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AFRICA
December 18, 2006 - Al Qaida in control of Somalia; U.S. won't intervene
December 18, 2006 - Sudan-backed militia resumes attacks on civilians in Darfour
January 8, 2007 - Morocco arrests 62 Al Qaida suspects in new crackdown
January 19, 2007 - Sudan on arm-shopping trip to Iran
January 19, 2007 - Morocco to regulate the building of mosques
January 24, 2007 - Algeria trades gas for Russian nuclear energy
January 24, 2007 - Algeria appeals to public for help against Salafists
January 24, 2007 - 'Broken Hope' in Darfur
February 8, 2007 - Morocco bids to host base for new U.S. Africa Command
February 15, 2007 - Morocco on alert after reported Al Qaida infiltrations
February 27, 2007 - The Last King of Zimbabwe
March 5, 2007 - Top Sudan official faces war crimes charges over Darfour
March 13, 2007 - Morocco captures terror suspect in Madrid bombings
March 21, 2007 - Your UN tax dollars at work: How South Africa stalled Iran sanctions
April 6, 2007 - Algeria conducting major counter-terror offensive
April 12, 2007 - Moroccan Al Qaida bombers wore explosives at all times
April 12, 2007 - Al Qaida bombers take aim at elections in Algeria, kill 33
April 16, 2007 - Ban: Combat helicopters for Darfour have defensive role
April 19, 2007 - Bush warns Sudan, calls for no-fly zone over Darfour
April 20, 2007 - Morocco on 'extreme alert' for terror attacks
May 1, 2007 - Rebels: Sudan military resumed Darfour strike in late April
May 7, 2007 - New Algerian refinery is joint venture with Chinese firm
May 8, 2007 - 'Brainwashed and well-trained' Al Qaida recruits lurk in Algeria
May 9, 2007 - Darfour watch: China, Russia still supplying weapons used in attacks
May 17, 2007 - Al Qaida sought to intimidate Algerian voters in today's elections
May 21, 2007 - UN: Sudan forces conducted strikes on Darfour
May 30, 2007 - U.S. sanctions 31 Sudan firms
May 31, 2007 - Recipe for genocide: Feel good talk and no action
June 4, 2007 - U.S. intelligence wants priority upgrade for Africa
June 13, 2007 - Morocco military delegation in Beijing
July 13, 2007 - Suicide truck bomb kills at least 10 Algerian soldiers, wounds 35
July 27, 2007 - Zimbabwe in freefall; Comrade Bob doing OK
August 13, 2007 - Algeria finds large Al Qaida bomb factory
August 16, 2007 - Al Qaida renews attacks in Morocco
August 27, 2007 - Amnesty: Sudan 'flaunts' disregard for embargo, continues arms shipments to Darfour
September 4, 2007 - Morocco guard against Al Qaida strikes as election nears
September 5, 2007 - Sanctioned Sudan turns to China, Russia, Iran and North Korea for weapons
September 10, 2007 - Upgraded threat to Algeria, as Al Qaida turns from car bombs to suicide belts
October 1, 2007 - Comrade Mugabe comes unhinged at UN but all's well: He hates Bush
October 8, 2007 - French fleeing Algeria after Al Qaida threats
October 9, 2007 - Sudan, militia forces level Darfour village
October 22, 2007 - France urges nationals not to flee Algeria
October 26, 2007 - Sudan rebels: China's oil quest enabling 'genocidal government in Khartoum'
November 2, 2007 - U.S. contractors recruiting Africans for security jobs in Iraq
November 6, 2007 - Al Qaida agent surrenders in Algeria: 'I felt guilty'
November 9, 2007 - Russian crew rescued after crash-landing a Sudan military transport plane
November 14, 2007 - UN epiphany: Darfour peace-keepers need military aircraft
December 12, 2007 - Al Qaida strikes back after Algerian crackdown; UN staffers among 67 dead
December 13, 2007 - Sudan rebels storm base guarding China-run oil fields
EAST ASIA
December 28, 2006 - Soft-spoken UN leader brings academic credentials to job
January 4, 2007 - Secret weapon: N. Korean troops get high with karaoke
January 5, 2007 - In Asia it’s a new Cold War
January 8, 2007 - China’s Orwellian white paper blacklists tiny Taiwan
January 12, 2007 - Beijing lures overseas Chinese for special tech centers
January 15, 2007 - An American 'business professor' on the 'China wars'
January 16, 2007 - Global economic report card: E. Asia 'most dynamic', U.S. still the 'locomotive'
January 19, 2007 - Growing strains with Seoul over moving 'tripwire' U.S. troops
January 22, 2007 - What Zhang Hongbao wrote about China's strategy before his 'car accident'
January 25, 2007 - North Korean forces increasingly manned by women soldiers
January 25, 2007 - Anti-satellite power: 'There are things we don't know we don't know'
February 2, 2007 - China doubled number of missiles targeting Taiwan since 2002
February 2, 2007 - Japan to help Libya double its crude oil output
February 5, 2007 - Japan to help Libya double its crude oil output
February 6, 2007 - Ban Ki-moon hits the ground stumbling, but at least Kofi is gone
February 7, 2007 - Report: Female numbers growing in N. Korean military forces
February 8, 2007 - Nuclear North Korea buffeted by a cultural 'South wave'
February 21, 2007 - Did Kim Jong-il blink or wink?
