek Bakiyev’s

Mohsen Saleh

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Ten Israeli negotiating strategies

Israel has a negotiating strategy that is designed to prolong the negotiations, allowing more time for the

Neturei Karta

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Neturei Karta has a solution to the Middle-East problem

The world has suffered for decades from the unsolvable "Middle East and Palestine issue". Why hasn't

Mahboob A.

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Pakistan: A nation governed by dead people

To any realist observers of the Pakistani political affairs, it is becoming crystal clear that the PPP Zardari gang

Adrian Pabst

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Turkey and Russia assemble an ‘axis of outsiders’

It was one of the most memorable parliamentary brawls of recent times. Members of Ukraine’s Supreme Council

Gordon Duff

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Times Square “Fizzler,” Israel’s “Crotch Bomber Redux

Watching the news on the arrest of the Time Square bomber, or as we will call him, “the Time Square

Ted Galen

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Turkey, US: Falling out

Falling out For more than six decades, U.S. officials have regarded Turkey as an important, loyal U.S. ally. Throughout

Ananth Krishnan

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Behind China's India policy, a growing debate

Earlier this year, the United States' decision to approve a $ 6.4-billion arms sale to Taiwan sparked a series

Tony Karon

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Time for the US to recognise reality of Iran’s nuclear plans

Iran diplomacy in Washington these days consists principally of coaxing the likes of Russia and China to support

Cesar Chelala

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Trivializing war

Captain Ferguson (not his real name) gets up early in the morning, and has breakfast with his wife and children. At

Khalid Amayreh

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Either one state for all, or open-ended conflict

Some reluctant voices in Washington D.C. have finally admitted that the persistence of the Palestinian plight,

Immanuel Wallerstein

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Winners and losers in the Israeli-Palestinian deadlock

Anyone who thinks there is going to be any significant change in the status quo in Israel/Palestine is suffering

M.D. Nalapat

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Western wrongs and human rights

It's a fact that Western countries today are far more technologically advanced than their Asian counterparts

Bruce Riedel,

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The case against threatening Iran

The case for a U.S. military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities remains weak. Washington does not know

Habib Siddiqui

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US decision against Turkey shows blatant hypocrisy

US Congressional Panel's Decision Against Turkey Shows Blatant Hypocrisy Last Thursday a U.S. congressional

Christopher King

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The mystery of the Afghanistan war

Let us consider a puzzle about the Afghanistan war. Recently, Lieutenant-General Hamid Gul, formerly of the

Prof. Francis

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The great Irish famine was genocide

Some controversy has surrounded the use of the word "genocide" with regard to the Great Irish Famine of

Philip Giraldi

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The terrorism conundrum

In the wake of 9/11, almost anything the US government did was accepted uncritically by the public. The Patriot Act

Elias Vahedi

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A glance at the new nature of Turkey-Israeli ties

Turkey-Israel relations witnessed certain developments in recent months which indicates a tangible revision in

Nazife Şişman

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Were there women in Islamic history?

This article is written to present an historical background for those who are "looking for" veiled writers, for those

Dr. Ismail

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Quo Vadis Turkey?!?

QUO VADIS TURKEY?!?(Open letter) Recent pictures and news from Turkey are indeed disturbing and painful and they made me ask

Gary Sick

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The US and Iran: It’s all in the game

Can the United States forge a mutually constructive relationship with Iran? Can a global superpower find a way to

Leon Hadar

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Old U.S. allies are hedging their strategic bets

Old U.S. Allies Are Hedging Their Strategic BetsMuch of the recent pre-occupation of foreign policy wonks in

Asif Haroon

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Pakistan is a target, not a US ally

Either Obama Administration is totally confused or is inept or is purposely behaving wickedly. What is certain is that

Jeff Gates

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Nuke Gaza

Israeli officials are right to worry. Gazans too. Yet Americans should worry even more.Israel's "legitimacy" will not last.

Michael T.

