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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
  • January 16, 2007 - Israel reopens urban war center, plans paintball courses
  • January 16, 2007 - Al Qaida group tracking foreign diplomats in Tunisia
  • January 17, 2007 - Israel's chief of staff resigns under pressure
  • January 17, 2007 - Iraq grooming youthful corps of officers
  • January 19, 2007 - Jordan trained 8,700 Iraqi police last year
  • January 19, 2007 - Kuwait oil refinery hit by 2nd blaze in 3 months
  • January 22, 2007 - Strategist: Iran believes it could destroy Israel with a single nuke
  • January 23, 2007 - Report: Gulf states would prefer U.S. strike to a nuclear Iran
  • January 24, 2007 - Jews driven from homes in northern Yemen
  • January 24, 2007 - Turkey strikes Kurdish insurgents on Iraq border
  • January 24, 2007 - Iran testing short-range missiles in exercise
  • January 24, 2007 - Sunni surge in Baghdad
  • January 26, 2007 - Maliki's Iraq prepares to roll out U.S. security plan
  • January 26, 2007 - Saudis plan major increase in oil output by 2009
  • January 30, 2007 - Egypt calls torture video on web a national security threat
  • January 30, 2007 - Turkey arrests 48 in nationwide Al Qaida crackdown
  • January 31, 2007 - Iraq air force recruits must be apolitical, ethnically correct
  • January 31, 2007 - Hizbullah bunkers found inside Israel territory
  • January 31, 2007 - Turkey angered by Iraqi directive to deal with Kurdistan on oil
  • January 31, 2007 - Saudis name PR specialist as ambassador to U.S.
  • January 31, 2007 - Fighting breaks out in Yemen with Shi'ite group tied to Iran
  • January 31, 2007 - Al Qaida attacks music stores, western-dressed women in Gaza
  • February 5, 2007 - Gates announces Gulf buildup
  • February 5, 2007 - Hamas blocking western arms for Palestinians shipped via Egypt
  • February 5, 2007 - Report: Israel's Defense Ministry has sole authority over its budget
  • February 5, 2007 - It's not rocket science but Israel can't agree on rocket defense
  • February 5, 2007 - Hamas blocking western arms for Palestinians shipped via Egypt
  • February 6, 2007 - Hamas government warns it will 'prosecute media' in Gaza
  • February 6, 2007 - 15 percent of Jordan budget comes from U.S., Saudi aid
  • February 7, 2007 - Israel charges Egypt ignoring tunnels near border
  • February 7, 2007 - Iran begins major 2-day exercise
  • February 8, 2007 - Fatah being helped by Israel in its quiet war with Hamas
  • February 8, 2007 - Sunni tribes joining border wars against Al Qaida
  • February 12, 2007 - Iran arms Iraqi insurgents
  • February 12, 2007 - Successful missile defense test: 'Israelis can sleep soundly'
  • February 12, 2007 - Bahrain cracks down on Iran agents buying land
  • February 12, 2007 - Bahrain plans 700 wells in massive oil push
  • February 13, 2007 - Bahrain plans 700 wells in massive oil push
  • February 13, 2007 - Iran counting on Beijing and trade ties to dispel U.S. challenge
  • February 14, 2007 - Hamas announces missile war in Israel
  • February 15, 2007 - Israelis see insurgents tunneling under planned security wall
  • February 19, 2007 - New hero for Al Qaida wannabes: The lone sniper
  • February 19, 2007 - Violence follows unity accord by Palestinians in Mecca
  • February 19, 2007 - Libya's pro-free enterprise PM may fire one third of civil service
  • February 19, 2007 - Kurds send 3 brigades for surge; Insurgent strikes down 80 percent
  • February 19, 2007 - Operation Law and Order kicks off in Baghdad
  • February 19, 2007 - Gulf state hosts largest arms show ever in Mideast
  • February 20, 2007 - Islamists seen easily winning reelection in Turkey
  • February 20, 2007 - Qatar in talks to acquire top European defense firm
  • February 21, 2007 - Morale tanks for unpaid Palestinian security forces
  • February 23, 2007 - Captured terrorists reveal Hizbullah plans for Israel
  • February 23, 2007 - Iran bans resale of gas it sends Turkey by pipeline
  • February 26, 2007 - Iran's first space launch rocket fails to achieve orbit
  • February 26, 2007 - Saudis move to check excesses of religious police
  • February 26, 2007 - Dahlan rejects offer to serve with Hamas in Palestinian post
  • February 26, 2007 - Israeli, Lebanese troops meters apart in border standoff
  • February 27, 2007 - United Arab Emirates gets tough with pro-terror money-launderer
  • February 27, 2007 - Military exhibition, IDEX-2007, in UAE breaks records
  • February 28, 2007 - Hamas government bankrupt, leaders invest in web sites
  • February 28, 2007 - How to explain the rise of Islamofascism? One word: Success
  • March 2, 2007 - Many Iraqi troops deployed to Baghdad are no-shows
  • March 2, 2007 - Israeli undercover agents kill key Islamic Jihad operatives
  • March 2, 2007 - Major new oil field discovered in Libya
  • March 6, 2007 - Fatah, Hamas clash in Gaza turf battle
  • March 6, 2007 - Libya's Khaddafy warns Western oil firms 'want to steal our riches'
  • March 6, 2007 - Pushing Pakistan’s Musharaf to the brink as Afghanistan hangs in the balance
  • March 7, 2007 - Israel on worldwide alert after disappearance of Iran official
  • March 7, 2007 - Gulf states agreee they are weak, focus on security
  • March 7, 2007 - Hamas crusades again Western music, Internet porn
  • March 8, 2007 - Israelis warned: Leave all nations in Mideast (except Israel)
  • March 8, 2007 - Gulf roiled by Iran crisis; Kuwait holds rare military parade
  • March 8, 2007 - Iran, Russia firm building reactor have same problem: No money
  • March 9, 2007 - Federalism to the rescue: Here, there and Iraq?