February 22, 2007 - Czech daily hits N. Korea deal: Kim 'deserves fate of Saddam'
February 22, 2007 - U.S. studios sue Chinese firm over 21 pirated films, win $20,000
February 23, 2007 - Pyongyang seizes Japanese cars
February 23, 2007 - The North Korea diplomatic 'breakthrough' (screwup?)
February 28, 2007 - China's Hu lays down the law on rule of law advocates
March 1, 2007 - Chinese media-intel front seeks capital from U.S. markets
March 8, 2007 - Chen warns Taiwan's economy too dependent on Mainland's
March 13, 2007 - China firm scores big oil find in Algeria
March 16, 2007 - A lesson in Asia collective security from Australia and Japan
March 23, 2007 - China budgets $3 billion for 'perception management' ops
March 28, 2007 - S. Korean firms at Kaesong to employ half million N. Koreans
March 30, 2007 - Elsewhere on the world stage, a 'rising' power is on the move
April 2, 2007 - 'Transparency' is not how Sun Tzu and China's PLA approach war
April 3, 2007 - Report: Iran funded N. Korea's missile program since 1980s
April 4, 2007 - Japan turning hawkish on defense policy
April 4, 2007 - China firm to build oil pipeline in Libya
April 5, 2007 - China ups military aide to Sudan despite human rights issues
April 13, 2007 - State's rights report cites hike in China abuses, N. Korean hell
April 13, 2007 - Awkward dance: Pacific powers Japan and China can't find the rhythm
April 16, 2007 - Around a San Diego conference table: China's nano threat vs U.S. pop culture
April 17, 2007 - Report: Oil prices stable in 2007; Rise in demand by China
April 19, 2007 - Report: Thousands of S. Korean POWs vanished in USSR
April 20, 2007 - Seoul hit for ignoring plight of teen defectors held in Laos
April 23, 2007 - What David of Ottawa believes about Sun Tzu and China's military
April 26, 2007 - China's new GPS-like navigation system called part of buildup
April 26, 2007 - N. Korea failed to ID nationality of 'armed criminal' at Va. Tech
April 27, 2007 - With UK waning, Shinzo Abe comes to Washington as arguably No. 1 U.S. ally
April 30, 2007 - Profit motive exempts world's largest dictatorship from criticism by the West
May 10, 2007 - Coming soon to a store near you: N. Korean 'Pyongyang Soju'
May 11, 2007 - Beijing boosts military diplomacy in America's backyard
May 14, 2007 - Time to use the Olympics against Beijing’s excesses
May 16, 2007 - China's 'Great Wall' excludes Taiwan, sacrifices world health
May 21, 2007 - China: The fantasy and the reality
May 25, 2007 - Japan law would put patriotism on school curricula for first time since World War II
May 31, 2007 - Pentagon: China spending big for weapons to check U.S. defense of Taiwan
May 31, 2007 - Can India buy its way to security?
June 8, 2007 - N. Korea-U.S. trade declined in 2006 . . . to $3,000
June 15, 2007 - Poll finds most of world is cool with China catching up with U.S.
June 21, 2007 - N. Korea’s top nuclear negotiator earns elite accommodations in 'village of virtue'
June 29, 2007 - High on North Koreans' wish list: English dictionaries from the South
June 29, 2007 - China's utterly distorted economy is a train wreck waiting to happen
June 29, 2007 - Presidential candidates not exactly obsessing over China
July 5, 2007 - Researcher spots China's new nuclear sub on Google Earth
July 6, 2007 - Corn-based biofuel boom a life-or-death issue for starving N. Koreans
July 8, 2007 - Nano-nightmare: China builds futuristic weapons; U.S. sleeps
July 8, 2007 - Spiked report: Pollution may kill 750,000 Chinese annually
July 9, 2007 - China lands new oil assets in Sudan deal despite Darfour crisis
July 19, 2007 - China official's closed meetings with candidates' advisors raise eyebrows
July 19, 2007 - China to help Syria with oil refinery
July 27, 2007 - China export nightmare: Out-of-control growth overwhelms regulatory system
July 27, 2007 - China warns its military against online spies, 'Internet love traps'
July 27, 2007 - China in crisis: Export disaster, eco-mess threaten Party's economic gameplan
July 31, 2007 - Confucius, Sun Tzu, and 'The People’s Liberation Army'
August 9, 2007 - Power to the people? In China, the PLA still belongs to the Communist Party
August 10, 2007 - Former official: China's 'perception management' program makes use of all media
August 17, 2007 - Summit fever in Seoul benefits mainly Pyongyang
August 23, 2007 - S. Korea emerging as key strategic partner to Turkey
August 24, 2007 - Communist Party OK required for reincarnation
August 31, 2007 - Report: Chinese firms in Iran providing strategic and infrastructure support
September 6, 2007 - Seoul under fire for direct talks with Taliban in hostage deal
September 7, 2007 - Japanese beauties finally get face time on Shiseido advertising