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American preeminence disappearing fifteen years early

Welcome to 2025American Preeminence Is Disappearing Fifteen Years EarlyMemo to the CIA: You may not be prepared for

Alan

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The first step: Israel into the dock

The UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Resolution based on the Goldstone Report is a damning condemnation of Israel. The original

Tom Mountain

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Real genocide in Ethiopia with West fund

The Real Genocide is Playing Out in Ethiopia--And the West is Funding It Busting the Darfur Myth As one of the first to

Murhaf Jouejati

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Turkey, Israel: on opposite trajectories

On opposite trajectoriesSyria could not be more ecstatic at the row that has recently developed between Turkey and Israel. Turkey,

John Pilger

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Iran’s nuclear threat is a lie

In 2001, the Observer published a series of reports that claimed an "Iraqi connection" to al-Qaeda, even describing the base in

Paul Fitzgerald

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Dark omens for the U.S. in the gathering Afghan storm

Now officially in its ninth year since the invasion of Afghanistan, the U.S. should have little reason to recount, in Chalmers

David Ray

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Osama Bin Laden: Dead or Alive?

Is Osama bin Laden still alive? I have dealt with this question in a recent little book entitled Osama bin Laden: Dead or

Sami Moubayed

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The Erdogan-Obama road map for peace

Eyebrows were raised at the 64th session of the UN General Assembly in September, when Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Oraib Al

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A hard triangle

The relationship between Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan is a high priority issue for the Islamic movement

Sherrilyn A.

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Jimmy Carter's difficult truth

One of the prerogatives of advanced age is the right to say things that others can't or won't. For many people of

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Norwegian Pakistanis fear anti-Muslim policies

Today, on September 14, the Norwegian people go to the polls to elect 169 members to the next Parliament, the

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Keynes: the return of the Master

J M Keynes understood better than most that the self-regulating market economy is a dangerous fiction. Has the crash

Kathy Wazana

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To criticize Israel dangerous in Canada

To criticize Israel is a dangerous thing in today's CanadaTwo days ago, I came home to a message from my mother asking: "Why

Nick Danforth

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Is Turkey Renaming Istanbul Constantinople?

Last month, Turkish President Abdullah Gul broke a long-standing national taboo: He called the remote village of

Chris Hedges

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Go to Pittsburgh, young man, and defy your empire

Globalization and unfettered capitalism have been swept into the history books along with the open-market theory of the 1920s, the

George Friedman

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Obama's foreign policy: The end of the beginning

As August draws to a close, so does the first phase of the Obama presidency. The first months of any U.S. presidency are spent

Adam L.

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Religion and politics in Iraq: What type of sectarianism really exists?

The recent increase in political violence in Iraq has once again led to renewed discussions of the potential religious component.

Amy Goodman

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Who is Obama playing ball with?

It looked like it was business as usual for President Barack Obama on the first day of his Martha's Vineyard vacation, as he spent

Daniel W.

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Good cop, bad cop

Anyone who has ever watched an American-made police procedural is familiar with the good cop-bad cop routine. The idea

Andranik Migranyan

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Moscow’s Iran Connection

In the very near future, the United States and its partners may demand that Iran suspend its uranium-enrichment

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Can we talk? The Middle East "peace industry"

Upon finding out that I am Palestinian, many people I meet at college in the United States are eager to inform me of various

Tom Hayden

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Holbrooke's projects long occupation of Afghanistan, Pakistan

The conference on Afghanistan with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, sponsored by the Center for American Progress on August 12 turned

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Obama, Afghanistan and the New American Empire

George W. Bush cops a lot of well-earned flak for almost everything he did. Blindly starting two wars at a suitably safe distance

Andy Worthington

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Obama and the deadline for closing Guantanamo

Obama And The Deadline For Closing Guantánamo: It's Worse Than You ThinkWhen the Obama administration's Detention

Tom Engelhardt

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Mourning Michael Jackson, ignoring the Afghan dead

It was a blast. I'm talking about my daughter's wedding. You don't often see a child of yours quite that happy. I'm no

