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Nevertheless, we need to present an alternative to the Arab world and demonstrate that western-style secular liberal democracy is compatible with a Muslim nation. Luckily, America already has a very suitable candidate for such a role. Turkey, which borders the Arab world and has a population that is more than 90 percent Muslim, is a heartening example of a western-style democracy prospering in an Islamic environment...
...expand government control beyond Kabul, both Karzai and the U.N. want an expanded peacekeeping mission. But the U.S. and participating countries have nixed the idea of beefing up the peacekeeping force, preferring to concentrate on building a new Afghan national army. Turkey, which takes over ISAF leadership from Britain in the next month, agreed to the role only after the U.S. agreed to pick up the tab. "It's a dead issue," says the European diplomat of an expanded mission. "ISAF countries just don't want...
...armament delivery service for other militants around the world. According to Indian intelligence, who deeply resent Prabhakaran and the Tigers for the 1991 assassination of Rajiv Gandhi, a Tiger vessel has been used to transport weapons from al-Qaeda to the Abu Sayyaf group in the Philippines and to Turkey to supply rebels in Chechnya. "They have the best terrorist shipping network in the world," says Gunaratna. But while the U.S. is trying to portray itself as "bad cop" and "a menacing hard-ass," according to one Western diplomat in Colombo, Prabhakaran last week publicly called their bluff...
...like an elephant on a tightrope—the diameter of the heel’s base was only one centimeter. Apparently, women walk on their tiptoes; if you put any weight on the heel it’s likely to crack under the pressure, especially if you have turkey-shaped thighs like me. As I grew more comfortable, I added sass to my walk. Hips, then thighs and, bam, a surprise—I could finally work it. There would be no twisted ankles after the pageant, just a sore lower body. The adrenaline pumping during the competition kept...
...commitments for years, or even decades, to come. It may be difficult to separate the combatants, now, without an international monitoring or peacekeeping force in which both sides have sufficient trust - that suggests a dominant role for the U.S., possibly in concert with forces drawn from the European Union, Turkey, Jordan or even Egypt...