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WALID PHARES: OBAMA’S FAILED STRATEGY LEADING TO ISLAMIC RISE IN EGYPT
Newsmax Tuesday, November 22, 2011 12:04 PM By: Margaret Menge and Ashley Martella The Arab Spring has failed in Egypt, and the Muslim Brotherhood may turn the most populous nation in the Middle East into an Islamist state within months, says Walid Phares, a Mideast expert and adviser to Congress. And if the Obama administration
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EGYPTIANS FEAR POLL CHAOS
NOVEMBER 25, 2011 By TAMER EL-GHOBASHY And CHARLES LEVINSON CAIRO—Egypt’s military leaders said they would push ahead with parliamentary elections beginning Monday, while refusing to give in to swelling protests calling for a quicker transition to civilian rule. The elections—the country’s first parliamentary vote since former President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in February—could stand as a
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ARAB LEAGUE MOVES CLOSER TO SYRIA SANCTIONS
NOVEMBER 24, 2011, 10:18 P.M. ET By NOUR MALAS in Dubai and MATT BRADLEY in Cairo The Arab League threatened harsh economic penalties against Syria and called on the government to engage the opposition in planning a political transition, in a warning to President Bashar al-Assad that Arab states are closing ranks against his regime.
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CLASHES GROW AFTER YEMEN HEAD VOWS TO QUIT
NOVEMBER 25, 2011 Tens of Thousands Protest Against Saleh’s Deal for Immunity, as Uncertainty Over Power Transfer Feeds Nation’s Instability By HAKIM ALMASMARI in Sana’a, Yemen, and ELLEN KNICKMEYER in Dubai Violence and political uncertainty in Yemen only grew on Thursday after President Ali Abdullah Saleh pledged to end his 33-year rule, as tens of
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EGYPT UNREST RAISES HEAT ON MILITARY
NOVEMBER 22, 2011 Civilian Cabinet Tenders Resignations As Frustration Mounts Against Generals By CHARLES LEVINSON And MATT BRADLEY CAIRO—Thousands of protesters clashed with Egyptian security forces for a third straight day Monday in an increasingly violent showdown with the country’s ruling generals, who face unprecedented and rapidly escalating discontent less than a week before scheduled
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BOOK REVIEW: THE COMING REVOLUTION: STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM IN THE MIDDLE EAST
By Walid Phares The Coming Revolution: Struggle for Freedom in the Middle East (Google eBook) Walid Phares Simon and Schuster, Dec 7, 2010 – Political Science – 400 pages After the 9/11 Commission concluded in 2004 that the U.S. was engaged in a war with terrorists and never realized it, they reasoned that “a failure of
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IRAN – THE AYATOLLAHS’ CONSIGLIERE
NOVEMBER 16, 2011 Ahmadinejad is Iran’s mouth. Now meet the regime’s brain. By BRET STEPHENS EXCERPT FROM THIS ARTICLE: Yet the story that the Obama administration likes to tell about Iran—and the success of its policy toward it—also amounts to a combination of inaccuracy and bravado. Sanctions and sabotage have not succeeded in slowing Iran’s
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KARL ROVE – HUNTING WITH SEALS
NOVEMBER 17, 2011 The valor of America’s veterans reminds us why we remain free. By KARL ROVE My nine hunting companions last weekend in South Texas didn’t look particularly special. Ranging from early-30s to mid-40s, they could be mistaken for the young doctor down the street, the general manager of the car dealership, the guy
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DEFEAT IN IRAQ – THE MOTHER OF ALL DISASTERS
Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) Defeat in Iraq President Obama’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops is the mother of all disasters Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and Marisa Cochrane Sullivan November 7, 2011, Vol. 17, No. 08 Iraq is not Vietnam. There are certainly analogies: the length and unpopularity of the wars; the late
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