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...Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) shows that despite their “peaceful coexistence” rhetoric, the Brotherhood “supports suicide bombings in Israel and offers inspiration for many violent jihadi groups.” Dennis Ross, former President Bill Clinton’s Middle East envoy, has offered additional criticism stating that despite the Brotherhood’s “assertion that it wants to engage in the political process in Egypt, the movement supports the use of violence in other areas.” The clear consensus seems to be that the reality...
...envoy, Lt. Gen. William Fraser, arrives on Thursday in a bid to revive the "road map" peace plan, a cornerstone of which is a freeze on new Jewish settlements in the Palestinian territories. Olmert's move is bound to complicate Fraser's task. The White House's new envoy may be a military man, but his past experience is no preparation for the political minefield he is stepping into...
...certainly be building better relationships with other elements that would be important to Pakistan's' future - that I just don't see happening. I have had this debate with the Administration going back years now. I have asked them to engage much more directly, to have high-level presidential envoy between Musharraf and Afghanistan and set some real goals in terms of our expectations about Musharraf... And they just steadfastly refuse to do that. I think that is the root of the problem. This is a complex society and it may very well be that President Musharraf has not mapped...
...casualties are mounting. And the Taliban has just threatened Afghanistan's cell-phone companies with attacks unless they shut down at night so that cell-phone-carrying insurgents can't be tracked electronically. In addition to its military woes, Washington has spent months vainly seeking an international envoy to lead reconstruction efforts inside the country...
...face of mounting pressure from the American and Iraqi governments, a Turkish envoy in Baghdad said on Wednesday that Turkey would continue military operations in northern Iraq until it was satisfied it had destroyed the bases of Kurdish guerillas. "Our objective is clear, our mission is clear and there is no timetable," said Ahmet Davutoglu, an adviser to the Turkish prime minister, at a Baghdad news conference. He was in Iraq for meetings with American and Iraqi officials, including the Iraqi foreign minister and U.S. commander David Petraeus...