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fi Issawi, Iraq's former finance minister and a well-regarded Sunni moderate who had criticized the prime minister's growing authoritarianism. In a Los Angeles Times op W later that month, Iraq expert Henri Barkey called the move "another nail in the coffin for a unified Iraq." Iraq, he warned, "is on its way to

and fashion alliances with Iraqi and Syrian tribal leaders. EFTA00665421 Baghdadi may be more skillful in the field than either of his mentors, Osama bin Laden or Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. He is creating his own "emirate," guarded by tanks and heavy weapons, something bin Laden

shington Post Egypt's military issues decree giving vast powers to armed forces, but few to president Ernesto London° and Leila Fadel Article 3. Los Angeles Times Hamas factions' reversal of roles rooted in 'Arab Spring' Edmund Sanders Article 4. The Wall Street Journal Saudi Succession and the Illusion of

Turkey and Egypt, affirming Hamas' embrace of armed resistance and dismissing peace talks with Israel as pointless. After the United States killed Osama bin Laden, he praised the Al Qaeda leader as a "holy warrior." Meshaal, by contrast, has called for a focus on nonviolent resistance and supports giving riva

e_r o n pos, 27 February, 2010 Article 1. Washington Post Arab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D. Kaplan Article 2. Los Angeles Times Winds of change in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack Article 3. Article 4. NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty Fouad Ajami Washingto

ange in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack February 27, 2011 -- On Feb. 11, 1979, Islamic revolutionaries took power in Tehran. On Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorists launched their attacks on New York and Washington, killing nearly 3,000 Americans. On Feb. 11, 2011, Hosni Mubarak res

The American Interest Can Mama Make Iran Pull In Its Horns? Walter Russell Mead Wall Street Journal Articic 3. The Caliphate Rises Editorial Los Angeles Times Why it's wav too soon to give tin on the Arab Spring Juan Cole Articic 4. Al-Ahram Weekly A strategic stopover Hussein Handy Au',it: 5. The

sponse, the U.S.-sometimes successfully, sometimes not so much-has gone to war or at least gone after the likes of Moammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Slobodan Milosevic, Ho Chi Minh, Manuel Noriega, Kim II- sung, and the Taliban. Like it or not, only the United States can prevent the theocracy i

on Subs from Germany Ronen Bergman, Erich Follath, Einat Keinan, Otfried Nassauer, Jorg Schmitt, Holger Stark, Thomas Wiegold And Klaus Wiegrefe Los Angeles Times Toppling Syria's Assad Max Boot Article 2. Article 3. Foreign Policy The Real Reason to Intervene in Syria James P. Rubin Article 4. Asia Tim

Spring was thought to signal the end of al-Qaeda's appeal by showing that secular dictatorships could indeed be brought down without the cataclysms Osama bin Laden and the like called for. The persistence of secular dictatorships will bring new appreciation of al- Qaeda as intransigent regimes are ratifying a c

ma has won.” Some editors were undecided about whether to publish it. Trudeau encouraged them to choose hope over fear. “If |’ m wrong,” he told the Los Angeles Times, “it' |l be my face that’ Il be covered with eggs, not theirs.” 7imes editors had decided, in the interest of accuracy, to wait for the election resu

ou for that. In fact, according to Bob Woodward in Obama’ s Wars, all you want to do now is get out of Afghanistan. Well, why don’ t you just do what Osama bin Laden did; cross over to Pakistan. Since we bribe Pakistan to be our ally, you’ d think they would never consider harboring bin Laden, though they reek wit

s to Support WikiLeaks,” Huffington Post, Dec. 16, 2012. 60 “The first serious info war”: David Sarno, “’Hacktivists’ Fight for Their Cause Online,” Los Angeles Times, Dec. 11, 2010. 61 “The US operates a sprawling”: Glenn Greenwald, “FBI’s Abuse of the Surveil- lance State Is the Real Scandal Needing Investigatio

and other Internet messaging, which by 2013 had largely replaced telephone calls. In addition, terrorist organi- zations, after the tracking down of Osama bin Laden in 2011, had become fully aware of the vulnerability of telephoning overseas. So although the NSA could cite a handful of early successes that “215”

rticle 5. Article 6. The von pos, 27 February, 2010 Washington Post Arab democracy and the return of the Mediterranean world Robert D. Kaplan Los Angeles Times Winds of change in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack NYT How the Arabs Turned Shame Into Liberty Fouad Ajami Washington Post Could the next M

ange in the Middle East Kenneth M. Pollack February 27, 2011 -- On Feb. 11, 1979, Islamic revolutionaries took power in Tehran. On Sept. 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda terrorists launched their attacks on New York and Washington, killing nearly 3,000 Americans. On Feb. 11, 2011, Hosni Mubarak res

Abdel-Moneim Said AnicleS- |The New Yorker Zawahiri at the Helm Lawrence Wright Article 4. NYT Does Foreign Policy Matter? Roger Cohen Article. | Los Angeles Times European Union: Everywhere you look, a crisis Timothy Garton Ash Ancle®- |The American Interest What Would War with Iran Look Like? Jeffrey White

r. Osama bin Laden, its charismatic founder, is dead, and after some internal debate his No. 2 man, Zawahiri, has taken control. For nearly a decade, bin Laden pushed his followers to come up with a second act to 9/11, but they were unable to match the appalling brilliance of that attack. Now it is up to Zaw

nt for International Peace and a professor of international relations at Lehigh University. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025005 --- PAGE BREAK --- Article 3. Los Angeles Times Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat on statehood moves at U.N. Edmund Sanders September 6, 2011 -- Palestinians have everyone guessing about their

“We need evidence,” adds 17-year-old Buhary El-Quasamy. When I point out that both Obama and al Qaeda agree on the basic facts that the U.S. killed bin Laden, she shrugs. “Well, I can say anything I want, too.” Such are the responses when the region’s leaders—and the press they controlled—have systematica