September 7, 2007 - China’s new spy chief a specialist on U.S., Japan and economic espionage
September 11, 2007 - Taipei's challenge to Ban Ki-Moon: UN is afraid of Beijing
September 14, 2007 - What is Shanghai Cooperation Organization up to? State Dept. not sure
September 17, 2007 - U.S. confirms Syria-N. Korea nuke link
September 17, 2007 - A Chinese dissident newspaper's worldwide impact
September 19, 2007 - Analyst: China building world’s largest navy as U.S. sea power is in 'absolute decline'
September 21, 2007 - Asia-wide poll: China’s neighbors are worried
September 21, 2007 - Syria and North Korea: The seamless fabric of terrorism
September 27, 2007 - North Korea shipped No Dong missile to Syria in late 2006
September 27, 2007 - 'People' of Burma rise up and Beijing strategists take notice
September 28, 2007 - Movie-loving Kim Jong-Il could get dream gift from high-tech South
October 2, 2007 - Pyongyang a security 'island' for North-South summit: No traffic in or out of city
October 3, 2007 - China's rocket-propelled grenade a hit in Mideast arms market
October 4, 2007 - Raining on Seoul's 'Sunshine' parade
October 8, 2007 - Iraq turns to China for guns after U.S. factories fail to meet demand
October 9, 2007 - Orwellian 'normalcy' in Burma further clouds the 2008 Beijing Olympics
October 10, 2007 - Peace treaty? Who is Kim Jong-Il fooling?
October 12, 2007 - U.S. view of Korean summit: Seoul caved
October 12, 2007 - Gates not worried about spreading China influence in Latin America
October 15, 2007 - China's nano weapons and its doctrine of 'Unrestricted War'
October 15, 2007 - Democracy — Asia-wide — still best system, if barely
October 18, 2007 - Oh, and Burma is still a force in the global opium market
October 19, 2007 - N. Korean homes wired — not for the Internet — but for talking points from Pyongyang
October 24, 2007 - Congress indignant about 90-year-old atrocities, silent on current plight of N. Koreans
October 28, 2007 - China's communist regime nails all details except . . . the definition of 'democracy'
October 29, 2007 - Dictatorships and the Olympics: 1936 and 2008
November 1, 2007 - China trains carrying aid to North Korea have history of not returning
November 2, 2007 - 150,000 N. Koreans in stadium saw manager executed for starting unauthorized business
November 5, 2007 - The power of imagination in the USSR and today's China
November 7, 2007 - Coming soon to N. Korean elites: Home-delivered fried chicken and beer
November 8, 2007 - True Blue Hu: Speech to party congress reveals dedicated communist
November 15, 2007 - A word of thanks from North Korea; bills itself as U.S. partner 'against terrorism'
November 16, 2007 - Kim Jong-Il badges disappearing from North Korean chests
November 21, 2007 - U.S. report finds U.S. intel consistently wrong on China buildup
November 26, 2007 - Just as ignorant of Hu’s China as of Stalin’s Russia
November 27, 2007 - Report: North Korea again helping Syria with chemical warheads
November 28, 2007 - Report: U.S. stations diplomat in North Korea to prepare for diplomatic ties
November 28, 2007 - Seoul's shameful UN vote
November 29, 2007 - Report: China targeting all 'enemy space vehicles' including GPS satellites
December 3, 2007 - Safe debate topics: Democrats tackle toys produced in China
December 5, 2007 - Samsung wins majorSaudi refinery contract
December 7, 2007 - China poised to take over U.S. base at Ecuador's invitation
December 6, 2007 - Tiananmen dissident: China's boom has introduced 'dramatic social conflict'
December 12, 2007 - East Asia schools spends less, lead world in scores
December 14, 2007 - China supplied the technology for Iran's first solid-fuel missile
December 14, 2007 - U.S. report: North Korea apparently supplying Iran-backed group
December 19, 2007 - Japan Aegis destroyer conducts first successful anti-missile test by any nation other than U.S.
December 21, 2007 - Another anti-U.S. government gets turned out, this time in Asia
December 20, 2007 - N.Y. Philharmonic concert to perform for an ultra elite N. Korean audience
LATIN AMERICA
October 30, 2006 - Chavez's performance art at UN costs Venezuela a Security Council seat
February 9, 2007 - Chavez announces May takeover of all Venezuela oil fields
February 23, 2007 - Mexico boosts security at oil sites following Al Qaida threat
March 14, 2007 - Shadows south of the border
September 13, 2007 - Raul Castro indulges in luxury golf at Italy resort
STATESIDE
January 1, 2007 - Gerald R. Ford Remembered
January 1, 2007 - Five Former Presidents and President George W. Bush Salute Gerald R. Ford
January 1, 2007 - Looking ahead: No world peace but it's 2007!
