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AFRICA
January 8, 2009 - New U.S. African Command to airlift equipment to Darfour peacekeepers
January 12, 2009 - Sudan intelligence official warns 'unruly' types might attack Westerners if Bashir arrested
January 26, 2009 - Sudan bombs Darfour villages as rebels, sure of western support, renew offensive
February 11, 2009 - Sudan expels Bloomberg journalist reporting on arms production
February 13, 2009 - Darfur’s deepening disaster
March 5, 2009 - First international arrest warrant for head of state issued to Bashir over Darfour
March 6, 2009 - Arrest warrant for Bashir endangers those trying to aid the victims in Darfour hell
March 9, 2009 - Mauritania cuts diplomatic ties with Israel
March 9, 2009 - As world takes stand, Somalian pirates retreat
March 10, 2009 - Ugly mood in Bashir's Sudan after arrest warrant issued in his name
April 3, 2009 - Report: Sudan is No. 2 military client of China
April 14, 2009 - Hell on earth: Somalia has pirates at sea and an Al Qaida staging ground at home
April 14, 2009 - Uh oh: Obama gets unilateral with the pirates
April 16, 2009 - Darfour rebels defect to largest anti-regime militia
April 17, 2009 - 'Armed teenagers' off Somalia take world shippers for punks
April 20, 2009 - Majority in congress back autonomy plan for Western Sahara
April 29, 2009 - Al Qaida commander killed by Algerian security
May 13, 2009 - Major Russian upgrade said to 'change the face of Algeria's military'
May 15, 2009 - Farce: The politics of human rights at the United Nations
May 26, 2009 - Rebels hit Sudan base in Darfour near Chad
June 4, 2009 - Meanwhile the dictatorship of China is taking over Africa
June 16, 2009 - UN reintegration program underway for rebels in southern and northern Sudan
July 1, 2009 - U.S. military hires E. Africans for security in Iraq
July 8, 2009 - Tunisia reports blocking Al Qaida plot against visiting U.S. officers
July 9, 2009 - Obama reverses Bush-backed Morocco plan in favor of Polisario state
July 15, 2009 - The UnBush doctrine: Creating vacuums of U.S. power from Casablanca to Sakhalin
July 16, 2009 - Obama initiative seeks normalized relations with Sudan regime
July 16, 2009 - The June elections in Iran and Morocco: Same day, worlds apart
July 20, 2009 - Tensions reported over infiltration of S. Sudan's disputed oil region
July 24, 2009 - Khartoum awarded Sudan's oil-rich region; China applauds decision
July 27, 2009 - U.S. sees terror threat to Morocco, shifts backing to UN approach for Western Sahara
August 2, 2009 - Facing drought, Egypt reaches out to Sudan, Ethiopia
August 11, 2009 - Morocco, Polisario resume talks on W. Sahara
August 24, 2009 - Algeria promotes mystical variant of Islam to offset Al Qaida
August 28, 2009 - Algeria to recruit clerics against Al Qaida during Ramadan
September 15, 2009 - Obama Okays F-16 weapon systems for Morocco
September 22, 2009 - Russia prosecutes firms that sold aging jet fighters to Algeria
September 23, 2009 - Libyan navy helping Italy turn away boat people headed for Europe
October 2, 2009 - Al Qaida exploiting resentment against some 700,000 Chinese workers in Algeria
October 2, 2009 - At the UN: Plenty of hot air on the climate but scarcely a mention of Darfur, Burma
October 27, 2009 - Algerian riots blamed on tensions between unemployed youth, Asians with jobs
EAST ASIA
December 31, 2008 - Top diplomatic quote of 2008 (Rice): 'You’d have to be an idiot to trust the North Koreans'
January 5, 2008 - For the remarkable Japanese, it's time to dance
January 6, 2009 - Testing Obama: Don't overlook the unsettling Korean War scenario
January 8, 2009 - Kissinger, Obama and the communist Chinese
January 12, 2009 - China's year of anniversaries, selectively hailed
January 15, 2009 - Iraqi defense minister sees South Korea as 'a model to follow'
January 16, 2009 - China as a superior race, not unlike Soviet Russia
January 19, 2009 - The 500-pound gorilla in the foreign policy parlor: China
January 20, 2009 - N. Korea experts translate Pyongyang's harsh, anti-U.S. rhetoric: 'Let's be friends'
January 20, 2009 - GPS is a no-no for drivers in North Korea
January 21, 2009 - Is it China or a tax cheat who will be running our 'bailout' economy?
January 22, 2009 - The Chinese as they really are
January 23, 2009 - Hey President Obama, what about North Korea?
February 4, 2009 - Chinese visitors hit thousands of U.S. facilities for intelligence collection
February 9, 2009 - Pyongyang said to be preparing new fireworks to get the world's attention
February 9, 2009 - Disaster on a Tiananmen scale looms for the CCP
February 10, 2009 - North Korea seen preparing test launch of upgraded long-range ballistic missile
February 13, 2009 - Surreality check: North Korea revs up for biggest birthday bash ever for 'Dear Leader' Kim
February 18, 2009 - Japan's tobacco industry still smoking, despite bad quarter
February 18, 2009 - China's liberation arsenal: Missiles, strategic deception and now — global media
February 20, 2009 - Hillary sounded right notes in Seoul; Then came the fine print . . .
February 23, 2009 - Hillary's soft power meets hard Northeast Asian realities
February 27, 2009 - If North Korea was off Obama's radar screen, where does that leave Seoul?
February 27, 2009 - China's educated unemployed skyrocketing
March 5, 2009 - China and Saudi oil giants sign energy pact
March 6, 2009 - The latest N. Korean threats — against S. Korean airliners — are credible
March 6, 2009 - Tensions with China in Russia's Far East fueled by demographics, quest for resources
March 13, 2009 - N. Korea threatens war if missile intercepted; U.S. Aegis destroyers on guard
March 18, 2009 - Slave think: Chinese DVD transported me back to Stalin's Russia
March 25, 2009 - Pakistan marketing its new JF-17 fighter jet, developed with China
March 27, 2009 - Missile chess preoccupies N. Korea, S. Korea and Japan; But what are these people really thinking?
March 27, 2009 - Going global: China's military now focusing beyond Taiwan
March 25, 2009 - In the new nanoweapons era, the United States and Britain are Third World countries
March 30, 2009 - Enough talk: Time at last to meet the N. Korean challenge
March 31, 2009 - U.S. Pacific commander finds Chinese incident 'confusing'
April 2, 2009 - Economic depressions not a problem in totalitarian states
April 6, 2009 - Missile launch for dummies; Given the economy who besides Japan really cares?
April 6, 2009 - China's intentions: Stakeholder or like Japan's leading up to Pearl Harbor?
April 9, 2009 - China calls for U.S. to stop all distribution of annual Pentagon report
April 9, 2009 - Beyond outrage: The continuing grants of aid to North Korea's tyrannical regime
April 9, 2009 - Would China's generals please call their pals at the Pentagon?
April 10, 2009 - N.Y. indictment names Chinese national in plot that sent Iran U.S. missile components
April 10, 2009 - Nuclear proliferation 101, courtesy of Pyongyang
April 13, 2009 - U.S. terror victims file suit against North Korea
April 15, 2009 - Seoul and Tokyo are increasingly unwilling to tolerate N. Korean proliferation
April 15, 2009 - Must I praise China as Walter Duranty glorified the USSR?
April 23, 2009 - Communist maverick, oldest son of North Korea's dictator, enjoys the good life in Macau
April 24, 2009 - While U.S. pushes for more talks, North Korea takes hostages
April 30, 2009 - China buying up as many global assets as it can, while it can
April 30, 2009 - Of academic pedigrees and nanotechnology
May 1, 2009 - WHO’s on first — Flu diplomacy in the Far East
May 7, 2009 - India, the world's most populous democracy, and the dictatorship of China
May 12, 2009 - China has developed its own operating system for cyber war with U.S.
May 14, 2009 - Zhao Ziyang post-Tiananmen tapes reveal his call for democracy
May 21, 2009 - Reports: Beijing behind student leader's remarks on Tiananmen
May 21, 2009 - Hu Jintao loves 'globalization' and, for now, so does the West
May 22, 2009 - Kim Jong-Il loves his missiles but can't stomach the popularity of S. Korea's 'choco pie'
May 22, 2009 - Burmese haze: World's polite outrage fails to penetrate a thugocracy backed by Beijing
May 26, 2009 - North Korean official reportedly executed for detente policies toward the South
May 26, 2009 - India, Saudis hold naval exercise as China quietly projects power in the region
May 27, 2009 - Storm clouds and Obama's doctrine: Speak loudly and carry a wimpy stick
May 28, 2009 - Does the CIA know anything about China's weaponized nanotechnology?
May 29, 2009 - The only power that could do something about N. Korea probably won't
June 1, 2009 - Obama and South Korea's president line up with the Bush policy
June 3, 2009 - Reading the tea leaves, along with the CIA, on the N. Korean succession
June 4, 2009 - Meanwhile the dictatorship of China is taking over Africa
June 5, 2009 - Report: North Korea could transfer technology from latest ICBM test to Iran
June 5, 2009 - Iran bumps French firm in favor of China for major energy deal
June 5, 2009 - Selling out to big brother: China, Inc. and the U.S., Inc.
June 9, 2009 - What's really going on in Pyongyang? Hu Jintao wakes up and smells the kimchi
June 10, 2009 - U.S. journalists may get a 'good' gulag in N. Korea
June 12, 2009 - Another North Korean bomb, another toothless UN resolution
June 17, 2009 - Words from Obama sure to light N. Korea's fuse
June 18, 2009 - Hard evidence lacking for reports on designation of new North Korean leader
June 23, 2009 - German firm to certify construction by Chinese of oil pipeline bypassing Straits of Hormuz
June 24, 2009 - Ignoring U.S. Pacific World War II legacy called 'strategic mistake'
June 25, 2009 - The magical mystery tour of a North Korean tub named Kang Nam
June 25, 2009 - Saudis' Aramaco and Japan's Sumitomo study petrochem expansion
June 25, 2009 - The psychological difference between the British and the Chinese empires
June 29, 2009 - Oman reports sharp rise in oil exports to Asia
July 1, 2009 - Sometime after the Jackson funeral: The E. Asian volcano
July 2, 2009 - What China's minister of defense reportedly said about annihilating Americans
July 7, 2009 - Report: North Korea tested, plans to market new, extended range Scud
July 7, 2009 - China's PLA eyes 4th branch of military: Space
July 9, 2009 - The Uighurs: Only the tip of China’s growing security crisis
July 9, 2009 - Pyongyang's cyber-terror attack may have been aided by S. Korean sympathizers
July 10, 2009 - Three major China firms plan to enter bidding for Iraq oil deals
July 10, 2009 - 1st Taiwan, then the 'People’s Republic of the World'
July 10, 2009 - Why the Xinkiang uprising was so serious Hu Jintao had to lose face at the G-8
July 15, 2009 - The UnBush doctrine: Creating vacuums of U.S. power from Casablanca to Sakhalin
July 16, 2009 - Culture? No, indoctrination in Post-1917 Russia and in Post-1949 China
July 16, 2009 - Al Qaida for first time threatens attacks on China
July 17, 2009 - U.S. caught between Uyghur 'friends' and China
July 22, 2009 - Post-Koizumi Japan is adrift and then along comes Obama
July 23, 2009 - Turkey reviews defense agreements with China after crackdown on Uighurs in Xinjiang
July 23, 2009 - The geostrategic quantity and quality of China's population
July 24, 2009 - Hillary vs the N. Koreans: If words were missiles, this would be World War III
July 24, 2009 - Bad policy: Hillary practices pop psychology on Pyongyang
July 24, 2009 - Khartoum awarded Sudan's oil-rich region; China applauds decision
July 28, 2009 - Here comes Hillary: Overlooked apology opens door for N. Korea talks
July 29, 2009 - Former official held by FARC reports 7 visits by Chinese helicopters
July 30, 2009 - America’s China strategy – after the pomp – still absent
July 30, 2009 - The fickle 'ideologies' used by political gangs to enslave nation states
July 31, 2009 - Working for North Korea is dangerous, even for a high-performance diplomat
August 4, 2009 - Shame: Former U.S. president kow tows to an evil regime
August 5, 2009 - Bill Clinton's traveling salvation show: What did U.S. give up in 'exhaustive' talks?
