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U.S. Investigates Syrian Diplomats for Spying on U.S. Protesters - Eli Lake (Washington Times)

Gaza's Rocket Men Shoot for the Moon - Sharon Weinberger (Slate) Abu Saif, a rocket maker for the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, is a fan of Google Earth.
IDF Doesn't View Gaza Rocket Attacks as Real Escalation - Yaakov Katz (Jerusalem Post)

Why the Palestinians Don't Want Fayyad - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)
Cartoon: Demonized Jew and American celebrate division of Sudan -Itamar Marcus (PMW)


Hizbullah and Iran in the Americas - Amb. Roger Noriega (U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security)

Counterproductive restraint - Bill Ardolino (The Long War Journal) British soldiers have been directed not to shoot insurgent bomb emplacers in Afghanistan

Cyprus Explosion: What the UN Press Release Left Out - Claudia Rosett (Pajamas Media)