January 1, 2007 - U.S. intelligence 'without peer'? The tragicomic CIA
January 2, 2007 - Overkill: U.S. military tried to delay holiday hanging
January 2, 2007 - U.S. helicopters, APCs to replace Soviet-made platforms in Iraq
January 2, 2007 - U.S. seeks successor to Mubarak in Egypt, 2nd largest aid recipent
January 5, 2007 - U.S. sanctions Syrian agencies as 'WMD proliferators'
January 8, 2007 - U.S. intelligence quietly backed Ethiopia in war against Somalia
January 9, 2007 - U.S. Pacific commander switched to the Persian Gulf
January 9, 2007 - U.S. Central Command sends aircraft carrier to Somalia
January 9, 2007 - Anti-roadside bomb tech also jams military communications
January 10, 2007 - 'The advance of freedom is the calling of our time'
January 11, 2007 - Bush urges Gulf states, Turkey to back the new Iraq
January 11, 2007 - How not to fight a war
January 12, 2007 - Bush seeks expanded military, new focus on Iran in 2007
January 16, 2007 - U.S. deploys jet fighters to Turkey's Incirlik base
January 16, 2007 - U.S. suspends all sub operations to review cause of accidents
January 19, 2007 - Gates holds summit with Saudi defense, intelligence leaders
January 19, 2007 - U.S. keeps wraps on new tech for Iraq
January 19, 2007 - The war the U.S. has lost: Ideas and, yes, propaganda
January 24, 2007 - Bush speech hails nation's 'heroic kindness, courage, self sacrifice'
January 24, 2007 - Contractors balk at Iraq infrastructure projects
January 24, 2007 - Blackwater to provide training to security forces in southern Sudan
January 25, 2007 - U.S. denies minesweepers are part of Gulf buildup
January 26, 2007 - Blackwater security contractors killed in attack on helicopters
January 30, 2007 - Bush's State of the Union confronts a corrosive ill wind
January 30, 2007 - Carriers provide 'awesome' clout without U.S. boots on ground
January 31, 2007 - U.S. halts sale of F-14 parts to prevent Iran acquisition
February 1, 2007 - Obama warns Bush not to engage Iran without public support
February 2, 2007 - The long war: Shallow debate here misses the global Islamofascist context
February 5, 2007 - U.S. intelligence issues a pessimistic Iraq report
February 5, 2007 - American literature: The 'sightless and hence doomed' West
February 6, 2007 - U.S. now think insurgents used missiles to down helicopters
February 7, 2007 - U.S. forces offered training in Arabic
February 8, 2007 - The high stakes game for Iran
February 9, 2007 - New intelligence chief urges ideological war on Islamists
February 12, 2007 - U.S. warns of rising terror threat to Westerners throughout Turkey
February 13, 2007 - U.S. to cut aid to Mideast states not critical to war on terror
February 13, 2007 - U.S. to pay millions for capture of Iran-backed terrorists
February 14, 2007 - Google Earth spies on key bases, facilities in S. Korea
February 14, 2007 - U.S. upgrades port to support Horn of Africa operations
February 15, 2007 - In bow to Beijing, Google censors anti-satellite test graphic
February 19, 2007 - Brookings links to Islamic world with new center in Qatar
February 19, 2007 - U.S. sanctions Iran companies for 2nd time this year
February 20, 2007 - ExxonMobil wins offshore oil deal with Libya
February 21, 2007 - Fifth Fleet commander warns of 'unprecedented tension' in Gulf
February 21, 2007 - CFR urges improved ties between U.S., Turkey
February 26, 2007 - U.S. military banking on Turkey for Iran, Iraq access
February 27, 2007 - U.S. seeks to keep Oman bases despite anxieties about Iran
February 28, 2007 - Report: 3 wars in Iraq has U.S. stymied, Al Qaida in control
February 28, 2007 - U.S., Israel extend missile defense program, prepare for Iran nukes
March 5, 2007 - Iraqis take charge in Baghdad; U.S. leads raid on Sadr City
March 5, 2007 - Americans in Jordan warned of attack
March 5, 2007 - U.S., Turkey to talk oil exploration in northern Iraq
March 6, 2007 - U.S. captures Iraq's number 2 Al Qaida leader
March 8, 2007 - U.S. reports 80 percent drop in Iraq insurgency attacks
March 12, 2007 - U.S. raids targeting foreign Al Qaida hideouts in Iraq
March 12, 2007 - Are 'democracies' — the U.S. in particular — eternal?
March 13, 2007 - Clear Libby: Bush was right, CIA sought to undermine Iraq policy
March 13, 2007 - U.S. destroys car bomb factories, Baghdad violence drops
March 16 2007 - Stealth lie detector measures stress levels over the phone
March 20 2007 - Bush 'angrier than anyone else' about Darfour
March 23, 2007 - U.S.: Al Qaida on the run, violence down in Baghdad
March 23, 2007 - U.S. forces redeploying, reducing presence in major Iraq cities
March 26, 2007 - U.S. won't hassle Mubarak over suppression of Brotherhood
March 26, 2007 - What are good jihadists on the Euphrates to make of the spectacle on the Potomac?
March 28, 2007 - U.S. Gulf exercise largest since 2003 invasion of Iraq
March 28, 2007 - Administration warns Congress on anti-Turkey resolutions
March 28, 2007 - Strained alliance: Israeli officials resent treatment by U.S.
