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those presidents and kings on whom America depended to help protect its interests. They were constant, if not always agreeable, companions. Egypt's Mubarak, Jordan's King Hussein, Tunisia's Ben Ali, Yemen's Ali Saleh, Morocco's King Hassan II, Saudi Arabia's kings Fand and Abdullah. The PLO's Yasir Ara

eiman, Egypt's longtime intelligence chief and Hosni Mubarak consigliere, who had recently thrown his hat in the political race. "Omar Suleiman and Hosni Mubarak's intelligence men are trying to drag us backwards," he half- shouted. They want to "steal the revolution and forge the elections." Just over 48 hou

Michael Eastman Article 6. NYT NATO After Libya Editorial Article 7. Newsweek The Next Hillary; Handicapping the race for secretary of state Leslie H. Gelb ArItcic I. EFTA00660282 The Washington Post In Gaza, Hamas rule has not turned out as many expected Karin Brul 1 iard April 19 - GAZA CITY —

EFTA_R1_02029339 EFTA02689714 7 the uprisings shaking the Arab world. Erdogan was one of the first world leaders to call on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down, yet one of the last to ask the same of Libya's Qaddafi. In Syria, meanwhile, the Turkish government remains unable to let go of Bash

world leaders to call on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to step down, yet one of the last to ask the sam

assab Article 5. Article 6. The Washington Post Obama's partnership deficit David Ignatius The Daily Beast Obama's Secret Afghan Exit Formula Leslie H. Gelb EFTA_R1_02029334 EFTA02689709 2 Article 1. Foreign Affairs Turkish Populism Goes to the Polls - The Limits of the Country's Regional Resurgen

was a "transition to democracy." That was never in the cards. What happened in Egypt was that the military came to believe that an aging President Hosni Mubarak was attempting to engineer the succession of his son, turning Egypt from a military EFTA_R1_00441463 EFTA01964624 republic to a dynastic state.

ry EFTA_R1_00441463 EFTA01964624 republic to a dynastic state. The generals fought back; when unrest surged, the military stood back and let Mr. Mubarak fall. The military, incomparably more powerful than either the twittering liberals or the bumbling Brotherhood, has now acted to restore the form

rje Rod-Larsen Sent: Mon 8/26/2013 4:45:44 PM Subject: August 26 update 26 August, 2013 Article 1. The Daily Beast Obama's New Syria Options Leslie H. Gelb Article 2. The Wall Street Journal Syria's Gas Attack on Civilization Andrew Roberts Article 3. The Washington Post Syria will require more th

out of Stars and Stripes to trample, or were too concerned about the environment to burn Benjamin Netanyahu in effigy. It's that their targets were Hosni Mubarak, Zine el Abidine Ben-Ali, Moammar Gadhafi and the others— no stooges of Zionism they. In Benghazi, the slogan was: "America is our friend!" The men

Despots do, which is why they happily let the Palestinian sore fester for generations. Israel, which has reacted in utter confusion to the fall of Mubarak, might listen up as well. If democracies don't have to "busy giddy minds with foreign quarrels," as Shakespeare has it in Henry IV, then Israel's

11 Wall Street Journal The Arab Spring and The Palestine Distraction Josef Joffe The Daily Beast The Israel-Palestine Vote Igniting the Mideast Leslie H. Gelb The National Interest Palestinians Dupe West Benny Morris Article 2. Article 3. Article 4. The Financial Times Egypt's liberals are losing the

, while Mubarak fils is prisoner No. 23 at Tora Farm, the country's most notorious prison. The wheel of fortune has turned so dramatically for the Mubaraks, in part because the provisional military government found it necessary to mollify protesters -- who continue to challenge its reform bona fides -

the United States. But they did not begin with Libya, or with the surprise uprising in Tunisia in January or the stunning fall of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak in February. They were evident from Year 1 of the Obama presidency in his excruciating deliberations over the Afghan surge, in the hand extended in

what to do. Maybe the simplest and in many ways the most disturbing explanation for all the flailing is offered by veteran journalist and diplomat Leslie H. Gelb: "There is one man in this administration who debates himself." President Obama. These patterns of behavior and their consequences have been on ho

alysts tell me that if Assad goes down, the Kremlin will earn a reputation of supporting allies-something the United States lacks after letting the Mubarak regime go down quickly. The real question is whether Russia will keep the Soviet-era naval base in Tartus on Syria's Mediterranean coast. While th

eet Journal (How) Should Israel Bomb Iran? Bret Stephens Article 4. The Daily Beast Israel and Netanyahu, Pipe Down the Threats of War on Iran Leslie H. Gelb Article 5. The Daily Star A Turkish model of governance for the Arabs? Mustafa Akyol Article 6. The National Interest Dead End in Damascus Ar

edman ance 2. | Le Monde diplomatique Is This the End of the Assad Dynasty? Patrick Seale Article 3. NYT _ Books Mohamed ElBaradei, the Inspector Leslie H. Gelb Article 4.) Vanity Fair Hillary Clinton - Woman of the World Jonathan Alter Article 1. NYT End of Mideast Wholesale Thomas L. Friedman May 7,

For the last 30 years, Israel enjoyed peace with Egypt wholesale — by having HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024958 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2 peace with just one man, Hosni Mubarak. That sale is over. Today, post-Mubarak, to sustain the peace treaty with Egypt in any kind of stable manner, Israel is going to have to pay retail.

th Egypt wholesale — by having HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024958 --- PAGE BREAK --- 2 peace with just one man, Hosni Mubarak. That sale is over. Today, post-Mubarak, to sustain the peace treaty with Egypt in any kind of stable manner, Israel is going to have to pay retail. It is going to have to make peace with 8