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Louise him sign the out a ament. The sudden withdrawal of government forces from the city of Zinjibar, in the Abyan province, made it possible for al-Qaida fighters to occupy the city and to take over government offices. Military commanders who defected from the regime have issued a communiqué accusing t

and to take over government offices. Military commanders who defected from the regime have issued a communiqué accusing the President of facilitating al-Qaida's takeover of Zinjibar. They see this as an attempt to scare the West into supporting President Saleh by convincing them that al-Qaida will take over i

he temptation to resort to military means to resolve the impasse is very high. Jordan Demonstrations took place after Friday prayers in the cities of Amman and Maan-where railroad workers went on strike, paralyzing rail services. Protesters called for political reforms and increased efforts to combat cor

nt will result in some kind of blowback on Russia's southern fringe. Already Moscow knows there are a considerable number of Chechens fighting with al-Qaida-linked jihadist groups against the Assad regime, and the Russians are naturally concerned about these individuals returning to Russia if Assad is o

nroads. The broader Sahel and Maghreb regions, meanwhile, are becoming more and more fragile and southern Libya verges on becoming a safe haven for al Qaeda-linked groups recently chased from Mali by French military forces. The right international approach to Libya could nevertheless still help avert a

forts to resolve the Syrian crisis, repair Iraq and advance an Israeli-Palestinian agreement. To avoid further destabilizing Jordan, Washington and Amman must act now to contain the Syrian spillover. First, both countries must seek out medium- and long-term solutions, shifting their focus from a stop

ch and to whom. The administration could change course and decide that living with Assad is better than the danger of a fragmented Syria overrun by Al Qaeda- backed jihadists. (Former CIA Director Michael Hayden endorsed that option last week, telling a Washington audience that it might be "the best ...

again dashing the hopes of pro-U.S. factions in the opposition. Meanwhile, other forces were competing for influence in the Syrian snake pit, too. Al Qaeda and its allies sponsored jihadist groups that imported aspiring terrorists from Iraq and other countries. Saudi Arabia and other wealthy Persian Gu

slated at around $10 billion. Rusatom Overseas will do the operating; Atomstroyexport will send the technology to the Amra, a desert area north of Amman, where the plant will be built by 2023. Just days earlier, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, announced that Rus

vot to Asia that is failing to deter a rising China; a newly assertive Russia seizing territory without consequence; cuts in defence spending while al-Qaida franchises pop up across the Middle East and perhaps the worst of all sins — failure to stop the bloodletting in Lyria. It's a policy that Niall Fe

ne Israel's democracy. They also believe, but won't just say, that the Palestinians' eventual state will be across the Jordan, when Palestinians in Amman finally topple the Hashemite king and West Bankers, beginning with the elites, join them. Anyway, most think democracy is overrated. More than a qu

Hizbollah, and Palestinian Islamic Jiha= -- have already attempted to acquire or use chemical or biological agents, or both. Perhaps more troubling, Al Qae=a-affiliated fighters from Iraq have streamed into Syria <http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2012/0221/As-A=-Qaeda- moves-fight-to-Syria-vio

tionship with Oba=a. But the good will appears to have run out last September, when Netanyah= vetoed a meeting Peres was to have held with Abbas in Amman, Jordan. The two had met secretly on four previou= occasions in what amounted to the most vigorous surge of diplomacy betwee= Israelis and Palestini

ment The shuttle diplomacy by Western officials between Gaza, where Hamas’s domestic leadership is located, and the Arab capitals of Doha, Cairo and Amman have only one objective: getting Hamas to agree to the conditions that would allow it to be embraced by the international community. In other words,

llujah on Jan. 25, after a month of anti-government protests in Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces and elsewhere for which thousands turned out. Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are re-mobilizing. Iraq teeters on the brink of renewed insurgency and, potentially, civil war. This cris

tment The shuttle diplomacy by Western officials between Gaza, where Hamas's domestic leadership is located, and the Arab capitals of Doha, Cairo and Amman have only one objective: getting Hamas to agree to the conditions that would allow it to be embraced by the international community. In other words,

llujah on Jan. 25, after a month of anti-government protests in Anbar, Nineveh and Salahuddin provinces and elsewhere for which thousands turned out. Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Iranian-backed Shiite militias are re-mobilizing. Iraq teeters on the brink of renewed insurgency and, potentially, civil war. This crisi

tical settlement for Afghanistan with his speech Wednesday night. With Osama bin Laden dead, Obama can claim that America's core mission of combating al-Qaeda is succeeding. He can bring some troops home and step up diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban to reach a broad peace deal by 2014. Obama's strate

VERSIGHT_030159 --- PAGE BREAK --- 5 Article 2. Project Syndicate The Middle East's Slow-Motion Revolution Prince El Hassan bin Talal 2011-06-21 -- AMMAN - There seem to be a thousand and one interpretations of the changes sweeping across the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. One response