March 28, 2007 - Coalition operation takes aim at Al Qaida stronghold in Ramadi
March 29, 2007 - U.S. says most Iraq bombers via Syria: 'It has to stop'
March 29, 2007 - U.S. official: Sanctions hurting Iran
March 29, 2007 - Bush vs his stereotype
March 30, 2007 - Bush goal: Korean 'peace regime' during last year in office
March 30, 2007 - U.S. builds 500 police stations, puts Iraqis in charge
March 30, 2007 - Halliburton to open headquarters in Dubai
March 30, 2007 - U.S. military on guard as Qatar relaxes political restraints
April 3, 2007 - U.S. blocks Israeli's appointment over China deal
April 3, 2007 - U.S. Navy on the defensive over a killing in Bahrain
April 4, 2007 - U.S. seeks to end run the mullahs with unofficial contacts
April 5, 2007 - U.S. funding 'Special Force' to battle Hamas
April 9, 2007 - Negroponte top U.S. official to visit Libya since 1953
April 9, 2007 - U.S.-Iraqi forces do battle with Mahdi Army
April 10, 2007 - N.Y. court unfreezes Palestinian Authority assets in U.S.
April 10, 2007 - U.S. captures Al Qaida's 'gatekeeper' for Baghdad
April 12, 2007 - Hoyer, U.S. diplomats meet Muslim Brotherhood officials
April 13, 2007 - U.S. withdraws damaged sub said by Iran to leak radiation into Gulf
April 16, 2007 - U.S. to restore Israeli defense ties with Gate visit
April 16, 2007 - U.S. concerned over Iran-Turkey energy plan
April 17, 2007 - Bush in Blacksburg: 'Overcome evil with good'
April 17, 2007 - Inconvenient shock jock: Hillary, David Brock and Don Imus
April 18, 2007 - Americans coming back, but Libya is still anti-U.S.
April 18, 2007 - U.S. State Dept. hails Israel's geopolitical transformation
April 19, 2007 - UN hot air on global warming collides with surprise cold front
April 20, 2007 - Down with America and make way for the morally superior Lilliputians
April 22, 2007 - What Sen. Joseph Lieberman said
April 25, 2007 - U.S. exercise prepares for Iran attack on the Fifth Fleet
April 25, 2007 - U.S. lifts unofficial arms ban on Israel
May 1, 2007 - U.S. report: Terror strikes up 25 percent last year
May 1, 2007 - U.S. arrests wide-ranging Al Qaida commander
May 1, 2007 - U.S. expands air force base in Qatar
May 2, 2007 - U.S. developing recoilless tech to weaponize drones
May 2, 2007 - Hot air on the Potomac can't stop bloodshed on the Euphrates
May 4, 2007 - U.S. forces take protection of gunners into their own hands
May 4, 2007 - U.S. Air Force chief: 'Killing another nation's satellite is an act of war'
May 7, 2007 - U.S reports new Al Qaida kills
May 7, 2007 - U.S. fears impact of Ohmert resignation on Palestinian plan
May 9, 2007 - U.S. military projects higher casualties during surge
May 14, 2007 - Mine-resistant 'MRAP's called 'four-to-five' times safer than Humvees for U.S. forces
May 14, 2007 - U.S. to Palestinians: Israel won't invade
May 15, 2007 - Democrats will be known for Iraq surrender; Time now for homeland defense
May 16, 2007 - U.S. soldiers use 'Silly String' to detect IEDs
May 18, 2007 - Report: U.S. willing to make peace with North Korea by September
May 21, 2007 - Bush administration gives up on a peace plan
May 21, 2007 - Relearning with today's totalitarians what we should have known all along
May 22, 2007 - Pentagon to establish 'language corps' with focus on Arabic, Farsi, Chinese
May 24, 2007 - Largest U.S. Fifth Fleet exercise focuses on threat to Straits of Hormuz
May 25, 2007 - White House OKs $1 billion in military supplies for Iraq
May 27, 2007 - Hillary’s hit man targets any news outlet daring to raise uncomfortable questions
May 28, 2007 - Memorial Day tribute: Gen. MacArthur's last word, before 'fading away'
May 29, 2007 - Only dreamers believe U.S. pullout will end Islamic terrorism
May 31, 2007 - Pentagon: China spending big for weapons to check U.S. defense of Taiwan
June 1, 2007 - U.S. supplying only light weapons as Lebanon faces Al Qaida offensive
June 1, 2007 - Surge in U.S. forces complete; General claims 'shift in momentum'
June 4, 2007 - U.S. signs security pact with Kurdistan, warns Turkey not to invade
June 4, 2007 - U.S withdraws invitation to Saudi official cited as terror facilitator
June 4, 2007 - Stupidity and the rise of Hitler
June 6, 2007 - U.S. soldiers distributing cash, holding community meetings in Baghdad
June 6, 2007 - U.S.-UK clash looms over huge jet fighter deal with Saudis
June 7, 2007 - U.S. forces kill Al Qaida bomber as he flees safe house
June 7, 2007 - Two U.S. carrier groups complete exercise in Straits of Hormuz
June 11, 2007 - U.S. CENTCOM pushing partnerships not 'kinetics' in Mideast/N. Africa
June 11, 2007 - U.S. concerned Algerian buildup may be overkill
June 11, 2007 - U.S. likes Moroccan plan to end dispute with Polisario Front
June 11, 2007 - Does history begin with the 2008 presidential campaign?
