Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials -- October 31, 2012

A video from activists an eastern suburb of Damascus showed smoke rising. BBC

Syria's Rebels Need To Strike At The Regime's Backbone -- Hassan Hassan, The National

What if the Syrian regime crumbled today? Did the government lose control - at least briefly - when at least four of the regime's top figures were killed in a bomb attack in Damascus in July? In my opinion, it probably did.

Those officials, including the dictator's brother-in-law Assef Shawkat, linked the regime's top echelons with the security apparatus in overseeing the daily repression. That chain was probably broken, for a brief period, before the embattled regime reasserted its control and the violence continued as usual.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

A jihadist group prospers in Syria
-- Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

Tunisia’s Challenges -- New York Times editorial

It is business as usual in Pakistan -- Anita Joshua, The National

Al Qaida-linked groups cement control in northern Mali as diplomats ponder intervention -- Alan Boswell, McClatchy Newspapers

Minorities Fear End of Secularism in Egypt -- Daniel Steinvorth and Volkhard Windfuhr, Spiegel Online

Africa’s gerontocracy isn’t going to last much longer -- TMS Ruge, Special to The Globe and Mail

The Putin Crackdown -- Wall Street Journal editorial

Prospect of show trial stirs some Russians' memories of Stalinism -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor

Now, Almost Anyone Is a Traitor
-- Andrei Soldatov, The Moscow Times

Reclaiming Xenophobia: The Rise of Ultra-Nationalism in Greece -- Joanna Kakissis, Time

Europe must overcome the politics of fear around the debt crisis -- George Papandreou, Christian Science Monitor

Scottish independence vote is part of worrying trend -- Washington Post editorial

Gates says defense secretary role was his life's 'highest calling' -- Jennifer Rizzo, CNN

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