August 7, 2009 - Needed: A few more Bill Clintons to rescue North Korea's other hostages
August 11, 2009 - How Obama's policies may lead Japan to finally go for the nuclear option
August 12, 2009 - Kissinger continues to influence U.S. policy despite extensive ties to Beijing
August 13, 2009 - Is health care expert Obama aware that his 'partner' killed tens of millions of its own?
August 14, 2009 - Are hostages N. Korea's most lucrative export?
August 17, 2009 - Report: Botched North Korean missile test killed 20 in Syria town
August 21, 2009 - Webb in Burma: What good are talks with Asian dictators?
August 24, 2009 - Sunset of 'Sunshine' policy brings usual suspects to Seoul for some 'funeral diplomacy'
August 26, 2009 - China's overlooked role in the not-so-Great Game
August 27, 2009 - Thailand rattled by reports of secret Burma nuke program
August 27, 2009 - Weaponizing space inevitable, says a reasonable-sounding Chinese communist lady
August 31, 2009 - Latest arms shipment to Iran signals proliferation is still top priority for N. Korea
September 1, 2009 - China efforts to control water flowing south spur tensions with neighbors
September 2, 2009 - China, Qatar sign 25-year oil/gas agreement
September 6, 2009 - N. Korea punctuates its peace offensive with a nuke warhead exclamation point
September 10, 2009 - United Arab Emirates air force plane with arms stopped enroute to Xinjiang, China
September 10, 2009 - China's money source for rapid military expansion? Ask Stalin and Mao
September 16, 2009 - The latest in Chinese counterfeit: Fake military vehicles, academies and even hospitals
September 17, 2009 - How How Chi Haotian sees China's slave empire being first in history to go global
September 23, 2009 - Pakistan's 'Father of the Islamic bomb' goes public on deals with China, Iran, N. Korea
September 23, 2009 - Libya buys Canada oil major after China withdraws bid
September 24, 2009 - Can Obama's nuke-free-world save the U.S from China's biological weapons?
September 25, 2009 - The United States and North Korea: Words, words and more words
September 30, 2009 - Beijing gives top priority to assisting North Korean 'bilateral talks' with U.S.
October 1, 2009 - Gen. Chi Haotian, God, and the future owners of America
October 2, 2009 - Al Qaida exploiting resentment against some 700,000 Chinese workers in Algeria
October 2, 2009 - At the UN: Plenty of hot air on the climate but scarcely a mention of Darfur, Burma
October 6, 2009 - China's contribution to world peace: Getting North Korea to talk about talking
October 9, 2009 - Goldman Sachs: A unified Korean economy could surpass Japan's, Germany's
October 12, 2009 - Obama snubs another peace prize winner in a bow to Hu Jintao
October 13, 2009 - BP, China oil firm to control development of major new Iraq oil field
October 15, 2009 - Obama administration cites Mao, praises China's 'historical accomplishment' at 60
October 15, 2009 - Alert Americans waking up to the threat from China, long ignored by the 'experts'
October 23, 2009 - Brinksmanship on the DMZ: How about letting the Koreans settle it?
October 26, 2009 - Report: Iran acquired submarines from N. Korea
October 27, 2009 - Algerian riots blamed on tensions between unemployed youth, Asians with jobs
October 28, 2009 - Top defector to Seoul: 'Call China to account' for its alliance with North Korea
October 30, 2009 - Will the real Kim Jong-Il sit back down in his wheelchair?
October 30, 2009 - UN report slams nightmarish rights situation in N. Korea
LATIN AMERICA
July 7, 2008 - Administration charges Venezuela with helping fund Hizbullah
February 10, 2009 - Gates: Iran opening 'offices and a lot of fronts' throughout Latin America
March 20, 2009 - Father d’Escoto’s blame game at the UN: Blast from the past
April 24, 2009 - Fidel to Obama: Not so fast, and you can keep the change
May 27, 2009 - Israeli intel: Venezuela ferried weapons to Syria, providing uranium to Iran
June 23, 2009 - Israel sells reconditioned fighter-jets to Colombia
June 24, 2009 - U.S. Southern Command tests use of drones in counter-drug operations
June 26, 2009 - Obama to the left of the Washington Post on the rights of Cuban dissidents
June 30, 2009 - The overlooked geopolitics in U.S. news coverage about Honduras
July 1, 2009 - What the old media is not reporting on Honduras
July 6, 2009 - Hondurans angered by international media silence on Obama-Chavez alliance
July 10, 2009 - Behind the socialist consensus on Honduras: Hugo Chavez and the São Paulo Forum
July 15, 2009 - U.S. intel faulted for de-emphasizing threats from Latin America
July 23, 2009 - Tiny, anti-communist Honduras prepares for worst vs Obama-Chavez-UN monolith
July 29, 2009 - Former official held by FARC reports 7 visits by Chinese helicopters
August 12, 2009 - If Bill Ayers' revolutionary days are really over, what has he been up to in Venezuela?
August 31, 2009 - Obama FCC official sympathized with Venezuela's Chavez on media control
August 31, 2009 - Ed Koch: Here's a modest proposal — Deport all incarcerated illegal aliens immediately
September 22, 2009 - Venezuela called the critical link in Iran plan to duck sanctions
September 24, 2009 - Iran and Venezuela to build refinery in Syria
September 25, 2009 - Overlooked among the UN rants — Economic truths from Czech, Colombian leaders
October 15, 2009 - Visit to Cuba by Russian chief of staff stirs new Cold War speculation
STATESIDE
December 31, 2008 - Top diplomatic quote of 2008 (Rice): 'You’d have to be an idiot to trust the North Koreans'
December 31, 2008 - 2008: The year the U.S. media lost relevance
January 2, 2009 - The daunting year ahead, for the economy, China, and Barack Obama
January 5, 2009 - Bush urging Israel to accept a ceasefire before he leaves office
January 5, 2009 - In the propaganda department, Obama's linguists are leaving Republicans in the dust
January 9, 2009 - 20 nations join U.S. Navy's anti-piracy fleet
January 14, 2009 - A closer look at Geithner's 'honest mistakes' and ... the China connection
January 14, 2009 - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: Time to demilitarize U.S. foreign policy
January 14, 2009 - What would Barack say? Israeli leaders split on how to end war
January 15, 2009 - Pentagon report: 90 percent of Iraq Army not self-sufficient
January 19, 2009 - Koch no longer 'dumbfounded'; President Obama must stay connected with the people
January 19, 2009 - Hadley: For next administration, 'the biggest challenge' is Iran
January 20, 2009 - President Obama: 'To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward . . .'
January 23, 2009 - Conflict of interest: Why CNBC is promoting the confirmation of a tax cheat
January 26, 2009 - U.S. Navy ordered to release Iran weapons ship
January 26, 2009 - Virtual campaign reality meets the real thing ... in real time
January 28, 2009 - Report: Barack Obama's Al Qaida initiative began months before his election
January 28, 2009 - Mullen: U.S. could not legally hold Iran ship
January 29, 2009 - Party of the rich: Wall Street's man, a tax cheat, gets the nod with Democratic support
January 30, 2009 - Full Transcript of President Obama's interview with Al Arabiya TV
January 30, 2009 - Ecstasy at the UN as U.S. under Obama rejoins global abortion consensus
February 2, 2009 - Obama consultants including Malley, Perry, made secret overtures to Iran, Syria
February 3, 2009 - On background, U.S. commanders voice concerns about pullout
February 3, 2009 - Koch: Democrats seeking to re-engineer society with stealth 'stimulus' package
February 3, 2009 - FBI severed contacts with CAIR in last days of Bush administration
February 4, 2009 - U.S. says Iran launch shows it 'could develop long-range ballistic missile'
February 5, 2009 - One member of Congress is thrilled with Obama's 'revolutionary' first moves
February 6, 2009 - Obama overrides Hillary; Baghdad appointment telegraphs new U.S. Iran policy
February 9, 2009 - Obama preparing to lift sanctions against Syria
February 10, 2009 - Emerging global elite to use new global media to educate 'global citizens'
February 11, 2009 - Army War College: 'Collapse in Iraq' if U.S. withdraws too quickly
February 11, 2009 - The advice on China given by 'National Security Advisers' Brzezinski and Kissinger
February 12, 2009 - Why 'Tim' Geithner did not say more . . .
February 13, 2009 - Memo to the president on talking with Iran: Don't confuse the regime with the people
February 16, 2009 - U.S. intelligence report projects possible collapse of Palestinian Authority
February 16, 2009 - Hillary abroad: On autopilot and with excesss baggage
February 17, 2009 - Obama approves aerospace system for Syria
February 17, 2009 - Adm. Mullen cites risk of instability stemming from financial crisis
February 18, 2009 - U.S. contractors refuse to ID Iraqi translators; 300 killed since 2003
February 19, 2009 - Explicit sex cool, but talk of God is taboo in American schools
February 23, 2009 - U.S. presses Israel for concessions to a weakened Palestinian Authority
February 24, 2009 - New intel chief's defense of controversial NIE raises eyebrows
February 24, 2009 - U.S. military teams training NCOs in effort to 'professionalize Iraq Army'
February 25, 2009 - Jindal: Our strength 'is not found in our government'. . . 'Americans can do anything'
February 26, 2009 - 'First' American suicide bomber killed 30 after being 'radicalized in his hometown'
February 26, 2009 - The value of an American university education and the invention of the atomic bomb
March 2, 2009 - Limbaugh: 'We conservatives love people'
March 3, 2009 - Report: Obama intel pick was part of 'Iran lobby'
March 3, 2009 - Bernadette Dohrn, Bill Ayers and the bomb that killed a cop
March 4, 2009 - U.S. drones, armed with hellfire missiles, finally go to war in Iraq
March 5, 2009 - U.S. alerts Americans after rise in attacks on Western tourists in Egypt
March 5, 2009 - Electing Obama to fix the economy with never a thought to foreign threats
March 9, 2009 - Obama and the economy: 'It's his problem now'
March 9, 2009 - National Intellgence Council chief given 30 days to resolve conflicts of interest
March 9, 2009 - U.S. firm to drill for new oil in Bahrain this year
March 10, 2009 - National Intelligence Council nominee withdraws
March 11, 2009 - U.S. geopoliticians are all over the map on Iran's nuke progress
March 11, 2009 - The SDS comeback in the age of Obama
March 11, 2009 - U.S. embassy staff leaving Bashir's Sudan
March 11, 2009 - Can U.S. intelligence penetrate now what it could not in 1978?