  • March 12, 2007 - Syria has deployed 1,000+ rockets near Israel border, Israelis report
  • March 12, 2007 - Al Qaida warns Austria, Germany on Afghan deployment
  • March 14 2007 - Israel intelligence: Iran forming Hamas-led Palestinian army
  • March 14 2007 - Bombers of Internet cafes now targeting 'sluts' at Gaza U.
  • March 14 2007 - Libya claims it's back on track for 'peaceful' nuclear power
  • March 15 2007 - Palestinians can't account for hundreds of millions in aid
  • March 19 2007 - Intelligence credited for capture of top Al Qaida aide
  • March 19 2007 - House resolution on Turkey called bad for U.S. strategic interests
  • March 19 2007 - Palestinian unity government called a Saudi-funded front
  • March 20 2007 - Egypt's Mubarak cracks down on Muslim Brotherhood
  • March 20 2007 - Iraq plans to expand Army by 30,000
  • March 20 2007 - Report: Israel fears Egypt's navy could block its sea lanes
  • March 20 2007 - Oil-rich Qatar plans major shifts to diversify its economy
  • March 21 2007 - Gulf state pipelines would bypass Iran's Straits of Hormuz
  • March 21 2007 - Israeli intel terms Israeli Arabs a greater strategic threat than Iran
  • March 22, 2007 - Rejected on ports deal, UAE to buy 2 U.S. aerospace firms
  • March 22, 2007 - U.S. intel chief expects Israel to 'protect' against Iran threat
  • March 22, 2007 - Al Qaida fighters from Iraq holed up in Lebanon refugee camp
  • March 23, 2007 - Iran using fast boats, mini-subs in 8-day naval exercise
  • March 23, 2007 - Kurdish government says it will make the calls on Iraqi oil
  • March 23, 2007 - Israel military ready to spend up to $1 billion to resupply
  • March 26, 2007 - Dissidents discover secret base is Bahraini royal playground
  • March 26, 2007 - Report: Iran ordered abductions to avenge defections
  • March 26, 2007 - Saudis tied to domineering Wahabi presence in Bosnia
  • March 26, 2007 - Iran, Britain in first open clash since 2004
  • April 3, 2007 - Crime wave, no arrests, in Gaza
  • April 3, 2007 - Shell, Turkish firm weigh pipeline deal from N. Iraq
  • April 3, 2007 - Israel shifts focus from Iran to more immediate threats
  • April 5, 2007 - Israel's missile shield could stop only 80 percent
  • April 5, 2007 - Iran, Russia each say nuke reactor cash-flow problems are solved
  • April 2, 2007 - Proliferating terror web sites thwart countermeasures
  • April 6, 2007 - The buzzards are circling: Musharraf at risk
  • April 10, 2007 - Gas states mum after cartel summit in Qatar
  • April 11, 2007 - Sadr still hiding, Mahdi Army has splintered
  • April 12, 2007 - Turkey threatens government of northern Iraq
  • April 12, 2007 - Northern West Bank called out of control
  • April 12, 2007 - The Damascus road show — no joke
  • April 16, 2007 - Iran invites international bids for new reactors
  • April 16, 2007 - War within Islam: Sunni tribes killed 100 Al Qaida in 2007
  • April 16, 2007 - Three Al Qaida bombers attack U.S. consulate in Morocco
  • April 16, 2007 - Turkey imposes sanctions on Iraq over Kurdish insurgency
  • April 16, 2007 - Hamas faction attacking pro-U.S. presence in Gaza
  • April 16, 2007 - Qatar prime minister publicly defends U.S. military presence
  • April 18, 2007 - Israel braces for missile salvos in next war
  • April 19, 2007 - Turkey steps up attacks along Iraq border
  • April 20, 2007 - Al Qaida killing Sunni allies in clash over Iran, U.S. threats
  • April 20, 2007 - Christian minorities coming under attack in Turkey
  • April 20, 2007 - Gaza a 'no-go zone' for foreign journalists
  • April 23, 2007 - Gated communities, with walls, to protect Sunnis in Baghdad
  • April 23, 2007 - Turkey's military prepares for May invasion of N. Iraq
  • April 24, 2007 - Israeli leaflets warn of imminent attack after Gaza missile strikes
  • April 24, 2007 - Palestinian militants demand purge of Western influence
  • April 25, 2007 - Al Qaida recruiting Iraq War vets for campaign in N. Africa
  • April 25, 2007 - Report: Israelis stop arms deal to avoid angering Moscow
  • April 26, 2007 - U.S. forces kill Al Qaida chief in Anbar
  • April 26, 2007 - Hamas: 'We will let the missiles talk'
  • April 27, 2007 - 'Mafia bosses' called winners in Palestinian crackdown
