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General News
bignewsnetwork.com
- India A Global Power, Say Liberal Democrats
- Suicide Bombing Kills 14 In Swat
- U.s. Concerned About Iran Baha'i Persecution
- Panel To Study Cause Of Conflict In Sri Lanka
- Anti-berlusconi Protesters Take To Rome Streets
- Iraq Poll Results Slow To Emerge
- Thousands protest against Italy Prime Minister
- Sen. Reid's Wife Leaves Hospital's Intensive Care
- 170,000 Get Mortgage Aid
- Headteacher Wins Over T-shirt Sacking
debka.com
- US ponders denying Israel arms needed for conflict with Iran
- Clinton warns Netanyahu US-Israeli relations at risk
- Would the Revolutionary Guards Turn Against Their Own Ahmadinejad?
- New Obama Tactics for Iran Worry Mid East - and Some US Generals
- Ahmadinejad Warns Karzai against an Afghan-Based US Strike on Iran
- Don't Expect Us to Cut or Even Downgrade Our Ties with Tehran, Says Damascus
- Iran's Allots $300 Million to Bail out Lebanese Proxy
- A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending March 11, 2010
- Gates clarifies US Iran policy in Riyadh after Biden fails in Israel
- Who is Obama engaging now?
worldthreats.com
- Robert Spencer vs. Muslim Deradicalization Expert
- India Preparing for Increased Terrorist Activity
- US on Notice?
- War on the Southern Border
- Setting the Table for the Feast (of Fire)
- DHS Meets With Brotherhood-Tied Groups
- Another Log on the (Feast of) Fire
- What is the Feast of Fire
- More Wood on the Fire
- Women’s Day in Kurdistan and Other Places
csmonitor.com
- Pakistan: suicide bomb attacks in Lahore cap particularly grim week
- Mahmoud Abbas: Israel-Palestinian peace talks off unless new settlements canceled
- 'Jihad Jane' and 7 others held in plot to kill Swedish cartoonist
- Last suspect in Bali bombing may be dead
- Suicide car bomb kills 12; Pakistan says it captured US Al Qaeda member
- Singapore raises terror alert on Malacca Strait, one of the world's most important oil shipping lanes
- China's military spending slows, on paper
- Iraq police and hospital attacked in triple suicide bombing ahead of Sunday election
- Venezuela plotted to kill Colombia president, Spain judge says
- Saudi Arabia and India address terrorism in a rare meeting
npr.org
- Iran Dismantles U.S.-Backed Opposition Groups
- Haiti's Geology Slowly Giving Up Its Secrets
- Suicide Attacks Kill Dozens In Taliban Heartland
- Second American Woman Is Linked To Terrorism Case
- Child Abuse Scandal Reaches Catholic Church, Pope
- German Sex Abuse Scandal Includes The Pope
- Week In Review
- Iraq's Neighbors Watch As Votes Are Counted
- Votes Slow To Tally In Iraq
- Anti-Government Demonstrators Head To Bangkok
reliefweb.int
- Burundi : Le déficit hydrique dans Kirundo accroît l'insécurité alimentaire
- Chile: Inter-agency assessment teams identify key needs - OCHA sitrep #7
- Haiti: Humanitarian appeal only 49% funded as post-quake relief efforts reach two-month mark
- Madagascar: Tropical storm kills at least 14, leaves thousands homeless
- Niger : Un besoin urgent d'agir pour éviter une catastrophe
- Somalia: Thousands fleeing deadly clashes in Mogadishu
- UN Mission in CAR, Chad extended for 2 months
- Southern Sudan: Mitigating humanitarian disaster - NRC report
alertnet.org
- Three die in clashes between Indian farmers, police
- BUSH TO MAKE STATEMENT ON GEORGIA AT 11 A.M. - WHITE HOUSE
- Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing
- Belarus, chided by Russia, offers Ossetia sympathy
- SAfrica's Mbeki convinced Zimbabwe deal possible
- ANALYSIS-Medvedev faces tough challenges at 100 days
- Bush to make statement on Georgia - White House
- EU wants UN green light to send monitors to Georgia
- Turkey's Erdogan in shuttle diplomacy in Caucasus
- PAKISTAN: Monsoon woes aggravated by poor housing
cominganarchy.com
- Kaplan in Tokyo Report, Part 1: Speech
- Proposal: Approving Volunteer Militias
- Man v.s. Afghanistan: “Doubt is our modern crown of thorns”
- Balance of Power v.s. Empire
- How Dubai survives without a postal service
- Adam Gadahn Arrested! – or not
- Election Day in Iraq: “Things are blowing up, but no more than usual.”
