Kayhan, Iran President Ahmadinejad: ‘Zionist Capitalists’ Pick United States Presidents “The American people lack freedom of choice; it is the Zionists, according to their needs, that decide who becomes the U.S. president.” — PRESIDENT Mahmoud Ahmadinejad DOES TINY ISRAEL RULE WORLD?

Debka File, Israel Two More U.S. Carriers and Dozens of UAV-Submarines Rushed to Strait of Hormuz “If Iran starts spreading mines in international waterways, i.e., the Strait of Hormuz, it will find U.S. forces ready to dismantle them.” — UNNAMED Western Military Official PREPARING FOR IRAN MOVE IN STRAIT

DEBKA FILE: Kremlin
Threatens to Better-Arm
Iran if Assad is Ousted
DEBKA FILE: Israel 'Perturbed'
by President Obama’s Outreach
to New Egyptian Leader

The Khaleej Times, UAE ‘True Spirit’ of 1776 Applies to All of the World’s People “As America celebrates another Independence Day with aplomb and gaiety, it would timely for it to do some soul-searching on the role it plays internationally.” — EDITORIAL, The Khaleej Times REPRESENTING UNIVERSAL ASPIRATIONS

Zaman, Turkey Assad 'Wishes' Syria Had Not Downed Turkish Jet “I would, of course, leave if millions didn't want me. Why would I stay? I’ve never had an interest in the presidency. I wouldn't stay as a president for even a single day if the salvation of my country depended on my departure.” — SYRIA LEADER Bashar al-Assad

ZAMAN: Iran Nuclear
Talks Resume in Istanbul
ZAMAN: Last Chance for Syria?
DEBKA FILE: U.S. Beefs Up
Presence in Strait of Hormuz
as Iran Nuklear Talks Fade
DEBKA FILE: Assad Tells
Russia He Can Defeat
Revolt in Two Months
Yedioth Ahronot:
Blindness in Washington

Al Ahram, Egypt 'There is a Need for a Middle Eastern Ataturk' “Ataturk set Turkey, very deliberately, on a course of modernization - political and social - designed to create a modern Europe-type style, even if not European itself, in which religion would be practised by citizens as they individually see fit, but in which religion would not be a dominant 'political' force.” — Former U.S. National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski WILL EGYPT BE A NEW TURKEY?

AL AHRAM: America and
the Muslim Brotherhood

Debka File, Israel British Forces Reportedly in Syria; Assad Presidential Complex Said to be Attacked “Britain's reported incursion occurred at the tail end of Putin’s 24-hour visit to Israel and would have posed a direct challenge to his warning that Moscow won't tolerate Western intervention.” — Debka File Sources

JERUSALEM POST: Putin Arrives
in Israel to Discuss Iran, Syria
HAARTETZ: U.S., Israel Continue
Preparations for Strike on Iran
TIMES OF ISRAEL: Putin says
'Peaceful Israel' in Russian Interest
DEBKA FILE: U.S. Putin in Israel:
'Iran Will Not Get Nuclear Bomb.
No need for Israel to Strike'

An Nahar, Lebanon Russia’s Military Action in Syria is ‘Gift’ to America TRANSLATED ARABIC “Russian involvement in Syria doesn't worry the U.S., as it breaks a pattern that has stood since the fall of the Soviet Union, whereby Americans get involved, and the Russians take advantage of American involvement. This time around, it seems Syria is the stage and Moscow is pushing to be on it.” — COLUMNIST Ali Hamada RUSSIA'S NEW QUAGMIRE?

Ma'ariv, Israel Russia’s ‘Sadomasochistic’ Foreign Policy Win in Syria TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW “The Americans say – as Moscow succeeds, it will soon find Iran's nuclear missiles arrayed on its borders and a jihadist civil war in Syria. Such Russian success appears rather sadomasochistic.” — BROADCASTER Nadav Eyal HILLARY CALLS OUT THE KREMLIN

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran, Russia, China, Syria Planning Largest Mideast Wargames Ever “Twelve Chinese warships, Russian nuclear submarines, warships, aircraft carriers and mine-clearing vessels as well as Iran battleships and subs will participate.” — STATE-RUN FARS News

DEBKA FILE: Russia, China,
Iran Plan 'Biggest-Ever
Middle East Maneuvers
DEBKA FILE: U.S. and
Russia Deploy to Syria;
'Double Prey' for al-Qaeda

Ma'ariv, Israel Syria is Lebanon ... All Over Again TRANSLATED FROM HEBREW “This is a Lebanonization of Syria: the war in Syria could not only become one of religious bloodshed, but one between the proxy-powers themselves.” — BROADCASTER Nadav Eyal PROXIES INTO COMBATANTS?