  • April 27, 2007 - Report: Israelis lose nationalist fervor after serving in military
  • April 27, 2007 - Libya: Foreign oil firms must take on Libyan names
  • April 30, 2007 - Turkey's General Staff warns government not to go Islamic
  • April 30, 2007 - Israeli top general: Only invasion will stop missile strikes
  • May 1, 2007 - Iran repainting Chinese weapons, smuggling them into Iraq
  • May 1, 2007 - Report: Elites believed Israel was 'beyond the era of wars'
  • May 1, 2007 - Israeli defense minister shares blame: Failed to review plans
  • May 2, 2007 - Israel to buy gas from Palestinian Authority
  • May 2, 2007 - Sunni group claims credit for killing Al Qaida chief
  • May 2, 2007 - Israel: Iranian trainers working in Gaza
  • May 4, 2007 - Saudis orders state-run mosques to preach against Al Qaida
  • May 4, 2007 - Saudis to increase oil output by 1.5 million barrels per day
  • May 4, 2007 - Kuwait discovers new oil field near Iraq
  • May 7, 2007 - Report: Al Qaida recruited from social networks, not mosques
  • May 8, 2007 - Orthodox birthrate seen saving Jewish majority in Israel
  • May 8, 2007 - 20,000 Turkish troops near Iraq on search-and-destroy mission
  • May 8, 2007 - Israel sets combat drones against missile launchers in Gaza
  • May 8, 2007 - Quandary for Turks: Is modernization and Islam an either/or proposition?
  • May 9, 2007 - Saudis' top priority: Securing oil facilities, shipments
  • May 9, 2007 - Bahrain preparing for a U.S.-Iran war
  • May 10, 2007 - Report: 3,000 Al Qaida in Iraq from Egypt, Saudia Arabia
  • May 11, 2007 - Syria still 'terrorist', despite Condi diplomacy, Pelosi visit
  • May 14, 2007 - Saudi king fears U.S. opening door to Iran takeover of Iraq
  • May 15, 2007 - Major Israeli exercise includes government leaders
  • May 15, 2007 - Hamas ambushes convoy of U.S. weapons intended for Abbas agencies
  • May 16, 2007 - 35-missile salvo against Israeli cities injures 15
  • May 16, 2007 - Coalition forces capture yet another key Al Qaida leader
  • May 17, 2007 - For Abbas forces, 'fear of Hamas' is overwhelming
  • May 17, 2007 - Israel plans its first nano-satellite launch
  • May 21, 2007 - Iran claims it has 1,600 active centrifuges
  • May 21, 2007 - Thousands of mobile shelters sought to shield Israelis from incoming missiles
  • May 21, 2007 - Turkey moves 50,000 troops to Iraq border
  • May 24, 2007 - Lebanon seeks emergency U.S. military aid to counter Al Qaida operation in North
  • May 22, 2007 - Report: Iraq forces need U.S. support, embeds 'for several years to come'
  • May 22, 2007 - Kuwait invites bids on a $12 billion refinery, largest in Mideast
  • May 25, 2007 - Israel emptied its smart bomb arsenal in under 2 weeks during 2006 war
  • May 25, 2007 - Report: Oil accounts for 79 percent of Gulf states' income
  • May 25, 2007 - Iraq: The significant gap between perception and reality
  • May 29, 2007 - Israeli general: 'We've lost our fighting instinct'
  • May 29, 2007 - Labor unrest spreads in Egypt, but Mubarak is containing Muslim Brotherhood
  • May 30, 2007 - Al Qaida takes charge in Sunni communities despite lack of popular support
  • May 30, 2007 - Israelis were oblivious to sophisticated tunnel network near border
  • May 31, 2007 - Shi'ites in Bahrain parliament push neutrality in event of U.S.-Iran war
  • June 1, 2007 - Al Qaida suspects sue Boeing, with ACLU's help
  • June 1, 2007 - Turkish forces waiting for orders to attack Kurdish bases in N. Iraq faces Al Qaida offensive
  • June 1, 2007 - Oman storing LNG in South Korea, as storm clouds loom over Gulf
  • June 4, 2007 - Yemen on the offensive against uprising by Iran-funded Shi'ite rebels
  • June 6, 2007 - Palestinian security chief calls it quits after Hamas assassination threat
  • June 6, 2007 - Israel's multiple choice threat assessment: Air Force, Army differ on priorities
  • June 7, 2007 - Israel deploys 'Sentry Tech'; Robot border guards are armed and dangerous
  • June 7, 2007 - 15,000 Turks in 'limited operation'; Will not occupy N. Iraq
  • June 7, 2007 - Report: Saudi's Prince Bandar got $2 billion in bribes
  • June 8, 2007 - Top Iranian security official wanted for 1989 assassination in Vienna
  • June 11, 2007 - Libya goes back on pledge to destroy its WMD