Mark N.Katz

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Russia in Mideast: more of same

At the recent Moscow summit, the U.S. and Russian governments made progress on strategic arms control and on

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Washington is playing a deeper game with China

After the tragic events of July 5 in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, it would be useful to look more

M.J. Rosenberg

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Playing the Jesus card

Benjamin Netanyahu has a problem. The Obama administration is insisting on a settlements freeze, and the Israeli prime

Joseph Mackertich

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My day as an Uighur

China's Xinjiang province was rocked by riots over the weekend which resulted in the deaths of more than 140 people - the

Brendan O’Neill

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Tiananmen massacre: the student myth

By Brendan O'NeillWe all know that China's communist rulers have distorted and denied the truth about what happened 20 years ago

Pierre Beaudet

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Endless war continues

The Endless War Continues: Taking Stock of US Strategy under ObamaSince the election of Barack Obama, mainstream

Abdullah Mustapha

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Mahinur Ozdemir: First Belgium MP to don the hijab

When I met Mahinur Ozdimer in one of the biggest shopping malls in Brussels just one day before the Belgium elections

Mustafa Abu

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Thus spoke Netanyahu

In "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", Friedrich Nietzsche's false prophet announced the famous dictum about the "death of God". Israeli

Deepa Kumar

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Obama's Cairo speech: A rhetorical shift in US imperialism

Barack Obama's Cairo speech heralds a shift from the Islamophobic rhetoric of the Bush regime, but not from the long-term aims of

Uri Avnery

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Calm Voice, Big Stick

BARACK OBAMA is often compared to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but it is from the book of another Roosevelt that he has taken a

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The Quiet coup

One thing you learn rather quickly when working at the International Monetary Fund is that no one is ever very happy

Asif Salahuddin

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Redefining Pakistan

Pakistan today finds itself very much at the centre of the world's headlines, unfortunately though for almost entirely

Zbigniew Brzezinski

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A tale of two wars

War of Necessity, War of Choice -- part recent history, part wide-ranging personal memoir, part case study in decision-making --

James G.

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The AIPAC Spy Case

The big news last week was the defection of Republican Senator Arlen Specter to the Democrats; the bankruptcy filing of the

Emrullah Uslu

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Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visits Turkey

Moqtada al-Sadr, the most prominent Shi'ite opponent of the United States' military presence in Iraq, paid an official visit to

Juan Cole

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Pakistan crisis and social statistics

Readers have written me asking what I think of the rash of almost apocalyptic pronouncements on the security situation in Pakistan

Carla Power

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Faith in the market

Amid the worst economic crisis in nearly a century, Yusuf Talal DeLorenzo sells peace of mind. A Muslim convert who is

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How to clear the mess

The reason why there is so much despondency in Pakistan is because there is no road map to get out of the so-called War on Terror

Ekrem Dumanli

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Will Yeşilçam apologize to Muslims?

In my previous article I had asked, "Will Hollywood apologize to Muslims?" and I expressed my views about cinema, beliefs, biases

Bülent Aras

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Turkey and the Palestinian Question

The Israeli administration could not have committed a worse mistake than attacking Gaza to block hopes for peace in the Middle

Ibrahim Kalin

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Obama diaries: day three in the White House

Today is President Barack Obama's third day in the White House. I have no idea what he will be doing today or if he has figured

Mazen Shaqoura

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Letter from Gaza

My Day Begins at NightNowadays in Gaza, I am no longer an early bird not because I am a pop star or belly dancer. Ever since the

Mina Muradova

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Islam not an issue in Azerbaijan's presidential campaign

Azerbaijan's active Islamic community may have grown since Soviet times, but most presidential candidates in the upcoming October

Dahr Jamail

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‘We blew Iraq to pieces’

'We Blew Her to Pieces'Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody knows what the U.S. military is doing in Iraq better than the soldiers

Rayyan al-Shawaf

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Georgia's conflict and Iran and Turkey