- Robert Kaplan in Tokyo THIS WEEK
- Google Map of US drone strikes in Pakistan
- Chirol: Going Rogue
feedzilla.com
- Iraq's PM Leads In Early Vote Count (source: NPR)
- Early Election Results Show Iraqi PM's Bloc Ahead (source: NPR)
- A Grim 'Eclipse': Deb Amos On Iraq's Sunni Exiles (source: NPR)
- Obama hails Iraq vote 'milestone' (source: BBC)
- Brazil, Germany clash on Iran nuclear sanctions (source: SpaceWar.com)
- 'More birth defects' in Fallujah (source: BBC)
- UK Industry Targets GBP20 Billion Global UAS Market (source: SpaceWar.com)
- New Israeli drones can reach Iran (source: SpaceWar.com)
- Oshkosh Receives Contract For M-ATV Interface Upgrades (source: SpaceWar.com)
- Iraq Christians protest at deaths (source: BBC)
The Latest from Iraq
news.yahoo.com
- Iraqi vote signals shift from religious leaders (AP)
- Iraq PM picks up steam in bid to retain post (AFP)
- Iraq PM Maliki leads Baghdad, a big election prize (Reuters)
- Maliki leads key Baghdad vote count (AFP)
- EU's Ashton to be urged to lodge formal Iraq vote protest (AFP)
- UN sees no indication of widespread fraud in Iraq election (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Iraq Election: Votes Being Counted Amid Risk of Violence (Time.com)
- Iraq opposition alleges 'flagrant' election fraud (AFP)
- British hostage endured mock executions in Iraq (Reuters)
- Briton tells of torture during Iraq kidnap ordeal (AFP)
economist.com
- Iraq's election: The wrangling has only just begun
- Iraq's election: Don't wash your hands of it
- Iraq's election: No promised land at the end of all this
- Iraq, Iran and the politics of oil: Crude diplomacy
- Iraq's dangerous trigger line: Too late to keep the peace?
- Iraq's coming election: Reopening the old sectarian wounds
- Bagehot: Regime changer
- Reporting Iraq: Still fraught
- From the archive: If you can think of something even beastlier, do it
- The Iraq-war inquiry: Campbell's soup
exiledonline.com
- Stupid (Or, How To Lose Money Running A Speed Lab) Part 1
- Toxic Shock: Delayed Reaction to the Oscars
- Colorado Springs: Home of the Original “Obamaville”
- International Women’s Day Special: Girls Of The Siloviki
- Tim Burton’s Alice: You Don’t Slay?
- eXile Classic: 20 Reasons We’re Ashamed To Be Americans
- eXiled Alert! An All-Out Drug War Erupts In Mexico: Deadly Firefights, A Prison Raid, Casualties On All Sides…
- Brutal Car Accident Footage: Russian Woman Plows Into Pedestrians, But Only Cares About Her Dented Fender
- eXiled Alert! Mexican Drug War About To Explode
- The Story of How Los Angeles Keeps Raping One of the Most Beautiful Spots in California
globalguerrillas.typepad.com
- JOURNAL: OSW Standing Orders (compilation)
- LINKS: 12 MAR 10
- JOURNAL: Scott Atran, Terrorists, and Global Guerrillas
- QUOTES: Speeding up a Dog's Brain
- LINKS: 10 MAR 10
- JOURNAL: Games, Seed Bombs, and Social Networking
- JOURNAL: Education and Media in a Resilient Society
- VIDEO: Great Demo on Leadership and Tipping Points
- RC JOURNAL: Jalalabad Fab Labs
- LINKS: 1 MAR 10
registan.net
- Wonks vs. Nerds
- Book Review: The KGB’s Fascination With Potions
- Oh, the Shinwari
- Kazakhstan’s Libel Laws
- Romancing Hekmatyar (and other related monsters)
- Thinking Big, Thinking Small
- Means-testing the Drone War
- Subscribe to Steppe Magazine
- Attacks in Khost; Police Respond Again
- How to Move Forward in Marjeh
debka.com
- US ponders denying Israel arms needed for conflict with Iran
- Clinton warns Netanyahu US-Israeli relations at risk
- Would the Revolutionary Guards Turn Against Their Own Ahmadinejad?
