Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 24, 2011

Terror In Moscow—Again -- Wall Street Journal

This attack could have happened in London, Madrid or New York.

The scenes at Moscow's Domodedovo airport yesterday are all too familiar in the global age of terror. At least 34 people were killed and 168 injured by an explosion. Eyewitness videos and pictures on the Web showed the international arrivals hall filled with smoke, bodies scattered among trollies and luggage.

Though no group has claimed responsibility, the bombing would seem to fit a pattern of Islamist terror in Russia—as well as in London, Madrid, throughout the Middle East and South Asia, and in New York and Washington on 9/11. Russian officials say a suicide bomber detonated a massive explosive in the baggage claim area. This could have happened anywhere.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Russia and Terrorism: A History of Violence -- Theunis Bates, AolNews.com

Palestinian leaders scramble to spin Al Jazeera leaks -- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy

Will 'The Palestine Papers' Kill the Peace Process? -- Tony Karon, Time Magazine

Israel`s Gas Find Raises Questions -- Haaretz

Turkel Report Reveals Ankara’s Responsibility for Flotilla Deaths -- Evelyn Gordon, Commentary Magazine

So why keep talking to Iran? -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

Tehran Feels the Pinch -- Wall Street Journal editorial

China announces its real foreign policy (updated) -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker

China's new world order -- Robert J. Samuelson, Wall Street Journal

Karzai Does the Right Thing -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine

Fight Off, Don’t Pay Off, Pirates -- Max Boot, Commentary Magazine

Staggering debt belies developed world’s ‘wealth’ -- Gwyn Morgan, Globe And Mail