Although the Russo-Georgian military clash is over, its ramifications will be felt for a long time, especially as the political

Paul Salem

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War in Georgia: Repercussions on the International Order and Impact

The War in Georgia: Repercussions on the International Order and Impact on the Middle EastSmall wars can change the course of

Mehmet Özkan

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Turkey Discovers Africa: Implications and Prospects

There has been a revival in Turkey's relation with Africa after 1998. Initially this revival came as a passive attempt, but after

Paul Quinn-Judge

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Cracks in Putin's kingdom

A few days after the Kremlin recognized the independence of contested territories South Ossetia and Abkhazia last week, an

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I want to see a flying military chief of staff

I served in the army for only 24 days. We were of the generation that paid a lot in order to serve less. The "Mehmetçiks" (plain

Mumtazer Turkone

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Who is responsible for the massacre?

Seventeen people, 17 lives lost, who is responsible? Is it only those who planted the bombs, or those who provided the bombs to

Fehmi KORU

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A hidden hand

The last time I saw Deniz Baykal, the leader of the Republican People's Party (CHP), among his European counterparts, we were in

Lale Sariibrahimoglu

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Turkey’s vicious circle in arms technology

Parliament's role in overseeing the activities of both civilian and military institutions on behalf of citizens is vital for

Noam Chomsky

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Bush's bankrupt vision

In mid-May, President Bush travelled to the Middle East to establish his legacy more firmly in the part of the world that has been

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Kurdish issue and Nagorno-Karabakh

The Kurdish issue, specifically the matter of establishing a homeland for Kurds, has complicated efforts to stabilize Iraq. Now,

Enika Abazi

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Kosovo Independence: An Albanian Perspective

Kosovo's status has been one of the most contentious issues to arise in theaftermath of the disintegration of

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The AKP and the Kurdish Issue: What Went Wrong?

In the parliamentary elections of July 22, 2007, the Justice and DevelopmentParty (AKP) increased its votes from 34% in 2002 to

Jim Hoagland

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New Allies In Asia?

China and Japan have been reliable enemies for a thousand years. Their leaders have always been able to stir nationalist

Sahin Alpay

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Is there hope in Cyprus?

The election of Dimitris Christofias as the president of Greek Cyprus last February once more raised hopes for settlement of the

Yigal Schleifer

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Turkey aims for clout as regional mediator

Drawing on its close ties with Israel and growing closeness to Syria, Turkey is working to position itself as a key regional

Gareth Jenkins

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Turkey takes first step toward a professional army

Since the beginning of May, the Turkish military has stopped enrolling conscripts as reserve officers in its commando brigades.

Amir Taheri

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Sarkozy is wrong about Turkey

"I am no ideologue," insists French President Nicolas Sarkozy at every opportunity. He was doing so the other evening during a

John C.

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Turk General in India

As Turkey broadens its military and economic contacts eastwards, it is now deepening its ties with a growing Asian superpower,

Gershom Gorenberg

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A liberal Israel lobby?

In late January, the Israeli novelist AB Yehoshua wrote an article in the country's largest-circulation newspaper, Yediot

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Punishing Hamas has backfired

The policy of isolating Hamas and applying sanctions to Gaza has been a predictable failure. Violence to both Gazans and

Mustafa Akyol

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The 'crimes' of Tayyip Erdoğan

The latest assault on the elected representatives of the Turkish people, as you might have noted, has come in the form of a

New York

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Turkey’s Democracy on Trial

The lawsuit filed by one of Turkey's top prosecutors last week, asking the country's Constitutional Court to shut down its largest

Robert Fisk

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The only lesson we ever learn is that we never learn

Five years on, and still we have not learnt. With each anniversary, the steps crumble beneath our feet, the stones ever more

Mustafa Şentop

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'The Headscarf Ban: A Quest for Solutions'

I.The controversies with regard to wearing the headscarf in Turkey emerged for the first time at the end of the 1960s, as a result

Noah Feldman

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Why Shariah?

