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January 9, 2006 – Algeria conducts major raid on Al Qaida group
January 16, 2006 – UN calls for rapid reaction force for Darfour in Sudan
January 24, 2006 – Two rebel groups in Sudan join forces
February 6, 2006 – UN, pressed by Bolton, set to take over in Darfour
February 16, 2006 – Tunisia approves U.S. bases, troops
February 20, 2006 – U.S. calls for NATO force in Darfour
February 27, 2006 – UN cites 17 Sudanese officials for sanctions
March 6, 2006 – Sudan shakes up command as UN action looms
March 24, 2006 – Iran, Nigeria strengthening military ties
April 5, 2006 – Moroccans arrest Al Qaida cell said to be planning Europe strikes
April 10, 2006 – Salafists are back: Kill 13 in Algeria
April 14, 2006 – Sudan opens 500,000 bpd pipeline
April 18, 2006 – Rebels back on the attack in Darfour
April 20, 2006 – Prime Minister: U.S. returning to Somalia after pulling out in 1993
May 12, 2006 – Report: Foreign Islamic militia control 80 percent of Mogadishu
June 6, 2006 – Militia tied to Al Qaida captures Mogadishu from pro-U.S. forces
June 26, 2006 – Morocco arrests 500 members of Islamic opposition group
July 13, 2006 – Sudan continuing strikes on rebel villages in Darfour
August 7, 2006 – Kofi Annan issues call for urgent peace-keeping force in Darfour
August 11, 2006 – Morocco arrests 44 in alleged Al Qaida insurrection plot

September 5, 2006 – Sudan renews offensive, spurns UN resolution

September 18, 2006 – Tears in the Darfur dust: Sudan backed by Arabs, Beijing
October 1, 2006 – Morocco stops draft so as not to train Al Qaida sympathizers
October 10, 2006 – Report: Sudan regime backing Darfour attacks
November 6, 2006 – Sudan deployed militia in latest Darfour offensive
November 29, 2006 – Rebels mount attack on oil site in Darfour
December 5, 2006 – Al Qaida an active partner in Somalia’s new government
December 4, 2006 – Algeria targets Salafists after downing of military helicopter
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

EAST ASIA

January 5, 2006 – N. Korea ecstatic about ‘socialist health system’, mum on cloning
January 12, 2006 – Report: N. Korean ‘supernotes’ surfaced in Las Vegas casinos
January 10, 2006 – Japan to develop Iran oil field over U.S. objections
January 19, 2006 – Koizumi’s revolution spreads to Japan’s China desk
January 23, 2006 – Iran moves assets to China, East Asia
January 30, 2006 – Taipei caught in undertow of booming China trade
February 2, 2006 – Reading the Chinese tea leaves and coming up worried
February 2, 2006 – China radar at South Pole could sabotage U.S. spy satellites
February 5, 2006 – China’s system? Like the Soviets’ only huge and based on global tech
February 8, 2006 – Fears grow in Seoul that China harbors colonial ambitions
February 9, 2006 – Anatomy of Asian riots: Time to impose limits and move on
February 9, 2006 – Suicide prompts call for a Japanese CIA
February 20, 2006 – The non-Islamic threat to the West, via Shanghai
February 20, 2006 – Iran would become top supplier of oil to China under deal
February 22, 2006 – Cheerleaders in prison camp for describing sights seen in S. Korea
March 1, 2006 – Missing Politburo member sends message: Hu’s way or highway
March 2, 2006 – ‘Chinese Putin’ gets tough on Internet’s ‘dangerous ideas’
March 6, 2006 – Why Islamic terror doesn’t worry China’s dictators
March 10, 2006 – 3 members of China’s Politburo visited Mexico in 2005
March 16, 2006 – New accessory in Pyongyang: Kim Jung-Chol badges
March 20, 2006 – U.S. understands even less about China than it did about Germany, USSR
March 21, 2006 – Poll: S. Koreans warming to U.S., see China as longterm threat
March 21, 2006 – Sumitomo joins Aramco in refinery project on Red Sea
March 23, 2006 – Report: Cosmetics firm using remains of executed Chinese
March 23, 2006 – Beijing’s beef with Japan: Tokyo plans to cut subsidies
March 30, 2006 – Official wants China to abandon its ‘weak nation mentality’
March 30, 2006 – Jordan buys Chinese mortars from Norinco
March 30, 2006 – On table at Hu-Bush talks: Just the tip of China iceberg
March 31, 2006 – Defector lured by ‘shockingly beautiful’ Western music
April 5, 2006 – Super Bowl MVP’s Seoul-coming raises uncomfortable questions
April 6, 2006 – China has U.S. anti-missile tech, via transfer from Israel
April 12, 2006 – Burma madness: The psychomystery continues
April 13, 2006 – ‘Red Hackers Alliance’ seen behind attacks on U.S. sites
April 20, 2006 – India is at risk in Nepal
April 24, 2006 – China, Saudis sign weapons-for-oil deal
April 26, 2006 – The cold war for energy heats up
April 27, 2006 – Hu wanted Bush to label Falun Gong an ‘evil cult’
April 28, 2006 – Uncle Ho, Bill Gates and ka-ching!
May 2, 2006 – Rare species thrive in Korea’s non-partisan DMZ
May 3, 2006 – The world’s compromise with the Chinese Communist economy
May 5, 2006 – Back home, Hu Jintao orders halt to future Falun Gong disruptions
May 5, 2006 – Force for evil: N. Korea’s media is world’s most-censored
May 11, 2006 – Phone intercepts of Kim Jong-Il’s son reveal tension in Pyongayang
May 18, 2006 – Report: China claims its tech can detect U.S. stealth jets
May 18, 2006 – Stuck with China: Businessmen and even U.S. admirals
May 22, 2006 – Stalin’s ‘industrialization’ and Hu Jintao’s ‘modernization’
May 25, 2006 – Pyongyang to S. Koreans: Votes for conservatives will cause war
May 26, 2006 – Spreading unrest in China has the Party’s attention
June 1, 2006 – Korean voters reject ruling party in conservative landslide
June 2, 2006 – ‘Asia’s turn’ to lead UN: Ban Ki-Moon’s pitch to CFR
June 7, 2006 – Relatives of victims tell of horrific train collision in N. Korea
June 8, 2006 – China-Japan tensions? Follow the money!
June 9, 2006 – Pentagon: China’s PLA plans ‘legal warfare’ to deter foes
June 13, 2006 – China providing oil money, arms for Sudan’s war in Darfour
June 16, 2006 – North Korea furious after U.S. exposes missile test prep
June 15, 2006 – Symantec: Cyber attacks from China up 153 percent last year
June 15, 2006 – Taiwan’s democracy and snowballing economic ties with the Mainland
June 21, 2006 – N. Korea’s heir apparent follows Eric Clapton on tour in Germany
June 22, 2006 – China cuts energy, military deals in Egypt, Qatar
June 23, 2006 – North Korea’s missile madness: Not as insane as it seems
June 27, 2006 – UN report: China supplying arms to militia in Darfour
June 28, 2006 – China sent sub commander to observe major U.S. exercise
June 29, 2006 – Major Pacific exercise underway with N. Korea in background
July 3, 2006 – President Hu’s ‘terminal’ solution to Tibet and the Dalai Lama
July 3, 2006 – 9 engineering grads in China to every 1 in U.S.
July 2, 2006 – Japan’s Koizumi revolution
July 7, 2006 – Answering North Korean fireworks: How about missile defense?
July 13, 2006 – Seoul, Moscow call missile launch major success for N. Korea
July 13, 2006 – Homegrown Indian terror? Bloody blasts signal Islamic connection
July 14, 2006 – North Korea fired missiles into trans-Pacific airline corridor
July 20, 2006 – Missile tests provided ‘windfall of intelligence’ to China’s PLA
July 24, 2006 – Alleged experts, alleged hawks and the alleged China threat
July 31, 2006 – Report: China sending PC priests abroad as ‘intelligence operatives’
July 27, 2006 – Kim Jong-Il’s disappearing act: On honeymoon?
July 31, 2006 – Western perceptions of reality: Only televised threats matter
August 2, 2006 – China to upgrade Iran’s refinery in $2.7 billion deal
August 3, 2006 – China builds up troop levels, ouposts on N. Korean border
August 7, 2006 – Google Earth imagery reveals entrance to China sub tunnel
August 7, 2006 – World history vs the news of the day
August 14, 2006 – Who can awaken sleeping West to China threat? Hollywood?
August 20, 2006 – Historical parallels: The Nazis’ geostrategic threat, and China’s
August 25, 2006 – Smuggled recordings offer taste of ‘life education’ in N. Korea

August 28, 2006 – Where is the documentary on the ‘mega-slave-owners’ of China?
August 30, 2006 – Report: N. Korea transshipping missiles piecemeal via Russia

