Getting to Know You The U.S. military maps the human terrain of Afghanistan. BY Claudia Anderson In early 2003, a single American diplomat and more than 5,000 American troops were stationed in Kandahar, the second city of Afghanistan and the heart of former Taliban country. The troops mostly stayed on their base, penned off near […]
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With Iran and Venezuela in political, economic and military cahoots, Tehran has gained a foothold in South American. Now Nicaragua is at risk of being added to the list of authoritarian governments aligned with Venezuela and by association, its Islamic ally. WSJ.com – Opinion: The Ortega-Chavez Axis*
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The contest for leadership in the Muslim world. BY Hillel Fradkin and Lewis Libby February 22, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 22 For nearly a century, the West has seen the Muslim world primarily through the prism of the Arab states that stretch from North Africa to the Persian Gulf. Born of decaying empires, these states
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The Strange Case of Mullah Baradar – Dana M. Perino and Bill Burck – The Corner on National Review Online http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MmRjYmMyNGMwMGUyOWQwMTAyODBkMzZlYjgzOWMxMmY== Thanks to Marilyn Flanary for sharing this article
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Please read and see the video below. I was at UC Irvine on Monday evening and have no words to explain just how scary and saddening the situation was. It took close to an hour before the mob left the room. We need as many people to watch this video as possible. We have over
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FEBRUARY 13, 2010 The Greek Tragedy That Changed Europe Greece’s dysfunctional economy is now at the heart of a rescue effort that could be disastrous for the entire continent—and the rest of the world. By SIMON JOHNSON and PETER BOONE Associated PressGreek firefighters protest government spending cuts on Jan. 29. Plutus, the Greek god of
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While Washington Sleeps BY Jaime Daremblum January 25, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 18 While riding in a taxi in my native Costa Rica recently, I saw the country’s magnificent new national soccer stadium rising—it is scheduled to open later this year. The Chinese government bankrolled the $83 million stadium project after Costa Rica ended its
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OPINION: GLOBAL VIEW FEBRUARY 2, 2010 Seven Myths About Iran By BRET STEPHENS ‘We have been trying to negotiate [with the Iranians] for five, six years. We’ve tried everything. We have met every Iranian. We have tried to open every possible channel. We’ve had new ideas and the result is this: nothing.” Thus did a
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