Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- September 20, 2011



Killing Of Former Afghan President Rabbani Imperils Taliban Peace Talks -- Tom Peter, Christian Science Monitor

Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, a prominent peace council official trying to negotiate a reconciliation deal with the Taliban, was assassinated Tuesday.


The assassination comes just a week after the 20-hour siege outside the US Embassy and amid a wave of high-level assassinations this summer that shook up Afghan bases of power.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

How ready are Libya's new leaders? -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

A heedless rush for Palestinian statehood -- Washington Post editorial

Face-off at the U.N. -- L.A. Times editorial

The coming U.N. debacle -- Yossi Klein Halevi, L.A. Times

The failed policies of the West -- Barry Rubin, Jerusalem Post

Yemen is threatening to turn into another Somalia
-- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

Building a Safer Haiti -- New York Times editorial

Q&A: How did the euro zone get into its debt mess? -- Robin Emmott, Yahoo News/Reuters

Strong Countries, Not Greece, Should Ditch Euro -- Ramesh Ponnuru, Bloomberg

What Wikileaks Tells Us About Al Jazeera -- Omar Chatriwala, Foreign Policy

The end of the Al Jazeera decade?
-- Blake Hounshell, Foreign Policy

How Obama's destabilizing the world -- Nick Turse, Salon

Help! I’m on the IRS hit list -- Margaret Wente, Globe and Mail

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