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...host of her own CNN program, Amanpour has gained recognition for her hard-hitting coverage on domestic crises like Hurricane Katrina. The fluent speaker of English, Persian, and French has also reported in international war zones such as Afghanistan and the Balkans...
...winner of nine news and documentary Emmy Awards and host of her own daily series "Amanpour," the 26-year veteran reporter's coverage has included major conflicts including the Persian Gulf War, the Bosnian War, as well as Hurricane Katrina and the crises in Somalia and Rwanda...
...media in general have effectively turned this imbroglio into a clash of morals. Perhaps. But it is also yet another symbol of the shifting balance of economic power globally. Other countries censor content, and not just rogue regimes such as the Iranian mullocracy. Web sites are blocked throughout the Persian Gulf and North Africa based on objectionable content and this hasn't created much of a furor. Other countries also engage in cyber espionage, especially Israel and of course the United States Government itself with the largest group of hackers in the world employed by the National Security Agency...
...AQAP may constitute 200 core members supported by thousands of locals. Terrorism experts worry that with a firm footing in Yemen, al-Qaeda can coordinate with Red Sea pirates operating from Somalia and eventually reach the Suez Canal - or launch attacks in Saudi Arabia and the other Persian Gulf countries. "Anyone who has been to Yemen knows that automatic arms, explosives, even rockets are sold out in the open - on street corners - often by people who make no secret of their Islamist affinities," says a French counterterrorism official. "It's been this enormous crossroads for people traveling from one jihad...
...Iran, pointing out that the Bush Administration's policies of setting ultimatums backed by limited sanctions had failed to slow Iran's nuclear program. The Bush team did, of course, reach out discreetly to Tehran during its final year - though Obama made a far more public show in his Persian New Year message, respectfully addressed to the regime. But the turmoil unleashed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's contested re-election on June 12 prompted the regime to circle the wagons against alleged "Western plots," imperiling hopes for diplomatic rapprochement. Critics may have chided Obama for declining to grandstand...