  • June 12, 2007 - Israel new spy satellite could see bottles on floor, will track Iran
  • June 12, 2007 - To defeat terrorism, first uproot the hate culture
  • June 13, 2007 - Iran, Syria seen behind push for Hamas supremacy
  • June 13, 2007 - Fatah's Mohammed Dahlan may not return from his trip abroad
  • June 15, 2007 - Fatah flees, abandoning U.S.-supplied weapons, vehicles to Hamas
  • June 15, 2007 - Aramco inaugurates $8 billion refinery
  • June 18, 2007 - Fatah backlash against Hamas; Dahlan returns, drafting strategy
  • June 18, 2007 - Oil production costs in Kuwait have tripled since 2001
  • June 19, 2007 - Iran financing helps Syria get top-line Russian fighters
  • June 19, 2007 - Israel: UN forces in Lebanon under orders not to offend Hizbullah
  • June 21, 2007 - Israelis hit Gaza sites after missile strikes
  • June 21, 2007 - Iran's Hormuz fleet includes more than 1,000 heavily armed speedboats
  • June 22, 2007 - Let's hear it for Islamic tolerance
  • June 24, 2007 - Turkey puts hold on military leaves
  • June 25, 2007 - Israel braces for July war with up to five enemies
  • June 25, 2007 - Lebanon car bomb kills six in first lethal attack on expanded UN forces
  • June 26, 2007 - Hamas takes aim at Palestinian crime clans
  • June 28, 2007 - Israeli missile takes out Iran-backed missile developer
  • June 28, 2007 - Saudis buying influence in Gaza
  • June 28, 2007 - Weapons from Iran, Syria flowing easily into Lebanon
  • June 29, 2007 - Iran's fuel rationing sparks worst riots since 1999
  • July 2, 2007 - Hamas mosques in West Bank warned by Palestinian Authority
  • July 3, 2007 - Recruitment drive by Iraq police focuses on Sunnis
  • July 3, 2007 - Saudis to deploy 'force of 35,000 men' to protect oil sites
  • July 5, 2007 - Hamas cracks down on Palestinian clans conducting abductions
  • July 6, 2007 - Rival Arab emirates launch a multibillion dollar aerospace race
  • July 6, 2007 - Iraq dependent on U.S. air power until 2012
  • July 6, 2007 - Iraq's Kurdistan seeks foreign bids for 40 oil blocks
  • July 9, 2007 - Palestinians using timers on missiles to protect against Israeli counterstrikes
  • July 10, 2007 - Libya named one of safest countries in Mideast for Americans
  • July 10, 2007 - Brits struggle with surge by Shi'ite insurgents in Basra
  • July 10, 2007 - Iraq navy relies on allies to protect oil sites
  • July 11, 2007 - Commercial satellite photos reveal tunneling near Iran nuke site
  • July 11, 2007 - Egypt fears Muslim Brotherhood may follow Hamas example
  • July 13, 2007 - Iran stakes claim to Bahrain: Public seeks 'reunification . . .with its motherland'
  • July 13, 2007 - Hamas delegate responsibility for missile strikes to Islamic Jihad
  • July 13, 2007 - Iraq — Clock, calendar and consequences
  • July 16, 2007 - Report: Iran warns U.S. it has 600 ballistic missile targets in Israel
  • July 16, 2007 - Al Qaida group in refugee camp fires rockets at Lebanese forces
  • July 17, 2007 - Documents seized by Hamas reveal Palestinian security chief planned to kill Arafat
  • July 18, 2007 - Report: Iraq may have world's second largest oil reserves
  • July 18, 2007 - Israel drafting plans for moat to thwart arms smuggling from Egypt
  • July 19, 2007 - India, Israel to jointly $2.5 billion missile defense system
  • July 19, 2007 - Israel: Palestinian groups recruiting NGO staffers
  • July 20, 2007 - Israel: Hamas has formed an army of 13,000
  • July 20, 2007 - 50 German firms under investigation for helping Iran's nuke program
  • July 20, 2007 - Post-Saddam Iraq Army gets first advanced training
  • July 20, 2007 - 'Clock is ticking' for Canada’s critical role in Afghanistan
  • July 23, 2007 - Rand: Saddam blew it; But dispersion of his best and brightest sabotaged U.S. occupation
  • July 23, 2007 - Mosque crackdown: Gulf states to install computers, monitor sermons by Internet
  • July 24, 2007 - Pilots will need bluff-proof ID card to enter Israeli airspace
  • July 24, 2007 - UAE would be first Arab state to send combat troops to Afghanistan
  • July 24, 2007 - Help wanted: Al Qaida cells in Iraq struggling to replace fallen leaders
  • July 24, 2007 - Palestinian Authority orders raids on Hamas mosques
  • July 25, 2007 - Hamas releases document linking Abbas to kidnappings
