Epstein Secrets

r India, the next few years present great challenges but even greater opportunities. The defining relationship of the 21st century, as US President Barack Obama declared on his visit to India last November, will be between the US and India. For the US, India serves two purposes. First, as a counterweight to

ship of the 21st century, as US President Barack Obama declared on his visit to India last November, wi

elationship of the 21st century, as US President Barack Obama declared on his visit to India last Novembe

. Rather than decreasing sectarian tensions, Iraqi leaders appear to be pouring fuel on the fire. In recent weeks the government of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has arrested more than 600 alleged former EFTA_R1_02047578 EFTA02695901 21 Baathists who are suspected of plotting against the central governme

of Iraq. After weakening in 2007 and 2008 (when the U.S. paid Sunni tribal leaders to fight jihadists), the Islamic State strengthened again as the Obama administration's inattention allowed Iraq's Shia prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, to intensify his persecution of Sunnis. Then, after Syrians rebelle

surprisingly strong gain of 242,000 new jobs. As President Obama said in his last State of the Union Address, "any

bal leaders to fight jihadists), the Islamic State strengthened again as the Obama administration's inattention allowed Iraq's Shia prime minister, Nuri al-Maliki, to intensify his persecution of Sunnis. Then, after Syrians rebelled against Bashar al- Assad, the Islamic State expanded across Iraq's western bord

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ckwaves through Bahrain, Libya, Yemen and Syria. A closer look at the political scene in Baghdad, however, shows that all is not well. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is in hot water, like many of his Arab counterparts - and his government might collapse soon, if not through street power, then perhaps through the s

he Maliki government. Allawi accepted the novel post with a grain of salt. It took heavy lobbying by Saudi Arabia, and a phone call from US President Barack Obama, to convince him to settle for the NCSP, along with assurances that the body would have real powers, rather than ceremonial duties. The new council w