Sunday, January 23, 2005

articles 1/23, p.m. edition

Ten Years Later
"Then the second wave of al-Qaeda attacks hit America." A leading expert on counterterrorism imagines the future history of the war on terror. A frightening picture of a country still at war in 2011
by Richard A. Clarke
This is a transcript of the Tenth Anniversary 9/11 LectureSunday, September 11, 2011John F. Kennedy School of GovernmentCambridge, MassachusettsProfessor Roger McBride

Success Without Victory
America won the Cold War because Americans embraced a set of strategic principles and pursued them steadily, decade after decade. Here's the outline of a "containment" strategy for the age of terror
by James Fallows

China, the sea lanes, and energy

Revolutionary President
by Michael Barone

Double or Nothing
by Fred Barnes

Don't Worry Your Pretty Little Head
The pseudo-feminist show trial of Larry Summers.
By William Saletan

W. Post
Most Iraqis Remain Committed to Elections, Poll Finds
Despite Insurgent Threats and Lack of Democratic Tradition, 80 Percent Say They Are Likely to Vote

Idealism & Realism vs. Cynicism & Delusion
by Mark Steyn

A Higher Realism
by Robert Kagan

A Nuclear Iran: The Scariest Prospect of All
by Edward Luttwak

The Next Islamist Revolution?
by Eliza Griswold

The Saudis & Conspiracy Theories
by J. Gurwitz

On Terror, Reporters See What They Want To See
by Jack Kelly

AP
U.S. Foresaw Terror Threats in 1970s
Nearly three decades before the Sept. 11 attacks, a high-level government panel developed plans to protect the nation against terrorist acts ranging from radiological "dirty bombs" to airline missile attacks, according to declassified documents.

Reuters
U.S. Checking Reported $300 Million Iraqi Cash Move
U.S. authorities are investigating why $300 million in American bills was taken out of Iraq's Central Bank this month and flown to Lebanon, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq said on Sunday.

Reuters
Al Qaeda Ally Declares All-Out War on Iraqi Election
Al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi declared all-out war on Iraq's landmark elections on Sunday in a warning intended to scare away voters a week before they go to the polls amid a raging insurgency.

Citizen Jordan
A basketball legend's soulless retirement caps his soulless career.
By Charles P. Pierce

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