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China
China's Iranian Gambit - Michael Singh and Jacqueline Newmyer Deal (Foreign Policy)
Increasing Chinese trade with Iran - projected to reach $40 billion in 2011, up from $30 billion last year - eases the pressure on Tehran and provides the Iranian regime with revenue, expertise, and other resources.... China's strategic thinking is laid out clearly in Chinese-language publications aimed at Beijing's political and military elites. For example, defense analyst Maj. Gen. Zhang Shiping, who is often described in the Chinese press as a "researcher" within China's Academy of Military Sciences, argued in China's Sea Power that Iran was a potentially desirable location for a Chinese military base in the Middle East.
Increasing Chinese trade with Iran - projected to reach $40 billion in 2011, up from $30 billion last year - eases the pressure on Tehran and provides the Iranian regime with revenue, expertise, and other resources.... China's strategic thinking is laid out clearly in Chinese-language publications aimed at Beijing's political and military elites. For example, defense analyst Maj. Gen. Zhang Shiping, who is often described in the Chinese press as a "researcher" within China's Academy of Military Sciences, argued in China's Sea Power that Iran was a potentially desirable location for a Chinese military base in the Middle East.
Europe
UK Military Steps Up Plans for Iran Attack Amid Fresh Nuclear Fears - Nick Hopkins (Guardian-UK)
Israel Air Force Holds Distant-Strike Exercise in Italy - Yoav Zitun (Ynet News)
India
Afghan-Indian agreement heralds a strategic shift in the region - CJ RadinOctober (The Long War Journal)
Iran
The Latest War Scare Over Iran - Barry Rubin (National Post-Canada)
Israel
It All Started When Israel Fired Back… Again! - Simon Plosker (Honest Reporting)
Rocket Fire on Israel from Gaza Continues - Yanir Yagna (Ha'aretz)
Lebanon
Hizbullah Discusses Its Operational Plan for War with Israel: Missile Fire on Tel Aviv and Conquest of the Galilee - Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira (Institute for Contemporary Affairs-Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) The operational plan was formulated in tandem with senior Iranian strategic experts...
Libya
Libya: Al-Qaeda Flag Flown Above Benghazi Courthouse - (Telegraph-UK)
Libya Still Struggling to Secure Weapons, Halt Smuggling (AP-Washington Post)
Libya Still Struggling to Secure Weapons, Halt Smuggling (AP-Washington Post)
PA/Hamas/Fatah/Islamic Jihad
Abbas glorifies terrorist prisoners - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Representative of Abbas praises Gilad Shalit's kidnappers - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Rockets Still Flying from the Real Palestinian State - Jonathan S. Tobin (Commentary)
The Islamic Jihad Threat - Ron Ben-Yishai (Ynet News)
Palestinian Authority TV: "Haifa is a well-known Palestinian port" - Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik (PMW)
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine Dishonors Victims of Apartheid - Robin Shepherd (Mail and Guardian-South Africa)
Lies Told about Israel Are Beyond Belief - Benjamin Pogrund (Times-South Africa)
Syria
Syria's Choice: Murderous Secular Regime or Islamic Fundamentalists - Khaled Abu Toameh (Hudson Institute-New York)
Tunisia
Turkey
Surprise Flotilla Leaves Turkey for Gaza - (IPT News)
Turkey, Israel Face New Crisis over Turkish Spy Satellite Project - Emre Soncan (Zaman-Turkey)
Israel Sends Two More Planes Carrying Aid to Turkey (Hurriyet-Turkey)