  • July 26, 2007 - Hundreds of Syrian missiles poised for massive first strike against Israel
  • July 30, 2007 - UAE has already invested $5.5 billion in aerospace venture
  • July 30, 2007 - Al Qaida declares holy terror war on Algeria
  • July 30, 2007 - Gulf states fear insurrection by Shi'ite majorities, disruptive impact of foreign labor
  • July 30, 2007 - 'Al Qaida in Iraq is on the run', U.S. claims
  • July 30, 2007 - Egypt raises alert at Cairo airport after Al Qaida threats
  • July 30, 2007 - Israel on alert as arriving flights temporarily landing from East, over West Bank
  • July 30, 2007 - Israel's military rejects government's proposed defense cut
  • July 30, 2007 - Administration presses $20 billion defense package for Arab states
  • July 30, 2007 - Kuwait to develop oil field in North, near Iraq border
  • July 31, 2007 - Saudis buy major supplier to U.S. military
  • August 1, 2007 - Gulf state paying billions for surge in U.S. military imports
  • August 1, 2007 - Hamas reassures Westerners returning to Gaza
  • August 1, 2007 - Bahrain navy gung-ho on coalition security effort for Gulf
  • August 1, 2007 - Olmert floats proposal for deploying Jordan troops in West Bank
  • August 7, 2007 - Report: Iraq's prime minister furious as U.S. military takes action
  • August 8, 2007 - Turkey's military replaces suspected Islamist officers
  • August 9, 2007 - Palestinians seek U.S. funds for training base in Bethlehem
  • August 9, 2007 - Hamas leaning on Christians to adopt Islamic tenets
  • August 10, 2007 - Al Qaida mounts its own desperate surge to prompt early U.S. withdrawal
  • August 10, 2007 - Islamic Jihad claims new 2-stage missile is 'strategic asset' vs Israeli targets
  • August 13, 2007 - Lebanon claims its war with terror group is nearly won
  • August 13, 2007 - Oil deal: Iraq pipeline to deliver crude to Iran
  • August 13, 2007 - U.S. reports decline in Baghdad attacks
  • August 14, 2007 - Hamas cracks down on demonstrations, recruits women officers
  • August 14, 2007 - PLO in Lebanon reorganizes to confront challenge from Hamas Islamists
  • August 14, 2007 - Palestinains exploring politial options to Hamas, Fatah
  • August 15, 2007 - Hamas eliminating militia opposition, replacing Fatah officials with Islamists
  • August 15, 2007 - Qatar's military recruiting women for non-combat roles
  • August 15, 2007 - Syrian missile buildup continues, Israel calls situation 'tense'
  • August 16, 2007 - Saudi morality cops to crack down on Internet porn
  • August 16, 2007 - Israel discovers tunnel from Gaza
  • August 17, 2007 - Gulf state pipeline would bypass Straits of Hormuz
  • August 20, 2007 - Gulf state to suspend 25 percent of oil production
  • August 20, 2007 - Counterintuitive: Iran signs border security deal with Iraq
  • August 21, 2007 - Hamas military network engulfing the West Bank
  • August 21, 2007 - Iraqis recruiting Sunnis with help of tribes
  • August 22, 2007 - Leaflets warn Kurds in northern Iraq that Iran 'will work on cleansing this area'
  • August 22, 2007 - Ousted Iran oil minister warns of energy crunch
  • August 22, 2007 - Israel sees need for 20,000 additional troops
  • August 23, 2007 - Libya's stored yellow cake called 'bargaining chip'
  • August 24, 2007 - Al Qaida issues first apology
  • August 24, 2007 - Damascus airport called Al Qaida hub
  • August 27, 2007 - Al Qaida clerics distributing revised editions
    of Koran
  • August 30, 2007 - Iran upgrading its U.S. F-14s, testing GPS-guided smart bombs
  • August 30, 2007 - Saudis to develop major new offshore oil field
  • August 29, 2007 - Israeli researchers planning algae reactors for biofuel
  • August 29, 2007 - Israel: Shi'ites in Lebanon military helping Syria rearm Hizbullah
  • September 4, 2007 - Palestinians turn to Moscow for 'more effective' intel training
  • September 4, 2007 - Brits hand Basra over to Iraqis
  • September 4, 2007 - Mubarak blames Muslim Brotherhood for spreading rumors he is dead
  • September 1, 2007 - Democracy then and now: Japan, Iraq and Pakistan
  • September 5, 2007 - New assassination campaign against Hamas backed by Palestinian Authority
  • September 5, 2007 - 106-day war against Lebanon ends; Al Qaida sought to establish 'terrorist emirate'
