As Iraq Battles Al Qaeda In Fallujah, Pentagon Takes Note. Will Afghanistan? -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
Anbar Province, where Iraq is battling insurgents, was once lauded for the decision of tribal elders to cast out Al Qaeda. The question is whether Afghan officials are receptive to the Iraqi lesson.
Conditions in Iraq’s western Anbar Province – once a model for what was going right in the Iraq war – are deteriorating with an influx of Al Qaeda insurgents into the area.
The city of Fallujah, in which US troops saw some of the toughest fights of the war, is once again the site of a pitched battle, this time between Al Qaeda-affiliated insurgents and Iraqi soldiers.
So, could all of this serve as a cautionary tale for Afghanistan?
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
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Turkey is reneging on its deal with Israel -- Aaron Magid, Jerusalem Post
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The Rapid Fall of the Muslim Brotherhood -- Dina Khayat, Wall Street Journal
If the Taliban retake control of Afghanistan, blame Obama -- Con Coughlin, The Telegraph
Afghanistan: The Desert of Death -- Anatol Lieven, New York Review of Books
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Dennis Rodman in North Korea: Has he finally gone too far? -- Peter Grier, Christian Science Monitor
North Korea: Expect the Unexpected -- Robert A. Manning, The National Interest
An angry India pops the expat ‘bubble’ in Delhi -- Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
Has Greece Turned a Corner? -- Christoph Pauly, Gregor Peter Schmitz and Christoph Schult, Spiegel Online
Al Qaeda retakes Fallujah; Obama frees cohorts from Gitmo -- J.D. Gordon, Washington Times
The Gitmo Detainee the Times Just Denied Was in Benghazi . . . Was in Benghazi -- Patrick Brennan, NRO
Top Saudi lets the cat out of the bag -- Thomas Lifson, American Thinker
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