Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Commentaries, Opinons, And Editorials -- January 11, 2012



Who's Killing Iranian Nuclear Scientists? -- Josh Levs, CNN

(CNN) -- It's a question many people inside Iran -- and those who watch the country closely around the world -- were asking Wednesday: Who is killing nuclear scientists in Iran?

An explosion on Wednesday killed Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan, a top official at the Natanz uranium enrichment plant, Iranian officials said.

He is the third man identified as a nuclear scientist to be killed in Iran in a mysterious explosion in the past two years. A fourth survived an assassination attempt.

In each case, someone placed a bomb under the scientist's car.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Iran Admits Targeting Nuclear Scientists Takes a Toll -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

The U.S. needs to intensify sanctions on Iran -- Washington Post editorial

Christmas is No Time for an Iranian Revolution -- Hooman Majd, Foreign Affairs

Russia has many reasons to defend Syria’s regime -- Hussain Abdul-Hussain, The Daily Star

Bashar al-Assad has three options
-- Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

US ends longest lull in drone strikes over Pakistan. Why now? -- Ariel Zirulnick, Christian Science Monitor

US drone strikes again. Is Pakistan's military angling for a favor? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

Is Taliban Serious About Talks?
-- Richard Weitz, The Diplomat

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Agenda in Egypt -- Michael Rubin, Commentary

Give Guantánamo Back to Cuba -- Jonathan M. Hansen, New York Times

'Doomsday Clock' moved forward. What has scientists worried?
-- Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor

Political Islam Without Oil
-- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times

Class Warfare and the Buffett Rule -- Arthur B. Laffer, Wall Street Journal

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