March 12, 2009 - An embittered Freeman withdraws without answering questions about his foreign ties
March 13, 2009 - ExxonMobil making a play for Iraq oil deal
March 13, 2009 - U.S. helps Palestinians form SWAT teams to control Fatah outlaws
March 13, 2009 - Top-down crisis in confidence
March 16, 2009 - Purge: Obama gives 'the boot' to sanctions team at U.S. Treasury
March 16, 2009 - Israel's visiting chief of staff finds doors closed in Obama's Washington
March 16, 2009 - Charles Freeman, 'localitis' and the U.S. foreign service
March 17, 2009 - 'The revolution' returns to the streets of America
March 17, 2009 - U.S. firm to help Bahrain with oil production hike
March 20, 2009 - U.S. intelligence reports first known Al Qaida recruiting ground — in Minneapolis
March 23, 2009 - Former pro-Israel lobbyist sues federal prosecutor for defamation
March 23, 2009 - 'The government has failed us big time'
March 23, 2009 - As if Pakistan didn't have enough problems, it has now become a top U.S. priority
March 24, 2009 - U.S. Army to maintain fuel operations in Kuwait through 2010
March 25, 2009 - World just not into U.S. battle tanks anymore
March 25, 2009 - In the new nanoweapons era, the United States and Britain are Third World countries
March 27, 2009 - U.S. Air Force studies bats in tweaking design of future micro-drones
April 1, 2009 - Goodbye U.S. sovereignty, hello globalocracy
April 1, 2009 - U.S. won't accept Palestinian PM's resignation
April 2, 2009 - U.S. commanders admit uncertainty over security in Iraq after pullout
April 3, 2009 - Triple Canopy gets Blackwater account in Iraq
April 3, 2009 - Obama's challenge: The looming AfPak Pandora’s box
April 8, 2009 - New totalitarian consensus: God must go to the back of the bus
April 14, 2009 - Uh oh: Obama gets unilateral with the pirates
April 15, 2009 - A challenge from Texas: 'The federal government has become oppressive'
April 20, 2009 - There is a word for Obama diplomacy: 'Dangerous'
April 21, 2009 - NSA tracked suspected Israeli agents, recorded talk with Rep. Harmon
April 22, 2009 - Obama strategy calls for peace through deference
April 23, 2009 - U.S. firms show up this year at Iran energy show
April 24, 2009 - Fidel to Obama: Not so fast, and you can keep the change
April 24, 2009 - While U.S. pushes for more talks, North Korea takes hostages
April 27, 2009 - The Pakistan mess, courtesy of the vaunted U.S. foreign policy establishment
April 29, 2009 - Obama seen opposing bi-partisan legislation on Iran sanctions
May 1, 2009 - U.S. models program to train Palestinian officers after successful effort in Iraq
May 4, 2009 - NSC: U.S. committed to extended talks with Iran
May 4, 2009 - U.S. drops charges against pro-Israel lobbyists
May 5, 2009 - Obama to place the onus on Israel to deliver a Palestinian state
May 5, 2009 - Is the real world ready for Obama's unreal world view?
May 6, 2009 - Canceled by Obama, advanced F-22 jet fighter to be marketed in Gulf
May 6, 2009 - Obama lays groundwork for Netanyahu meeting: Dismantle settlements
May 7, 2009 - State Department official calls on Israel to sign Non-Proliferation Treaty
May 8, 2009 - Gold has regained its glitter for world's bankers
May 11, 2009 - Obama maintains sanctions: Syria 'supporting terrorism, ... pursuing WMD'
May 11, 2009 - U.S. blocking Israeli access to U.S. fighter-jets
May 12, 2009 - Israel's 'warm' strategic ties with U.S. under Bush have cooled significantly
May 12, 2009 - U.S. has begun shifting troops, aircraft from Iraq to Afghanistan
May 13, 2009 - The National Association of Police Organizations and Barack Obama
May 13, 2009 - U.S. firm reports major oil find in northern Iraq
May 13, 2009 - [Cecil B. De Mille] Axelrod and teleprompter head to Egypt for a [dangerous] PR-op
May 14, 2009 - Netanyahu working hard at figuring out Obama
May 14, 2009 - Administration warned on U.S. pullout from Iraq
May 15, 2009 - Institute: Iran issue will 'make or break' Obama
May 15, 2009 - Pro-Obama media 'summit' asks U.S. subsidies for liberal journalists, new 'media infrastructure'
May 18, 2009 - U.S. agrees in principle to release 100 detainees to minimum security site
May 18, 2009 - Obama administration ditches 'Roadmap' for a get-tough peace plan
May 19, 2009 - U.S. pressing Israel to relinquish West Bank security to Palestinians
May 19, 2009 - U.S. Fifth Fleet to welcome back dependents, expand presence in Bahrain
May 19, 2009 - U.S. backs Turkey ties with Syria, Lebanon to offset Iran
May 21, 2009 - U.S. general says training of Palestinian security 'the most popular thing we do'
May 22, 2009 - Netanyahu promised to destroy illegal settlements
May 22, 2009 - U.S. still helping upgrade Lebanon's military as Hizbullah's clout increases
May 25, 2009 - Israeli: Obama 'wasn't empathetic to our needs'
May 25, 2009 - U.S. to supply first offensive systems to Lebanon since 1980s
May 26, 2009 - Obama advisors also back communist UN leader who would fix economy with global taxes
May 27, 2009 - Administration blocks helicopters for Israel due to civilian casualties in Gaza
May 27, 2009 - Storm clouds and Obama's doctrine: Speak loudly and carry a wimpy stick
May 28, 2009 - Does the CIA know anything about China's weaponized nanotechnology?
June 1, 2009 - Obama and South Korea's president line up with the Bush policy
June 1, 2009 - Israel stages raids on West Bank settlements as Barak visits Washington
June 1, 2009 - Obama okays Longbow helicopters for Egypt
June 2, 2009 - Report calls U.S. military the glue holding Iraq together
June 2, 2009 - Petraeus: 'There is no doubt' Iran is source of arms shipped to Hizbullah via Syria
June 2, 2009 - State Dept. book explains to the Muslim world why U.S. is not evil
June 3, 2009 - Reading the tea leaves, along with the CIA, on the N. Korean succession
June 3, 2009 - The speech Barack Hussein Obama should be making
June 4, 2009 - Obama administration said to be cultivating Netanyahu opponents
June 4, 2009 - Iraqis now conducting all counterinsurgency ops
June 5, 2009 - U.S. guiding Palestinian preparations to destroy Hamas inroads in West Bank
June 5, 2009 - Selling out to big brother: China, Inc. and the U.S., Inc.
June 8, 2009 - U.S. accelerating pullout of combat personnel from Iraq cities
June 9, 2009 - Egypt, U.S. revives strategic talks interrupted by invasion of Iraq
June 10, 2009 - U.S. journalists may get a 'good' gulag in N. Korea
June 10, 2009 - Obama's speech was a travesty
June 11, 2009 - The makeover of a nation: 62 million Americans have no say
June 11, 2009 - With change in administrations, western firms renew interest in Iran gas
June 12, 2009 - Oil price rise reflects higher U.S. consumption
June 15, 2009 - U.S. establishes joint operations command facility in Iraq
June 16, 2009 - Palestinian assault on Hamas post called 'embarrassing', completed by U.S. forces
June 16, 2009 - Leftwing hate crime? Rev. Jeremiah Wright and James Von Brunn
June 17, 2009 - Words from Obama sure to light N. Korea's fuse
June 17, 2009 - Former top Iran official cites fissures in regime, calls on Obama to stand with the people
June 17, 2009 - U.S. commission warns of declining base security in Iraq
June 17, 2009 - The world and South side of Chicago: Two different places
June 18, 2009 - DynCorp gets Blackwater's service contracts for U.S. diplomats in Iraq
June 18, 2009 - How I, a Soviet emigre, learned the importance in America of 'professional lawyers'
June 19, 2009 - Iran IRGC cites Obama speech as validating nuclear program
June 22, 2009 - U.S. military's workspace to 'mirror' Iraq's in Baghdad joint operation command
June 23, 2009 - Republicans press Obama to embargo oil to Iran
June 24, 2009 - Israel concerned as U.S. resumes shipments to Lebanon after election
June 24, 2009 - Obama-backed plan volunteers Americans to pay global taxes
June 24, 2009 - U.S. Southern Command tests use of drones in counter-drug operations
June 24, 2009 - Ignoring U.S. Pacific World War II legacy called 'strategic mistake'
June 25, 2009 - Obama OKs plan to normalize U.S. ties with Syria
June 25, 2009 - U.S. training Iraqis in air assault operations
June 26, 2009 - Standing for the Iranian people is not 'meddling' but the reason for America's status in the world
June 26, 2009 - Obama to the left of the Washington Post on the rights of Cuban dissidents
June 26, 2009 - Egypt to restore demolished Gaza terminal, using U.S. aid
June 26, 2009 - Iraq without training wheels
June 30, 2009 - The overlooked geopolitics in U.S. news coverage about Honduras
June 30, 2009 - Congress moves to restore missile defense aid to Israel cut by administration
June 30, 2009 - Making nice with the 'Stonewall' homosexual lobby
July 1, 2009 - What the old media is not reporting on Honduras
July 1, 2009 - U.S. military hires E. Africans for security in Iraq
July 1, 2009 - Sometime after the Jackson funeral: The E. Asian volcano
July 2, 2009 - What China's minister of defense reportedly said about annihilating Americans
July 6, 2009 - U.S. on the sidelines: Biden says Israel can attack Iran if it wants to
July 6, 2009 - Hondurans angered by international media silence on Obama-Chavez alliance
July 6, 2009 - U.S. Navy dependents return to Bahrain after lifting of 2004 Al Qaida alert
July 6, 2009 - U.S. sends 120 Dodge Chargers to Lebanon
July 6, 2009 - Continuing geopolitical fallout from U.S. timidity on Iran during the Carter years
July 8, 2009 - As U.S. sea power wanes, Democrats poised to push for UN's Law of the Sea Treaty
July 8, 2009 - Tunisia reports blocking Al Qaida plot against visiting U.S. officers
July 9, 2009 - Obama reverses Bush-backed Morocco plan in favor of Polisario state
July 10, 2009 - Obama reverses Biden, warns Netanyahu publicly and privately on Iran
July 13, 2009 - Signs on U.S. military vehicles explain why they are still patroling Iraqi cities
July 13, 2009 - U.S. rushes to ship last 2,200 Humvees to Iraq by early 2010
July 14, 2009 - Al Qaida bombs U.S. envoy's motorocade in Iraq
July 15, 2009 - U.S. intel faulted for de-emphasizing threats from Latin America
July 15, 2009 - Yemen boosts security, warns U.S. embassy of imminent Al Qaida attack
July 15, 2009 - The UnBush doctrine: Creating vacuums of U.S. power from Casablanca to Sakhalin
July 16, 2009 - Obama initiative seeks normalized relations with Sudan regime
July 16, 2009 - U.S. to deploy Army brigades to mentor Iraqis
July 17, 2009 - U.S. caught between Uyghur 'friends' and China
July 17, 2009 - U.S., Israel to test three missile defense systems in Pacific this summer
July 20, 2009 - The truth about Walter Cronkite and his legacy
July 20, 2009 - U.S. Army still operating in Basra at Iraq's request
July 21, 2009 - Palestinian security force would be modeled after U.S. National Guard
July 23, 2009 - Israel concludes Obama has agreed to Iran nukes
July 23, 2009 - Tiny, anti-communist Honduras prepares for worst vs Obama-Chavez-UN monolith
July 24, 2009 - Hillary vs the N. Koreans: If words were missiles, this would be World War III
July 24, 2009 - Bad policy: Hillary practices pop psychology on Pyongyang
July 27, 2009 - Gates in Israel for talks on Iran and jet fighters
July 27, 2009 - Maliki presses Obama on weapons deliveries, hints at extended U.S. presence
July 27, 2009 - U.S. sees terror threat to Morocco, shifts backing to UN approach for Western Sahara
July 28, 2009 - Here comes Hillary: Overlooked apology opens door for N. Korea talks
July 28, 2009 - Syria: Obama lifting ban on aviation tech sales
July 28, 2009 - Fifth Fleet warns calm seas means piracy surge
July 29, 2009 - State Department confirms Syrian claim that Obama intends to lift U.S. sanctions
July 31, 2009 - Israeli government braces for cuts in military aid as U.S. economy worsens
July 31, 2009 - U.S. Army memo: Iraqis have sharply reduced cooperation with U.S.
August 2, 2009 - U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces reluctant to face down Fatah 'thugs'
August 4, 2009 - Democratic Congress readies tough Iran sanctions
August 5, 2009 - How did the radical Bill Ayers obtain tenure at the University of Illinois?
August 6, 2009 - Where's Jimmy? A past president goes silent on his Iran legacy
August 7, 2009 - Needed: A few more Bill Clintons to rescue North Korea's other hostages
August 10, 2009 - Koch: Falling out of love with Barack Obama
August 11, 2009 - How Obama's policies may lead Japan to finally go for the nuclear option
August 12, 2009 - U.S. troops in Iraq: Out of sight; Not out of mind
August 12, 2009 - If Bill Ayers' revolutionary days are really over, what has he been up to in Venezuela?
