Written by George Friedman

April 8, 2008
By George Friedman
Stratfor

The Arab-Israeli region of the Middle East is filled with rumors of war. That is about as unusual as the rising of the sun, so normally it would not be worth mentioning. But like the proverbial broken clock that is right twice a day, such rumors ...

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Written by NEFA

Written by Stratfor

April 4, 2008
Stratfor Today©

Summary
Hezbollah has been wooing Sunni religious scholars in Lebanon, according to a source in Lebanon. This Shiite courting of Sunnis sheds light on the Iranian bid to bridge ideological and religious divides to spread its influence in the Middle East.

MAHMOUD ...

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Written by Dani Reshef

Sunday 04/06/2008
Dani Reshef

In the Northeast outskirts of Baghdad, fierce fighting erupted  when Shiite “Mahdi Army” militia, led by Moqtada Sadr, clashed with USA and IRAQI army, 3 American soldiers were killed by rockets fire launched from within Sadr City.

 2 US soldiers were killed in ...

Read more: New Stage In Iraq War And Iranian Presence in Basra

Written by Dani Reshef

April 5, 2008
by Dani Reshef 

NATO Summit which ended on 04/03/2008 in Bucharest, Romania’s capital, ended with a compromise between USA and its European allies. USA wants to expend NATO more to the East to territories that were a part of the former Soviet Union such as Ukraine and Georgia.

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Written by Stratfor

April 3, 2008
Stratfor©
Summary

A joint communique released by NATO at its summit in Bucharest, Romania, on April 3 acknowledges both the contribution to the alliance of U.S. efforts outside NATO to place ballistic missile defense (BMD) installations in Europe and the continuing threat of ...

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Written by NEFA

April 3, 2008, NEFA
Concurrent with the start of the trial of eight alleged conspirators, the NEFA Foundation has released the fifteenth installment in its "Target: America" series, examining the 2006 plot to detonate liquid explosives on board several commercial aircraft departing from England ...

Read more: Bojinka II: The Transatlantic Liquid Bomb Plot

Written by NEFA

April 3, 2008
NEFA
The NEFA Foundationhas obtained a copy of a new 90-minute audio recording released today of Al-Qaida's Deputy Commander Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri. During the audio recording, Dr. al-Zawahiri responded to many of the hundreds of questions recently submitted on extremist web forums by ...

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