June 11, 2007 - Okay, forget the politicians; Shall we put our trust in the academics?
June 12, 2007 - Koch: Greenhouse gases, Kyoto hypocrisy and George W. Bush
June 13, 2007 - U.S. embassy in Syria warns of sex attacks
June 13, 2007 - Tensions building in Kuwair over U.S. military presence
June 13, 2007 - U.S., Israeli fighters in dogfights, bombing runs as part of exercise
June 15, 2007 - 'Shock and awe' for White House as Fatah folds
June 18, 2007 - U.S. presses Iraq military to double its manpower
June 18, 2007 - Ortega in Tehran: Attracted not by love, but hate [of U.S.]
June 19, 2007 - U.S. backing Palestinian Authority but still issues alert to American citizens
June 19, 2007 - Honda, Iran and the U.S. forces in Iraq
June 19, 2007 - Ignoring the Hitlers of yesteryear, and of today
June 20, 2007 - U.S. conducting multi-pronged assault on Al Qaida strongholds
June 20, 2007 - Interview: The U.S., Iran, and the Iranian people
June 21, 2007 - U.S. commander acknowledges tensions with Iraqi military
June 21, 2007 - Vermont sees green in Red China's environmental black eye
June 24, 2007 - U.S. national gunned down at Yemen oil facility
June 24, 2007 - U.S. forces kill Anbar's Al Qaida commander
June 24, 2007 - Pence can't see can see continued U.S. support for 'emerging terrorist Palestinian state'
June 26, 2007 - U.S. commander says Iraqi forces unable to hold territory
June 28, 2007 - U.S. forces kill Al Qaida's Mosul commander
June 28, 2007 - U.S. commits to 5-year presence in Qatar
June 28, 2007 - U.S. approves contacts with Muslim Brotherhood: 'Region is going Islam'
June 29, 2007 - U.S. report: Despite impressive buildup, Iraqi forces not ready for prime time
June 29, 2007 - U.S. intel: Hu not only knew about ASAT test but ordered it
July 2, 2007 - House pushes sanctions as Iran's fuel riots spread
July 2, 2007 - U.S. reports securing 48 percent of Baghdad neighboroods
July 3, 2007 - U.S. weighs return of military families to Bahrain
July 3, 2007 - U.S. military: Iran-backed Hizbullah directing Shi'ite insurgents in Iraq
July 5, 2007 - Congress urging delays in Palestinian Authority funding
July 5, 2007 - U.S. expecting 10,000 'surge' in Iraqi troops
July 6, 2007 - New Pentagon programs emphasising Arabic language skills
July 6, 2007 - Memo to CNN: Pakistan is not a simple problem
July 9, 2007 - House wants assurances Palestinians not governed by terrorists
July 10, 2007 - Koch on Libby: 'The politics of hatred rules the day'
July 12, 2007 - U.S. general: Coalition forces have 'disrupted' Al Qaida
July 12, 2007 - Shame on the Potomac: Spurning the Iraqis and U.S. interests as the world watches
July 13, 2007 - U.S. commander contradicts State Dept.; Calls N. Korea's missile program 'very disturbing'
July 13, 2007 - USS Enterprise joins two other U.S. carrier groups in Persian Gulf
July 16, 2007 - Third U.S. carrier group in Gulf replaces other two; No U.S. 'change in commitment'
July 16, 2007 - U.S. takes on Iran-backed militia in Baghdad
July 16, 2007 - Bush nominates diplomat to be first U.S. ambassador to Libya since 1972
July 16, 2007 - Memo to Pentagon: China is not a 'People's Republic' and Hu Jintao is not a president
July 17, 2007 - As Joint Chiefs weigh increasing 'surge', Koch and billionaire publisher 'bail out'
July 17, 2007 - Koch 'bailing out' on Iraq
July 17, 2007 - Time to find out what's going on down at your local mosque
July 19, 2007 - U.S. captured top-ranking Iraqi in Al Qaida on July 4
July 20, 2007 - Top official: Globalization saps U.S. intelligence edge, boosts terrorism
July 23, 2007 - Duncan Hunter: 'Postage stamp' Israel should not withdraw from 'one inch' of terrirotry
July 23, 2007 - U.S. moves against lawsuit charging abduction of African children to be camel jockies
July 23, 2007 - To candidate Bloomberg, in the hope that you are not like the other 18 zeroes
July 23, 2007 - Pakistan, not Iraq, may be true test American statecraft
July 25, 2007 - Marines using new vehicle that can stop most IEDs
July 31, 2007 - U.S., Turkey planning joint operation in northern Iraq
August 1, 2007 - F-22s for Americans only: Congress denies sales to Japan, Israel
August 1, 2007 - Administration asks $13 billion in military aid for Egypt
August 7, 2007 - U.S. kills Al Qaida commander behind bombings of Shi'ite shrine
August 6, 2007 - Congress questioning Saudi arms deal
August 8, 2007 - U.S. military: Money talks for Al Qaida recruits; Lack of jobs a factor
August 8, 2007 - 'Unbelievable' trilateral security talks get underway in Baghdad
August 8, 2007 - Report: Saudi arm deal checks Iran, won't harm Israel
August 9, 2007 - U.S. 'surge' is working, but so is Iran's
August 9, 2007 - Death toll for U.S. contractors in Iraq passes 1,000
August 9, 2007 - Media scan: The fevered brow of global anti-Americanism