Last month, Rowan Williams, the archbishop of Canterbury, gave a nuanced, scholarly lecture in London about whether the British

Abdulhamit Bilici

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Germany’s problem

In a speech he delivered in Köln on Feb. 10, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said, "Assimilation is a crime against humanity."

Bridget Welsh

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Malaysia’s democratic opening

As the results of Malaysia's general election poured in on the evening of 8 March 2008, it became clear that the country's voters

David Mark

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Obama slow to gain among Catholics

Barack Obama's 11 straight Democratic primary and caucus victories have been marked by continued and impressive gains among women,

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A death in Damascus

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What divides the secularists?

If the headscarf discussion had been going on in a Western country, one would expect the parties to the dispute to be

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Parable of America's "Success"

A crucial Iraqi ally of the United States in its recent successes in the country is threatening to withdraw his support and allow

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I am decipering the “turbanists” …

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More Jerusalem Arabs seek Israeli citizenship

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The long arm of the Vatican?

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Has the US betrayed the Kurds in Iraq?

On Jan. 13 an essay appeared on Web site Kurdish Aspect.com written by Peter Stitt questioning the logic of Iraqi Kurds that

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Institutionalized Spying on Americans

This article reviews two police state tools (among many in use) in America. One is new, undiscussed and largely unknown to the

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Jewish voters lean toward Clinton

Eight years ago, in her first campaign for the Senate, Hillary Rodham Clinton was scrambling to put out fires with a

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American psychos

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Pakistanis see US as greatest threat

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My Family Has Lost Enough

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The Supreme Court heard arguments this month in cases brought by detainees held at Guantanamo Bay. Media reports noted the

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The Torture Tape Cover-Up

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Palestine Christians and Muslims celebrate and weep together

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Is the NIE Bush's Watergate?

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Sarkozy opposition shoots EU in the foot

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Setting higher education free

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The Coup Against Bush and Cheney

The one thing a president cannot afford to be is ridiculous. This week George Bush lurched into that fatal category and into the

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The Next Kosovo War

The United States and its European allies have announced that diplomacy has failed to solve the Kosovo problem. When diplomacy

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Iran prepares to further its US 'interests'

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Army defiant despite Pakistan's divide

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A People Under Fire

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A small, slender chance for peace in the Middle East

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Likelihood of Iran Attack Gains Credence

As someone who has been writing about this crazed administration's plans to launch an attack on Iran now for over a year, I have

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Latin America’s Shock Resistance

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The United States’ new backyard

When the US decided that its backyard would in future be a greater Middle East – from Pakistan to Morocco – it imagined that it

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The National Council of Imams and Masajid

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The Turks are coming

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Muslims’ Perceptions of Early Modern Europe

Introduction Historical confrontations dominated the medieval and pre-modern relations between Europe and the Muslim

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Dear Dinosaurs

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Will US Attack Iran?

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The world is very weary of all this and wants to laugh again

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Vladimir Putin has been complaining that the depiction of his country's Soviet past in school textbooks is too negative. He told a

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Within a few weeks of becoming prime minister of Great Britain, I have come to the United States to affirm the historic

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The morass in Iraq and deepening difficulties in Afghanistan have not deterred the Bush administration from taking on a dangerous

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A question of genocide in Cambodia

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How to Save Iraqi Kurdistan from Itself

With Gaza under the sway of Hamas, Lebanon paralyzed, and Iraq near collapse, the Middle East has never looked more perilous. But

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Which way now for Turkey?

In what may be Turkey's most important political event since the republic was founded in the 1920s, the Justice and Development

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Erdogan’s “center” message

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The Victory of the 50 years

AKP signed under the election victory of the last 50 years in Turkey. It is the 9th election resulting with the ruling of the sole

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The Crisis in Hedgistan

Two columns of black smoke can still be seen rising over the New York skyline.Terrorism?Not quite. The plumes of smoke are all

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Weapon of the weak

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Ladies first: China opens to Korean refugees

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An Open Letter to CNN

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The Barzani-IRGC Connection Since 2002

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A Letter To My Son Regarding The Problem Of War

I want you to know how very much I love you, how much I have always loved you since the very day you were born. From that moment

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Killing 10,000 Iraqis Every Month

state-of-the-art research study published in October 12, 2006 issue of The Lancet (the most prestigious British medical journal)

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The forgotten kingdom

A few weeks ago I was glancing into a glass case full of old coins in Gaziantep Museum when something unexpected caught my eye.