August 12, 2009 - Kissinger continues to influence U.S. policy despite extensive ties to Beijing
August 13, 2009 - After lifting sanctions, Obama for second time seeks Syria's help against Al Qaida
August 13, 2009 - Is health care expert Obama aware that his 'partner' killed tens of millions of its own?
August 14, 2009 - The French cut spending on luxuries, not including American movies
August 18, 2009 - Covering the media's Obama cover-up (cont'd)
August 18, 2009 - U.S. Energy Dept. head calls for modernizing 'Manhattan Project-era' nuke sites
August 18, 2009 - What to do about Egypt: U.S. debates how to 'right-size' relationship
August 19, 2009 - Emanuel, Axelrod closely monitoring reports on Israeli factions
August 19, 2009 - A declining Mubarak, with son in tow, spends the day at White House
August 19, 2009 - Shi'ites used Iran rockets in attack on U.S. base
August 20, 2009 - Odierno working to cultivate security ties between central Iraq, Kurdish north
August 20, 2009 - Report: Combat readiness of Iraq troops tied to partnership with U.S. forces
August 20, 2009 - The Foreign policy playground: Naive, nightmarish, consequential
August 21, 2009 - Israel closely tracking U.S. pullout from Iraq: Iran's 'enhanced' regional clout seen as threat
August 21, 2009 - I came to America longing for freedom and now I'm getting Obama's 'revolution'
August 21, 2009 - Webb in Burma: What good are talks with Asian dictators?
August 24, 2009 - U.S. commanders worry about Iraqi capacity as Al Qaida surge contines
August 31, 2009 - Obama FCC official sympathized with Venezuela's Chavez on media control
August 31, 2009 - Ed Koch: Here's a modest proposal — Deport all incarcerated illegal aliens immediately
September 1, 2009 - Roar from a Heartland awakened by looming government health care
September 2, 2009 - With respect, George Will is wrong about Afghanistan
September 3, 2009 - Report for Congress unconvinced U.S. training of Palestinian forces is worth it
September 3, 2009 - Stupid is as stupid votes
September 4, 2009 - Who to credit for recruiting and vetting Van Jones, Obama's 'Green Jobs Czar'?
September 6, 2009 - Van Jones and President Barack Obama: 'It's the communism, stupid'
September 8, 2009 - How a New Zealand blogger, not the U.S. press, broke the Van Jones story
September 8, 2009 - Network aligned with Al Qaida declares holy war on Hamas, Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair
September 8, 2009 - Saudis to Americans: Don't even think about energy independence
September 9, 2009 - Obama woos Iran, but Gates urges Gulf neighbors to build deterrence with U.S. weapons
September 9, 2009 - Fear on the Left: Van Jones exit could lead to the unmasking of the president
September 10, 2009 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers installs anti-tunnel sonar system on Egypt-Gaza border
September 11, 2009 - Now in its 8th season, 'Iran going nuclear' is back; In this episode, Obama checkmated?
September 14, 2009 - Who is 'Republican' Mark McKinnon and why does he get good press?
September 14, 2009 - A heartlander reflects on a 'relaxed' and 'inspiring' Sept. 12 at the Mall
September 14, 2009 - Britain's decision to train Libyan special forces is questioned by SAS vets
September 14, 2009 - UAE lobbies U.S. for nuclear tech: Most don't know of 'close' military
September 15, 2009 - Why did a capitalist like Soros bankroll a communist like Van Jones?
September 15, 2009 - Obama Okays F-16 weapon systems for Morocco
September 16, 2009 - U.S. strike ends 10-year hunt for Al Qaida leader
September 17, 2009 - U.S., Israel set 'major' missile defense exercise next month
September 18, 2009 - GPS-guided mortar to see action in Afghanistan
September 18, 2009 - Yawns greet the potentates of autumn: Gaddafi, Chavez, Mugabe, Ahmadinijad . . .
September 21, 2009 - Gitmo officer: Reports on torure at facility are bogus, 'twisted'
September 22, 2009 - Naiveté or bad advice? Obama forgot the quid pro in missile defense decision
September 24, 2009 - Can Obama's nuke-free-world save the U.S from China's biological weapons?
September 25, 2009 - The United States and North Korea: Words, words and more words
September 29, 2009 - Western oil majors fear reversal on cooperation by Gadhafi
September 29, 2009 - NY Times and both parties are wrong on amnesty
September 30, 2009 - U.S. advice for anxious Gulf states: Buy our missile defense system
September 30, 2009 - Tarantula tunnel-sensor system deployed on U.S., Gaza borders
September 30, 2009 - 'Fair-and-balanced' Fox should have googled Marc Lamont Hill before hiring him
October 1, 2009 - Report warns demographic changes in the U.S. 'could leave Israel without an ally'
October 2, 2009 - U.S. cuts security contracts for Iraq as 2nd phase of withdrawal proceeds
October 2, 2009 - Dallas oil firm drilling for crude in the Holy Land
October 5, 2009 - Palestinian PM reconciles with U.S. Gen. Dayton
October 6, 2009 - On page 10 of the G-20 communique: IMF told to report back on global tax
October 7, 2009 - CIA hurt by 'administration's war with the U.S. intelligence community'
October 7, 2009 - U.S. training of its air force, counter-IED called critical by Iraqis
October 8, 2009 - U.S.-Iraq op captures 150-man Al Qaida network said to have been run from Syria
October 8, 2009 - Combat trials conducted for I-Robot and I-Drive
October 8, 2009 - United Arab Emirates, U.S. team up to research renewable jet fuel
October 8, 2009 - ObamaCare and StalinCare: Who gets the good doctors?
October 9, 2009 - What the UN stats say about quality of life worldwide
October 12, 2009 - Obama's longer school daze: Churning out American History illiterates
October 12, 2009 - U.S. steps up reassurances to Gulf states on Iran
October 13, 2009 - Iran's new indigenous fighter-jet modeled after U.S. F-14
October 14, 2009 - Postponement of U.S.-Israel missile exercise called 'routine'
October 15, 2009 - Obama administration cites Mao, praises China's 'historical accomplishment' at 60
October 15, 2009 - Alert Americans waking up to the threat from China, long ignored by the 'experts'
October 16, 2009 - Report: New Palestinian plan, backed by Obama, challenges Fatah's status quo
October 16, 2009 - U.S. plans to scale back embassy in Baghdad
October 16, 2009 - Virtual prize for virtual peace: Virtually surreal
October 19, 2009 - Obama approves first U.S. jet fighter sale to Egypt in a decade
October 19, 2009 - Saudi-backed group accused of trying to infiltrate House committees
October 20, 2009 - Iran blames 'U.S. action' for assassination of IRGC commanders in suicide bombing
October 19, 2009 - Want to crush your enemies? Wish their leaders … Nobel Peace Prizes
October 20, 2009 - Israeli general's meeting with Adm. Mullen gives rise to speculation
October 21, 2009 - Major U.S.-Israel missile defense exercise 'not in response to any world events'
October 21, 2009 - U.S. puts stop to paying cash to contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
October 21, 2009 - U.S. firms set up shop in United Arab Emirates for major nuclear project
October 21, 2009 - Valerie Jarrett and the resignation of Van Jones
October 22, 2009 - What if the U.S. elected a genius on health care who was an idiot at geostrategy?
October 23, 2009 - T. Boone Pickens on Iraq: 'We leave there with the Chinese getting the oil'
October 23, 2009 - Annual game of musical chairs at UN Security Council
October 26, 2009 - AIPAC rival 'J Street' tied to Qatar, George Soros
October 27, 2009 - Koch: Time to hold this government to account
October 27, 2009 - Coming soon: New GM — Government Media
October 29, 2009 - Fox and Newt; Conservatives and Republicans
MIDDLE EAST and SOUTH ASIA
December 30, 2008 - Hamas missiles also take Palestinian casualties
January 2, 2009 - Hamas has been hit hard, but its missile arsenal and command structure still intact
January 5, 2009 - Gaza conflict has everything to do with the power struggle in Iran
January 5, 2009 - Israeli banks balk at government transfers to officials in Hamas-controlled Gaza
January 6, 2009 - Rockets strike Beersheba near strategic targets in the Negev desert
January 6, 2009 - Nine days into offensive, Israel has not eliminated Hamas threat
January 6, 2009 - Turkey reports Kurdish desertions after air strikes in northern Iraq
January 6, 2009 - Saudis set price hike for oil to U.S. and Asia
January 7, 2009 - Israel completes hit list, prepares to end offensive
January 7, 2009 - Hamas in the market for missile guidance systems
January 7, 2009 - Government in Turkey turns squeamish on defense ties with Israel
January 8, 2009 - War report: Israel's air force scored with intel, drone support; 'Hamas is not Hizubllah'
January 8, 2009 - Florida resident convicted of smuggling plans for Hamas missiles into U.S.
January 8, 2009 - Hamas loses Gaza cell phone, land line networks
January 9, 2009 - Second front in Gaza war not likely out of deference to Obama
January 9, 2009 - Turkish chief of staff protests crackdown by Islamist government
January 12, 2009 - Israelis: Combat-avoiding Hamas battalions 'have simply disappeared'
January 12, 2009 - Hamas rockets achieve 45 km. range, strike Israeli air bases
January 12, 2008 - Hamas and Tamil Tigers — violence, justice and peace
January 13, 2009 - Israel routes civilian flights away from Gaza due to concerns about SAMs
January 13, 2009 - Iraq replaces 'Sons of Iraq' with its own auxiliary force
January 13, 2009 - Victims of Hamas attacks sue U.S. oil firms
January 14, 2009 - Hamas hunkers down in command HQ at hospital
January 15, 2009 - As Obama era nears, task force fears dawning of the age of nuclear proliferation
January 15, 2009 - Hizbullah movements in line with possible escalation of war with Israel
January 15, 2009 - Hamas believed holding out until Obama's inauguration
January 15, 2009 - Saudis see up to 45 percent drop in oil demand
January 19, 2009 - Tensions building in Turkey between the miliary and Islamist government
January 19, 2009 - Israel calls ceasefire before inauguration as rockets continue to fall
January 19, 2009 - Israel energy firm reports major gas discovery in the Mediterranean
January 20, 2009 - Hamas undeterred, building back its arsenal, command structure
January 20, 2009 - Blood feud building between Hamas, Fatah: 'There will be violence'
January 21, 2009 - Israeli tech improved response time against rocket firings to 30 seconds
January 21, 2009 - Israeli claim: Iran elite forces killed in Gaza War
January 22, 2009 - Like in Lebanon, Iran plans to boost presence in post-war Gaza
January 23, 2009 - U.S. Navy stopped Iran ship carrying weapons and headed to Gaza
January 23, 2009 - Turkey government has arrested more than 100 in probe of alleged coup plot
January 26, 2009 - Yemen has idea for its 94 Guantanamo detainees: 'Integrate themselves back into society'
January 26, 2009 - Arab states trust none of 'Palestinian factions' with reconstruction aid
January 26, 2009 - Terrified Hamas military leadership still in hiding
January 26, 2009 - Israel agrees to Egyptian deployment to stop smuggling despite '79 accord
January 27, 2009 - Hamas to receive Chinese cruise missiles from Iran
January 27, 2009 - Hamas waiting delivery of large arms shipment via Egypt
January 27, 2009 - Kuwait agrees to joint venture on energy with Russia's Gazprom
January 28, 2009 - Hamas executes reporter said to spy for Israel
January 28, 2009 - U.S. military: Iraq Army now more self-reliant in planning ops
January 29, 2009 - Israel weighs becoming major space race player
January 29, 2009 - Iran offers to be alternative to Russia as gas source to Europe
January 29, 2009 - The PLA's tough message to Barack Obama on his Inauguration Day
February 2, 2009 - Israel debating military response to Hamas after renewed rocket attacks
February 2, 2009 - No news was good news: Iraq's still-dangerous elections were quiet
February 2, 2009 - Israel to expand gas exploration after major find
February 2, 2009 - Obama’s war: Do we really want to go there?