DEBKA FILE: U.S.
Intervention in Syria:
'Not if but When'
DEBKA FILE: Russian Fleet
Heads to Syria; Flies Anti-Air,
Anti-Ship Missiles to Assad
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Obama and Jonathan Pollard
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: The Arab
Spring: Obama Still Doesn't Get it

Jerusalem Post, Israel Israelis Think Romney Would be 'Friendlier' “The fact that Israelis have conflicted attitudes toward U.S. President Barack Obama came out loud and clear in a poll released on Thursday.” — Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi

Kitabat, Iraq Letter to President Obama on the Condition of Iraqis TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Mr. President, is the American government unable to help us? Having been in Iraq for so many years, why aren’t services like electricity and fresh running water available to people yet?” — Ahmed Samaoui, An Iraqi Citizen DO AMERICANS HAVE DUTY TO IRAQ?

FARS News Agency, Iran U.S. and Allies ‘Revive’ al-Qaeda to Use in Syria “The world arrogance, spearheaded by America, which created the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the first place and then found itself targeted by the two, now says it is fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan. But in fact, for its own purposes, it is reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.” — Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi THE REAL TERROR FIGHTERS?

Debka File, Israel Russia, Iran Back Away from Syria Conflict; Dump it into Washington's Lap “Sources report that Moscow has flatly rejected Mr. Obama's proposal to post 5,000 armed U.N. monitors in Syria, mostly Russian troops, as the core of a new plan to resolve Syria's crisis. Adding complications, the Syrian conflict and the Iran nuclear controversy are now inextricably intermeshed.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

An Nahar, Lebanon Syria is Another Iraq, with Israel Thrown In TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state atop its priority list when it comes to the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria may turn into a long conflict involving Israel.” — COLUMNIST Samih Saab THE NEXT BATTLE ROYALE?

Debka File, Israel Iran Refuses to Join Syria Contact Group “Tehran once again demonstrated its refusal to play ball with the international community until its major power status in the Middle East is officially recognized.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: Exiled Founder of
Revolutionary Guards Advises:
Target Regime Change -
Not Iran's Nuclear Program

Al-Raya, Qatar Assad Will Fail to Put Freedom ‘Genie’ Back in its Bottle TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This is a people that waited patiently for nearly four decades under Assad rule. But finally they came out … in search of liberty.” — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Saleh Bin ‘Afsan al-Kawari THE END OF THE BEGINNING?

Debka File, Israel Obama Nixes French-Saudi Plan to Assassinate Assad “At one fell swoop, the bombing attack would have wiped he, his family and his top leadership out.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Turkey
'Ditches' Syrian Rebels
DEBKA FILE: Obama Weighs
Action to Prevent al-Qaeda
from Grabbing Syrian WMDs

Al-Baath, Syria The United States and the ‘Global War Against Syria’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We all know that the U.S. administration's declared refusal to provide weapons to the opposition is nothing but a huge public lie, since it knows that armed groups in Syria have access to arms only with Washington's full knowledge and blessing.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Abu Saluum al-Monasirah IS SYRIA THE WRONGED PARTY?

Debka File, Israel U.S.-Arab Exercise Drills Iran Landing; Syria Rebels Obtain German Weapons “Debka File’s military sources report that Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, secretly visited both sections of the exercise. If President Obama orders an attack on Syria or Iran, he will be in command.” — DEBKA FILE Source

DEBKA FILE: Houla Atrocity:
The Outcome of P5+1
Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran
DEBKA FILE: Putin Withdraws
Weapons Ship from Syria Port

The Daily Star, Lebanon Daylight Massacre in Syria “Fourteen months of unceasing violence have produced little more than condemnations from governments, NGOs and the U.N. If you put all these statements on top of on another, you would reach the moon, without having changed one iota of the regime's desire to quell the protests.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DAILY STAR: Tide Turning
Against the Syria Regimne