August 9, 2007 - U.S. 'surge' is working, but so is Iran's
August 10, 2007 - Critic of war effort now calls for 'strategic patience'
August 14, 2007 - U.S. exit from Iraq would be via Kuwait
August 15, 2007 - U.S. in symbolic crackdown on terrorism sponsored by Iran, Syria
August 15, 2007 - New U.S. offensive targets Al Qaida in Diyala
August 16, 2007 - Iran sanctions marks first time U.S. has branded another nation's military as terrorist
August 17, 2007 - U.S. captures 'high-priority' Iran officer in Baghdad
August 17, 2007 - U.S., Israel come to terms on military aid
August 20, 2007 - 'Surge' to recede in April
August 23, 2007 - Report: U.S.-Iran talks could lead to 'grand deal' excluding Israel
August 23, 2007 - Authors of disastrous Vietnam policy have still not been called to account
August 29, 2007 - U.S. restricts embassy staffers in Yemen, warns of imminent attack
August 24, 2007 - That's entertainment (if not culture): U.S. films overwhelm French cinema
August 27, 2007 - Political fantasies and their global consequences
September 4, 2007 - Spy chief: Legal restrictions hampering U.S. intelligence
September 4, 2007 - Should the U.S. back the generals or accept an Islamist Turkey?
September 7, 2007 - U.S. threatens Turkey over energy support to Iran
September 7, 2007 - U.S. rewards Lebanon for Al Qaida win with weapons support
September 9, 2007 - Petraeus and the U.S.-Asian time war
September 10, 2007 - Caught in the act: New drone kills two insurgents planting IED
September 10, 2007 - Institute of Peace calls for total withdrawal from Iraq by 2013
September 10, 2007 - Troop surge to peak at 172,000 in mid-October
September 10, 2007 - U.S. military cites improved accountability procedures for Iraqi police
September 12, 2007 - Petraeus: Iraqi forces are 'very much in the fight'
September 13, 2007 - The odd but dangerous merger of Osama and the left
September 14, 2007 - 'Mini-nose' bomb sniffer digitally recreates olfactory processes
September 17, 2007 - Report calls $10 billion anti-IED program a bureaucratic boondoggle
September 17, 2007 - Iraq report: Glass half full or half empty?
September 18, 2007 - U.S. has $1 billion in security contracts with Blackwater; Rice appeals ouster
September 18, 2007 - Jordan nuke deal part of U.S. global initiative
September 19, 2007 - Report: Blast at Syria base stopped installation of chem warheads
September 21, 2007 - Americans warned on travel to Syria
September 24, 2007 - Blackwater back in business after Iraqi investigation blames it for deaths
September 25, 2007 - U.S. finds Iran missile systems in Iraq
September 25, 2007 - Sound and fury in 6 languages at the political Tower of Babel
September 27, 2007 - Democrats in Congress turning against Saudi arms deal
October 1, 2007 - Last letter from doomed Al Qaida chief: 'We are so desperate for your help'
October 1, 2007 - Hamas says it has trained 50,000 fighters to repel Israeli invasion
October 1, 2007 - 18 candidates but not a word about China's threat
October 3, 2007 - Neck and neck: U.S. weapons deliveries the same for Egypt, Israel
October 8, 2007 - U.S. rewards Libya with high tech assistance
October 8, 2007 - U.S. won't cancel Blackwater: 'Our diplomats trust these contractors'
October 8, 2007 - U.S. increases security aid following Lebanon's Al Qaida win
October 9, 2007 - Think tank: War with Iran must be avoided at all costs
October 9, 2007 - U.S. geostrategy and the media-fed American voter
October 10, 2007 - Warning: Both Iran strategies being debated in Washington will lead to disaster
October 10, 2007 - Congressional vote could trigger Turkey's invasion of Iraq
October 10, 2007 - New Iraq bill would restrain military contractors
October 12, 2007 - U.S. reports reports record number of tips from Sunnis in Baghdad
October 17, 2007 - U.S. military: Al Qaida a 'defeated force' in Anbar
October 25, 2007 - Waxman: Blackwater stole 2 Iraqi planes
October 26, 2007 - U.S. conducts successful missile defense test off Hawaii
October 26, 2007 - U.S. angered by release of mastermind behind attack on USS Cole
October 30, 2007 - Pentagon seeks huge new bunker-buster for Iran
October 30, 2007 - U.S. military establishing broad range of new contacts in Mideast
November 5, 2007 - Judge orders Rice to testify in Israeli espionage trial
November 5, 2007 - U.S. Fifth Fleet in Gulf exercise for possible war in Iran
November 6, 2007 - Time for Washington to get creative with Castro's Cuba
November 7, 2007 - Reports: Bush tacitly approved Turkish invasion in talks with prime minister
November 7, 2007 - U.S. military shuts down Al Qaida's propaganda network in Iraq
November 8, 2007 - In first operational test, U.S. Aegis system downs two ballistic missiles
November 12, 2007 - Do Western intelligence agencies exist?
