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spite of the generals' apparent intention to disenfranchise not only the Muslim Brotherhood, the party that won the first free elections, but, as David Kirkpatrick reported in Sunday's Times, dissenters of any stripe. The money, we are told, keeps the lines of communication open. It helps assure Egypt's adher

e missiles, followed by self- congratulation and an attempt to change the topic. It would not work here. A minority regime fighting for its life, as Bashar al- Assad's is, can weather a couple of dozen big bangs. More important, no one — friends, enemies or neutrals — would be fooled. As weak as the Un

put his credibility on the line irrevocably and inescapably; second, he now must take direct military action to punish the government of President Bashar al-Assad, though not in a manner that commits him to further use of force; and third, he needs to combine whatever force he uses now with dramatic and dipl

opposition to doing so (60 percent) among polled Americans, and a growing and potent consensus among foreign policy experts and politicians to give Assad a hard punch. Most administration officials and most Americans just can't see any lasting benefits from any form of direct U.S. military involveme

en Sent: Mon 8/26/2013 4:45:28 PM Subject: August 25 update 25 August, 2013 Article 1. NYT Egypt Widens Crackdown and Meaning of `Islamist' David D. Kirkpatrick Article 2. World Politics Review Indecision on Egypt Leaves U.S. Interests at Risk Nikolas Gvosdev Article 3. NYT Foreign Policy by Whisper an

stance itself to some extent from Washington. In some areas, notably in calls for the international community to offer substantive aid to the anti- Assad opposition in Syria, the Morsi government found itself in partial agreement with U.S. policy preferences. However, there were also troubling signs

this point, a prolonged stalemate is the only outcome that would not be damaging to American interests. Indeed, it would be disastrous if President Bashar al-Assad's regime were to emerge victorious after fully suppressing the EFTA_R1_00441201 EFTA01964453 rebellion and restoring its control over the entire c

E7lir ;New Uork atinicr, Qaddafi's Death Places Focus on Arab Spring's `Hard Road' By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK TUNIS - Like the flight of Tunisia's dictator or the trial of Egypt's, the capture of Col. Muammar el- Qaddafi on Thursday afternoon captivated the

filiations, may be the region's closest analogy to Libya — without oil, said Paul Sullivan, a Georgetown political scientist. "The brutality of the Assad regime in Syria and the Saleh regime in Yemen is still being felt," he said. "But with the demise of Muammar el-Qaddafi, the light at the end of the

1 Shimon Post Presidential Press Bulletin 17 November, 2011 Article 1. NYT U.S. Hones Warnings to Egypt as Military Stalls Transition David D. Kirkpatrick and Steven Lee Myers Article 2 NYT Europe's Contagion Editorial Article 3. New York Post High stakes in Syria Amir Taheri Article 4. Guardian Turkey

e of the facts on the ground suggest so. With more than 350 killed so far, November has been the bloodiest month since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began last spring. Defections from the army, which started as a trickle, now look like a torrent. In October, the number was around 800. The best tot

A attacked the headquarters of the Air Force Intelligence Agency at Harasta near the capital Damascus. Since Hafez al-Assad, an air-force officer and Bashar's father, seized power in a coup in 1970, the AIA has been the nerve center of the regime's security system. Also this week, reports surfaced of atta

cent of the population. Thus, Syria's is a nationwide revolution against a minority regime. Almost all Syrians agree that the situation is untenable. Assad's policy of rule by massacre has few supporters outside his clan. Judging by the revolution's most popular slogan — "Assad Get Out!" — a majority may