  • September 6, 2007 - Iran 'pouring in weapons, financing' to Sadr City
  • September 6, 2007 - Hamas deploys U.S. guns against Israel
  • September 7, 2007 - Israel acknowledges non-combat mission to Syria, mum on details
  • September 10, 2007 - Bahrain called catalyst for Arab League space agency
  • September 12, 2007 - Turkey finds large bomb near route of presidential convoy
  • September 12, 2007 - Report finds growing split within Hamas
  • September 12, 2007 - Israel's NSC hit by resignations
  • September 11, 2007 - Thousands of Sunnis apply for Iraqi guards
  • September 18, 2007 - Palestinian Authority cracks down on Hamas clerics in West Bank
  • September 18, 2007 - Hamas trains force of 10,000 to answer Israeli incursion
  • September 19, 2007 - 'Al Qaida in Iraq is on the run': U.S. takes out top commander north of Baghdad
  • September 20, 2007 - Embassy halts ground travel in Baghdad after Blackwater suspension
  • September 20, 2007 - Help wanted: Unmarried women for Palestinian security jobs
  • September 20, 2007 - Iran threat: All of Israel 'within range of our missiles'
  • September 20, 2007 - U.S. announces plans for major buildup of Iraq air force
  • September 20, 2007 - Iran tempts Switzerland with energy deal
  • September 21, 2007 - Biometric identity system called 'success' in Iraq
  • September 24, 2007 - Syrian MiG goes down near Israel
  • September 24, 2007 - Regime which backed a nuclear Iran to get U.S. help with reactor
  • September 24, 2007 - Turkey weighs security wall on border with Iraq
  • September 26, 2007 - Hamas training paramilitary forces south of Bethlehem
  • September 26, 2007 - Israeli commission warned on decline in national resolve
  • September 26, 2007 - Halliburton puts down roots in Dubai, targets Gulf oil firms
  • September 27, 2007 - Key to Lebanon victory: Copters rigged to drop 'old bombs' on insurgents' bunkers
  • September 28, 2007 - Major arms deal with Iraq likely to seal longterm U.S. presence
  • September 28, 2007 - 'How to fly a Boeing 747': Terror site offers 18 training videos in Arabic
  • September 28, 2007 - Militias reorganizing in Lebanon as pressure on government increases
  • September 28, 2007 - UAE closes 40 firms in anti-proliferation crackdown
  • October 2, 2007 - Saudis' border wall to have facial recognition, radar, motion sensors
  • October 2, 2007 - Iraqis begin replacing U.S. troops in Anbar
  • October 3, 2007 - Turkish generals see Iraq disintegrating, warn against Kurdish state
  • October 5, 2007 - Israeli raid caused electronic disruption over wide areas of Syria
  • October 5, 2007 - Iran artillery drives thousands of Kurds from Iraq villages
  • October 5, 2007 - Hamas established morality police to check secular Fatah
  • October 12, 2007 - Dysfunctional Palestinian government seen pressing for more Israeli concessions
  • October 12, 2007 - Gulf states plan dramatic increase in oil output
  • October 12, 2007 - Turkey preparing for November invasion, longterm stay
  • October 15, 2007 - Turkey could paralyze critical supply lines to Iraq
  • October 15, 2007 - Israeli airliners to replace flares with laser-based anti-missile system
  • October 15, 2007 - Violence down 85 percent since May in northwest Baghdad
  • October 16, 2007 - Turkish chief of staff on 'strategic' visit to Israel this week
  • October 16, 2007 - Turkey dusts off plan for 8 reactors
  • October 16, 2007 - Israel links West Bank withdrawal to U.S.-backed comprehensive missile defense system
  • October 16, 2007 - Palestinian clans reported split between Hamas and Fatah
  • October 17, 2007 - Turkish forces conducting 'hot pursuit' operations along Iraq border
  • October 18, 2007 - Libya takes stand against U.S. African Command
  • October 18, 2007 - Egypt's Mubarak too weak to travel; son Gamal being groomed
  • October 19, 2007 - Israel urges Putin to block air defense system for Syria
  • October 22, 2007 - Bhutto’s vanity, NATO's test and Pakistan’s future
  • October 22, 2007 - Hamas in protracted battle with Fatah clan in Gaza
  • October 22, 2007 - Deal by Gulf states would develop energy resources throughout the region
  • October 22, 2007 - Advanced missiles from Iran have already been fired at U.S. helicopters in Iraq