February 3, 2009 - Iran again claims satellite put in orbit by Safir-2 space-launch vehicle
February 4, 2009 - Hamas rockets could torpedo Israeli elections
February 5, 2009 - UN reports Hamas seized aid reaching Gaza
February 5, 2009 - Israel to upgrade its own space launch vehicles
February 6, 2009 - Trouble in northern Iraq: Thousands of troops flood Kirkuk in crackdown on Kurds
February 9, 2009 - Ahmadinejad on the defensive: $1 billion in Iran's oil money goes missing
February 9, 2009 - Hamas regime's ceasefire demand: Israel must leave it in power
February 11, 2009 - Anxious Iraqis report return of Shi'ite insurgents
February 11, 2009 - Oman reports 3 new oil fields
February 12, 2009 - Hamas announced 'calm' before election to assess 'Israel and its policy' . . .
February 12, 2009 - Cyprus consults with West on fate of Iran ship carrying weapons . . .
February 13, 2009 - Think tank sees right turn for Israel, increased tension with U.S.
February 16, 2009 - Rocket-making resumes in Gaza, as do attacks by the Israelis
February 16, 2009 - Poll reveals significant rise in Israeli support for soldiers refusing to evict settlers
February 16, 2009 - OPEC sees '09 prices hovering at $40 per barrel
February 17, 2009 - Iraq claims intelligence breakthroughs, reports capture of Al Qaida commander
February 18, 2009 - Anti-pirates success story: Saudis chase off attackers of cargo ship
February 18, 2009 - Israelis ro sell border security drones to Mexico
February 19, 2009 - Satellites identify apparent CW site in Syria
February 20, 2009 - Concerns in Israel as Obama calls for sacrifice
February 20, 2009 - Bahrain team walks out of energy talks with Iran after sovereignty claim
February 20, 2009 - Look who’s back in Iraq!
February 23, 2009 - IAEA reports nuclear material found at Syria site
February 23, 2009 - Iran's continued weapons smuggling to Iraq seen as bid for deal with West
February 23, 2009 - Border tensions with Hamas mounting as Egypt finally cracks down on tunnels
February 24, 2009 - Palestinian Authority to regulate salaried clerics to thwart Hamas
February 25, 2009 - Egypt investigating Hamas links to Cairo blast targeting Westerners
February 25, 2009 - Iraq pobing ethnic killings by uniformed police
February 25, 2009 - UAE green light for aircraft deal worth billions is good news for U.S. firms
February 26, 2009 - Iranians to test Bushehr reactor with 'virtual fuel'
February 26, 2009 - Hamas made rockets using RDX explosives, washing machine timers
February 27, 2009 - Israel reluctantly okays Palestinian police stations in West Bank
March 2, 2009 - Report: Hamas designs on W. Bank 'irreversible'
March 2, 2009 - Kurdish government warns U.S. military pullout will spark war in N. Iraq
March 2, 2009 - Iraq plan uptick in oil production in 2009
March 2, 2009 - Compassion: the terrorists’ cruelest weapon
March 3, 2009 - Report see Gulf oil economies shrinking in 2009
March 3, 2009 - Iraq, Turkey agree to expand trade, border access
March 4, 2009 - Kuwait on high alert after intelligence warns of plot against airlines
March 4, 2009 - Gadhafi's talk of nationalizing oil companies dismissed by U.S. majors
March 6, 2009 - New Hizbullah group claims credit for latest missiles fired from Gaza
March 9, 2009 - Bedouin smugglers rebel against Egyptian crackdown
March 9, 2009 - S. Asia's hotbed of terrorism heating up
March 10, 2009 - Southward movements by Kurdish northern Iraq alarms Baghdad
March 10, 2009 - Israel fears what Hamas will do with unexploded U.S. bombs
March 12, 2009 - Ahmadinejad says high-flying drones disrupted satellite launch
March 13, 2009 - Hamas cracks down on the unauthorized, random firing of rockets at Israel
March 16, 2009 - United Arab Emirates police radars going green
March 16, 2009 - Kuwait parliament again scuttles refinery project
March 17, 2009 - Al Qaida reactivated Iraq sleeper cells following U.S. pullout announcement
March 17, 2009 - Israel won't kill Hamas military commander
March 18, 2009 - Turkey plans new base on Black Sea following Russia-Georgia war
March 18, 2009 - Al Qaida believed responsible for rocket attack on Baghdad refinery
March 19, 2009 - Israel's chief of staff comes home early after doors close in Obama's Washington
March 19, 2009 - Report: Iran has assembled network of lobbyists that has 'penetrated' administration
March 19, 2009 - Post-Saddam Iraq gets back to thinking nuclear
March 19, 2009 - Iran drops French major from major gas project
March 20, 2009 - Israeli firm role in winning energy bid catches Yemen off guard
March 23, 2009 - Bomb threats rattle American school in Kuwait
March 23, 2009 - Abbas viewed as weak link as Palestinian security braces for Hamas-backed unrestD
March 23, 2009 - As if Pakistan didn't have enough problems, it has now become a top U.S. priority
March 24, 2009 - Hamas claim longer-range rockets more accurate
March 25, 2009 - End of an era: Israel replaces Russia as India's top military supplier
March 25, 2009 - Arms for oil: Yemen swaps debt for Russian stake in its energy sector
March 26, 2009 - Iran native copied, transferred nuclear software while employed at largest U.S. reactor
March 26, 2009 - Classified research to track 'green' explosives, nanotech weapons systems
March 26, 2009 - Gulf state to double output of natural gas in '09
March 27, 2009 - Israel conducts successful test of 'Iron Dome' rocket defense system
March 30, 2009 - Israeli drones struck Hamas convoys, killing smugglers, Iranian escorts
March 30, 2009 - Sunni rumblings in Baghdad against dominant Shi'ite security forces
March 31, 2009 - Crackdown on Shi'ite unrest in Bahrain targeting high school students
March 31, 2009 - Iraq invites bids on major Basra oil field
April 1, 2009 - Iraq, in first, using own drones to patrol borders
April 3, 2009 - Saudis storm Shi'ite city in crackdown on unrest
April 2, 2009 - Hamas couldn't fire smuggled Stingers against Israelis due to embedded ID system
April 6, 2009 - Former Iran minister sees imminent threat to mullah regime from youth, the economy
April 6, 2009 - Hamas turns to Chinese rockets over homemade: 'We need weapons that work'
April 6, 2009 - Israel eyes extra security for foreign minister who lives in West Bank
April 6, 2009 - Turkey security on high alert for Obama visit
April 6, 2009 - New Kuwait women officers getting no respect
April 7, 2009 - Trouble in Egypt: Anti-government riots reported in several cities
April 7, 2009 - Israel plans to strengthen ties with Sudan rebels
April 7, 2009 - Missile defense skeptic Obama may cut Israel's participation in Arrow project
April 8, 2009 - Memo: Libya recruited brother of U.S. intel chief to help spruce up Gadhafi's image in U.S.
April 8, 2009 - Iran to announce nuclear 'good news' Thursday
April 8, 2009 - Israeli interceptor downs mock Iran missile over the Mediterranean
April 9, 2009 - Defector exposed Western intelligence failure on Syrian nuclear plant
April 10, 2009 - Israel in fast-track mode to complete 'Iron Dome' rocket defense system
April 10, 2009 - Iraq to triple its air force with U.S. help by 2010
April 13, 2009 - Turkey requested Obama's help in procuring predator drone
April 13, 2009 - Demand for oil to hit lowest point in five years
April 13, 2009 - Bedouin tribes said to be replenishing Hamas rocket aresenal
April 14, 2009 - Russia's LUKoil has deal, readies return to Iraq
April 14, 2009 - Turkey widens investigation of alleged coup plot by military, secularists
April 16, 2009 - Iran's new South American embassies tied to Hizbullah activity, U.S. routes
April 16, 2009 - Hamas bomb factory found in West Bank mosque
April 16, 2009 - Chechen war, cont'd: Another assassination in the United Arab Emirates
April 17, 2009 - As withdrawal deadline looms, chaos in Mosul, low oil prices may require U.S. forces to remain
April 17, 2009 - Iran gives decision deadline to European oil firms pressed by U.S.
April 20, 2009 - Iran tones down annual military parade, citing declining U.S. threat
April 20, 2009 - Israel's military changes gears as U.S. balks on weapons assistance
April 20, 2009 - Iraq ups police presence to replace U.S. forces
April 21, 2009 - NSA tracked suspected Israeli agents, recorded talk with Rep. Harmon
April 21, 2009 - Turkey balked on helping Bush invade Iraq, but may help Obama with exit
April 21, 2009 - Palestinian Authority cracks down hard on Hamas in West Bank
April 22, 2009 - Israeli intel warns Netanyahu on Obama policy: 'We have become an obstacle'
April 22, 2009 - Hamas said to be funding underground militia in West Bank
April 24, 2009 - Iraqis credits intelligence 'tipoff' for capture of Al Qaida commander
April 24, 2009 - Libya steadily expanding its energy reserves
April 24, 2009 - Saudis seen doubling the price of natural gas
April 27, 2009 - Al Qaida women responsible for recent apate of mass-casualty attacks in Iraq
April 27, 2009 - Hamas agents ordered weapons from China
April 27, 2009 - Israel alarmed as Syria and Turkey conduct their first-ever military exercise
April 27, 2009 - The Pakistan mess, courtesy of the vaunted U.S. foreign policy establishment
April 28, 2009 - Iraqis say U.S. troops in the pullout mode; atmosphere 'less intimate'
April 28, 2009 - Yemen special forces defeat pirates, take back four ships in Arabian Sea battle
April 28, 2009 - Turkey raid left-wing insurgents said to plan 'sensational attacks' on May 1
April 28, 2009 - Bahrain to more than double production with onshore oil field deal
April 29, 2009 - Kurds want U.S. forces to remain in northern Iraq
April 29, 2009 - Obama seen opposing bi-partisan legislation on Iran sanctions
April 29, 2009 - Gulf oil economies bracing for long-term decline in demand
April 30, 2009 - Iraq prime minister ties Saddam regime to captured Al Qaida commander
May 1, 2009 - Iraq moves to absorb Sunni militia that helped U.S. defeat Al Qaida
May 1, 2009 - U.S. models program to train Palestinian officers after successful effort in Iraq
May 1, 2009 - Iraq invites foreign partners to help develop southern oil fields
May 4, 2009 - NSC: U.S. committed to extended talks with Iran
May 4, 2009 - Report: Without Russian air defense system, Iran is sitting duck
May 4, 2009 - Turkey's military yields in showdown with PM
May 4, 2009 - Israel resumes strikes on Hamas tunnels, suspected smuggling ships
May 4, 2009 - U.S. drops charges against pro-Israel lobbyists
May 5, 2009 - Obama to place the onus on Israel to deliver a Palestinian state
May 5, 2009 - Hamas vows it 'will be part of the solution, period'
May 5, 2009 - Iraq insists it can fight off Al Qaida resurgence; rejects U.S. deadline extension
May 5, 2009 - Libya weighs developing offshore energy blocks near Cyprus
May 5, 2009 - Is the real world ready for Obama's unreal world view?
