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rescue operations with a bird's-eye view of the disasters. One of the largest drones in development today is the SolarEagle, designed by Boeing and DARPA, the experimental research wing of the Defense Department. With a wingspan of more than 400 feet, the SolarEagle will be able to stay in the air fo
terview with Ray Takeyh Article 3. RCR The Brotherhood's Walking Korans Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby Article 4. Foreign Affairs Alawites for Assad: Why the Syrian Sect Backs the Regime Leon Goldsmith Article 5. Project Syndicate The Paranoid Style in Chinese Politics Minxin Pei Article 6.
Lebanon, and so forth. And when Iranians look at the region, they seem to feel--and increasingly, others are joining them in that opinion--that the Bashar al-Assad regime may prove in fact more durable, that he may somehow survive this insurrection and this wave of protest, and if Assad survives and can someho
me Leon Goldsmith April 16, 2012 -- Since the start of the revolt in Syria, the country's Alawites have been instrumental in maintaining President Bashar al- Assad's hold on power. A sect of Shia Islam, the Alawites comprise roughly 13 percent of the population and form the bulk of Syria's key milita
e Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation office." Senate May Increase DARPA Budget By Billions. The Washington Times (5/20, Lovelace, 626K) reports DARPA is "poised to receive" billions of dollars in funding "originally intended for other agencies developing tech to counter China - without asking for
an Oil, Mining, And Construction Projects. The Washington Post (5/20, 10.52M) says that "as the fighting winds down across much of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad's two main backers, Iran and Russia, have been competing for influence and the spoils of war." According to the Post, "Both have been vying for contra
s down across much of Syria, President Bashar al-Assad's two main backers, Iran and Russia, have been co
ners or losers. Some bets on new companies, such as Solyndra, are bound to fail. But such failures should not deter the government from investing in DARPA, a strateg=c agency at the Defense Department, or ARPA-E, a strategic agency at the Ener=y Department, which can propel innovation, new technologies
=get involved." And on Meet the Press, Senator John= McCain auguring that the United States should be arming the rebels, using airstrikes to att=ck Assad's forces and create a safe haven for refugees. What all o= this really means, no one knows, because as we know from Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan,
n the X-51A hypersonic cruise vehicle (HCV) under a consortium involving the U.S. Air Force, Boeing, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the National Aeronautic and Space Administration, Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, and the USAF Research Laboratory's Propulsion Directorate. Russia,
surrection of Al Qaeda.According to the United Nations , 84 percent of the 733 people killed in January were civilians. Hezbollah's support for the Assad regime has led to a series of deadly suicide bombings in Lebanon by the Abdullah Azzam Brigades in an attempt to draw the country deeper into Syria
Entities connected to both DARPA and Bashar al-Assad

Barack Obama
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George W. Bush
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United States
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Lebanon
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Jeffrey Epstein
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Bill Clinton
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Tehran
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Damascus
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Marc Rich
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Middle East
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Cairo
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Yemen
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Vladimir Putin
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Hillary Clinton
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Jerusalem
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Donald Trump
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Department of Justice
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Prince Andrew
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Joe Biden
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