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 25 August, 2011 Article 1. Scientific American Is Muammar Qadhafi Clinically Psychotic? John Matson Article 2. The Financial Times Why Libya sceptics were proved badly wrong Anne-Marie Slaughter Article 3. Foreign Policy Sinai’s Bedouin run amok in post-Mubarak Egypt Mohamed...

…do those for the police and the army, but from different sources of revenue. (The New York Times recently reported that Muammar Gaddafi had demanded in 2009 that oil firms operating in Libya should contribute to the $1.5bn he had promised to pay in compensation for the Lockerbie...

16 see Colonel Qaddafi gone, he also said that the air war was unlikely to accomplish that by itself. Most important, he vowed that there would be no American ground troops in this fight. “If we tried to overthrow Qaddafi by force,” he said, “our coalition would splinter.” He sa...

an effort to avoid civil conflict. Disregarding their advice, President Saleh remains convinced that he will be able to stem the uprising and maintain his control of the government. On Sunday night, President Saleh ordered units of the Republican Guard and Central Security—comma...

From: [email protected] To: Middle East Update [email protected]; Subject: Middle East Update - May 25-31, 2011 Sent: 6/1/2011 10:47:23 PM Middle East Update May 25-31, 2011 Syria International pressure on Damascus is mounting. After the US imposed...

Article 1. Scientific American Is Muammar QOadhafi Clinicall Psychotic? John Matson August 23, 2011 -- OUT OF TOUCH: The bizarre statements Col. Muammar Qadhafi has made in the past several months may result from a self-imposed insulation from reality, rather than a delusiona...

…al March 28, 2011 -- President Obama made the right, albeit belated, decision to join with allies and try to stop Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from slaughtering thousands of Libyans. But he has been far too slow to explain that decision, or his long-term strategy, to Congress and the...

once exuberantly dancing alongside the son of Muammar Gaddafi.

…ike an embarrassing relative. In North Africa, the US military has taken a back seat while the work of toppling Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and driving back the jihadists in Mali has been left to Franco-British forces. Syrian policy is one of drift, where the administration finds all...

…ike an embarrassing relative. In North Africa, the US military has taken a back seat while the work of toppling Colonel Muammar Qaddafi and driving back the jihadists in Mali has been left to Franco-British forces. Syrian policy is one of drift, where the administration finds all...

…s year's withdrawal from Iraq -- albeit on a timetable negotiated by his predecessor -- and the successful overthrow of Muammar al-Qaddafi. All the same, "apology tours" and "leading from behind" -- referring to an unfortunate description of Obama's diplomatic strategy by a White...

…ion time on launching a third American war in the Middle East, though no one in the U.S. government dared call it that. Muammar Qaddafi was ramping up his genocidal threats, pledging to show “no mercy” toward his own people (whom he described as “rats’’) in the eastern city of Be...

15 The contradictions and anomalies of U.S. foreign policy have also been on stark display in the Obama administration's differing responses to Qaddafi's and Assad's repression of their own people. Beating up Qaddafi proved doable and necessary to prevent what was viewed as pote...

… The frustration was even greater during the Libyan crisis that ended with the overthrow and execution of former leader Muammar Gaddafi. Indeed, from Beijing's perspective, resolution 1973 of the United Nations seeking to impose a no-fly zone in Libya did not give any foreign pow...

…ill it become a hub for regional instability and violence? No and yes -The US/EU/NATO toppling of long-time strongman Muammar Gaddafi has led to a cycle of instability and continuous violence. - It has also led to severe cuts in oil production and loss of significant revenue....