May 6, 2009 - Canceled by Obama, advanced F-22 jet fighter to be marketed in Gulf
May 6, 2009 - Obama lays groundwork for Netanyahu meeting: Dismantle settlements
May 6, 2009 - Egypt bumps Bechtel from project to build up to 11 nuclear reactors
May 7, 2009 - Iraq blames Al Qaida revival on U.S. release of 4,000 insurgents
May 7, 2009 - State Department official calls on Israel to sign Non-Proliferation Treaty
May 7, 2009 - UAE pipeline would duck Iran threat, bypass Straits of Hormuz
May 7, 2009 - Kurdish insurgents, in reversal, announce end to separatist ambitions
May 8, 2009 - IAEA finds highly-enriched uranium in Egypt
May 8, 2009 - Western oil majors withdraw from Kuwait as government cuts production goals
May 11, 2009 - Obama maintains sanctions: Syria 'supporting terrorism, ... pursuing WMD'
May 11, 2009 - U.S. blocking Israeli access to U.S. fighter-jets
May 11, 2009 - Exports of crude oil from Kurdish northern Iraq to begin in June
May 11, 2009 - Returning expatriate laborers worries Egypt
May 12, 2009 - Israel's 'warm' strategic ties with U.S. under Bush have cooled significantly
May 12, 2009 - U.S. has begun shifting troops, aircraft from Iraq to Afghanistan
May 13, 2009 - Iraqi forces raid Iran-backed Shi'ite strongholds in the South
May 13, 2009 - [Cecil B. De Mille] Axelrod and teleprompter head to Egypt for a [dangerous] PR-op
May 14, 2009 - Netanyahu working hard at figuring out Obama
May 13, 2009 - Palestinian Authority details Hamas coup plot
May 14, 2009 - Administration warned on U.S. pullout from Iraq
May 14, 2009 - For first time in 20 years, Palestinian members can vote for Fatah leaders
May 15, 2009 - Institute: Iran issue will 'make or break' Obama
May 15, 2009 - Turkish generals resign without explanation
May 15, 2009 - Kuwait deal will quadruple flow of oil to China
May 15, 2009 - Farce: The politics of human rights at the United Nations
May 18, 2009 - U.S. agrees in principle to release 100 detainees to minimum security site
May 18, 2009 - Obama administration ditches 'Roadmap' for a get-tough peace plan
May 18, 2009 - Hot property: Sinai's tunnel-riddled border with Gaza
May 19, 2009 - U.S. pressing Israel to relinquish West Bank security to Palestinians
May 19, 2009 - U.S. Fifth Fleet to welcome back dependents, expand presence in Bahrain
May 19, 2009 - U.S. backs Turkey ties with Syria, Lebanon to offset Iran
May 19, 2009 - Turkey's new security unit to coordinate strategy in a seriously-divided government
May 19, 2009 - India's hundreds of millions of voters rock the left
May 20, 2009 - Report: Turkey seen breaking with NATO on Iran, Hamas, Hizbullah
May 20, 2009 - Hamas seen as winner in any West Bank election
May 20, 2009 - Egypt applies the heat on small Shi'ite community after Hizbullah arrests
May 21, 2009 - U.S. general says training of Palestinian security 'the most popular thing we do'
May 22, 2009 - Netanyahu promised to destroy illegal settlements
May 22, 2009 - U.S. still helping upgrade Lebanon's military as Hizbullah's clout increases
May 22, 2009 - Israel: Hamas still smuggling SAMs into Gaza
May 25, 2009 - Israeli: Obama 'wasn't empathetic to our needs'
May 25, 2009 - Iraq acknowledges Al Qaida surge, plans for possible recall of U.S. troops
May 25, 2009 - Saudis terms new oil field a 'mega project'
May 25, 2009 - Arab human rights groups see gains in moderate states, decline elsewhere
May 25, 2009 - U.S. to supply first offensive systems to Lebanon since 1980s
May 26, 2009 - India, Saudis hold naval exercise as China quietly projects power in the region
May 27, 2009 - Israeli intel: Venezuela ferried weapons to Syria, providing uranium to Iran
May 27, 2009 - Administration blocks helicopters for Israel due to civilian casualties in Gaza
May 26, 2009 - Iran, in first, sends warships to the Gulf of Aden
May 27, 2009 - Iraqi Oil Police trained on 'moving and shooting' while securing pipelines
June 1, 2009 - Israel stages raids on West Bank settlements as Barak visits Washington
June 1, 2009 - Obama okays Longbow helicopters for Egypt
June 1, 2009 - Israel kills senior Hamas operative sought after suicide attacks
June 2, 2009 - Report calls U.S. military the glue holding Iraq together
June 2, 2009 - Petraeus: 'There is no doubt' Iran is source of arms shipped to Hizbullah via Syria
June 2, 2009 - State Dept. book explains to the Muslim world why U.S. is not evil
June 2, 2009 - Kurdistan pumps first oil through pipeline to Turkey
June 3, 2009 - Candidate running against Ahmadinejad calls for nuke fuel consortium based in Iran
June 3, 2009 - Ramallah, in the West Bank, called 'listening post' bristling with foreign spies
June 3, 2009 - The speech Barack Hussein Obama should be making
June 4, 2009 - Obama administration said to be cultivating Netanyahu opponents
June 4, 2009 - Hamas revises civilian casualty estimates for 2009 war
June 4, 2009 - Iraqis now conducting all counterinsurgency ops
June 5, 2009 - Report: North Korea could transfer technology from latest ICBM test to Iran
June 5, 2009 - U.S. guiding Palestinian preparations to destroy Hamas inroads in West Bank
June 5, 2009 - Iran bumps French firm in favor of China for major energy deal
June 8, 2009 - Report: NATO, EU unlikely to accept Israel as part of peace deal
June 8, 2009 - U.S. reports Al Qaida recruiting teens for attacks
June 8, 2009 - Hamas orders assassination of Palestinian officers who raided safe house
June 8, 2009 - Iranian's lawsuit reveals royals' power in UAE
June 8, 2009 - U.S. accelerating pullout of combat personnel from Iraq cities
June 9, 2009 - Global recession? Defense spending on rise due to Mideast militaries
June 9, 2009 - Egypt, U.S. revives strategic talks interrupted by invasion of Iraq
June 9, 2009 - Abbas fears youth, outsiders as Fatah hold first leadership conference in 20 years
June 10, 2009 - Iran's elite paramilitary force seen engineering election's outcome
June 10, 2009 - Obama's speech was a travesty
June 10, 2009 - Abbas facing increasing security threats, reduces West Bank travel
June 11, 2009 - With change in administrations, western firms renew interest in Iran gas
June 11, 2009 - Hamas on defensive over investment scam that funded smuggling operation
June 11, 2009 - Iraq runs out of oil money, halts police expansion
June 12, 2009 - Iraq's Maliki is bracing for an Al Qaida surge as U.S. withdraws
June 12, 2009 - Hamas orders 'Islamic warriors' to fight crackdown by Palestinian Authority
June 12, 2009 - Oil price rise reflects higher U.S. consumption
June 12, 2009 - Pakistan’s triple tragedy — Taliban, refugees, indifference
June 15, 2009 - Iran post-vote crackdown: Meetings, Internet, text messages, cell phones
June 15, 2009 - U.S. establishes joint operations command facility in Iraq
June 15, 2009 - Netanyahu: 'Palestinians must decide between path of peace and path of Hamas'
June 16, 2009 - Israel's military planning for a multi-front war
June 16, 2009 - Palestinian assault on Hamas post called 'embarrassing', completed by U.S. forces
June 17, 2009 - Former top Iran official cites fissures in regime, calls on Obama to stand with the people
June 17, 2009 - U.S. commission warns of declining base security in Iraq
June 17, 2009 - The world and South side of Chicago: Two different places
June 18, 2009 - DynCorp gets Blackwater's service contracts for U.S. diplomats in Iraq
June 19, 2009 - Hamas, Hizbullah join Iran's paramilitary forces in post-vote crackdown
June 19, 2009 - Iran IRGC cites Obama speech as validating nuclear program
June 20, 2009 - The Iranian people are 'wired' differently than their Mullah rulers
June 22, 2009 - U.S. military's workspace to 'mirror' Iraq's in Baghdad joint operation command
June 22, 2009 - Turkish generals: Probe of military plot against Islamist government based on a 'forgery'
June 22, 2009 - The farcial Islamic Republic is a failed state; Long live Persia!
June 23, 2009 - A tragic death punishes a regime that oppressed irrepressible Persian women
June 23, 2009 - Palestinians report Hamas using the ill to smuggle funds and weapons into Gaza
June 23, 2009 - Israel sells reconditioned fighter-jets to Colombia
June 23, 2009 - German firm to certify construction by Chinese of oil pipeline bypassing Straits of Hormuz
June 23, 2009 - Republicans press Obama to embargo oil to Iran
June 23, 2009 - Egypt proposes Arab security force in Gaza
June 23, 2009 - Arab states may align with NATO against Iran
June 24, 2009 - Israel concerned as U.S. resumes shipments to Lebanon after election
June 25, 2009 - Obama OKs plan to normalize U.S. ties with Syria
June 25, 2009 - U.S. training Iraqis in air assault operations
June 25, 2009 - Saudis' Aramaco and Japan's Sumitomo study petrochem expansion
June 26, 2009 - Standing for the Iranian people is not 'meddling' but the reason for America's status in the world
June 26, 2009 - Egypt to restore demolished Gaza terminal, using U.S. aid
June 26, 2009 - Israel hands over security to Palestinian forces in West Bank cities
June 26, 2009 - Iraq without training wheels
June 29, 2009 - Lebanon reports Israeli buildup along border
June 29, 2009 - Oman reports sharp rise in oil exports to Asia
June 29, 2009 - Shi'ites in Kuwait demonstrating for Mousavi as other Arab states downplay
June 29, 2009 - Hamas revives its military in the West Bank
June 29, 2009 - Oil firms threatened by global economic crisis, environmental pressure
June 30, 2009 - Egypt arrests Muslim Brotherhood leaders suspected of having ties to Hamas
June 30, 2009 - Congress moves to restore missile defense aid to Israel cut by administration
July 1, 2009 - Watershed in Iran: New media images of freedom have overwhelmed fear of the regime
July 1, 2009 - On the curriculum at Hamas military academy: Bomb-making, wireless communication, Islam
July 1, 2009 - U.S. military hires E. Africans for security in Iraq
July 2, 2009 - Palestinian Authority's Abbas: Hamas 'preparing a terrorist attack' against West Bank leadership
July 2, 2009 - Gas-exporting states fail to organize cartel
July 6, 2009 - U.S. on the sidelines: Biden says Israel can attack Iran if it wants to
July 6, 2009 - U.S. Navy dependents return to Bahrain after lifting of 2004 Al Qaida alert
July 6, 2009 - Captured Israeli soldier called lone Hamas bargaining chip
July 6, 2009 - U.S. sends 120 Dodge Chargers to Lebanon
July 6, 2009 - Palestinian Authority launches crackdown on 'rogue Hamas infrastructure loyal only to Iran'
July 6, 2009 - Continuing geopolitical fallout from U.S. timidity on Iran during the Carter years
July 7, 2009 - Palestinian youth less interested in security forces after shootouts with Hamas
July 8, 2009 - Iraq military assigns multi-ethnic special forces to new Counter-Terrorism Bureau
July 8, 2009 - Hard time for Islamic Jihad: Budget cut in Syria means terror group can't meet payroll
July 8, 2009 - Saudis picks French firm for $10 billion refinery
July 9, 2009 - The Uighurs: Only the tip of China’s growing security crisis
July 9, 2009 - Israel: Insurgency strikes down since Gaza War
July 10, 2009 - Obama reverses Biden, warns Netanyahu publicly and privately on Iran
July 13, 2009 - Rally seen in oil demand in 2010, but not in 2009
July 13, 2009 - Saudis order buildup of religious police to preserve stability
July 13, 2009 - Signs on U.S. military vehicles explain why they are still patroling Iraqi cities
July 13, 2009 - U.S. rushes to ship last 2,200 Humvees to Iraq by early 2010
July 14, 2009 - Al Qaida bombs U.S. envoy's motorocade in Iraq
July 14, 2009 - Israel plans missile strike alert system using nation's cell phone network
July 14, 2009 - UN: Israel, Iran called top exporters of light arms
July 15, 2009 - Yemen boosts security, warns U.S. embassy of imminent Al Qaida attack
July 15, 2009 - Iraq plans immediate boost in oil exports
July 15, 2009 - The UnBush doctrine: Creating vacuums of U.S. power from Casablanca to Sakhalin
July 16, 2009 - The June elections in Iran and Morocco: Same day, worlds apart
July 16, 2009 - Al Qaida for first time threatens attacks on China
July 16, 2009 - Hamas cuts pay of Palestinian employees to fund Islamic schools
July 16, 2009 - U.S. to deploy Army brigades to mentor Iraqis
July 17, 2009 - U.S., Israel to test three missile defense systems in Pacific this summer
July 17, 2009 - Report: Saudis to keep oil output below capacity
July 20, 2009 - Explosion of Hizbullah warehouse said to reveal Lebanese Army's complicity
July 20, 2009 - New weapon in Israeli arsenal: The 'skunk bomb'
July 21, 2009 - Gadhafi to political exiles: Come home to Libya, all is forgiven
July 20, 2009 - U.S. Army still operating in Basra at Iraq's request
July 21, 2009 - Palestinian security force would be modeled after U.S. National Guard
July 21, 2009 - Report: 5,000 pirates recruited for Gulf region
July 22, 2009 - Memo to the media: There are no 'reformists' in Iran's mullahcracy
July 22, 2009 - Tensions mounting between Jordan's Hashemites, Palestinian majority
July 22, 2009 - Iraq's credit rating holding up military deliveries
July 23, 2009 - Israel concludes Obama has agreed to Iran nukes
July 23, 2009 - Turkey reviews defense agreements with China after crackdown on Uighurs in Xinjiang
July 23, 2009 - Bombing of wedding believed Hamas warning to Fatah's Dahlan
July 27, 2009 - Gates in Israel for talks on Iran and jet fighters
July 27, 2009 - Maliki presses Obama on weapons deliveries, hints at extended U.S. presence
July 27, 2009 - Top faction lobbies Palestinian leadership for Iran to broker deal with Hamas
July 28, 2009 - Syria: Obama lifting ban on aviation tech sales
July 28, 2009 - Fifth Fleet warns calm seas means piracy surge
July 29, 2009 - Bad timing: Iran reins in Hizbullah operations on Israel's border
July 29, 2009 - State Department confirms Syrian claim that Obama intends to lift U.S. sanctions
July 31, 2009 - Israeli government braces for cuts in military aid as U.S. economy worsens
July 31, 2009 - U.S. Army memo: Iraqis have sharply reduced cooperation with U.S.
