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Obama’s Afghan Problem
President Barack Obama decided February 16 to send an additional 17,000 U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan, as part of his campaign promise to increase...
Pakistan Agrees to Taliban Haven in Swat Valley
The government of Pakistan announced on February 16 that it had agreed to accept a system of strict Islamic law, or sharia, in...
Read moreTalking With Iran’s Terror Regime
As Iran celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Khomeini Revolution and the American hostage crisis, U.S. President Barack Obama and Iranian President Mahmoud...
Read moreBaghdad-Tehran Axis Grows
Less than two weeks after Iraq’s provincial elections, the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki welcomed a large high-level delegation from Iran....
Read moreIraq Elections No Victory for U.S.
Provincial council elections in 14 of Iraq’s 18 provinces on January 31 strengthened Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Dawa Party, a militant Shia Islamic...
Read moreForeign Policy Insider Holbrooke Visits Pakistan
President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, who arrived in Pakistan on February 9, met the next day with...
Read moreRussia’s Puzzling Role in Afghan Theater
On February 5, we reported about the fate of the U.S. air base at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, which has played a key role in...
Read moreFate of U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Uncertain
Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on February 3 that his government had decided to shut down the U.S. air base at Manas. Manas...
Read moreFirst Iranian-produced Satellite Launched
Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, announced on February 3 that on the previous day the Islamic nation had launched its first domestically produced...
Read moreGaza Cease-fire Continues to Break
For the second time in two days, the cease-fire between the Hamas Palestinian terrorist faction that controls Gaza and neighboring Israel was broken...
Read moreMitchell Discusses Gaza in Israel, West bank
George J. Mitchell, the Obama administration's special Middle East envoy, traveled to Israel from Cairo on January 28 for a meeting with Israel's...
Read moreThe Expanding War in Afghanistan
In an announcement made to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on January 20, General David Petraeus, the U.S. Central Command chief,...
Read moreAnother Busy Week in the Middle East
The world's attention remained focused on the Middle East during the week of January 25, as President Barack Obama met with his special...
Read morePetraeus Prepares for Afghan Military Buildup
General David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) in the Middle East, met Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace...
Read moreThe Aftermath of the Gaza Cease-fire
On January 18, the militant Hamas regime that rules Gaza agreed to a one-week cease-fire with Israel. With three weeks of military action...
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