Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 12, 2011



Assassination Plot? Why Iran And Saudi Arabia Are Such Bitter Rivals -- Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor

US authorities linked Iran to a plot to kill the Saudi ambassador to the US. Few contests have defined the modern Middle East like that between Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran.

A longstanding regional rivalry lies behind the web of conspiracies that US authorities on Tuesday said linked Iranian agents to a plot to kill the Saudi Arabia ambassador in Washington.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Washington Bombing Plot Is Out of Character for Iran's Professional Killers -- Robert Baer, Time
The US must see past the 'Iranian plot' to the bigger picture -- Heather Hurlburt, The Guardian
Alleged plot is uncharacteristically bold -- Washington Post
Analysis: Alleged plot deals new blow to Iran nuclear diplomacy -- Reuters
Is Exposure of a Direct Iranian Plot to Launch Terror Attacks in Washington DC A Turning Point? -- Barry Rubin, Pajamas Media
What Iran’s alleged terror plot tells us -- By David Ignatius, Washington Post
Iranian bomb plot blows up deterrence theory -- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal

Gilad Shalit release: Why Israel and Hamas agreed to a prisoner swap -- Joshua Mitnick, Christian Science Monitor

Islam's war on the Cross: Egypt's move to democracy under threat after latest attack on Coptic community -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph

Why Burma's prisoner release may be more than a token gesture -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor

Soviet-style show trial in Ukraine -- The Telegraph editorial

Why Europe's debt crisis is a storm warning for Wall Street -- Paul Harris, The Guardian

Justifying the Killing of an American -- New York Times editorial

Apologies Not Accepted
-- IBD Editorials

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