Haaretz, Israel For Iran's Supreme Leader, Dialogue with U.S. No Longer Taboo “Iran's tone has become conciliatory and optimistic, pointing to the Supreme Leader's decision to push Ahmadinejad to the side.” — COLUMNIST Zvi Bar'el

HAARETZ: 'No Gaps Exist'
Between U.S. and Israel
on Iran Nuclear Program

Debka File, Israel Dissapointed, Israel Withdraws Pledge Not to Attack Iran “After Obama rejected Israel's minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran, it withdrew its pledge not to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities before the U.S. election.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Before
Baghdad Talks End, Japan
Breaks Iran Oil Embargo

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Why Arrest Dr. Shakil Afridi? Pakistan Has Some Explaining to Do “Wasn’t Pakistan always supportive of facilitating the capture of dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden by U.S. authorities?.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: Coverage of Iran Nuclear Talks in Baghdad May 25, 00:24:00 "Is the U.S. becomeing less confrontational? A fresh round of American Senate sanctions suggests otherwise.” — Iran's State-run mouthpiece, Press TV HAS REAL PROGRESS BEEN MADE?

Kitabat, Iraq Arab Nation Must Restore Lost Willingness to Fight! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Evil now penetrates our souls, destroying them perhaps fatally. It is in this way that they [the West] eliminated the incentive to fight from Germans (Nazi ideology) and from Japanese, thus turning Germany and Japan into civil states resigned to a life imposed by the victor.” — COLUMNIST Nashwan al-Jurayssi DO ARABS LACK MARTIAL SPIRIT?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Foreign Intervention: The Persian Paradox “If Iran is sincere about its rhetoric of peace and cooperation, it's not going about it the right way.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Debka File, Israel Israel Gives Obama's Interim Deal with Iran a Qualified OK “Debka File’s U.S. and Iran sources exclusively revealed the 8 points of the interim deal put forward by Washington and still awaiting the concurrence of Tehran.” — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

Modern Ghana, Ghana Uganda Re-Introduces Draconian Gay Law as Answer to U.S. Leader “In Uganda, there are two kinds of suspects: those who are arrested and make it to the courts; and those who are arrested and will never see a judge.” — CORRESPONDENT Stephanie J. Wearne BARARIC TREATMENT OF GAYS

Debka File, Israel Huge Drills Display U.S. Battle Plan Against Iran “Debka File’s military sources report that Washington timed the unveiling of the new battle strategy for May 10, two weeks before Six Power nuclear talks with Iran resume in Baghdad.” — Debka File Sources

DEBKA FILE: Iran Holds
First Large-Scale,
Offensive, Paratroop Drops

The Standard, Kenya As West Takes Bolder Steps, Kenyan 'Sex Rights' Debate Rages “Faith groups strongly oppose proposals to enact laws that protect homosexuals and members of the sex industry.” — NEWS ITEM, The Standard

THE NATION: Kenyan
Muslim Clerics Fault
Obama on Gay Marriage

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israel's Gay Pride “Israel is not a country that treats homosexuals the way the Palestinian Authority and the nations in the Arab world do.” — COLUMNIST Giulio Meotti

The Zimbabwe Mail, Zimbabwe Obama's Gay Stance Called ‘Worst Form of Satanism’ “This is why America’s claim of upholding human rights should never be trusted. And this is also why Obama should be condemned as unfit to rule … If Americans vote for him, they will have been turned into nothing better than animals.” — Chief Fortune Charumbira, President of the Chief’s Council of Zimbabwe and a Mugabe loyalist MUGABE AND FRIENDS INSULT GAYS

Mail & Guardian, South Africa South Africa: Reason to be Proud, but Vigilant, on Homosexual Rights “South Africans could be forgiven a shrug of the shoulder in response [to Obama's announcement], and some justified pride that the question has long since been settled in our much younger democracy. What South Africans cannot afford is complacency.” — EDITORIAL, Mail & Guardian

Jerusalem Post, Israel Former Security Chief 'Slams' 'Messianic' Netanyahu on Iran “Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin says Bibi Netanyanu is 'lying' about effectiveness of a strike on Iran.” — REPORTER Yaakov Lappin