November 13, 2007 - U.S. to test less-intrusive trace detector system for airport security
November 13, 2007 - Monsieur Sarkozy goes to Washington . . . with a Reaganesque message
November 16, 2007 - U.S. general sees 'turning point': 'We're going to allow Iraq to build itself'
November 19, 2007 - White House faces battle over arms sales to Saudis for first time in 17 years
November 19, 2007 - U.S. hits Al Qaida in 4 northern Iraq provinces
November 19, 2007 - U.S. hits Al Qaida in 4 northern Iraq provinces
November 21, 2007 - U.S. warns its diplomats in Beirut, EU peace-keepers plan exit
November 21, 2007 - Needed: A 2007 upgrade for a 1945 UN Security Council
November 23, 2007 - U.S. won't commit on future presence in Kuwait
November 22, 2007 - Rush Limbaugh: The real story of Thanksgiving
November 26, 2007 - 5,000 U.S. troops to leave Iraq in December
November 26, 2007 - Washington's quiet but effective new geostrategic lever: economic warfare
November 27, 2007 - U.S. military: No evidence Iran has stopped shipping explosives to Iraq
November 27, 2007 - U.S., Iraq sign long-term security pact
November 29, 2007 - Rice names former Bush critic as envoy for Middle East Security
November 30, 2007 - U.S. tracking growing intelligence ties between Cuba, Venezuela
December 3, 2007 - Detroit resident indicted over attempted transfer of GPS tech to Hizbullah
December 3, 2007 - CAIR savages Savage: In U.S. 'we’re getting Sharia law by the inch'
December 3, 2007 - The Bush foreign policy: The art of compromise or just compromised?
December 7, 2007 - Petraeus credits decrease in Iran-backed strikes for improved security in Iraq
December 7, 2007 - In the national interest, lose the national 'intelligence' estimates already
December 10, 2007 - Intel 180? Gates says Iran may have 'already' restarted its nuke program
December 11, 2007 - Homes of Americans in Syria reported under surveillance
December 17, 2007 - Bush backs UN's Bali 'consensus': Did Al Gore win the election?
December 17, 2007 - Memo to Iowa: If you'll put your Des Moines Register down for a moment, there's a real world out there
December 17, 2007 - Koch: What real experts make of the Iran NIE
December 18, 2007 - U.S. discovers tunnel system near Euphrates River in Iraq
December 18, 2007 - Al Gore in Bali: 'My own country is principally responsible for obstructing progress'
December 25, 2007 - U.S. to approach Egypt on stopping the smuggling of weapons to Gaza
December 28, 2007 - Predicting 2008: Real world challenges for new U.S. president
December 28, 2007 - Unreported: The State Dept. role in the Pakistan disaster
MIDDLE EAST
December 28, 2006 - Newly-powerful Shi'ite opposition disrupts Bahrain parliament
December 29, 2006 - Gulf states to counter Iran with largest exercise ever
December 29, 2006 - Hizbullah building its network in West Bank
January 1, 2007 - Pakistan’s smoldering crisis
January 2, 2007 - Saudis mobilize RDF as 2 million arrive for Haj
January 3, 2007 - Security official: U.S. no longer trusts Israel to strike Iran nukes
January 3, 2007 - Iran to concluded $3.5 billion oil deal with Nigeria
January 3, 2007 - Israeli military contractors break record with $4.4 billion in exports
January 3, 2007 - Security official: U.S. no longer trusts Israel to strike Iran nukes
January 5, 2007 - India again seeks Iraq oil deal
January 5, 2007 - Westerners advised to leave Gaza
January 8, 2007 - Palestinians have guns, manpower but lack morale vs. Hamas
January 8, 2007 - Iraq to shift Kurdish forces from peaceful areas to Baghdad
January 8, 2007 - Hamas targets PSA as only effective Fatah agency
January 9, 2007 - Libya awards oil deals to U.S., India, Japan firms
January 10, 2007 - Sunni hitmen competing for money and status
January 10, 2007 - Israel One in 7 suicide bombers is an Arab citizen
January 11, 2007 - Iran arrests spy charged with leaking nuke data
January 11, 2007 - Palestinians get religion: Fatah adopting Hamas' Islamist ways
January 11, 2007 - Saudi readies younger slate in cabinet shakeup
January 11, 2007 - Hamas stockpiling weapons in West Bank cities
January 12, 2007 - Gulf states see trouble ahead; Defense spending spikes
January 16, 2007 - Intel report sees the end of Iraq, transformation in Mideast </ | |
