Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- December 7, 2011



Is Pakistan Intelligence Implicated In Afghanistan Bombings? -- Mark Urban, BBC

One of the main theories being investigated by western forces in Afghanistan is that Tuesday's bombing aimed at Shia targets, which killed 58 people, was carried out by the Haqqani network.

If this is true, it would point the finger at Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence agency, which has nurtured a long relationship with this Afghan group, and has been publicly accused by the US of using it to orchestrate terrorist attacks in Kabul.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Will China become the next major global power? Depends on its rural development. -- Eric X. Li, Christian Science Monitor

Playing With Fire: Obama's Risky Oil Threat to China -- Michael T. Klare, The Nation

A Nuclear Option for Saudi Arabia? -- Arnaud de Borchgrave, Atlantic Council

Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Iranian Oil Weapon? -- IBD Editorial

Egypt, the Beginning or the End?
-- Thomas Friedman, New York Times

Don’t Abandon Democracy Efforts in Middle East; Redouble Them -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

Cold War returns to Mideast -- Samuel Segev, Winnipeg Free Press

Another UN Failure
-- Bethany Mandel, Commentary

Falklands warning
-- The Telegraph editorial

Falklands Blockade Is an Act of War Toward Britain -- Nile Gardiner, Real Clear World/Compass

A Western Hemisphere, minus the U.S.
-- L.A. Times editorial

Crunch Time for the Euro and Europe: Taking Note of the Elephant -- Bruce Crumley, Time

The eurozone crisis: a terrifying race to become a diminished world power
-- Timothy Garton Ash, The Guardian

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