July 31, 2009 - Iran still training Shi'ites in Iraq with focus on January elections
August 2, 2009 - Labor violence in Jordan as civil servants strike
August 2, 2009 - Facing drought, Egypt reaches out to Sudan, Ethiopia
August 2, 2009 - U.S.-trained Palestinian security forces reluctant to face down Fatah 'thugs'
August 3, 2009 - Key Palestinian official urges ties with Iran
August 3, 2009 - Israeli forces training for rapid incursions against Hizbullah in Lebanon
August 3, 2009 - Russia, Turkey to sign nuclear reactor agreement
August 3, 2009 - Russia looks to revive oil deal with Iraq signed with Saddam
August 4, 2009 - Democratic Congress readies tough Iran sanctions
August 4, 2009 - Hamas imposes Islamic dress code for women civil servants
August 5, 2009 - Hamas trains teens at military camps in Gaza
August 6, 2009 - Where's Jimmy? A past president goes silent on his Iran legacy
August 6, 2009 - Thousands of kids man Gaza smuggling tunnels
August 6, 2009 - Arrests of major Al Qaida leaders rock Iraq
August 7, 2009 - Iraqi military seeking out continued U.S. training
August 7, 2009 - High stakes for democracy (and terrorism) as Afghans prepare to vote
August 10, 2009 - Israel bases penetrated during security check
August 10, 2009 - Turkey signs deal with Russia to build reactor near Black Sea
August 11, 2009 - Iran-trained security chief protected Carter on trip to Gaza
August 11, 2009 - Rival Palestinian security forces got into shootout over parking space at Fatah conference
August 11, 2009 - Private security killed in Green Zone ambush
August 12, 2009 - U.S. troops in Iraq: Out of sight; Not out of mind
August 12, 2009 - 'Young guard' pushes out Palestinian veterans from Fatah Central Committee in 'coup'
August 13, 2009 - After lifting sanctions, Obama for second time seeks Syria's help against Al Qaida
August 13, 2009 - Israel's unexpected gas bonanza gets bigger
August 13, 2009 - Israelis warned against avoid travel to Sinai, Jordan, Morocco
August 14, 2009 - Turkey quietly shakes up military command; alleged conspirator denied promotion
August 17, 2009 - Report: Botched North Korean missile test killed 20 in Syria town
August 17, 2009 - Following leadership conference, Fatah plans to reconcile with Hamas
August 17, 2009 - Jordan's king purges senior military officers: 'Paranoid but not wrong'
August 17, 2009 - Commanders for Hamas and Al Qaida killed after mosque shootout
August 18, 2009 - What to do about Egypt: U.S. debates how to 'right-size' relationship
August 18, 2009 - Kuwait firm again strikes oil in Egyptian desert
August 19, 2009 - Emanuel, Axelrod closely monitoring reports on Israeli factions
August 19, 2009 - A declining Mubarak, with son in tow, spends the day at White House
August 19, 2009 - Decision on Central Asian pipeline called pivotal for Turkey's future
August 19, 2009 - Shi'ites used Iran rockets in attack on U.S. base
August 20, 2009 - Odierno working to cultivate security ties between central Iraq, Kurdish north
August 20, 2009 - Report: Combat readiness of Iraq troops tied to partnership with U.S. forces
August 21, 2009 - Israel closely tracking U.S. pullout from Iraq: Iran's 'enhanced' regional clout seen as threat
August 21, 2009 - Tension builds between Al Qaida, Hamas in Gaza
August 24, 2009 - U.S. commanders worry about Iraqi capacity as Al Qaida surge contines
August 24, 2009 - Egypt approves billions for oil deals in Nile Delta, Sinai, Gulf of Suez
August 25, 2009 - Israeli exercises prepare for long-range strikes
August 25, 2009 - Shi'ite missionaries go on trial in Jordan in a first
August 25, 2009 - Hamas execution of Al Qaida fighters in Gaza caught on tape
August 26, 2009 - Iraq oil exports highest since 2003
August 26, 2009 - Israel: Iran likely to receive Russian air defense system
August 27, 2009 - Abbas prevails politically at Fatah conference but can't govern without U.S., Israel
August 27, 2009 - Hamas authorities impose Islamic codes, deploys modesty police as school starts in Gaza
August 27, 2009 - Iran readies strategic reserves ahead of sanctions
August 28, 2009 - Al Qaida network loses 30 but survives assault on mosque by Hamas
August 28, 2009 - Turkey seeks to leverage growing energy clout with EU
August 28, 2009 - Libyans have a blast, literally, at the West's expense and, by the way, where was Obama?
August 31, 2009 - Latest arms shipment to Iran signals proliferation is still top priority for N. Korea
September 1, 2009 - Iraq intel: Saudis financing Al Qaida offensive, Sunni tribes
September 2, 2009 - Hizbullah operatives moving into villages near Israeli border
September 2, 2009 - What some travelers to Iran don't get about the rights of Iranian women
September 2, 2009 - China, Qatar sign 25-year oil/gas agreement
September 2, 2009 - With respect, George Will is wrong about Afghanistan
September 3, 2009 - Hamas recruiting Islamists in Jordan camps to fight in Gaza
September 3, 2009 - Report for Congress unconvinced U.S. training of Palestinian forces is worth it
September 4, 2009 - Saudis exploring alternatives as oil prices tank
September 4, 2009 - What to do in Afghanistan? Ask Turkey
September 7, 2009 - Israeli intel: Hamas using police for military ops
September 6, 2009 - Fighting heats up in northern Yemen: Iran-backed Shi'ites charge Saudis aiding Yemen forces
September 8, 2009 - Network aligned with Al Qaida declares holy war on Hamas, Jimmy Carter, Tony Blair
September 8, 2009 - Release of Libyan in Pan Am bombing seen improving defense tech ties with UK
September 8, 2009 - Saudis to Americans: Don't even think about energy independence
September 9, 2009 - Obama woos Iran, but Gates urges Gulf neighbors to build deterrence with U.S. weapons
September 9, 2009 - As the pressure increases, Iran threatens to close strategic Strait of Hormuz
September 9, 2009 - Israel pojecting Hamas acquisition of rockets capable of striking Tel Aviv
September 10, 2009 - United Arab Emirates air force plane with arms stopped enroute to Xinjiang, China
September 10, 2009 - Syria storing heavy weapons in caches near border with Israel
September 10, 2009 - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers installs anti-tunnel sonar system on Egypt-Gaza border
September 11, 2009 - New Hamas ops: Gunmen replace missile strikes; New tunnels found in West Bank
September 11, 2009 - Now in its 8th season, 'Iran going nuclear' is back; In this episode, Obama checkmated?
September 14, 2009 - Britain's decision to train Libyan special forces is questioned by SAS vets
September 14, 2009 - UAE lobbies U.S. for nuclear tech: Most don't know of 'close' military
September 15, 2009 - Iraq finds major caches of 'made in Iran' rockets
September 15, 2009 - The mullah's rewrite of Iran's ancient history: Don't overlook this atrocity
September 15, 2009 - Rap/rock festival in Ramallah, West Bank prompts security concerns
September 15, 2009 - United Arab Emirates to drill for oil in Britain's North Sea
September 16, 2009 - U.S. strike ends 10-year hunt for Al Qaida leader
September 17, 2009 - U.S., Israel set 'major' missile defense exercise next month
September 18, 2009 - Iraq call halt to security talks with Syria: 'This is the final meeting'
September 18, 2009 - GPS-guided mortar to see action in Afghanistan
September 18, 2009 - Yawns greet the potentates of autumn: Gaddafi, Chavez, Mugabe, Ahmadinijad . . .
September 21, 2009 - Egyptian arrest, Israeli air strike target tunnels
September 21, 2009 - Report calls for gasoline embargo on Iran via the United Arab Emirates
September 22, 2009 - Venezuela called the critical link in Iran plan to duck sanctions
September 22, 2009 - Iraq defense ministry learns it has 19 jet fighters in Serbia
September 23, 2009 - Pakistan's 'Father of the Islamic bomb' goes public on deals with China, Iran, N. Korea
September 23, 2009 - New cars disassembled, smuggled through tunnels into Gaza for $2,000
September 23, 2009 - Libya buys Canada oil major after China withdraws bid
September 24, 2009 - Netanyahu slams UN for hosting Ahmadinejad: 'Have you no shame?'
