New sanctions set by EU against Iran
via Lobe Log Bloomberg News reports on a new round of EU sanctions against Iranian banks and firms that will be announced tomorrow: The new restrictions also include a ban on exports to Iran of...
View ArticleMajor US Newspapers Criticize Obama’s Approach to Syrian Crisis
via Lobe Log The New York Times reports that despite US reluctance to arm Islamist actors in Syria, that’s happening as the US does little to vet the actions of its partners Qatar and Saudi Arabia....
View ArticleEx-UN Special Commission on Iraq Chairman: “Don’t Go Baghdad on Tehran”
via Lobe Log Rolf Ekéus, who was executive chairman for the UN Special Commission on Iraq between 1991 and 1997, writes with Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, a nuclear expert at Standford University, on the...
View ArticleCIA looking to expand drone program
via Lobe Log The Washington Post reports that the CIA is seeking greater control over drone assets around the world, especially those equipped to carry out targeted killings in the Horn of Africa,...
View ArticleNew York Times reports US to sit down with Tehran; White House issues partial...
The New York Times reported this weekend that the Obama Administration has agreed to hold direct negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding its nuclear program. Both sides have reportedly...
View ArticleFormer Mossad chief: Failure to negotiate with Iran would lead to war
via Lobe Log Laura Rozen’s recent interview with former Mossad director Efraim Halevy focuses heavily on diplomatic options for the US, Israel and Iran in the impasse over the Iranian nuclear program....
View ArticleWaPo on the “disposition matrix,” the CIA’s next-generation kill list
via Lobe Log The Washington Post‘s Greg Miller has begun a three-part series on the future of the Obama Administration’s counterterrorism drone strike program, which will include a “next-generation...
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Just a Tuesday, like any other, for US drone strikes
via Lobe Log Election Day in the United States was — as it has been since 1845 — a Tuesday, which meant that it also coincided with “Terror Tuesday,” the label attached to the meetings held by...
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Drones and COIN, Post-Petraeus
via Lobe Log In what is sure to be one of the most glaringly obvious headlines written about the General Petraeus-Paula Broadwell affair, the Washington Post writes: “Petraeus hoped affair would stay...
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New Syrian opposition gains some diplomatic support, US embrace still absent
via Lobe Log The Syrian National Coalition, formed in Qatar last week through a US-led international initiative, has gained two important diplomatic victories in the past few days. NATO member Turkey...
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