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ood as being the root cause of the politicization of Islam in Saudi Arabia. And with the Arab Spring and the victories of the Muslim Brotherhood in Tunisia and, of course, in Egypt, the Saudis started thinking that this notion of an electoral Islamism is something that is a threat to them in the long t
last Sunday's elections, without any doubt, went into history as yet another election victory for Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AKP (Justice and Development Party) with a solid 43 percent of the votes. Why this was the case needs to be studied well by all parties involved. EFTA00703401 First, let me note w
ination of a long process of deterioration and makes foes of two countries whose relationship was once heralded as groundbreaking and strategic. The Justice and Development Party government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan had begun to sour on Israel following Israel’s incursion into Gaza in late 2008. Erdogan was miffed
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025002 →ated from Moammar Gadhafi's autocratic rule. Tensions in Syria, meanwhile, have already claimed more civilian lives than the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia combined, and yet the Arab League is holding back. Why are you going easy on the Syrian regime? Elaraby: Syria isn't Libya. Libya has always been la
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_025011 →en no successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil. President Barack Obama and his colleagues have, thus far, skillfully handled the popular eruptions in Tunisia and Egypt - though those crises are far from over. They strengthened sanctions against Iran regarding its nuclear weapons program; reset U.S.-Russia
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030037 →a problem. The Muslim Brotherhood will loom large in a free Egypt because it has an organizational head start. That may be a problem. Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party is a brilliant political machine with a ruthless bent. That's a problem, too. These are problems of different sizes. But give me all these problems s
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030051 →especially one that would look to Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for political guidance. However, the Turks
l dialogues should be bolstered by regional support, as with Afghanistan. The right shepherds for Libya are its newly democratic neighbors, Egypt and Tunisia, backed by France, Britain and Germany. In Syria, the obvious mediator-in-waiting is Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, backed by the Gulf
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030159 →and despotic regimes. The Arab world is currently going through a social and political revolution that has so far claimed two "entrenched" regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. At least three other regimes in the region are fighting for their lives, and are not expected to survive. There will soon be different sty
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031839 →ncident for Turkey. As part of its neo-Ottoman drive to enhance its influence in the Middle Eastern territory of the former Ottoman Empire the ruling Justice and development Party, or AKP, government of Turkey has long waived visa requirement in travel between Turkey and Syria. The aim behind that move was to plant the seeds of
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031855 →Entities connected to both Tunisia and Justice and Development Party

Barack Obama
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Bashar al-Assad
PERSON
United States
LOCATION
Lebanon
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Hosni Mubarak
PERSON
George W. Bush
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Damascus
LOCATION
Yemen
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Tehran
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Bill Clinton
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Cairo
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Benjamin Netanyahu
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Marc Rich
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Morocco
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Saddam Hussein
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Middle East
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Hillary Clinton
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Bahrain
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Fatah
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Jerusalem
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