September 24, 2009 - Iran and Venezuela to build refinery in Syria
September 24, 2009 - EU sued for funding Hamas air strikes on Israel
September 25, 2009 - Iran opposition IDs second enrichment site it had previously reported
September 25, 2009 - Al Qaida gets in the game, claims 1st rocket strike against Israel
September 28, 2009 - Report: Saudis still passive in face of Iran threat; Closely watching Iraq
September 28, 2009 - Iran-backed Jihad renews rocket strikes vs Israel
September 29, 2009 - Iran loses its only AWACS aircraft in collision with jet-fighter
September 29, 2009 - Hamas acquires advanced anti-tank missiles
September 29, 2009 - Western oil majors fear reversal on cooperation by Gadhafi
October 1, 2009 - Report warns demographic changes in the U.S. 'could leave Israel without an ally'
September 30, 2009 - U.S. advice for anxious Gulf states: Buy our missile defense system
September 30, 2009 - Tarantula tunnel-sensor system deployed on U.S., Gaza borders
October 1, 2009 - Jordan rushes plans for 'civilian' nuclear program
October 2, 2009 - U.S. cuts security contracts for Iraq as 2nd phase of withdrawal proceeds
October 2, 2009 - Dallas oil firm drilling for crude in the Holy Land
October 5, 2009 - GAO report: Saudis are top fianciers of Taliban
October 5, 2009 - UN report has Israeli officers concerned they could be arrested abroad
October 5, 2009 - Palestinian PM reconciles with U.S. Gen. Dayton
October 7, 2009 - U.S. training of its air force, counter-IED called critical by Iraqis
October 7, 2009 - Israel sees escalation of violence from Hamas
October 7, 2009 - Saudis weighs major F-15 buy as Iran advances
October 8, 2009 - U.S.-Iraq op captures 150-man Al Qaida network said to have been run from Syria
October 8, 2009 - Combat trials conducted for I-Robot and I-Drive
October 8, 2009 - United Arab Emirates, U.S. team up to research renewable jet fuel
October 9, 2009 - Israel on alert as Abbas pressed on 'third intifada'
October 9, 2009 - Afghanistan distracts as annual major 12-nation exercise gets underway in Egypt
October 12, 2009 - The other Iran story: Re-engineering a nation's cultural DNA
October 12, 2009 - Turkey cancels air exercise with Israel, NATO as ties with Syria improve
October 12, 2009 - U.S. steps up reassurances to Gulf states on Iran
October 12, 2009 - Hamas captures commander of pro-Al Qaida militia
October 13, 2009 - BP, China oil firm to control development of major new Iraq oil field
October 13, 2009 - Saudis go green, announce plans for major alternative energy research center
October 13, 2009 - Al Qaida operatives are still shuttling from Iraq to Iran, Syria
October 13, 2009 - Major Gaza clan immobilized by split between Hamas, Al Qaida loyalists
October 13, 2009 - Iran's new indigenous fighter-jet modeled after U.S. F-14
October 14, 2009 - Postponement of U.S.-Israel missile exercise called 'routine'
October 14, 2009 - Shootout reported between Al Qaida operatives dressed as women and Saudi agents
October 14, 2009 - Kurdish northern Iraq suspends oil exports in dispute with Baghdad
October 16, 2009 - Report: New Palestinian plan, backed by Obama, challenges Fatah's status quo
October 16, 2009 - U.S. plans to scale back embassy in Baghdad
October 16, 2009 - Hubris displayed by Palestinian security officials worries Israelis
October 19, 2009 - Obama approves first U.S. jet fighter sale to Egypt in a decade
October 19, 2009 - Saudi-backed group accused of trying to infiltrate House committees
October 20, 2009 - Iran blames 'U.S. action' for assassination of IRGC commanders in suicide bombing
October 20, 2009 - Iraq to replace Russian weapons destroyed by U.S. invasion with . . . more Russian weapons
October 20, 2009 - Israeli general's meeting with Adm. Mullen gives rise to speculation
October 20, 2009 - Pipeline would make Turkey a major oil corridor
October 21, 2009 - Major U.S.-Israel missile defense exercise 'not in response to any world events'
October 21, 2009 - U.S. puts stop to paying cash to contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan
October 21, 2009 - U.S. firms set up shop in United Arab Emirates for major nuclear project
October 22, 2009 - Report: Israel has lost Turkey as a strategic ally
October 22, 2009 - Turkey's leader claims Kurdish insurgents are ready to surrender
October 22, 2009 - What if the U.S. elected a genius on health care who was an idiot at geostrategy?
October 23, 2009 - T. Boone Pickens on Iraq: 'We leave there with the Chinese getting the oil'
October 23, 2009 - United Arab Emirates seen awarding $21 billion in energy contracts
October 26, 2009 - Report: Iran acquired submarines from N. Korea
October 26, 2009 - AIPAC rival 'J Street' tied to Qatar, George Soros
October 26, 2009 - Report: Palestinian security cohesion improves but assist to Israel could boost Hamas
October 27, 2009 - Al Qaida offensive targets the Shi'ite government in Baghdad
October 27, 2009 - Iran steps up gasoline production in preparation for sanctions
October 28, 2009 - Iran and Pakistan talk terrorism after elite IRGC commanders killed in bombing
October 28, 2009 - Palestinian Authority to crack down on crime in apparent bid for political traction
October 29, 2009 - Iran, Turkey sign deal to develop world's largest gas field
October 29, 2009 - Media blackout in Israel as government secretly arrests conservative activists
October 29, 2009 - Germany deploys Israeli drones in Afghanistan
October 30, 2009 - Al Qaida veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan flowing into Gaza despite Hamas crackdown
October 30, 2009 - Baghdad: 'Negligence or collusion' by police made bombing attacks possible
EUROPE
December 16, 2008 - Greece is out of tear gas; turns to allies for more
January 6, 2009 - Russia exercise with Greece sets precedent
January 7, 2009 - Successor to November 17 terror group believed exploiting unrest in Greece
January 9, 2009 - Russia's Gazprom increases oil holdings in Libya
January 13, 2009 - Russian navy eyes Tartous, Syria as base for Black Sea Fleet
January 21, 2009 - Big chill — gas crisis shatters European pipe dreams
February 5, 2009 - Greek, Turkish fighter pilots in frequent dogfights over disputed Aegean Sea despite talks
February 5, 2009 - Russia lands first energy deal in Algeria
February 6, 2009 - Russia announces new deadline to open Iran's Bushehr reactor: mid-2010
February 6, 2009 - The missile game: Russian chess, American checkers, Iranian roulette
February 16, 2009 - Greece again a hotbed for leftwing violence
February 17, 2009 - Moscow hosts summit to modernize Iran military
February 19, 2009 - EU wind project to help power Hebron hospital
February 25, 2009 - Great Britain sued by Palestinian organizations over arms sales to Israel
March 23, 2009 - Britain emphasizes the training of Iraq's navy while pulling out
April 16, 2009 - Chechen war, cont'd: Another assassination in the United Arab Emirates
April 23, 2009 - London scrutinizing post-Gaza exports to Israel
April 23, 2009 - Fear's return to new Russia and a forgotten poet's toast
May 8, 2009 - Gold has regained its glitter for world's bankers
May 13, 2009 - Major Russian upgrade said to 'change the face of Algeria's military'
May 15, 2009 - Farce: The politics of human rights at the United Nations
June 5, 2009 - Iran bumps French firm in favor of China for major energy deal
June 8, 2009 - Report: NATO, EU unlikely to accept Israel as part of peace deal
June 18, 2009 - How I, a Soviet emigre, learned the importance in America of 'professional lawyers'
June 19, 2009 - Overlooked geopolitical precedents in Georgia and Kosovo
June 23, 2009 - German firm to certify construction by Chinese of oil pipeline bypassing Straits of Hormuz
June 25, 2009 - The psychological difference between the British and the Chinese empires
July 8, 2009 - Saudis picks French firm for $10 billion refinery
July 16, 2009 - Culture? No, indoctrination in Post-1917 Russia and in Post-1949 China
August 3, 2009 - Russia, Turkey to sign nuclear reactor agreement
August 3, 2009 - Russia looks to revive oil deal with Iraq signed with Saddam
August 10, 2009 - Turkey signs deal with Russia to build reactor near Black Sea
August 14, 2009 - The French cut spending on luxuries, not including American movies
August 26, 2009 - Israel: Iran likely to receive Russian air defense system
August 28, 2009 - Turkey seeks to leverage growing energy clout with EU
September 8, 2009 - Release of Libyan in Pan Am bombing seen improving defense tech ties with UK
September 15, 2009 - United Arab Emirates to drill for oil in Britain's North Sea
September 22, 2009 - Naiveté or bad advice? Obama forgot the quid pro in missile defense decision
September 22, 2009 - Iraq defense ministry learns it has 19 jet fighters in Serbia
September 22, 2009 - Russia prosecutes firms that sold aging jet fighters to Algeria
September 23, 2009 - Libyan navy helping Italy turn away boat people headed for Europe
September 24, 2009 - EU sued for funding Hamas air strikes on Israel
September 25, 2009 - Overlooked among the UN rants — Economic truths from Czech, Colombian leaders
September 28, 2009 - Offshoots of left-wing November 17 group cited in renewed terror activity in Greece
October 6, 2009 - On page 10 of the G-20 communique: IMF told to report back on global tax
October 8, 2009 - ObamaCare and StalinCare: Who gets the good doctors?
October 13, 2009 - BP, China oil firm to control development of major new Iraq oil field
October 15, 2009 - Visit to Cuba by Russian chief of staff stirs new Cold War speculation
October 16, 2009 - Virtual prize for virtual peace: Virtually surreal
October 20, 2009 - Iraq to replace Russian weapons destroyed by U.S. invasion with . . . more Russian weapons
October 29, 2009 - Germany deploys Israeli drones in Afghanistan
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Guest Commentaries
November 14, 2004 - Damn the infidels: Democrats, insurgents can't tolerate dissent
November 14, 2004 - Koch: Democrats tainted by far left, Michael Moore, Hollywood sleaze
October 31, 2004 - Kerry's 'global test' would have spared Soviets, crushed Solidarity
September 24, 2004 - Essential reading: A fresh look at Sun Tzu by, his descendants
September 24, 2004 - Michael Moore: Best buddies with the sworn enemies of America
June 28, 2004 - Koch: Moore's propaganda film cheapens debate, polarizes nation
June 4, 2004 - Khobar massacre fails to register on world's outrage radar
April 4, 2004 - Who's Kerry?
February 27, 2004 - The pivotal battle has been joined: For marriage, against arrogant judges
February 23, 2004 - An open letter to Sen. Kerry: 'You are either with us, with the Iranian people, or
with the regime'
February 10, 2004 - Tom Friedman disgraces himself and the NY Times
February 3, 2004 - If you're going to blame George, make it Tenet, not Bush
January 8, 2004 - Why I, Koch, am bolting for Bush
December 30, 2003 - Russia's shoulder-fired surface to air missiles: Now an Islamist
terrorist threat
December 30, 2003 - Saving Islam from the evangelists of terror
December 18, 2003 - Ding, dong, the witch is dead
December 7, 2003 - Iran's nuke threat: Taking a page from N. Korea's
playbook
October 21, 2003 - The disturbing world reaction to Mahathir's remarks
October 13, 2003 - It's time to play hardball over human rights abuses in China
September 28, 2003 - Media bias distorting public's view of today's Iraq
September 5, 2003 - August in Iraq: The bombing of the 'humanitarians'
July 29, 2003 - Questioning Bush's intelligence: Editor should question his own
July 20, 2003 - Journalist dies after arrest in Iran; family can't get answers
July 20, 2003 - So things are going badly in Iraq?
July 20, 2003 - Abbas authorizes creation of new U.S.-backed security force
July 14, 2003 - Iraq: A microcosm of World War IV?
May 15, 2003 - Singapore on post-Saddam world: Who needs Europe?
May 15, 2003 - Yes, Bush landed on the carrier; But don't overlook his speech
May 5, 2003 - Enron fraud small change next to U.S. accounting gimmicks
May 5, 2003 - Victory over the naysayers, at home and abroad
April 29, 2003 - Time for a change in Iran: Here's
how it should happen
March 31, 2003 - Koch: This Gulf war and the last one
March 13, 2003 - Forget about 1441 . . . How about Resolution 687?
March 11, 2003 - Koch: New York risks nation's wrath with anti-war resolution
February 6, 2003 - Saddam and terrorism: No lack of evidence
January 23, 2003 - An authoritative indictment of Saddam by a once-credible source
January 23, 2003 - Rendering unto Caesar: Life and death at St. Patrick's in New York
January 22, 2003 - 'If we were to back down now, we would lose all credibility
January 7, 2003 - Radical Islam: The cycle of history repeats itself
December 19, 2002 - Why Saddam? Why now? - Christopher Holton
November 12, 2002 - Ed Koch: 'God help the Democratic Party'
October 25, 2002 - The 'Rule of Too's' and the looming conflict with Iraq
October 24, 2002 - Why does U.S. rely on Ted Turner to mind Russia's nukes?
October 6, 2002 - How not to prepare for war: Views of an active duty Marine - Bob Howard
September 12, 2002 - The wake-up call - Christopher Holton
August 2, 2002 - The sputtering war on terrorism - Christopher Holton
May 17, 2002 - A letter to Americans from Iranian students - Student Movement Coordination Committee for Democracy in Iran
May 17, 2002 - A modest proposal for Fidel Castro - Timothy C. Brown
May 17, 2002 - Cracks in the Baxter case - Reed Irvine
May 13, 2002 - Arafat's terrorist past - Reed Irvine
March 4, 2002 - Dell fiasco shows growth of gun rights community - Michael S. Brown
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