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Diskin’s Attacks
called ‘Irresponsible,’ Motivated by
‘Frustration,’: Source Close to PM
HAARETZ EDITORIAL: Diskin's Iran Salvo

Al Qabas, Kuwait Iraq’s Political ‘Sheep’ Keep Blaming America TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Even though America has in fact withdrawn and has therefore ended the Iraq occupation, Green Zone politicians are the first to behave as though there has been no withdrawal, blaming the United States for every problem and all the tension that Iraq continues to experience.” — COLUMNIST Abd al-Zahra al-Rukaby

Debka File, Israel Beijing Steps Back from Assad in Note to Obama “The latest message received in the latter half of last week said: China will no longer be a problem for America in dealing with Assad's regime.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Egyptian Islamists
Derail American Attempt to
Smooth Egypt-Israel Tensions
HAARETZ: Israel Defense
Forces Chief Doubts Iran
will Develop Nuke Weapons
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: New
details Uncovered in
CIA Anti-Semitism Case

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran Reveals Captured American Drone Data to ‘Discourage’ Pentagon “I am providing four clues to let the Americans know how deeply we are able to penetrate (the intelligence systems and devices) within this American spy drone.” — Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander U,S. DRONE: BACK-ENGINEERED?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Can Learn from American Presidential Race TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's fair to say that to some extent, there is fairness in presenting the ideas of both parties and enabling a heated debate without insults, where everyone can express their points of view before allowing voters to decide for themselves.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Hamdi Radwan APPRECIATING THE CLASH OF IDEAS

Al Jazeera, Qatar Argentina 'Storms Out' of the Americas Summit “Kirchner was furious, we are told, because of the lack of full, complete support for Argentina's claim of control of the Falkand Islands ... We understand she was very, very angry that leaders did not even mention the dispute over the islands with the UK. She was overheard saying, 'This is pointless. ... Why did I even come here?'” — CORRESPONDENT Lucia Newman TENSION OVER FALKLANDS AND CUBA

Debka File, Israel Iran Warns 'U.S.-Gulf Arab Air Force' to Stop Exercise “Just after the exercise began, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Rouhullah Qahremani warned Kuwait Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khalid Al-Sabah that the Iranian air force and navy would attack Gulf nations taking part unless they withdrew now.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Secret U.S.-Israel
Accord Permits Iran to Keep
3.5 Percent Enriched Uranium
HAARETZ: Israel has to Give
Iran Nuclear Talks a Chance
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Don't Let
Jon Pollard Die in U.S. Prison

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Kurdish Leader Warns U.S. of ‘New Iraqi Dictatorship’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The American position should be clear, and should manifest itself as a demand that a new dictator not be permitted to emerge in Iraq. … Iraq is now confronting a real crisis. There is only one party and one group consolidating power in Iraq.” — PRESIDENT of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani IS IRAQI 'DEMOCRACY' UNRAVELING?

Haaretz, Israel A Tiny Request on the Eve of War Against Iran “One might expect the prime minister - who keeps bringing up the Holocaust and swearing that it will never be repeated - to recall that millions of Jews were gassed to death, and pay more attention to the danger of chemical warfare. Give us gas masks. Time is running out.” — COLUMNIST Aner Shalev

DEBKA FILE: What were
the Six Points Obama sent
Khamenei through Turkey?
HAARETZ: Have Netanyahu
and Obama Agreed on the
Outcome of Talks with Iran?

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran Obama Follows Eisenhower's 1953 Iranian Coup Playbook “Obama’s comments bring to mind the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup. At the time, the CIA spent $6 million to topple the democratically-elected Mohammad Mossadeq government. ... And why? Because Mossadeq had pursued a national campaign to nationalize the Iranian oil industry." — EDITORIAL, Islamic Republic News Agency WHEN U.S.-IRAN RIVALRY GOT STARTED

Debka File, Israel Moscow Set to Counter Iran Strike; 'Shadowy' U.S.-Led Drill with Israel, Greece Underway “Our military sources infer from the unusually broad area covered by the air and navy exercise - almost the entire eastern Mediterranean - that it is designed to simulate action in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE : Clinton Spurns
Despairing Syrian Opposition
Appeal for 'Token' Safe Haven
HAARETZ: Israel's U.S. Envoy:
Award to Helen Thomas Shows
Palestinians Not Ready for Peace