- New Obama Tactics for Iran Worry Mid East - and Some US Generals
- Ahmadinejad Warns Karzai against an Afghan-Based US Strike on Iran
- Don't Expect Us to Cut or Even Downgrade Our Ties with Tehran, Says Damascus
- Iran's Allots $300 Million to Bail out Lebanese Proxy
- A Digest of DEBKAfile Round-the-Clock Exclusives in the Week Ending March 11, 2010
- Gates clarifies US Iran policy in Riyadh after Biden fails in Israel
- Who is Obama engaging now?
globalpolitician.com
- How to Make Defeatism Look Good: Let's Give Up and Cheer the Islamists
- Any dialogue with Hezbollah is futile
- South African Whites: To Be or Not To Be
- Ukraine as a link between East and West?
- Why Narcissists Cheat on their Spouses, Commit Adultery and have Extramarital Affairs and Liaisons
- Rigi’s arrest helped the Iranian regime reconsolidate itself
- Construction of East Jerusalem Apartments
- Iranian regime’s suppressive ploys to counter planned protests for Fire Festival
- Understanding Attempts to Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
- Christians' and Muslim' Image Problems
counterterrorismblog.org
- Three Released in Ireland Terror Case...
- .For the Love of Islam: A Second American Woman Is Arrested in Cartoonist Case - Jamie Paulin-Ramirez...
- Opinion: Afghan Prosecutors Key to Beating Taliban. Establishing a Judicial System Afghans Can Trust Must Be Priority....
- Bomb blast kills six civilians in Afghanistan...
- Blasts in Pakistan show pattern of insurgent resilience...
- Pakistan militants attack checkpoint...
- U.S. citizen accused in Yemen killing had been under FBI watch...
- (Spain) Venezuela-bound ETA suspect held in Portugal - Andoni Zengotitabengoa...
- (UK) 'Terrorist British Airways worker planned to take advantage of strike':A British Airways worker who allegedly wanted to be a suicide bomber has been accused of offering to take advantage of the airline's approaching strike to join the cabin crew...
- Internet making it easier to become a terrorist: 'JihadJane' and other U.S. suspects don't need militant training camps, officials say. They just go online....
worldthreats.com
- Robert Spencer vs. Muslim Deradicalization Expert
- India Preparing for Increased Terrorist Activity
- US on Notice?
- War on the Southern Border
- Setting the Table for the Feast (of Fire)
- DHS Meets With Brotherhood-Tied Groups
- Another Log on the (Feast of) Fire
- What is the Feast of Fire
- More Wood on the Fire
- Women’s Day in Kurdistan and Other Places
analyst-network.com.com
- Setting the record straight on the 1600 units
- The Delegitimization of Israel
- Muslims’ Sheep Mentality
- Genocide against Civilian Nigerian Christians
- Any dialogue with Hezbollah is futile
- India’s strategic role in countering Jihadism
- Liberal Pacifism VS Islamic Extremism
- Raise Your Price, Pakistan
- The Internationalization of the fight against the Jihadists
- The Delusional USA - Syrian Overtures
csis.org
- An Assessment of the Obama Administration's Foreign Policy
- Video: The Unconventional Gas Revolution: Joseph Aldy, Special Asst. to the President
- Audio: An Insider's Perspective on Afghanistan
- Video: The Unconventional Gas Revolution: Bob Simon, Chief of Staff, Senate Energy Committee
- Biden's Trip to Israel
- Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia
- A Growing Terrorist Threat?
