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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

IPS News - The Greater Middle East: U.S. Escalates War Against Al-Qaeda


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IPS News - The Greater Middle East: U.S. Escalates War Against Al-Qaeda

YEMEN: U.S. Escalates War Against Al-Qaeda
Jim Lobe*
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 - Increasingly worried that Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is taking advantage of the growing political chaos in Yemen, the administration of President Barack Obama has tasked the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to use drone missiles to strike at suspected AQAP militants.
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Four Months into Uprising, Syria Still Plagued by Unknowns
Analysis by Samer Araabi
WASHINGTON, Jun 14 - Journalists, analysts, and policymakers have struggled to separate truth from fiction as the political situation in Syria steadily deteriorates. The lack of accurate, credible information has mired the Syrian situation beneath a fog of war that has complicated the world's understanding of the regime, its opposition, and the realities behind the uprising's latest developments.
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MIDEAST: A Price to Pay for Israeli Aid Restrictions
Mel Frykberg
RAMALLAH, Jun 13 - Israeli restrictions on the delivery of international aid to impoverished Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territories are costing aid organisations nearly five million dollars annually, and European and U.S. tax payers are footing the bill.
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Moussa Seeks to Calm Arab Countries ‘Privately’
A.D.McKenzie
PARIS, Jun 13 - Leaving his position as secretary-general of the Arab League, Amr Moussa is now a "private citizen" as he prepares to contest the Egyptian presidential election. And as a private citizen there is little he can do officially to fight government crackdown on citizens across parts of the Arab world, he tells IPS in an interview.
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Dam Project in Turkey Breeds Controversy
Mohammed A. Salih
HASANKEYF, Turkey, Jun 13 - The tranquillity and mystery of this town on the banks of Tigris River will not last long. The millennia-old town will be nearly totally destroyed once the nearby Ilisu dam, built for energy and irrigation, is complete.
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New Fear of Civil War in Sudan
Simba Russeau
CAIRO, Jun 13 - The escalation of violence around the north-south border in the run-up to Sudan’s big divide has sparked fears of a new civil war, but experts contend that the issue is more about land and water rather than oil.
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MIDEAST: Fishing Under Fire
Eva Bartlett
GAZA CITY, Jun 12 - In Gaza's main port, beyond the newly-built memorial to the Freedom Flotilla martyrs, Gaza's fishermen prepare to go out trawling at shallow depths in Palestinian waters. Other fishers stay on land to mend nets and fix boats damaged or destroyed by Israeli navy gunfire, shelling, water cannoning and even ramming. Such moves as the opening of Rafah have done nothing for Gaza's fishermen.
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BAHRAIN: Tribunal-Issued Death Sentences Cause Outcry
Matthew Cardinale
ATLANTA, Georgia, U.S., Jun 11 - Democracy advocates in the United States are troubled by the pending execution of two men who took part in anti-government protests in Bahrain.
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OP-ED: The War in Libya: The African Union's Mistake of Policy and Principle
Dr. Kwame Akonor*
NEW YORK, Jun 10 - Africa's handling of the Libyan crisis at the United Nations has been timorous and confusing, but it presents an opportunity as well as a challenge for the continental body on how it defines its future strategic interests.
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