Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- January 15, 2013



How The French Got To Airstrikes In Mali: A Briefing From Bamako -- Peter Tinti, Christian Science Monitor

Five key questions about how Islamic militants took over northern Mali -- and why the French are trying to stop them.

French airstrikes in Mali last week have jolted the West's attention. The strikes and more planned deployments by France and other African states, are designed to halt the progress of Islamist rebels in Mali, and deny radicals an Afghan-style haven for jihad against Europe. Journalist Peter Tinti has lived in West Africa for the last three years and arrived in Bamako today. Here's his first briefer from the capital.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

President Hollande should beware: Mali is a quagmire in the making akin to Afghanistan -- Nabila Ramdani, London Evening Standard

France in Mali: the End of the Fairytale -- Gregory Mann, Africa Is A Country

The War in Mali is a Reminder of France's Grand Malaise -- David A. Bell, The New Republic

Is Mali another loss for counterinsurgency? -- Max Fisher, Washington Post

Will threats of war compel Iran to make a nuclear deal? -- Doyle McManus, L.A. Times

As IAEA arrives in Tehran, Iran braces for full force of US sanctions
-- Roshanak Taghavi, Christian Science Monitor

Why Turkey Is Talking to Its PKK Nemesis
-- Pelin Turgut, Time

Green Books, red herring and the LoC war
-- Praveen Swami, The Hindu

Islamabad in Chaos -- Wall Street Journal editorial

Time to stop ignoring the campaign of slaughter against Pakistan’s Shiites -- Jonathan Kay, National Post

Analysis: New China leaders must steady economy in 2013 before driving reform -- Nick Edwards, Reuters

Venezuela's Next Political Battle
-- Fabio Rafael Fiallo, Real Clear World

Foreign complicity in the drone war -- Murtaza Hussain, Al Jazeera

Al-Qa'ida is back in business -- The Australian editorial

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