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A Road Map for Mr. Blair

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The Japan Model Goes Global: The New Reverse Course

Sanpo II: The Tyranny of Managed Consent The statist ideology that

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U.S. should maintain pressure on Iran

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How to Destroy an African American City in 33 Steps

Step One. Delay. If there is one word that sums up the way to destroy an African-American city after a disaster, that word is

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The Price of the Future

Negotiations aimed at freeing Corporal Gilad Shalit from captivity in Gaza resumed this week, a year after the attack on an Israel

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Last Chance for Peace

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Whose Coup, Exactly? Electronic Intifada

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Israeli Apartheid is the Core of the Crisis

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The coup culture

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Game over

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Criminalizing the Classroom: US Education System

They're treating us like criminals, like we're animals."-- Student at Curtis High School, Staten Island, New York City"Sometimes

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War at the Remote

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A general in God's patriotic army

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Sacrificing the Palestinian Struggle

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Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran

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Marketing an Invasion How to Sell a War

The war on Iraq won't be remembered for how it was waged so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war, a war of

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Late last week the Council of Europe released a report on the CIA’s secret prisons in Eastern Europe. The report concluded that,

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Does `global war on terror' mask a new imperialism?

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Iraq Occupation Coming to a Head Over Oil

The situation in Iraq is coming to a head. Oil workers have been on strike for three days and are being threatened by the Iraqi

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A Turkey-Iraq War?

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When Myopia Becomes a Crime Canada in Afghanistan

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Battle looms at G8 summit

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Latino Soldiers Who Refused Iraq Speak Out

A U.S. Army medic who refused to load his gun in Iraq and then escaped through a base window in Germany rather than be deployed a

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Another Wolf For The World Bank

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Dirty money flows corrupt our democracy

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Every national holiday develops traditions that pass from generation to generation. Except for Armistice Day--now called Veterans

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Last week, President Bush appointed a “war czar,” Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, to oversee everything we’re doing in Iraq and Afghanistan

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Christian Zealotry and the Occupation of Iraq

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Pentagon details China's new military strategies

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Turkey at the boiling point

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Why America Lost the War in Iraq

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A Forgotten Holocaust: US Bombing Strategy, the Destruction of Japanese

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Pétain to Sarkozy French National Revolution

In his first speech to supporters after his election on May 6, 2007 Nicolas Sarkozy said the time had come for radical change in

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The Chronicles of Wolfowitz

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One Nation, In Flames How the US Set Iraq on Fire

Since the new phase of its war on Iraq began with the March 2003 invasion, the U.S. has caused the death of at least 655,000

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In Israel, Not All Blood is the Same

Almost a year and a half has passed since our friend Samir Dari was gunned down by an Israeli policeman. Samir, an Israeli

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We're All Multilateralists Now

After the Iraq debacle, nearly everyone seems to agree that "unilateralism'' in foreign policy is a bad thing. Leading the march

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Are Turks Sick of Islam?

