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Journal: Chuck Spinney Sends…Turkey and Iran

Turkey and the Iranian Question: Implications for Regional Stability Today’s Guardian contains at report with the provocative leader, ‘Iran is our friend,’ says Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan • We have no difficulty with Ahmadinejad – Erdogan • Warning to Europe not to ignore Turkey’s strengths Perhaps it is time for America and the EU …

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Journal: Chuck Spinney Sends…Syria’s Strategy

The disastrous mid-east strategy of Mad King George put the interests of Israel before all the interests of all others, including ourselves.  It destroyed Iraq, alienated Turkey, countenanced the destruction of Gaza, placed Jordan in an impossible situation, and opened the door to the expansion of Iranian influence, among other things.  One reaction to this …

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Journal: Military says linguists can’t keep up in Afghanistan

PHOTO:David Guttenfelder/The Associated Press Josh Habib, far left, a 53-year-old translator for the U.S. Marines, speaks with Afghan villagers and two Marines in the Nawa district of Helmand province. By JASON STRAZIUSO Associated Press writer July 26, 2009 6:00 AM NAWA, Afghanistan — Josh Habib lay in a dirt field, gasping for air. Two days …

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