  • October 22, 2007 - Fighting intensifies along Turkey-Iraq border
  • October 24, 2007 - Iran wins major infrastructure contract in Iraq
  • October 24, 2007 - Analyst: Saudis can't meet oil productions goals
  • October 24, 2007 - Kurdish Workers Party said luring Turkey into war
  • October 24, 2007 - Hamas coping with array of unhappy insurgency groups
  • October 26, 2007 - Israel to drop preemptive strike doctrine in favor of missile defense
  • October 30, 2007 - Israel seeks official ties to NATO
  • October 30, 2007 - New Hamas military force fortifying border with Israel
  • October 25, 2007 - Report: Syrian site targeted by Israel could have produced plutonium bombs
  • November 1, 2007 - Report links Syrian intelligence to Iraq insurgents
  • November 2, 2007 - Oil states budget $160 billion for alternative energy: 'In victory plan for defeat'
  • November 2, 2007 - Iran, Venezuela to help Syria with $2.6 billion refinery
  • November 2, 2007 - Hamas proposing deal to Israelis
  • November 2, 2007 - Egypt's massive crackdown on Muslim Brotherhood seen paving way for succession
  • November 6, 2007 - Al Qaida bombs hit Gaza cell phone stores, beauty salons
  • November 6, 2007 - Kurds riot against Syrian support for Turkey's planned offensive
  • November 8, 2007 - Israel expedites missile warning systems for passenger jets
  • November 8, 2007 - Turkey's moves near Iraq resemble those it used on Syrian border in 1998
  • November 9, 2007 - Tribesmen, Al Qaida shaking down oil contractors in Yemen
  • November 9, 2007 - Israeli cabinet official on Gaza withdrawal: 'We made a very big mistake'
  • November 9, 2007 - As Turkish invasion looms, Kurds in northern Iraq ink foreign oil deals
  • November 9, 2007 - Pakistan's 'perfect storm' a history test for policymakers
  • November 12, 2007 - Report: High oil prices could fuel terrorism
  • November 12, 2007 - General blasts politicization of Israel's army: If 'another war, results' the same
  • November 12, 2007 - Inter-Palestinian violence claims lives as Hamas prepares for war
  • November 14, 2007 - The bombing begins: Turkey strikes insurgents in northern Iraq
  • November 14, 2007 - Israel to arm all armored vehicles with remote-controlled weapons
  • November 14, 2007 - Report: Turkish incursion won't stop Kurdish insurgents
  • November 15, 2007 - Hamas officers traveling for training in Iran by way of Sinai
  • November 16, 2007 - Fatah orders IED attacks on Hamas
  • November 16, 2007 - Kuwait responds to growing international demand with largest refinery in Mideast
  • November 19, 2007 - Gulf states back dollar as Iran, Venezuela mount atttack at OPEC
  • November 19, 2007 - Report warns of Hamas violence during Annapolis peace conference
  • November 20, 2007 - Web crackdown in Turkey filters 'illegal content': ISPs must store data for 1 year
  • November 20, 2007 - Troops enter Beirut to guard parliament against pro-Syria takeover threat
  • November 22, 2007 - Turkey signs energy agreement with Iran over U.S. objections
  • November 23, 2007 - Saudis assembling separate military force to protect oil assets
  • November 26, 2007 - Israeli officials fear Bush reversal on security, territory as Annapolis talks near
  • November 26, 2007 - Geologist's prophecy: Holy Land overdue for a major earthquake
  • November 26, 2007 - Lebanon's pro-Syria president invites takeover by military in Beirut
  • November 28, 2007 - Iraqi forces now leading most operations
  • November 29, 2007 - Iraqi forces 'on par' with U.S. military in acting on tactical intelligence
  • December 3, 2007 - Gulf states split over response to Iran threat
  • December 3, 2007 - Baghdad, Kurdish region at odds over foreign oil contracts
  • December 3, 2007 - Palestinians report increased flights by Israeli combat drones
  • December 3, 2007 - Turkey confirms raid by special forces into Iraq
  • December 4, 2007 - Gulf states roll out the red carpet for Iran leader
  • December 4, 2007 - Israel' military call for block on Russian combat vehicles for Palestinians
  • December 4, 2007 - U.S. admits intelligence gaps on Iran; NIE has 'only moderate confidence' nuke option halted
  • December 4, 2007 - Koch: Guess who's afraid of Iran?
