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pajamasmedia.com - 2/16/2009
The Middle East
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Diplomatic efforts are afoot in the Middle East. What they are intended to achieve is unclear, but the tone is unmistakeable: let’s make a deal. Hillary Clinton is going to Egypt with a bag of money reconstruction while John Kerry heads for Damascus. “The secretary will be coming ...
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
news.bbc.co.uk - 2/18/2009
BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza
— news.bbc.co.uk — At a weekend meeting in Istanbul, 200 religious scholars and clerics met with senior Hamas officials to... plot a new jihad centred on Gaza. The BBC's Bill Law was the only Western journalist at the meeting. In a hall crowded with conservative Sunni ... (more) BBC NEWS | Middle East | Clerics urge new jihad over Gaza

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'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
jpost.com - 2/18/2009
'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | Jerusalem Post
— jpost.com — Syria has been conducting extensive construction work on a chemical weapons facility in the country's northwest, satellite... images obtained by the defense analyst group Jane's reveal. The images of a chemical weapons facility identified as al-Safir ... (more) 'Syria building chemical weapons plant' | Middle East | ...

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Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran!
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com - 2/14/2009
Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On Iran!
— gatewaypundit.blogspot.com — This article was published in Geostrategy-Direct , an open source intelligence (OSINT) newsletter that has a good... track record. This report would probably seem preposterous if it weren't for the fact that Team Obama already waived sanctions on ... (more) Breaking Intelligence Report: Obama to Drop Sanctions On ...

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Why is everybody flying to the Middle East?
TigerHawk — ... is not the only high-profile American headed to the Middle East and tries to make sense of it all . Diplomatic efforts are afoot in the Middle East. What they are intended to achieve is unclear, but the tone is unmistakeable: let’s make a deal. My question for your discussion while I totter off to bed: Are the chances for a deal between Israel and Syria, perhaps to include Lebanon, in fact greater now that the right is back in the game in Israel? 0 Comments: ...

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