Epstein Secrets

rey Goldberg Jan 23, 2014 -- Perhaps it's the altitude. Maybe it's the rich food -- or the rich people. Or maybe the word for chutzpah in Farsi is "Davos." For whatever reason, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, have been putting on a brass-neck display

pushy (or a bit too close to the truth) by the Iranian foreign ministry. Rouhani managed to be both impudent and on-message today in his address at Davos, where he announced "that one of the theoretical and practical priorities of my government is constructive engagement with the world." By "world,"

hile insisting that the United States would stay out of Turkish domestic politics and rhapsodizing on the bilateral relationship. Not surprisingly, Davutoglu agreed. Erdogan's denunciation of supposed U.S. meddling puts Washington in a difficult position: If the United States weighs in on the scandal, i

rey Goldberg Jan 23, 2014 -- Perhaps it's the altitude. Maybe it's the rich food -- or the rich people. Or maybe the word for chutzpah in Farsi is "Davos." For whatever reason, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, have been putting on a brass-neck display

pushy (or a bit too close to the truth) by the Iranian foreign ministry. Rouhani managed to be both impudent and on-message today in his address at Davos, where he announced "that one of the theoretical and practical priorities of my government is constructive engagement with the world." By "world,"

ile insisting that the United States would stay out of Turkish domestic politics and rhapsodizing on the bilateral relationship. Not surprisingly, Davutoglu agreed. EFTA00676569 Erdogan's denunciation of supposed U.S. meddling puts Washington in a difficult position: If the United States weighs in on

e U.S. congressional representatives. The infamous showdown between Erdogan and Israeli President Shimon Peres at the 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos is a case in point. Erdogan accused Peres of "knowing well how to kill," and then stormed off the stage and boarded a plane to Istanbul. He returne

he campaign trail, the AKP's senior members have consistently championed the party's foreign outlook. At a speech in April, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said, "Our ideal is to make this country a pioneer in the world, like our predecessors who carried out their goal of order for the whole world." Er

join the European Union.In late May, on the eve of the coming elections and just before the first anniversary of the storming of the Mavi Marmara, Davutoglu dismissed pleas by the United Nations and others to prevent a new flotilla from departing for Gaza. (Fifteen ships, including the Mavi Marmara, are

breaking Palestinians' heads in the West Bank towns of Jenin and Nablus. He became a hero in the Arab world two years ago when he stormed out of a Davos panel discussion after snarling at Israeli President Shimon Peres: "You know very well how to kill." But last week his vitriol reached a new level

ts have bombed separatist Kurdish guerrillas in the mountains of northern Iraq, killing an estimated 160 people, according to the Turkish military. Davutoglu has begun publicly calling for Syria's embattled dictator, Bashar al- Assad, to step down. And during a planned visit to Egypt this week, EFTA00586