August 31, 2006 – Missile crises galore — And then there is N. Korea

September 1, 2006 – Former sushi chef: Mistress suite in Kim’s nuclear bunker

September 1, 2006 – Kim Jong-Il’s train in motion after urgent invite to Beijing

September 4, 2006 – Covered by China, Iran again defies a UN deadline

September 6, 2006 – China, Russia, Japan bidding on giant Iran oil field

September 7, 2006 – Japan has paid its dues but China fans fears of military revival
September 10, 2006 – Abe far ahead of rivals in Japan’s election to succeed Koizumi
September 11, 2006 – China’s plan to win without fighting is nothing new
September 12, 2006 – Ship with N. Korean weapons seized enroute to Syria
September 14, 2006 – Kim Jong-Il in failing health, intel specialist says
September 18, 2006 – Why per capita poverty does not factor into China’s global power equation
September 19, 2006 – N. Korean long-range missile test ruled a failure
September 22, 2006 – Japan, Iran talk $2 billion deal for Azadegan field
September 22, 2006 – Increasingly, global economics holding sway over Asian politics
September 25, 2006 – Zhang Hongbao’s ‘accident’ in U.S. after publishing Beijing’s secrets
October 1, 2006 – China may get Iraq’s first major post-war oil deal
October 1, 2006 – Japan hits Russia’s ‘unilateral’ annulment of Far East oil deal
October 4, 2006 – Kim Jong-Il using body doubles in appearances, even photos
October 5, 2006 – Thank Globalization for world of hurt when China bust finally hits
October 6, 2006 – Shipment of North Korean radar systems released to Syria
October 9, 2006 – Koreas salute new UN leader; Bolton harbors doubts
October 10, 2006 – China to media: Downplay ‘party connection’ in Shanghai scandal
October 10, 2006 – Korea — Dynamism, drama, disconnect
October 11, 2006 – Pyongyang instability is the ultimate threat
October 13, 2006 – Another Pyongyang crash injures brother-in-law of Kim Jong-Il
October 16, 2006 – Beijing’s UN: Montenegro in, Taiwan (pop., 23 million) still out
October 17, 2006 – Seoul warned ‘suicide bombers’ from North could deliver nukes
October 19, 2006 – North Korean media play down nuclear test
October 20, 2006 – What U.S. intelligence knows about N. Korea: Not much
October 20, 2006 – Beijing tried to buy ‘Metal Storm’ tech and its inventer
October 23, 2006 – Muslim government in Indonesia plans to buy Israeli UAVs
October 25, 2006 – China erects massive fence on N. Korean border after test
October 27, 2006 – Shanghai student seeks solution for his ‘barbarized’ race
October 30, 2006 – Disturbing signs of discontent in Hu’s China
November 2, 2006 – Pace on a war with North Korea: ‘More brute force,’ less precision
November 6, 2006 – China’s post-Mao Africa motive: From solidarity to capitalist exploitation
November 7, 2006 – India seeks access to Israeli oil pipeline
November 9, 2006 – Japan’s nuke option no longer taboo; national debate urged
November 10, 2006 – South Korea’s Hyundai to build $1.25 billion oil site for Kuwait
November 16, 2006 – Taiwan: China targeting island with 900 missiles on 5 bases
November 20, 2006 – No Seoul searching needed to get the picture on rights in N. Korea
November 24, 2006 – Disquieting evidence the Pandahuggers are just wrong
November 29, 2006 – Slogans hail ‘celestial’ Kim, head of ‘world-class nuclear power’
December 4, 2006 – China’s geostrategic advantage as world’s largest dictatorship ever
December 5, 2006 – Burma’s masses languish under a leftist regime protected by Beijing
December 7, 2006 – Worshippers at Pyongyang’s only church are communist elites
December 8, 2006 – Nukes, biological weapons and China’s Program 863
December 14, 2006 – Military activity at Shanghai airport spurs rumors
December 15, 2006 – Report: China weighs covert ops to overthrow North Korea’s Kim
December 18, 2006 – Faith in China’s unseen Christianity
December 19, 2006 – The UN’s new secretary general: Mission Impossible?
December 21, 2006 – Poll: Americans see N. Korea as bigger threat than China
December 21, 2006 – Japan still Asia’s model as the Koizumi Revolution continues
December 28, 2006 – Soft-spoken UN leader brings academic credentials to job

LATIN AMERICA

April 20, 2005 – A tale of two cardinals
October 25, 2005 – Intel report: Venezuela training Ecuador rebels
March 17, 2006 – U.S. report: Chavez subverting regional governments
April 7, 2006 – Chavez mounts global anti-U.S. crusade with billions in U.S. petrodollars
May 26, 2006 – Political storm brews in Latin America
July 5, 2006 – Venezuela’s Chavez planning arms-for-oil trip to N. Korea
October 30, 2006 – Chavez’s performance art at UN costs Venezuela a Security Council seat

STATESIDE

December 30, 2005 – 2006: Year in preview
January 2, 2006 – U.S. reports sharp drop in roadside bomb successes
January 2, 2006 – Buying influence: What Soros could teach Abramoff
January 3, 2006 – THE YEAR 2005 IN REVIEW
January 5, 2006 – U.S. sanctions 2 front companies for Iran’s nuclear program
January 9, 2006 – New nanotech armor called 5 times stronger than steel
January 12, 2006 – Army plans armor upgrade for troops in Iraq
January 12, 2006 – End of era: U.S. returns Camp Doha to Kuwait
January 12, 2006 – Fatal disconnect? Sort of searching for ‘moderate’ Islam
January 16, 2006 – 800 Americans killed defending Iraq’s border with Syria
January 16, 2006 – Posturing pols pose no threat to the atomic ayatollahs
January 16, 2006 – No religious dogma in our schools? Then ban the teaching of Darwinism!
January 17, 2006 – Not smart: Democrats fail to denounce their Belafontes
January 18, 2006 – Dan Rather’s sources: This time it’s a N. Korean general
January 19, 2006 – U.S. looks for pattern in series of copter crashes
January 19, 2006 – U.S. freezes assets of Syria’s chief of military intelligence
January 19, 2006 – Bush to review military aid to Egypt
January 23, 2006 – U.S., Iraq mopping up insurgents on Euphrates near Syria
January 23, 2006 – U.S. troop level down 40 percent in Kuwait
January 27, 2006 – U.S. troop level in Iraq drops to 138,000
January 27, 2006 – Israel to U.S.: Where to from here?
January 27, 2006 – Bush never promised us a rose garden
January 30, 2006 – Top strategists come out for regime change in Iran
January 31, 2006 – Take Hamas at their word
January 31, 2006 – Turkish-American center near Incirlik Air Base bombed
February 1, 2006 – ‘America rejects the false comfort of isolationism’
February 3, 2006 – The geopolitics of oil and the politics of Washington
February 6, 2006 – UN, pressed by Bolton, set to take over in Darfour
February 7, 2006 – U.S. plans to strengthen Kuwait ties; Bush calls new emir
February 10, 2006 – Negroponte: Al Qaida envisions ‘global caliphate’ based in Iraq
February 10, 2006 – Cartoon context — tolerance is a two way street
February 13, 2006 – Troops advised to avoid showings of anti-U.S. film in Turkey
February 14, 2006 – Cause for concern: Fear silences the free press
February 14, 2006 – State Dept. wants to triple aid to post-Syria Lebanon government
February 16, 2006 – U.S. to take its message to the Iranian people
February 17, 2006 – Americans in Yemen on guard as Al Qaida inmates still on loose
February 17, 2006 – Enabling the ‘Great Firewall of China’
February 17, 2006 – Fun times with a hunting accident as the Iran crisis worsens
February 21, 2006 – The USS Ronald Reagan deployed in the Persian Gulf
February 23, 2006 – Complex U.S. alliances in an oil-washed, terrorized world
February 23, 2006 – Gen. Pace on UAE alliance: ‘very, very solid partners’
February 24, 2006 – Back to business as usual in New York City; But does it matter with whom?
March 2, 2006 – Editor: Extremism spreading among Muslim youth in U.S.
March 2, 2006 – Bush to India: A misbegotten journey
March 1, 2006 – Signs of U.S. tolerance for Hamas
March 3, 2006 – U.S. plans no increased troop level despite violence
March 3, 2006 – Geopolitical chess: The president’s historic visit to S. Asia
March 8, 2006 – Rumsfeld: Iran has deployed forces in Iraq
March 7, 2006 – ‘We are brothers’: U.S. transfers control of much of Baghdad
March 9, 2006 – U.S. seeks diplomatic presence in Iran
March 10, 2006 – U.S. military brass lobbied for UAE port deal
March 13, 2006 – UAVs helping U.S. stop roadside bombings
March 13, 2006 – U.S. concerned about strategic ties with UAE
March 13, 2006 – U.S. concerned about strategic ties with UAE
March 13, 2006 – Military allocations in democracy and in dictatorship
March 14, 2006 – No fix yet for Patriot system that killed friendly pilots
March 16, 2006 – Families of Cole victims sue Sudan for $100 million
March 16, 2006 – For Westerners, Palestinian areas are no-protection zones
March 17, 2006 – U.S. in exercise battle with Iran for control of Gulf
March 17, 2006 – U.S. report: Chavez subverting regional governments
March 17, 2006 – Human Rights, wrongs and rationalizations at the UN
March 20, 2006 – Internet klutzes? U.S. military no match for Al Qaida’s web skills
March 20, 2006 – Most U.S. operations in Iraq now rely on Iraqi troops
March 20, 2006 – U.S. envoys urge Congress not to pull plug on Palestinian aid
March 20, 2006 – U.S. understands even less about China than it did about Germany, USSR
March 24, 2006 – U.S. to deploy energy beam weapons this year
March 24, 2006 – U.S., UAE seek to restore ties after ports fiasco
March 27, 2006 – U.S. intelligence blocks sale of defense contractor to Israeli firm
March 27, 2006 – U.S. has cut troop level in Iraq by 35,000 since December
March 27, 2006 – TASS, Xinhua and strategic truth
March 28, 2006 – U.S. to Turkey: Deal with Iraq on Kurdish insurgency problem
March 29, 2006 – U.S. firm offers ‘private armies’ for low-intensity conflicts
March 31, 2006 – U.S. embeds security trainers in Iraq ministries
April 3, 2006 – U.S. soldiers no longer on front line in Iraq
April 4, 2006 – U.S. warns Americans of unrest in Turkey
April 7, 2006 – U.S. captures Zarqawi intel chief
April 10, 2006 – U.S. officers warn: ‘We do not have the most powerful weaponry on earth’
April 10, 2006 – U.S. pushes multi-ethnic Iraqi army as example
April 11, 2006 – Council on Foreign Relations told of U.S. plans for Iran strike
April 12, 2006 – CENTCOM drafts plans for war with Iran
April 19, 2006 – Key election issue: U.S. resolve against Islamic fanaticism
April 19, 2006 – U.S. reports sharp drop in attacks on Iraq infrastructure
April 24, 2006 – State: ‘Iranians have put both feet on the accelerator’
April 26, 2006 – Bipartisan agreement: U.S. intel in the dark on Iran
April 27, 2006 – U.S. troop withdrawal plans back on track
April 28, 2006 – GAO differs with Pentagon on Iraq stability
May 1, 2006 – One brave woman takes on the U.S. and China propaganda machines
May 1, 2006 – White House OKs UAE takeover of plants supplying
U.S. military
May 5, 2006 – U.S. general on Zarqawi capture: ‘Not if, but when’
May 8, 2006 – Commission: Sanction Saudis for financing hatred of non-Muslims
May 8, 2006 – Learning English liberated me from one totalitarian slave state; Now for China
May 9, 2006 – U.S. mopping up Al Qaida, but high casualty toll continues
May 11, 2006 – U.S. to use retired F-16s to build up friendly Mideast air forces
May 12, 2006 – NSA tapped into AT&T network to track Al Qaida calls
May 12, 2006 – Human Rights Council and the UN: Oil and water?
May 16, 2006 – U.S. removes Libya from terror list, restores ties
May 17, 2006 – U.S. hit by potential strategic sales to Iran by EU, Venezuela
May 17, 2006 – American pleads guilty to exporting sensors for Iran
May 18, 2006 – Iraqi commander to U.S.: Give ‘more candy, fewer bullets’
May 18, 2006 – U.S. to maintain presence in all 18 Iraqi provinces
May 19, 2006 – Think tank to Bush: Reject Israeli pullout plan
May 19, 2006 – Karen Hughes’ mission: Explaining America abroad
May 22, 2006 – Congress blocks cuts in aid to Egypt
May 22, 2006 – U.S. adds economy benchmark to pullout from Iraq
May 23, 2006 – U.S. Army weighs blimp fleet for Iraq
May 25, 2006 – Managing the clash of populations to our South, and East
May 26, 2006 – Lewis agrees with Bush: Suicide terrorism a perversion of Islam
May 29, 2006 – An officer’s tribute to his fallen Marines
May 29, 2006 – Can American minds grasp the concept of post-nuclear weapons?
May 30, 2006 – U.S. to begin pullout from Shi’ite cities within months
May 30, 2006 – New chute lets paratroops fly up to 200 km. to avoid combat zones
June 1, 2006 – U.S. delays June 2 feasibility test for Iran strike
June 2, 2006 – U.S Navy emphasizing robotics, to take humans ‘out of harm’s way’
June 5, 2006 – U.S. troops sideline Iraqis to subdue Saddamists in Anbar
June 8, 2006 – Report: CIA used Syria for ‘outsourcing of torture’
June 8, 2006 – U.S. missile defense ready, waiting for expected N. Korea launch
June 8, 2006 – U.S. helping Iraqis develop ‘super company’ in Anbar
June 9, 2006 – Bush sees Zarqawi’s end as spur for Iraq government, U.S. pullout
June 9, 2006 – Oh Canada! Jihad North of the Border?
June 13, 2006 – Pentagon report warns Al Qaida dominant among Iraqi Sunnis
June 14, 2006 – U.S. renews sanctions on China for tech to Iran
June 20, 2006 – U.S. takes the fight to hotbed of insurgency in Ramadi
June 22, 2006 – No! Sen. Kerry, Iraq is not Vietnam!
June 23, 2006 – U.S. troop levels in Iraq steadily decreasing
June 23, 2006 – U.S. now classifies Iran as major threat in Iraq
June 26, 2006 – U.S. forces come under attack by Iran-backed Shi’ite militia
June 26, 2006 – Popular foreign mindsets at war with America’s
July 4, 2006 – U.S. reveals missile defense system deployed in Gulf
July 7, 2006 – Still the world’s policeman again – alas!
July 14, 2006 – U.S. concerned Israeli strike will weaken new Lebanon government
July 14, 2006 – A welcomed distraction and oil price hike, both sponsored by Iran
July 19, 2006 – Condi backed down after Bush backed Olmert plan
July 21, 2006 – U.S. calls embedding trainers in Iraq Army a major success
July 21, 2006 – U.S. military on Israel campaign: ‘No shock and awe here’
July 24, 2006 – U.S. approves Israel’s rush order of bunker-buster bombs
July 24, 2006 – U.S. urges ‘transparent’ system to attract oil investors to Iraq
July 24, 2006 – U.S. presses Turkey to delay incursion into northern Iraq
July 25, 2006 – GAO: Terror groups could easily buy military items in U.S.
July 25, 2006 – Bush leans on Iraqi PM for improved Baghdad security
July 26, 2006 – Report: U.S. hired Jordan as torture subcontractor
July 26, 2006 – State spin: ‘Iran does not completely own Hizbullah’
July 31, 2006 – U.S. provides emergency jet fuel to Israel
July 31, 2006 – The ‘Summer of Missiles’
August 2, 2006 – MacArthur is still right: ‘There is no substitute for victory’
August 7, 2006 – U.S. military: Next three months critical as civil war looms in Iraq
August 14, 2006 – U.S., Iraq take aim at insurgents in 4 Baghdad neighborhoods

August 14, 2006 – Contractors employ 6,000 security guards in Iraq

August 14, 2006 – U.S. hires DynCorp to train Sudanese rebels

August 25, 2006 – Former U.S. diplomat: Iraq ‘has already’ split up

August 31, 2006 – ‘Somthing terribly wrong’ about aiding enemies in time of war

September 8, 2006 – U.S. sanctions Shanghai-based airline tied to missile shipments
September 8, 2006 – U.S. to expedite modernization, growth of Iraqi air force
September 10, 2006 – September 11: A cartoon analysis of the war on terror
September 11, 2006 – Five years later, America can not yet honor its own resolve
September 14, 2006 – Imaginary games of what if and the very real war on terror
September 18, 2006 – DIA analyst who passed reports to Chinese gets 3 months
September 18, 2006 – Demand for aerial drones seen tripling worldwide
September 20, 2006 – U.S. to maintain troop levels in Iraq at least through spring
September 22, 2006 – Programmable parachutes drop supplies yards from target
September 25, 2006 – U.S. leans on Iraqi forces to secure Baghdad
September 29, 2006 – Image conscious: Pentagon hires PR firm
October 1, 2006 – U.S. captures top aide to Zarqawi’s replacement
October 2, 2006 – U.S. arrests Al Qaida bodyguard of Sunni political leader
October 2, 2006 – Congress OKs $500 million for Israeli rocket defense
October 2, 2006 – The devil wore Hugo: Chavez upstaged Darfur crisis
October 5, 2006 – USS Cole returns to Gulf 6 years after attack
October 9, 2006 – For U.S., ‘weapons of molecular nanotechnology’ still does not compute
October 10, 2006 – Firm develops airbag defense for rocket-propelled grenades
October 12, 2006 – U.S. to sell aircraft parts to Iran
October 12, 2006 – U.S. forces plan to stay through 2010 in Iraq
October 12, 2006 – U.S. sees its Saudi consulate vulnerable to drive-by terror
October 19, 2006 – U.S. has 23,000 sailors deployed in Mideast
October 23, 2006 – President Bush radio broadcast on Iraq situation
October 23, 2006 – Wanted [desperately]: A China strategy
October 24, 2006 – Koch: GOP will hold both houses; Now, here’s my advice on Iraq
October 25, 2006 – No more polyesters, nylons for U.S. Marines in Iraq
October 26, 2006 – U.S. to hold Iraq accountable to political, security benchmarks
October 26, 2006 – Spinning it like a Tet: Iraq, Vietnam, elections
November 2, 2006 – U.S. plans expansion of Iraqi military forces
November 3, 2006 – The always dangerous ‘will of the people’
November 7, 2006 – U.S. air shipping most supplies in Iraq to prevent convoy casalties
November 8, 2006 – ‘Dinosaur’ media still not extinct: In defense of Rummy and Bolton
November 10, 2006 – Memo to the winners: No easy fixes for Iraq, Iran, N. Korea
November 10, 2006 – U.S. more than quadruples its robot order for Iraq
November 10, 2006 – For U.S. choppers, major fight in Iraq is with the weather
November 15, 2006 – Post-Rumsfeld Pentagon takes a fresh look at Iraq
November 10, 2006 – U.S. naval armada set to sail into Gulf to ‘intimidate’ Iran
November 13, 2006 – Strategy 101 for American defense planners
November 13, 2006 – History: The consequences of perceived American weakness
November 15, 2006 – The Humvee era is over, at least for U.S. military in Iraq
November 17, 2006 – Whatever the spin, terror is still out there waiting to come in
November 17, 2006 – Rumsfeld on the war
November 17, 2006 – Introducing the nano battery, as thick as a strand of hair
November 20, 2006 – Machine guns found hidden near U.S. embassy in Riyad
November 24, 2006 – DIA sees ‘breakdown’ in Iraq without U.S. presence
November 24, 2006 – U.S. eyes withdrawal option in N. Iraq
November 24, 2006 – Northrop Grumman engineer could get death for selling classified tech
November 27, 2006 – Bolton: Future of Lebanon ‘may well be decided’ in days
November 27, 2006 – Let them listen to classical music
November 28, 2006 – Bipartisan agreement: U.S. needs better trainers for Iraqi military
November 29, 2006 – U.S. retains security coordinator to work with Abbas, not Hamas
November 29, 2006 – Shell weighs options in Iran-China oil deal
November 30, 2006 – Pentagon seeks biofuel for military jets
December 1, 2006 – U.S. finds brand new Iran-made weapons in Iraq
December 1, 2006 – A little late: U.S. military deploys media team to Arab media
December 1, 2006 – A closer look at the Mideast ‘realists’ and their track record
December 5, 2006 – U.S. Navy takes command of maritime task force in Gulf
December 7, 2006 – Six of 1,000 speak Arabic fluently at U.S. embassy in Iraq
December 8, 2006 – To negotiate or not to negotiate is NOT the question
December 8, 2006 – Out of Iraq but not the Gulf, Baker group advises
December 8, 2006 – Some in Congress underwhelmed by Baker report
December 11, 2006 – Congress bans U.S. talks with Hamas-led Palestinians
December 11, 2006 – U.S. military morale called good despite impatience back home
December 11, 2006 – U.S. forces focus attacks on Al Qaida
December 13, 2006 – U.S. redeploying warships to the Persian Gulf
December 13, 2006 – Tendering the articles of surrender, singing the Baghdad Blues
December 14, 2006 – Pentagon warns Sikorsky on defective helicopters
December 14, 2006 – Arrogant, castrating blow: The Baker-Hamilton catastrophe
December 15, 2006 – DIA disputes Baker group findings
December 28, 2006 – Our fear has been noted; Time again for courage
December 28, 2006 – Six presidential salutes for Gerald Ford
December 28, 2006 – U.S. prepares to move thousands of troops into Kuwait
December 29, 2006 – Pentagon briefings: ‘Long War’ inevitable

MIDDLE EAST

January 2, 2006 – Except for peace activists, all Westerners gone from Gaza
January 3, 2006 – Report: Anti-tank rockets smuggled into Gaza
January 3, 2006 – Iran can now produce its own yellowcake
January 4, 2006 – Israel plans defensive strategy in bow to world opinion
January 4, 2006 – Israeli military: Palestinians pay militants not to attack
January 4, 2006 – Insurgent attacks blamed for sharp drop in Iraq oil exports
January 5, 2006 – Most powerful Israeli leader since Ben-Gurion is near death
January 6, 2006 – Conflicting reports issued on Sharon’s condition
January 6, 2006 – Israel-Palestinian group appeals to Egypt, Jordan for urgent aid
January 6, 2006 – Iran president purges 5 officials in oil ministry
January 8, 2006 – Family ordered doctors to keep Sharon comatose
January 9, 2006 – Israel moves, guards strategic sites within missile range
January 9, 2006 – Egypt plans huge refinery near the Suez
January 10, 2006 – Recent outbreak of Iraqi violence called prelude to civil war
January 10, 2006 – Iran turns to China for aircraft after recent crashes
January 12, 2006 – Palestinian Authority approves Hamas TV station in Gaza
January 12, 2006 – Israel: Palestinian missiles’ range extended to 40 km
January 13, 2006 – Sharon’s attorney under fire for ‘running’ Israel’s foreign policy
January 13, 2006 – Al Qaida’s Zawahiri calls for attacks on Gulf oil sites
January 13, 2006 – Mass tragedy: Security measures at Mecca again fail
January 16, 2006 – U.S. ally Kuwait enters period of uncertainty with emir’s death
January 17, 2006 – Khaddafy: Stop superpowers with ‘car bombs’, not ‘WMDs’
January 17, 2006 – Palestinian insurgents refuse to check their guns on election day
January 17, 2006 – Israel to equip six airliners with anti-missile systems
January 17, 2006 – Wealthy Middle East states saved struggling Russian defense firms
January 19, 2006 – Power void: Israel’s Knesset has no control over defense spending
January 19, 2006 – Most Israelis willing to fight for country, survey finds
January 19, 2006 – Saudi king heads to China for oil talks
January 23, 2006 – Report: Israel has identified 60 targets in Iran
January 23, 2006 – Sunnis made gains in Iraqi vote; Shi’ites 10 seats short of majority
January 23, 2006 – Kuwait names new emir; crown prince incapacitated
January 24, 2006 – Iran seeks drop in OPEC’s oil production
January 24, 2006 – Israel losing anti-terror image, official warns
January 24, 2006 – Spokesmen promote a kindler, gentler Hamas
January 25, 2006 – Palestinian Authority arrests cops who voted for Hamas
January 25, 2006 – Egypt presses U.S. to extradite Sheik Omaar Abdul Rahman
January 25, 2006 – Israel fears Iraq, swayed by Iran, will resume its hostility
January 26, 2006 – Investors pour billions into Iran oil field
January 26, 2006 – Jordan alert: 4 suicide cars have entered country
January 26, 2006 – West urged to keep aid coming should Hamas win
January 26, 2006 – Hamas set to govern Palestinians; Fatah admits corruption
January 27, 2006 – Tensions building between Hamas and Fatah
January 27, 2006 – Insurgency recruits trained by Al Qaida at camp in Algeria
January 27, 2006 – Lightning strikes Israeli intel unit, shutting down computers
January 3,1 2006 – Think tank: Hamas win could help Israel
January 31, 2006 – Saudis to invest $40 in oil infrastructure
February 2, 2006 – Saudis expected to bail out the Palestinian Authority
February 2, 2006 – Civil disobedience on the rise among Jewish teens
February 3, 2006 – Israel building underwater wall
February 3, 2006 – Lebanese public getting fed up with Palestinian bases
February 6, 2006 – Iran defiant as IAEA refers crisis to Security Council
February 6, 2006 – Iran demands halt to broadcasts from West; Dubai complies
February 6, 2006 – Total casualty rate in Iraq lowest in 2 years
February 6, 2006 – Israeli military ordered not to retaliate against rocket attacks
February 7, 2006 – Palestinian security forces ‘no longer functioning’
February 7, 2006 – Israel resumes strikes on insurgents firing missiles
February 7, 2006 – Jordan steps up cooperation with U.S. in war zone
February 8, 2006 – Intel official speaks out against Israeli withdrawal
February 8, 2006 – Report: Israeli military failing to protect homes against missiles
February 8, 2006 – Iran-backed Shi’ite rebels battle government troops in N. Yemen
February 9, 2006 – Egypt considers developing Sinai to thwart insurgents
February 9, 2006 – Chaos: Hamas to form its own security agencies
February 9, 2006 – Turkey weighs refinerey for imports from Iraq, Russia
February 10, 2006 – Egypt snubs Palestinian leader, honors Hamas boss
February 13, 2006 – Oil-rich Qatar going nuclear
February 13, 2006 – United Arab Emirates firm to operate six major U.S. ports
February 13, 2006 – U.S. offers Turkey help with nuclear reactors
February 13, 2006 – Palestinian groups competing for improved short-range missiles
February 14, 2006 – Israeli military to reduce service for conscripts
February 16, 2006 – Israeli firms to test air-launched satellites
February 16, 2006 – Israel: 15 percent of Palestinian officers are former terrorists
February 16, 2006 – Israel: Influx of missiles via Gaza could change balance of power
February 16, 2006 – Jordan military court sentences Zarqawi to death
February 17, 2006 – New special forces vehicle kicks ass – the llama
February 17, 2006 – Iraqi forces now conducting more independent ops than coalition
February 17, 2006 – Saudis to double refining capacity
February 20, 2006 – Israel is responding cautiously to Palestininian ‘terrorist authority’
February 20, 2006 – Russia’s plans for military sales to Palestinians still on
February 20, 2006 – Rice on ports: ‘We consider Abu Dubai a very good friend’
February 21, 2006 – Israel security chief terms Hamas a strategic threat
February 21, 2006 – Israelis reported on plane that crashed near Iran-Iraq border
February 23, 2006 – Israel hit by 200 missiles this month
February 23, 2006 – Iraq’s army faces first major test with sectarian violence
February 23, 2006 – Turkey sets plans for first of eight reactors
February 24, 2006 – Small Christian group in Gaza threatened with elimination
February 27, 2006 – New Israel military plan call for 20 percent budget cut
February 27, 2006 – Al Qaida claims its attack on Saudi refinery is first of many
February 27, 2006 – Iraq forces downplay violence, mount subdued response
February 28, 2006 – Israel flying mini-drones over West Bank
February 28, 2006 – Iran to offer oil contracts to Western majors
February 28, 2006 – U.S., Israel at odds over the new Palestinian Authority
March 1, 2006 – UAE plans university as key to aerospace industry goals
March 1, 2006 – Low-cost surveillance pod would parachute into enemy territory
March 3, 2006 – UAE buys British firm that runs U.S. military facilities
March 3, 2006 – Abbas to hang on to intel due to Al Qaida infiltration
March 6, 2006 – Israeli’s campaign strategy: Total West Bank pullout
March 6, 2006 – Palestinians aiming missiles at Israeli infrastructure targets
March 6, 2006 – Turkey providing military aid to Kazakhstan
March 7, 2006 – Hamas army recruited thousands for holy war to destroy Israel
March 7, 2006 – UAE budgets for space tourism, commercial spaceport
March 8, 2006 – Iran opens first official Shi’ite presence in Palestine
March 8, 2006 – Attack on convoy kills Iraq general
March 10, 2006 – France, Libya agree on nuclear energy deal
March 10, 2006 – Hamas in Saudi Arabia for three days of talks
March 10, 2006 – Iran braces for sanctions, plans gas rationing
March 13, 2006 – Iran hosts Pakistan, India for oil pipeline talks
March 13, 2006 – Teheran threatens darkness at noon
March 16, 2006 – Iraq defense ministry announces its infiltration by Al Qaida
March 16, 2006 – Israel raids Jericho prison called ‘center for terror activity’
March 16, 2006 – Functioning government seen at least two months away in Iraq
March 21, 2006 – No man’s land: Palestinians cancel conferences
March 22, 2006 – UAE delays purchase of firm that owns U.S. defense factories
March 22, 2006 – Masked insurgents overrun Iraqi government buildings, prison
March 23, 2006 – Israel: Al Qaida recruiting Palestinians in Jordan
March 23, 2006 – Iraq experience changes Army’s training requirements
March 24, 2006 – Opposition: Iran shielding nuke program on campuses
March 24, 2006 – Saudis to maintain oil reserves to meet ‘growing demand’
March 24, 2006 – Iran, Nigeria strengthening military ties
March 29, 2006 – Israeli election gives green light to set permanent borders
March 31, 2006 – Attack with Russian-made rocket worries Israelis
March 31, 2006 – Major Iran exercise underway with focus on Straits of Hormuz
March 31, 2006 – Turkey fights back against spreading Kurdish riots
March 31, 2006 – With friends like Russia and China, Iran gets by at the UN
April 3, 2006 – Hamas official: Suicide attacks are a ‘natural response’
April 3, 2006 – Kurdish unrest in Turkey spreads to areas bordering Syria, Iraq
April 3, 2006 – Report: Saudis secretly launched nuke program in 2003
April 5, 2006 – Iran tests two additional missiles, claims both invisible to radar
April 5, 2006 – Palestinian security posts in Gaza doing nothing to stop rockets
April 6, 2006 – Insurgents launch rocket attacks on Turkish targets
April 6, 2006 – Iraqi Army takes over in Salah Eddin province
April 6, 2006 – UAE selects its first space tourist
April 7, 2006 – Egypt penetrates Israeli air space for first time since 1967 War
April 7, 2006 – Israeli military seeks recapture of buffer zone in Gaza strip
April 10, 2006 – Experts: Neither Israel, U.S. nor Iranians likely to stop Iran nukes
April 11, 2006 – Oman to invest $10 billion in oil production
April 11, 2006 – Fence-menders sent by Turkey to U.S. only make matters worse
April 12, 2006 – Iran now one of eight nations capable of enriching uranium
April 12, 2006 – Israel’s military warns restraint emboldening Palestinian gunners
April 14, 2006 – Iran plans 54,000 centrifuges for network of reactors
April 14, 2006 – Egypt releases insurgents charged in 1997 Luxor massacre
April 14, 2006 – Turkey’s to build first reactor near Black Sea by 2010
April 14, 2006 – Israel makes first Gaza incursion since pullout
April 17, 2006 – Iraqi official: Uniformed force ‘not under our control’
April 17, 2006 – 3 Christian churches in Egypt attacked on Easter Sunday
April 17, 2006 – Unpaid Palestinian security forces threaten Hamas regime
April 17, 2006 – Saudis consider nukes to achieve ‘balance of terror’ with Iran
April 18, 2006 – Iran: We ‘can block oil exports whenever necessary’
April 19, 2006 – Hamas government to unpaid security: Take it out on Israel
April 19, 2006 – Young Turks in Turkey’s military command seen as pro-U.S.
April 19, 2006 – Saudis sign multiple contracts to increase oil output
April 20, 2006 – Israel: Suicide bombing attempts up sharply in 2006
April 21, 2006 – Turkish dailies: U.S. seeks use of bases for duration of Iran crisis
April 25, 2006 – Prospect of radioactive pollution from Iran reactor spooks Gulf
April 25, 2006 – Report: Turkey plans to move 250,000 troops to Iraq border
April 25, 2006 – Israel’s chief of staff rebuffs military’s Gaza invasion plan
April 25, 2006 – WMDs, not conventional war, now called top threat to Israel
April 25, 2006 – Iraq builds 45 forts on its border with Iran
April 25, 2006 – Egyptian authorities tie blast to Osama tape, one day before
April 25, 2006 – Qatar blames high oil prices on fearful politicians
April 26, 2006 – Palestinian hospitals providing haven for fugitives
April 26, 2006 – Qatar woos Arab expats to form ‘productive and creative’ culture
April 27, 2006 – 2 suspected Al Qaida bombers die in vain effort to kill peace-keepers
April 28, 2006 – Iraqi paper reveals details about Saddam spy network
April 28, 2006 – Islamic Jihad deploys mobile launchers against Israel
May 1, 2006 – U.S. allies supporting groups State Dept. calls terrorist
May 2, 2006 – Hamas unites insurgency groups in command targeting Israel
May 3, 2006 – Israel intercepts dual-use military shipment from China to Gaza
May 3, 2006 – Saudis set to sign $6 billion refinery deal
May 3, 2006 – Iran issues first specific threat against Israel
May 3, 2006 – Coalition: Iraq Navy increasingly able to patrol Gulf, guard tankers
May 5, 2006 – Israel recruits violence-prone for military, rejects right-wingers
May 5, 2006 – Palestinian: ‘U.S. intervention’ blocking aid money
May 8, 2006 – Book: Terror web sites growing at faster rate than rest of Internet
May 8, 2006 – Palestinians’ Abbas restricts movements after Iran threats
May 9, 2006 – Israeli air force pilots elbowed aside by drones
May 10, 2006 – Israeli tech students design, launch solid-fuel rocket
May 10, 2006 – Global threats: Iran and the Russia-China anti-U.S. entente
May 11, 2006 – Israel to propose invasion of ‘Hamastan’ in Bush meeting
May 11, 2006 – Insurgents using new advanced Russian RPG from Iran
May 11, 2006 – Syria awards oil contract to U.S. firm
May 11, 2006 – Israelis intercept Gaza-bound ship with TNT in Mediterranean
May 15, 2006 – Israeli military: Religious soldiers want out of eviction duty
May 15, 2006 – Iran pledges cash, vehicles to Palestinian Authority
May 16, 2006 – Saudis coming to Washington to discuss strategy — and visas
May 16, 2006 – Islamic Jihad to plant Iraq-style cell-phone bombs in Israel
May 17, 2006 – Egypt’s ailing Mubarak avoiding often-critical U.S. leaders
May 17, 2006 – Hamas-Fatah ‘civil war’ has begun, security sources warn ties
May 17, 2006 – Islamic Jihad plan to mass produce rockets
May 19, 2006 – Terror inmates stay connected, call mom by cell phone
May 19, 2006 – Saudis to quadruple oil exploration
May 22, 2006 – Hamas accused of plotting to assassinate top Palestinians
May 23, 2006 – Bomb-making info smuggled into West Bank on m-drives
May 23, 2006 – Arab diplomats in Gaza cower as Fatah-Hamas violence escalates
May 24, 2006 – Israel’s biggest missile threat is from Hizbullah in Lebanon
May 24, 2006 – Jordan covert op captures another top Zarqawi aide
May 24, 2006 – Israeli exercise prepares for possible Gaza invasion
May 24, 2006 – Jordan: Israeli withdrawal could make West Bank terror haven
May 25, 2006 – Iran sees global, anti-U.S. entente: Russia, China, India . . .
May 26, 2006 – Egypt alarmed by growing Fatah-Hamas conflict
May 26, 2006 – Saudis claim crackdown on their religious police
May 29, 2006 – UN: Drug runners like Gulf’s state-of-the-art sea ports
May 30, 2006 – Abbas to U.S.: Expand 1,500-man Presidential Guard to 10,000
May 30, 2006 – In first, Hizbullah aims rockets at Israeli strategic targets
May 30, 2006 – Iraq captures Zarqawi aide, suicide bomb planner
May 30, 2006 – Disappointed investors shoot up Palestinian exchange
May 30, 2006 – OPEC decides $60/barrel is about right
June 1, 2006 – Islamic Jihad missile hits close to Israeli Defense Minister’s home
June 1, 2006 – Iraq delays major exercise, awaiting defense minister
June 1, 2006 – Libya to offer new round of energy bids
June 1, 2006 – Israel military strength declines ’30 percent’
June 5, 2006 – Iraq: Al Qaida staging comeback in Sunni Triangle
June 5, 2006 – Fatah-Hamas showdown spreads to West Bank
June 6, 2006 – A hard look at the NY Times’ ‘A Hard Look at Haditha’
June 6, 2006 – Hamas demands surrender of Palestinian television facilities
June 7, 2006 – Palestinians assembling arsenal of smuggled SA-7 missiles
June 8, 2006 – Al Zarqawi, 7 lieutenants, killed by U.S. air strike
June 9, 2006 – Also dead: Zarqawi’s ‘terrorist laboratory in Iraq’
June 9, 2006 – Israel kill top Hamas fugitive, new Palestinian government appointee
June 13, 2006 – Iraq ‘significantly’ improves oil infrastructure security
June 13, 2006 – Despite Israeli strike, Hamas, Fatah still battling each other
June 13, 2006 – The difference between ‘cruel’ and ‘absolutely cruel’
June 12, 2006 – Israel counter-missile plan: Assassinate, don’t invade
June 12, 2006 – Jordan gets increase in aid after intel assist on Zarqawi
June 14, 2006 – Major security crackdown in Baghdad
June 14, 2006 – Al Qaida names 20th 9-11 hijacker
June 14, 2006 – Crisis group warns Palestinians on verge of civil war
June 16, 2006 – Zarqawi’s death a feather in the cap of Jordanian intelligence
June 20, 2006 – Iraq set to secure South, paving way for exit of allied forces
June 20, 2006 – Insurgents’ bombing campaign targets Turkish railroads
June 19, 2006 – Hamas charges Fatah recruiting for civil war with U.S. backing
June 21, 2006 – Aide to Zarqawi’s replacement killed by own bomb
June 21, 2006 – Saudis: Iran war would ‘shoot up the price of oil astronomically’ June 22, 2006 – Libyans in D.C. to ramp up trade ties with U.S.
June 22, 2006 – 40 percent of Palestinian civil servants are police
June 23, 2006 – Hamas claims it has first guided missile
June 26, 2006 – Israelis capture Hamas cell suspected in missile attacks
June 26, 2006 – Israelis capture Hamas cell suspected in missile attacks
June 26, 2006 – Oil-rich, cash-poor Iran faces gasoline rationing
June 26, 2006 – Sunni-Shi’ite militia clashes continue
June 26, 2006 – Hamas strikes Israeli base — kills 2, abducts 1
June 26, 2006 – Israel joins first NATO exercise
June 27, 2006 – CSP: Turkey’s new leaders plot overthrow of secular system
June 28, 2006 – Israel invades Gaza for 1st time since 2005 withdrawal
June 28, 2006 – U.S. presses Israel to limit attack, involve international community
June 30, 2006 – Iran opposition reports rise in civil disobedience nationwide
June 30, 2006 – Iraqi Shi’ites protest Iran’s growing influence
July 3, 2006 – Israel’s military demands decision from its government
July 3, 2006 – Local leaders struggle to govern in Iraq
July 4, 2006 – Mubarak’s son taking the reins as his father weakens
July 4, 2006 – Palestinian militia war continues despite Israeli incursion
July 4, 2006 – Saudi security budget zooms to $12 billion over threat to oil
July 5, 2006 – New, Iran-backed insurgents identified in Iraq
July 5, 2006 – Iraq exporting oil at highest rate since U.S. invasion
July 7, 2006 – Palestinians’ new Hamas leaders vanish as Israelis advance
July 7, 2006 – Coalition operation in Diyala province targets insurgency financier
July 7, 2006 – Israel: Hamas seeks Iran missiles that could reach Tel Aviv
July 7, 2006 – Iran’s nuclear program triggers neighbors’ interest
July 10, 2006 – Shi’ite militia dressed as police gun down 55 Sunnis
July 10, 2006 – 19 Al Qaida walk in Yemen: ‘Islamic law permits holy war’
July 10, 2006 – Israel withdraws from Gaza, Hamas claims victory
July 11, 2006 – Israeli Air Force exercise focuses on shoulder-fired missile threat
July 11, 2006 – Turkey okays nuclear accord with U.S.
July 12, 2006 – Israel renews ground assault in Gaza
July 12, 2006 – Jordan to Palestinians: No missile launches from West Bank
July 12, 2006 – Iran military engineers on hand for N. Korea missile launch
July 13, 2006 – Israel strikes missile arsenals, Hizbullah sites in Lebanon
July 13, 2006 – Iraqi police given responsibility for first province
July 14, 2006 – Hizbullah fires 150 rockets toward Israeli cities
July 14, 2006 – Israel has ‘specific information’ soldiers will be sent to Iran
July 17, 2006 – Israel set to accept ceasefire
July 17, 2006 – Israel can’t stop Hizbullah rockets
July 17, 2006 – Turkey readies strikes against growing Kurdish insurgency
July 18, 2006 – Hizbullah seeks to open new front with attacks from Gaza
July 18, 2006 – Israeli forces in Lebanon running search and destroy missions
July 18, 2006 – Hizbullah missiles hampering Israeli air force operations
July 18, 2006 – Support for religious police waning in Saudis Arabia
July 19, 2006 – Group warns of WMD attack on Israel, calls for ‘new Iran’
July 19, 2006 – Israel links missile defense assets as attacks increase
July 19, 2006 – Who started this war? Even G-8 powers, Arab states agree
July 19, 2006 – Iran is the linchpin to American troubles
July 20, 2006 – Hamas gets in on the missile action
July 21, 2006 – Israel’s military stunned by the failure of its air war
July 21, 2006 – Palestinian leaders decide war with Israel ‘not Fatah’s fight’
July 21, 2006 – Lebanon’s agony — where’s the UN?
July 24, 2006 – Out-gunned Lebanese military vows to fight
July 24, 2006 – Hizbullah missiles impact near strategic facilities in Haifa
July 27, 2006 – The Mideast and common sense
July 28, 2006 – Syria on alert as Israel strikes near border
July 31, 2006 – Turkey sends reconnaissance units into northern Iraq
July 31, 2006 – Iraqi training center to inculcate post-Saddam military doctrine
July 31, 2006 – Iran prepares for oil rationing, Iraq to double output
August 1, 2006 – Israeli military sees bombing halt ending war too soon
August 2, 2006 – Hamas has a problem: Palestinian youth gaga over Hizbullah
August 2, 2006 – In first, Israel confirms drone attack in Bekaa Valley
August 2, 2006 – Israeli military, government at odds over prosecution of war
August 3, 2006 – Hizbullah has fired more than a dozen FAJR-5s into Israel
August 3, 2006 – Israeli commandos used llamas to move supplies in Lebanon
August 3, 2006 – Hamas launch their own missiles, hit power station in Ashkelon
August 4, 2006 – Report: Rising oil prices hurt war on terror
August 7, 2006 – Hizbullah using tunnels, bunkers to frustrate Israelis’ advance
August 7, 2006 – Hizbullah taking a toll with salvos of simultaneously fired rockets
August 7, 2006 – Israel’s military confronts failure to achieve war objectives
August 7, 2006 – Turkey drops plans to invade northern Iraq
August 8, 2006 – Israelis phone targeted buildings before air strikes
August 8, 2006 – Hizbullah ‘far better equipped’ than Palestinian fighters
August 8, 2006 – Israel to evacuate 25,000 residents near border
August 10, 2006 – Fashionable opinion, history and Hizbullah
August 11, 2006 – Israel downs Iran UAV over coast near Lebanon border

August 11, 2006 – Iraq announces capture of major Al Qaida leaders

August 11, 2006 – Israel’s government stops military from taking southern Lebanon

August 11, 2006 – Hizbullah has damaged more than 25 Israeli tanks

August 14, 2006 – Hizbullah inspires Hamas with war-fighting tactics vs Israel

August 14, 2006 – Israeli cabinet split: Some say Hizbullah won the war

August 14, 2006 – Lebanon mess: The diplomats, France, Syria, and (lest we forget) Iran
August 15, 2006 – Hizbullah tougher than Chechens, Russian-born Israeli soldiers say

August 15, 2006 – Missile defense emerges as a top Israeli priority

August 15, 2006 – Kurds: Iran, Turkey launch artillery attacks on N. Iraq

August 15, 2006 – Shi’ite leaders back militias, reject U.S.-Iraq security initiative

August 15, 2006 – Iraq, Iran to collaborate on handling fuel shortages

August 17, 2006 – War on terror has failed to inspire vast Islamic majority
August 16, 2006 – Kuwait penalizes Saddam collaborators

August 16, 2006 – Report warns of new rocket threat from West Bank

August 16, 2006 – New unmanned truck for Iraq tested in Arizona

August 16, 2006 – Israel’s Chief of Staff ‘will be thrown to the dogs’

August 16, 2006 – The end of Israel’s military winning streak

August 18, 2006 – Iran exercise to test ‘new’ doctrine based on asymmetrical warfare

August 18, 2006 – Turkish troops in Lebanon could improve U.S. ties

August 18, 2006 – Hizbullah refutes Israeli claims, insists leadership survived war

August 18, 2006 – Hizbullah weapons damaged 10 percent of Israeli tanks

August 20, 2006 – Iran tests new weapons to prepare for ‘insane enemy’

August 20, 2006 – Armed Hizbullah, residents return to southern Lebanon

August 21, 2006 – Al Qaida snipers assassinate Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad

August 21, 2006 – Hamas seen cloning Hizbullah’s anti-tank missile threat in Gaza

August 21, 2006 – Iran tests first missiles during major exercise

August 22, 2006 – Israelis found ‘Made in Britain’ night-vision goggles in Lebanon

August 22, 2006 – Reservists stage protest vigil outside Olmert home

August 22, 2006 – Khaddafy’s son negotiates reconciliation with exiles

August 22, 2006 – Israel weighs bomb shelters, nationwide

August 23, 2006 – Iran warship attacks oil rig in the Gulf

August 23, 2006 – Front companies for Iran got 7 German GPS systems

August 25, 2006 – Palestinian government employees unpaid since June

August 25, 2006 – Iraq Army’s 8th division is first to achieve autonomy

August 28, 2006 – Israel weighs massive increase in defense budget

August 28, 2006 – Turkish F-16s bomb N. Iraq

August 28, 2006 – Report: Honor killings on the rise in Gaza

August 28, 2006 – The battle of Baghdad, here and there
August 29, 2006 – Fierce fighting reported between Iraq Army, Iran-backed militia

August 30, 2006 – Kurdish insurgents take aim at Turkey’s tourist industry

August 30, 2006 – Israel: Iran-backed group has occupied northern West Bank

September 5, 2006 – Capture of top leaders foils Al Qaida plots for civil war

September 5, 2006 – Iraq violence highest since 2004; Pentagon blames Iran, Syia

September 5, 2006 – Fatah fires at Palestinian students to enforce strike against Hamas

September 5, 2006 – Israelis discovers rocket lab ‘financed by Hizbullah’

September 6, 2006 – Israeli military seeks $2.3 billion in emergency funding

September 7, 2006 – Unpaid police contributing to rise in Palestinian crime

September 7, 2006 – Iraq weighs federal system with autonomous regions

September 7, 2006 – Gulf states give up on autonomy, seek U.S. alliance

September 8, 2006 – Israeli intelligence seeks talent for expanding IT unit
September 8, 2006 – Iraq government gradually taking control of military
September 11, 2006 – Washington Times ad: Iran’s visiting former President Khatami is no ‘reformist’
September 11, 2006 – Roadside bombings quadruple, tips from Iraqis drop sharply
September 11, 2006 – Iran fires artillery into Iraq, captures 7 border guards
September 11, 2006 – Mubarak seen sidelining top aides to pave way for his son
September 12, 2006 – Israel’s conflict avoidance policy on Hizbullah blamed
September 12, 2006 – Zawahiri: After Iraq defeat, ‘your economic doom will be achieved’
September 13, 2006 – Syria’s account of embassy attack on called suspicious
September 13, 2006 – Marines intel: Coalition has failed to subdue Anbar
September 13, 2006 – Iraq plan to bolster security for northern oil fields
September 15, 2006 – Yemen claims it blew up bombers driving toward oil sites
September 15, 2006 – Saudis budget $70 billion to boost its share of global oil output
September 14, 2006 – Palestinians using camel convoys to import missile components
September 14, 2006 – Turkey buys strategic unmanned aerial vehicles from Israel
September 18, 2006 – Suspected Hamas gunmen kill Fatah intelligence officers
September 18, 2006 – Iran, Saudi Arabia on U.S. list of religious freedom violators
September 18, 2006 – Iraq to set up 28 checkpoints in effort to control violence
September 18, 2006 – Child slavery suit charges 30,000 held in camel-racing camps
September 19, 2006 – Hamas warns Turks not to join UN force in Lebanon
September 19, 2006 – Iraq taking over major N. Iraq division
September 20, 2006 – Suspected Hamas gunmen destroy newsroom of Palestinian agency
September 20, 2006 – Mubarak’s son and heir looks to China for nuclear energy
September 22, 2006 – Iraqis arrest 32 in death squads causing mayhem
September 22, 2006 – Al Qaida returns to Sudan, claims credit for editor’s execution
September 25, 2006 – Kurds agree to share oil revenue with Iraq
September 25, 2006 – Egypt plans 3 reactors in coming decade
September 25, 2006 – Hizbullah ups claim to 20,000 rockets in Lebanon
September 25, 2006 – Terror staging comeback in Afghanistan’s dangerous neighborhood
September 26, 2006 – Brits kill Zawahiri aide in Iraq
September 26, 2006 – Turkey’s secular government in trouble, general warns
September 26, 2006 – Hizbullah resumes its presence near Israel’s border
September 27, 2006 – Israelis developing hijack-proof jetliner
September 28, 2006 – Musharraf’s contradictions are Pakistan’s
October 1, 2006 – Iraq’s president says U.S. needed to check hostile neighbors
October 3, 2006 – 12 die in inter-Palestinian militia clashes
October 3, 2006 – UN warns a bumper crop of Afghan opium is on the way
October 3, 2006 – Iran accuses Japan of buckling to U.S. pressure on oil deal
October 4, 2006 – Iraq takes over forward base in South
October 4, 2006 – Israel’s military sounds alarm over Gaza missile arsenal
October 6, 2006 – Al Qaida’s new generation unknown to U.S. intelligence
October 9, 2006 – High death rate no problem in recruitment of Iraqi police
October 11, 2006 – General: Iran sending millions to Iraq’s Mahdi fighters
October 11, 2006 – Iran mediating Palestinians’ militia war
October 13, 2006 – Jihad of one: Website tells how ‘to fight alone’
October 16, 2006 – Kuwait expands 24-tanker oil fleet
October 16, 2006 – Gulf states joint U.S. exercises targeting Iran proliferation
October 16, 2006 – Iraq coast guard gets port to confront oil smugglers
October 16, 2006 – Gen. Casey: Syria, Iran still facilitating Iraq insurgency
October 16, 2006 – Saudi sets development of major new oil field
October 16, 2006 – ‘Please be brave’: Iraq turns to China for oil exploration
October 16, 2006 – Israel: Surface-to-air missiles shipped to Hamas
October 16, 2006 – Israeli battle tanks lose priority afer Lebanon war
October 17, 2006 – Israel using combat drones in Gaza incursion
October 17, 2006 – Kurdish forces authorized to secure northern Iraq
October 18, 2006 – Capitulation to Islamist terror will not bring peace
October 19, 2006 – United Arab Emirates to track remote sites by satellite
October 20, 2006 – Message to Bin Laden: Al Qaida has begun ‘to behave strangely’
October 23, 2006 – Video surveillance systems seen eliminating security guards
October 23, 2006 – Stream of weapons to Hamas spurs Israeli plans for Gaza
October 24, 2006 – Hamas beefs up ‘Executive Force’ in challenge to Abbas
October 24, 2006 – Israel forces continue missile hunt in Gaza
October 24, 2006 – Libya aims to be N. African aerospace hub
October 26, 2006 – Iraq finally agrees to offensive against Shi’ites’ Sadr City
October 26, 2006 – Israel denies its F-16s fired on German ship
October 30, 2006 – Saudis oil sites on alert after CIA briefing
October 31, 2006 – Israel again buzzes German ships near Lebanon
October 31, 2006 – Qatar new R&R hub for U.S. forces in Mideast
October 31, 2006 – Yemen charges Al Qaida suspects with smuggling arms to Somalia
October 31, 2006 – Report: Insurgents stock missiles in their Gaza homes
October 31, 2006 – Israel proposes bunker-busters for Gaza weapons tunnels
October 31, 2006 – Egypt deploying thousands of troops near Gaza
October 31, 2006 – Report: Iran, Syria are Russia’s top military clients
November 20, 2006 – Israel: Gaza building was Hamas command and control center
November 2, 2006 – Saudi analyst: Iran in control, Iraq a ‘lost battle’
November 2, 2006 – Israel finds advanced equipment in Gaza
November 3, 2006 – Orgies in Wahabi Saudi Arabia: Western culture blamed
November 3, 2006 – Saudis crash three F-15 figher jets in three years
November 3, 2006 – Israel bracing for ‘year of change’ in U.S. mideast policy
November 7, 2006 – Iran trains thousands of ‘martyrdom seekers’
November 6, 2006 – Oil site bombed in Kuwait
November 6, 2006 – Report: Missile system captured by Hizbullah, sent to Iran
November 10, 2006 – Two Egyptians compete to be top mega-mosque preacher
November 13, 2006 – Iraq may be a military headache, but it’s a contractor’s dream
November 13, 2006 – Gulf states fear terror from imported work force
November 13, 2006 – Mideast terror led to spike in contractors’ stock prices
November 15, 2006 – World consults Israel as ‘combat laboratory’ on missile strikes
November 15, 2006 – Iran, Venezuela to build refinery in Syria
November 15, 2006 – Massive influx of weapons into Gaza puts Israel on war footing
November 16, 2006 – UN: Hizbullah hired Somalian mercenaries for war on Israel
November 17, 2006 – Israel establishes two bases on Egypt border
November 21, 2006 – Hamas continues to rain rockets on Israeli town
November 21, 2006 – Israel probes use of cluster bombs during war with Hizbullah
November 22, 2006 – Hizbullah on the move after Gemayel assassination
November 22, 2006 – Hamas peace plan: Vacate city and we’ll stop the missiles
November 24, 2006 – Iran-backed Shi’ites in Bahrain charge regime seeks to rig vote
November 24, 2006 – Al Qaida coordinates attack called bloodiest since 2003
November 27, 2006 – New Saudi force aims to prevent fatal stampedes at Mecca
November 27, 2006 – Saudis budget up to $60 billion for military buildup
November 27, 2006 – Missile attacks on Israel continue after ceasefire
November 27, 2006 – Turkey, U.S. embassy on high alert for pope’s visit
November 28, 2006 – Iran probes third military crash in a year
November 30, 2006 – Maliki threatened: ‘If he meets Bush, he should not come back’
December 1, 2006 – ‘Swords of Islam’ attack music, Internet stores in Gaza
December 4, 2006 – Hamas governmemt employees finally get paid — by the EU
December 4, 2006 – War of snipers: Iraqis bone up on skills to counter insurgents
December 4, 2006 – Iraq to assume control of the North by February
December 5, 2006 – Watchdog finds breakdown in Israel’s military culture
December 6, 2006 – Al Qaida demands closing of all Baghdad universities
December 6, 2006 – Brits impressed by dedication of budding Iraqi air force
December 6, 2006 – Palestinian crime rate spikes, especially in Gaza
December 7, 2006 – Territorial concessions by Israel a major focus of Baker report
December 8, 2006 – Saudis, Turks fault redeployment plans in Baker Report
December 11, 2006 – Iraq military’s massive order of vehicles to expedite transition
December 11, 2006 – Israeli military intel warns of 2-front war in 2007
December 12, 2006 – Attack on Halliburton called a ‘gift for our Muslim brothers’
December 12, 2006 – Nuclear race in the Middle East: Gulf states announce program
December 13, 2006 – Existing anti-missile systems leave Israeli communities vulnerable
December 13, 2006 – Recall of Saudi ambassador seen as sign of trouble back home
December 14, 2006 – Saudis plan to detain tens of thousands of illegal aliens
December 14, 2006 – Hamas, Fatah renew militia war
December 18, 2006 – Fatah-Hamas war heats up despite ceasefire
December 18, 2006 – Rice seeks urgent aid to prop up Abbas government
December 21, 2006 – Report call for spring surge in troops to Iraq
December 21, 2006 – Al Qaida leader who slaughtered hundreds of civilians is captured
December 20, 2006 – Yellowcake galore: Iran claims 1,400 uranium mines
December 22, 2006 – U.S. to pay $4.6 billion for translators in Iraq
December 22, 2006 – Second U.S. carrier sets sail for the Gulf
December 22, 2006 – Palestinians smuggling rocket fuel to Gaza from Egypt
December 22, 2006 – PR specialist is new Saudi ambassador to U.S.
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

EUROPE

January 2, 2006 – Russia’s 2006: Back in the USSR, with a suicidal twist
February 3, 2006 – Brits used electronic ‘rock’ to run Moscow agents
March 3, 2006 – Russian rocket fails to deliver Saudi satellite into orbit
March 13, 2006 – Russia claims huge arms deal with Algeria
March 23, 2006 – EU warns Palestinians of aid cutoff
April 4, 2006 – Russia reports record $6 billion in arms exports
April 5, 2006 – Government by demonstration: No easy fixes in Paris, Bangkok
April 6, 2006 – Lucent-Alcatel: Doing business with states sponsoring terrorism
April 7, 2006 – Putin knows how to ‘close a deal’
April 17, 2006 – Russia’s geostrategy: From robbing the robbers to post-nuclear weapons
April 20, 2006 – Russia bows to U.S. heat on air defense sale to Iran
April 26, 2006 – Russian rocket launches Israeli dual-use spy satellite over Iran
May 19, 2006 – EU directs Palestinian aid to Abbas, around Hamas
June 5, 2006 – Report: Russia back in the ‘game’ with planned port in Syria
June 26, 2006 – Popular foreign mindsets at war with America’s
July 25, 2006 – NATO not eager for peace police duty in Lebanon
August 10, 2006 – London plot linked to Al Qaida, was not imminent
August 20, 2006 – U.S. European Command relieves Centcom in Lebanon

August 20, 2006 – Eight of top-10 films in France were made in the USA
September 19, 2006 – Russia cites environment in scotching Far East oil deal
October 19, 2006 – Israel finds 39 Russian missiles in Lebanon
October 23, 2006 – Russia offers to build refinery for Syria
October 24, 2006 – The Hungarian Revolution, still a stirring rhapsody of freedom, 50 years later
October 27, 2006 – Ongoing ‘intifada’ in France has injured 2,500 police in 2006
November 20, 2006 – UN forces take aim at Israeli fighters overflying Lebanon
November 20, 2006 – BBC admits anti-American bias
November 20, 2006 – Who is responsible for the World War II: Stalin or Hitler?
November 24, 2006 – Russia to send Iran anti-aircraft systems in early 2007

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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