  • December 5, 2007 - Israel sees U.S. policy change behind NIE: 'Words do not stop missiles'
  • December 5, 2007 - Iraq reports surge in Al Qaida infiltrators
  • December 5, 2007 - Palestinian Authority cracks down on Hamas charities
  • December 6, 2007 - Al Qaida finds Internet glory compensates for real world setbacks
  • December 6, 2007 - Road back from Damascus: More good news from Iraq
  • December 7, 2007 - Arab oil moguls told to invest windfall in alternative energy
  • December 7, 2007 - Missile-armed Gaza called terror 'mini state'
  • December 10, 2007 - Online terror camps cut overhead, teach Google Earth target acquisition
  • December 11, 2007 - Biometric sensors on dogs seen as cost effective alternative to human security
  • December 11, 2007 - Israeli intel warns of waning support in the West
  • December 11, 2007 - Volunteers' tip leads to major weapons bust in Baghdad
  • December 12, 2007 - Opposition: U.S. Iran estimate based on 'disinformation'
  • December 12, 2007 - Joint Chiefs: Iran running two navies in the Persian Gulf
  • December 12, 2007 - Hamas offering only verbal condemnation of attacks on Gaza Christians
  • December 13, 2007 - Israeli intelligence: 'The United States has failed to stop Iran'
  • December 13, 2007 - Presumed Lebanese chief of staff assassinated; Was not pro-Syria
  • December 14, 2007 - New Israeli facility training drone operators from around the world
  • December 17, 2007 - Israeli minister warns NIE 'miscalculation' could lead to war: 'Something went wrong'
  • December 19, 2007 - Islamic Jihad cells told to remove cell phone batteries after Israeli strikes
  • December 21, 2007 - From Russia with delays: Iran reactor not ready before 2009
  • December 20, 2007 - Unthinkable? Think tank sees Israel, not Iran, surviving a Mideast nuclear war
  • December 23, 2007 - Hamas reports firing SAMs at Israeli helicopters
  • December 24, 2007 - DoD official: Al Qaida will be defeated by its own ideology
  • December 25, 2007 - For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour . . .
  • December 31, 2007 - Iraqis now training most recruits for growing forces
  • December 31, 2007 - Al Qaida pushed toward Nineveh, points North
  • December 31, 2007 - Major Gaza clans turning against new Hamas Islamic regime
  • December 31, 2007 - Northern Iraq building two refineries with Canadian firms

  • EUROPE
  • January 17, 2007 - Russian confirms shipments of TOR-M1s to Iran
  • January 30, 2007 - Leftwing group claims credit for attack on U.S. embassy in Athens
  • February 2, 2007 - Putin plans arms-selling tour of the Mideast
  • February 19, 2007 - Vladimir Putin: Stalinist retread, dying bear or mere mediocrity?
  • February 21, 2007 - Russia on Iran's tardy payments: 'Without money' no reactor
  • February 26, 2007 - New Russian threat: Its strategic cooperation with China
  • March 5, 2007 - Solzhenitsyn’s memoir: Navrozov as a scorpion who stung him
  • March 7, 2007 - Russian journalists: Reporter's death 'not suicide'
  • March 26, 2007 - The love of freedom and the English language, . . . and the love of my life
  • March 28, 2007 - EU at 50: Transcending national rivalries, shedding a shared Christian heritage
  • March 29, 2007 - Russia: Border movments by U.S. signal plans to strike Iran
  • March 30, 2007 - Russian hypersonic missile to defeat U. S. defenses
  • April 4, 2007 - Kosovo’s bid for freedom and why Beijing and Moscow care
  • April 5, 2007 - Russia inks oil pipeline deal with Saudis
  • April 6, 2007 - Report: Russia could head new Mideast gas cartel
  • April 11, 2007 - Russia: U.S. still preparing cruise missile strike on Iran
  • April 19, 2007 - Brits hand over authority for southern province to Iraq
  • April 25, 2007 - Why France’s election matters
  • May 8, 2007 - What the Queen said at the White House state dinner
  • May 10, 2007 - France’s Sarkozy — Champagne then reality
  • June 6, 2007 - Putin going retro? 'This is the language of Khrushchev'
  • June 15, 2007 - Muslim masses idolize Bush in post-Stalinist Albania
  • June 18, 2007 - Report: Al Qaida network planning UK plot of 'Hiroshima' caliber
  • June 24, 2007 - Hitler II: Delegating genocide
  • June 28, 2007 - Blair's parting shot: Terrorism must be defeated . . . . But this won’t happen unless we stand up for our own values'
  • July 11, 2007 - Putin takes direct control of all Russia's prosecutors
  • July 19, 2007 - Russian military industries take aim at North Africa
  • July 30, 2007 - Sarkozy presses for France-Libya strategic ties
  • August 7, 2007 - The new Russian dictatorship and, don't forget, China
  • August 10, 2007 - Post-Blair Britain: A nudge from the Glasgow terrorists
  • September 20, 2007 - Italy’s Drudge, former standup comic, holds politicos' feet to the fire
  • September 25, 2007 - Shostakovich and Stalin: Symphony as propaganda
  • October 23, 2007 - Russian strategic bomber patrols at highest level since collapse of the USSR
  • October 23, 2007 - What baggage? Hanoi, Tripoli elected to UN Security Council
  • December 3, 2007 - IAEA signs off on Russian nuke shipment to Iran
  • December 17, 2007 - Russians 'absolutely, definitely' commit to 2008 Iran reactor startup
  • December 18, 2007 - 80 tons of Russian nuclear fuel reaches Iran after 9-month delay

  • December 21, 2007 - Kosovo countdown: Crossing the political Rubicon


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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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