- The Iraqi Elections and Beyond: Hope for the Best, Plan for Something Less
- Video: The Fifth Annual CSIS-JETRO Conference: Opening Remarks
- Audio: Meeting with Turkish Grand National Assembly Delegation
csmonitor.com
- Pakistan: suicide bomb attacks in Lahore cap particularly grim week
- Mahmoud Abbas: Israel-Palestinian peace talks off unless new settlements canceled
- 'Jihad Jane' and 7 others held in plot to kill Swedish cartoonist
- Last suspect in Bali bombing may be dead
- Suicide car bomb kills 12; Pakistan says it captured US Al Qaeda member
- Singapore raises terror alert on Malacca Strait, one of the world's most important oil shipping lanes
- China's military spending slows, on paper
- Iraq police and hospital attacked in triple suicide bombing ahead of Sunday election
- Venezuela plotted to kill Colombia president, Spain judge says
- Saudi Arabia and India address terrorism in a rare meeting
npr.org
- Iran Dismantles U.S.-Backed Opposition Groups
- Haiti's Geology Slowly Giving Up Its Secrets
- Suicide Attacks Kill Dozens In Taliban Heartland
- Second American Woman Is Linked To Terrorism Case
- Child Abuse Scandal Reaches Catholic Church, Pope
- German Sex Abuse Scandal Includes The Pope
- Week In Review
- Iraq's Neighbors Watch As Votes Are Counted
- Votes Slow To Tally In Iraq
- Anti-Government Demonstrators Head To Bangkok
smallwarsjournal.com
- 13 March SWJ Roundup
- Understanding Terror Networks
- A Sea Change in Pakistan?
- This Week at War: Does the Pottery Barn Rule Still Apply?
- It's the Tribes? That's Stupid.
- Joint Warfighting Conference
- 12 March SWJ Roundup
- Countering the IMU in Afghanistan
- ‘JihadJane’ case shows weaknesses in the decentralized terror model
- The Bridge
longwarjournal.org
- Suicide bomber kills 14 in Pakistan's Swat Valley
- Qari Zia Rahman survived Bajaur strike: Taliban leader
- Suicide bombers kill 39 in Lahore
- Top North Waziristan Taliban leader Bahadar rumored killed in US strike
- US airstrike kills 15 in North Waziristan
- US aid group attacked in Pakistan’s northwest; 6 killed
- Indonesian bombing mastermind Dulmatin confirmed killed
- Wanted Indonesian terrorist Dulmatin thought killed in raid
- Taliban, HIG infighting leads to split in Afghan insurgency in the North
- US airstrike in North Waziristan kills 5 Haqqani Network fighters
cominganarchy.com
- Kaplan in Tokyo Report, Part 1: Speech
- Proposal: Approving Volunteer Militias
- Man v.s. Afghanistan: “Doubt is our modern crown of thorns”
- Balance of Power v.s. Empire
- How Dubai survives without a postal service
- Adam Gadahn Arrested! – or not
- Election Day in Iraq: “Things are blowing up, but no more than usual.”
- Robert Kaplan in Tokyo THIS WEEK
- Google Map of US drone strikes in Pakistan
- Chirol: Going Rogue
sudanwatch.blogspot.com
- Sudan: SLM-Nur in Jebel Marra, Darfur rented around 500 horses from the Arab tribes and entered some SLM areas?
- EU observers arrive in Sudan for elections - Russians to send observers
- Security situation in Darfur 11 March 2010 - UNAMID brings together leaders in South Darfur on Doha Declaration
- Darfur insurgent's LJM will sign a framework agreement with Sudanese gov't next week
- FULL TEXT Doha accord: Framework Agreement to Resolve Darfur Conflict between Sudanese gov't and JEM
- Obama allows internet tech exports to Iran, Cuba and Sudan
- World Bank Releases 125 Million USD for Development in Southern Sudan
- "War in Darfur is over," says Sudanese president
- JEM & Sudanese gov't agreed on March 15 deadline - JEM said deal would be formally signed Tuesday in Qatar, Doha
- Darfur group JEM in Ndjamena, Chad signs temporary truce with Sudanese government
theoildrum.com
- Our Energy Supply: Some Basics
- Drumbeat: March 13, 2010
- Drumbeat: March 12, 2010
- Improving the Performance of Solar Thermal Electrical Power
- Drumbeat: March 11, 2010
- Leading the Way to a Low-Energy Future
- Life After Growth--Managing our Way to a Desirable Future
- Drumbeat: March 10, 2010
- Welcome to the Permanent Recession – Food and Transportation Prices Rising
- Drumbeat: March 9, 2010
warisboring.com
- Axeghanistan ‘10: Fighting Position
- Kyle’s Links 3/12/10
- Air Force Weighs F-22 Future as F-35 Falls Apart
- Axeghanistan ‘10: Making Do in Parwan
- How to Turn Drones into Dogfighters
- Dirigible Crash Site Marked Historic
- World Politics Review: The Down Side of the Afghan Surge
- Kyle’s Links 3/10/10
- Is Sudan Paying Off Rebels?
- Offiziere.ch: Accused Serb War Criminal Karadzic Blames Bosnia Conflict on Muslims