Zaman, Turkey Turkey, America and 'No One's World' “Turkey and the United States agree on values like democracy, human rights, gender equality and others. The Arab Awakening revealed once again how much such values matter.” — COLUMNIST Suat Kiniklioglu

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iran, Iraq and Our ‘Common Enemy’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Who is this ‘common enemy’ referred to by Iran's president? ... The statements of President Ahmadinejad represent a bald- faced attempt to draw Iraq into Iran’s extremist trench with the goal of making Iraq foot the bill for Iran’s foreign policy hostility toward the Americans.” — COLUMNIST Abdullah al-Etabi RESENTMENT OVER IRANIAN MEDDLING

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iraq's Promised Day Brigade Says Released Captive Was U.S. Soldier TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “U.S. Embassy claims that he is not a soldier are a desperate attempt to cover up the epic failure of American occupation forces, and Washington’s reluctance to disclose the dimensions of that loss to the American people.” — STATEMENT By Promised Day Brigade HE'S BACK!: SHIITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR

Haaretz, Israel Israel's Plan to Attack Iran Put on Hold Until Next Year “Damning U.S. war simulation forces Ehud Barak to reconsider attack plans; Israel has no real option to attack in contravention of U.S. declarations and warnings.” — CORRESPONDENT Amir Oren

HAARETZ: U.S. Report says Iran
Could Recover from Attack on
Nuclear Sites Within Six Months
ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS: Neither
U.S. nor Israel Knows Where
all of Iran's Nuke Facilities Are
JERUSALEM POST: Israel Warns
Against Talks with Iran while
Nuclear Program Continues

Azzaman, Iraq Al-Sadr Militia Releases American Captive ‘without Asking Anything in Return’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Michaels was released under the direction of Muqtada al-Sadr without any compensation as a gift to the family and friends of the soldier and as a way of rectifying Islam's public image.” — NEWS ITEM, Azzaman AL-SADR FLEXES DOMESTIC MUSCLES

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria Shame on Algerian Officials for Payout to U.S. Oil Co. Anadarko TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The chain of responsibility rises up to the highest level of state. Indeed, nothing at Sonatrach, the state-run oil firm and the nations’s central provider of financial resources, is done before being agreed to by those at the top echelons of power.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib PAYING BIG TO COVER UP INCOMPETENCE

Kayhan, Iran American ‘Killed Afghans to Divert Attention from Burnings of Holy Quran’ “the massacre of innocent Afghans by a U.S. soldier was a deliberate effort to divert attention from its desecration of the Quran. Fully understanding its power to rule and change the world, the Western powers are hostile to Islam.” — IRANIAN CLERIC Ayatollah Muhammad Emami-Kashani

Khaleej Times, UAE Trial of Robert Bales will Put U.S. Government in the Dock “This shunning of the mentally injured is a fact that has yet to be confronted. In the minds of U.S. combatants, the confusion is stark and real. But instead of being treated like heroes for risking life and limb for the cause, whatever that cause may be, ‘Johnny’ does not come marching home to a warm and heartfelt reception.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times MENTALLY ILL OR UNDISCIPLINED ROGUE?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Withdraw from Afghanistan “In a no-win situation, the best thing to do is cut your losses. All indicators in the situation lead to the conclusion that the sooner these troops leave, the better it will be for everybody involved.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Al-Gomhuriah, Egypt 'How will Egypt Regain Custody of American Fugitives?': Protesters TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “In a state of shocked amazement, people are asking the attorney general to react to the ruling of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to get the escaped fugitives back to Egypt.” — NEWS ITEM, Al-Gomhuriah 'SHOCKED DISBELIEF' IN EGYPT

Israel National News, Israel Israel's U.N. Ambassador: 'Arab Countries Support Iran Attack' “We saw the Saudi ambassador speak out against Iran; you see the Gulf Arab states speak out against Syria. Syria's representative is speaking against the Bahrainis and the Saudis. These are things that didn't happen before. There are common interests between states like Saudi Arabia and Israel, and we need to find a way to promote them, but I won’t elaborate further.” — