Tag: middle east
member name: Greg R.
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April 27, 2007 11:34 AM EDT --
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates revealed a few months ago a plan to form a new African command in response to the increasing strategic importance of the continent in the Global War on Terror. The . . .
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April 30, 2007 10:25 AM EDT --
Given the steady flow of anti-war and anti-surge rhetoric spewing from the mouths of the Congressional majority and Presidential candidates seeking the Party's nomination, I have to wonder if key Democratic . . .
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May 09, 2007 10:20 PM EDT --
A professional acquaintance of mine, who is affiliated with the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, recently forwarded me an article about a speech delivered at a conference of Kurdish leaders from Iraq, . . .
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June 08, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
As the United Nations Security Council prepares to debate a third round of sanctions against Iran for its continuing refusal to stop its uranium enrichment program, it is time for the five permanent, veto-wielding . . .
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June 18, 2007 02:51 PM EDT --
It seems that saying the Iraq war was already "lost" was just not quite enough for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). Apparently he and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) sent a . . .
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July 03, 2007 03:34 PM EDT --
"We finally got the troops there. Americans have got to understand, it takes a while to mobilize additional troops and move them from the United States to Iraq. We got them there, and now we're . . .
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July 24, 2007 04:07 PM EDT --
The recent release of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) asserting that al-Qaeda has regrouped in Pakistan has resulted in a significant amount of debate about the Global War on Terror and the efforts . . .
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August 15, 2007 07:35 AM EDT --
As the U.S. Congress and Iraqi parliament enjoy their summer recesses, reports from military officials and independent analysts in Iraq indicate that President Bush's so-called "surge" . . .
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October 10, 2007 09:54 AM EDT --
Some of the most interesting experiences I have had during my travels to and from the war in Iraq involved the necessary fuel stops in other nations along the route that would take me to Kuwait, the jumping . . .
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October 19, 2007 11:31 AM EDT --
In yesterday's "Rush in a Hurry" email, which provides me with a quick recap of The Rush Limbaugh Show's highlights when I don't have a chance to listen in, there was an item . . .
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November 15, 2007 02:23 PM EST --
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's April proclamation that the Iraq war was "lost" and the surge ordered by President Bush last January was not accomplishing anything generated a significant . . .
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December 20, 2007 10:42 AM EST --
Russia's recent shipment of uranium fuel rods to Iran has moved the Islamic Republic one step closer to having an operational nuclear power facility in the southern city of Bushehr, and one step . . .
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November 20, 2008 07:44 AM EST --
The Jerusalem Post reported November 19 that Palestinian Authority officials said the militant group Hamas was "staging" a series of blackouts in Gaza. The blackouts are reportedly an effort . . .
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November 20, 2008 08:41 AM EST --
The International Herald Tribune reported November 20 that Iran now has enough nuclear material for one atomice bomb. The report says, "The figures detailing Iran's progress were contained in . . .
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June 12, 2007 04:04 PM EDT --
The Washington Times reported June 11 that Democrats in the House and Senate are currently circulating more than forty pieces of legislation that would seek to end America's involvement in Iraq. The . . .
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June 29, 2007 03:54 PM EDT --
In its just published Third Quarter Forecast for 2007, private intelligence firm Strategic Forecasting (STRATFOR) predicts that the governments of the United States and Iran "...are now closer than . . .
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August 30, 2007 03:25 PM EDT --
The Hill reported yesterday that the liberal group MoveOn.org was undertaking an advertising campaign against Democratic Congressman Brian Baird of Washington because his recent trip to Iraq had changed . . .
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September 03, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
When conservative Nicolas Sarkozy defeated socialist Segolene Royal for the French presidency earlier this year, media pundits and political analysts alike speculated that we were witnessing the dawn of . . .
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November 19, 2008 08:29 AM EST --
The Jerusalem Post reported November 18 that Israeli Air Force commander Major General Ido Nehushtan said in an interview that Israel's air service is "...ready to do whatever is demanded of . . .
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November 24, 2008 12:59 PM EST --
This would be monumentally stupid, which is why I don't put much stock in this story. Ahmadinejad is not the real power in Iran, and killing him would likely lead to a regional disaster. From the . . .
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