Secularism, not Islam. Over one million Turks loaded up their boulevards to chant for a totally secular nation, no longer bowing

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Country at crossroads has a chance to take third way

The court decision to render invalid the first round of the Turkey’s presidential contest offers the best chance for the

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Tension turns into crisis

Turkey's political future is hanging in the balance. The cause of the crisis is the nomination of the foreign minister Abdullah

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China, Pakistan cooperate in space

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Turkey an example to balance Islam and democracy

Barring last-minute army intervention or any other unforeseen surprises, Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul looks set to become the

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When wearing the veil is a progressive act

Trust the Turks to pose an ever-pressing problem for Europe - and for themselves. Just as the French presidentials have thrown up

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A threat to global security

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AK Party’s presidential process can rely on the constitution

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Thinking beyond the radar

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War on Terror looks like a fraud

Contrary to the "patriots" who try to use the deaths of our soldiers in Afghanistan to stifle debate on Canada's involvement in

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Fear for the Muslim World

We find that some Muslims, especially those who are enthusiastic about their religion, exhibit excessive fear for the future of

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China, India and the land between

Strategic analysts often regard China's extraordinary rise as a direct challenge to the primacy of the United States as the sole

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Blood on his hands

At a Downing Street reception not long ago, a guest had the temerity to ask Tony Blair: "How do you sleep at night, knowing that

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How Can We Allow This to Go On?

Ha'aretz correspondent Gideon Levy described the situation in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun in a searing article on

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Africa's year of terror tactics

Africa Confidential editor But 2006 was also the year that China emerged as a dominant trading partner. China's trade with Africa

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Earth's climate near tipping point

The Earth's temperature, with rapid global warming over the past 30 years, is now passing through the peak level of the Holocene,

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Gandhi, Bush, and the Bomb

On February 24, at a press briefing, White House National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley announced that, when U.S.

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A wager on war

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Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Collapse?

ABSTRACTIn writing this paper, I call for a serious investigation of the hypothesis that WTC 7 and the Twin Towers were brought

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War on Iran. unleashing Armageddon in the Middle East

The American "power elite" had drawn a "Grand Plan" to control and to monopolize global oil and nuclear energy resources to assure

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Associated Press Writer Venezuela (AP) - As Venezuela embarked on another six years under Hugo Chavez, the president announced

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Reconciling with northern Iraq

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What are European values?

The larger the EU becomes, the more important it is for the people who live in it to enlarrealise that their union has been built

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Israel Does Not Want Peace

The moment of truth has arrived, and it has to be said: Israel does not want peace. The arsenal of excuses has run out, and the

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Berlin to Makkah: Muhammad Asad's Journey into Islam

Two roads diverged in Berlin in the 1920's: a well-worn one to the West, the other, rarely traveled, to the East. Leopold Weiss, a

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Press Release from Director of Religious Affairs

(Ankara, November 28, 2006)The Spiritual Leader of the Catholic World, His Excellency the Pope,Esteemed Christian Theologians and

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Europe's energy policy: economics, ethics, geopolitics

The European commission's energy green paper published on 8 March 2006 promised a "better integration" of energy objectives

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Beware the Iraqi boomerang

The Iraq syndrome is headed America's way. Perhaps it's already here. A clear and growing majority of Americans now tell pollsters

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The New American-led Security Architecture in the Asia Pacific

When Prime Ministers Abe Shinzo and John Howard signed Japan's first comprehensive security agreement in half a century, and

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The Barzani Chameleon

On September 11, 1961, Iraqi Kurds under the leadership of Mulla Mustafa Barzani, founder of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP)

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Islam as a Pastoral in the Life of Malcolm X

The Autobiography of Malcolm X is a hymn of praise to the soul of man, which can survive in the face of the most corrupting

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Islam and the West: Who Hates Whom? The Danish Case

The Danish government's attitude toward the blasphemous caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) published by a

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Italian Politics: Still in Elegant Chaos

The politicians produced the bitterness and acrimony. Despite the unusually high turnout the average Italian was not much

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Whose Accession to Whom: Turkey to EU?Or Vice Versa

Virtually, since the second decade of past century, Turkey has, more or less been a strategic partner to the 'Christian' West and

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A Perfect Storm: Turkey and the West

The events of this week have created a perfect storm in Turkey's relationship with the European Union. The combination of the

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The Islamic world needs Ottoman

Imagine a country large as Russia with a population the size of China and an economy as large as Japan's. Would such a country not

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Al-Qaeda vs Soldiers of

"If avenging the killing of our people is terrorism, let history be a witness that we are terrorists". (Sheikh Osama Bin

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The Millennium Development Goals: A Critique from the South

In September 2000, at the United Nations Millennium Summit, the 191 member countries in the United Nations agreed to a set of

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Washington's Next Military Crusade is Beckoning

There is a great sense of anticipation for what could transpire following the recent publication of "The Israel Lobby and U.S.

