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Drone Strike in Yemen Kills Said al Shihri, Proving Al Qaeda is In Decline
Neha Nigam in Terrorism 8 months ago
In a significant blow to al-Qaeda, U.S. drone strikes killed senior officials of the terrorist group, including the second-in-command of the organization's Arabian Peninsula group.
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Bill Clinton is Wrong about Netanyahu: He is Not to Blame for Israel Palestine Failure
Rebekah (Sherman) Brown in Israel and Palestine 8 months ago
U.S.-Israel relations are likely to be a feature of the Republican campaign. Despite Clinton's claim that Netanyahu is to blame for lack of peace, we should stick with our allies.
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Euro Zone Technocrats Are Destroying Health Care in the Name of Profit
Chris Papanikolaou in Europe 8 months ago
Technocrats may be effective economic managers, but they make for terrible country leaders because they put profits ahead of people.
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Sam Bacile Video Outrage: Proof That Islam Needs to Rethink Its World View, and the US Needs to Reform its Foreign Policy
Georgi Ivanov in Middle East 8 months ago
The West must rethink its Middle East foreign policy. At the same time, Islam must reconsider its views as they relate to the rest of the world.
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Nakoula Basseley Nakoula Film Not the Reason For Riot at US Embassy in Yemen
Paul Leuck in Middle East 8 months ago
The riot at the U.S. Embassy in Sana'a comes at a tumultuous time for U.S.-Yemen relations, and is more about the past year than about a YouTube movie.
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US Embassy Breach in Cairo Sparks An Amusing Twitter War With the Muslim Brotherhood
Jonathan Bertman in Egypt 8 months ago
Whoever runs the U.S. embassy in Cairo’s Twitter feed is snarky and not about to take any ... well you know.
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Chris Stevens Death Should Prompt America to Beef Up Security at US Embassies
Andrew Pasternak in Middle East 8 months ago
The protests that left the US ambassador to Libya dead will inevitably lead to questions about security/policy. Here are three thoughts that represent an inital reaction to the damage done.
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So, Let Me Get This Straight: America Liberated Libya, And This is How They Repay Us?
Stacie Brown in Middle East 8 months ago
While we may have thought American aid during the Arab Spring was enough to smooth out anti-American rage, attacks in Cairo and Libya show that this is not the case.
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