Algeria Intervenes In Hostage Crisis As Mali’s War Spreads Regional Chaos -- Vivienne Walt, Time
One day after Islamic militants invaded an Algerian gas field and seized dozens of Western workers, there are fears that several of the foreign hostages might be dead—potentially escalating the military intervention in neighboring Mali into a full-scale regional conflict. For months, a parade of Western diplomats and politicians, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and French President François Hollande, have visited Mali’s big, richer neighbor—Algeria—to try to persuade the government to deploy its crack military forces against al-Qaeda fighters in control of northern Mali. For months Algeria rebuffed their pleas, despite its long military and intelligence ties with the U.S., reluctant to be dragged into a Western-led fight and risk igniting a bloody conflict at home.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
It sounds like a replay of Algeria’s civil war. Don’t bet on a happy ending -- Robert Fisk, The Independent
Is the Algeria hostage crisis really al-Qaeda? -- Max Fisher, Washington Post
Pushing Africa aside in Mali -- Arun Mohan Sukumar, The Hindu
Are we walking into another Afghanistan? -- Daily Mail editorial
Can Mali Be Saved from the Islamists? -- Coughlin & Blair, The Telegraph
The Moor Strategy: Mauritania’s President Mohamed Abdel Aziz on Islamists and underdevelopment in the Sahel -- Roger Kaplan, Weekly Standard
Turning Syria into Somalia -- Hassan Mneimneh, Real Clear World
Salafists Vow to Fight Until There Is 'Islamic State in Syria' -- Tulin Daloglu, Al-Monitor
The Qatari Challenge to U.S. Foreign Policy -- Seth Mandel, Commentary
Another Face-Off for Nuclear-Armed Rivals -- New York Times editorial
India awakens to its grass-roots power -- Fred Hiatt, Washington Post
US pivot sparks Asian arms race -- Richard Heydarian, Asia Times
Cameron’s European moment has come – a year late -- James Forsyth, Spectator
Mafia Boss's Slaying In Moscow Sparks Fears Of Mob War -- Robert Coalson, Radio Free Europe
Latin America’s new leader: Raúl Castro -- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald
Expect More Anti-Americanism in 2013 -- Michael Bohm, The Moscow Times
The U.S. and Al-Qaeda: Mission Still Not Accomplished -- Jonathan S. Tobin, Commentary
Being Bin Laden -- Ricky S. Sekhon, New York Times
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