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There will be a war next summer. Only the sector has not been chosen yet. The atmosphere in the Israel Defense Forces in the past

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Plan on plundering the Iraqi oil

Until about 35 years ago, the world's oil was largely in the hands of seven corporations based in the United States and Europe.

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Israeli Nuclear Terrorism

The State of Israel is the 4th largest military power in the world. The State is believed to possess the largest and most

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If not for the whistle-blower, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson, President Bush's falsehoods about the Iraq nuclear threat likely

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How Bush can change his image and Middle East

A little phrase about Iran uttered the other day by the US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, has been enough to cause

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Iraq: not cicil war,occupation

When he was asked by the BBC whether he thought Iraq was going through a civil war, United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan

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Will Baghdad meet bring peace?

It will provide an opportunity to judge whether the political will exists - inside and outside the country - to check the slide

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That nation played the frustrated third wheel during the recent lovefest between its hated rival India and President George Bush.

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The Merkel Miracle

Paris is licking its wounds while Rome is still coming to terms with the settling chaos following the election results. Berlin is

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Turkey

Is there a curse hanging over Turkey? Each time the country achieves sustained development, something trips it up. This time it

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Are Iraqis creatures from a different creator?

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Chirac's France Behaving Like a 'Rogue State'

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Why the War is a Waste

Several reports indicate that at the invasion's third anniversary more than 250,000 Iraqis have died from violence or the

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Where is the EU Train Going ?

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The director of public prosecutions, Sir Ken Macdonald, put himself at odds with the home secretary and Downing Street last night

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Will 1967 murder film start a new Arab-Israeli war?

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In light of Rice's visit, what should Arabs decide at their summit?

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The Inner Dimensions of Hajj

Nature of journey for HajjThe people of the world are usually aware of two kinds of journey.One journey is that which is made to

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'Dahab bombings' double warning

Popular with high-spending tourists and budget backpackers, Dahab is known for its relaxed atmosphere and its

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I was a modern woman, educated and liberated. Little did I know the awful truth. I was more oppressed than any Muslim woman in the

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Apostasy and Apologetic Reactions

t is not hidden from any sincere Muslim that Islam is under vicious attack on many fronts in many ways. Muslims are being abused

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Last week, the Atlantic Alliance's Heads of State and Government held a Summit in Riga. This was not just another international

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Why do they hate us?

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The Mideast may soon feel India

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A Battle of Insults

British politicians seem to be competing to cause as much offence as possible to the Muslim community.When David Blunkett was home

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Why Muslims Must Reject the Authority of Orientalist

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Europe has failed us in the Iran crisis

The Iranians are a sophisticated and sensitive people. From time to time, however, they do something dumb. The seizure of 15

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Speaking frankly about Israel and Palestine

signed a contract with Simon & Schuster two years ago to write a book about the Middle East, based on my personal

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The Elephant in the Room: Israel

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'Surge' doomed to final failure

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WHAT do Turkish children think of when you speak of Europe? "It means to make up when you fight." "It means a holiday resort."

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Who is losing in Iraq?

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Israeli historian: Islam converts change face of Europe

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For the first time since 1991 a small difference in approach to Middle East peace has opened between the US and Israel. For the

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ver the past few months talk about the division of Iraq has gained currency amongst America's political establishment. Most

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Unelected newspaper proprietors shaping Europe

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A ship with no anchor: Bush in Latin America

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It is lunacy to reopen this sensitive diplomatic wound

The Royal Navy's decision to let its personnel sell stories of their failed military operation beggars ever more belief. Even the

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