Friday, July 20, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- July 20, 2012



End Of The Assad Regime Is Coming -- Spiegel Online

Wednesday's attack on leading government officials could mark a turning point in the battle to overthrow the Assad regime in Syria. That, at least, is what the country's opposition is hoping. German media commentators tend to agree.

The Syrian opposition is celebrating it as a turning point in the struggle to overthrow the regime of autocrat Bashar Assad. A powerful blast on Wednesday tore through a high-level security meeting in the country's capital, killing three top officials and potentially weakening Assad's grip on power in the strife-torn country.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

What the assault on the Assad regime means -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph

Where's Assad? As grip on Syria weakens, his whereabouts come into question
-- Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor

Five reasons why Syria may be at a tipping point -- Arthur Bright, Christian Science Monitor

What Comes After Assad in Syria? -- Bruce Riedel, Daily Beast

Despite Attack, Hezbollah Is Vulnerable -- Max Boot, Commentary

Palestinians deny U.S. aid threat -- Allison Good, The Cable/Foreign Policy

Death of Suleiman: Egypt's revolution outlives its torturers -- Omar Ashour, Al Jazeera

Is the Much Celebrated Arab Spring Coming To An End? -- Richard Miniter, Forbes

We must have the courage to bring Zimbabwe in from the cold -- Peter Oborne, The Telegraph

Eroding Japan's no-war principle
-- Japan Times editorial

A Hedge Fund Manager's Crusade against Putin -- Matthias Schepp and Anne Seith, Spiegel Online

Disillusioned German Islamists Abandoning Jihad -- Oezlem Gezer and Holger Stark, Spiegel Online

Cybersecurity: Does Senate deal on legislation compromise defenses?
-- Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor

Quietly, a food crisis brews -- Steve McCann, American Thinker

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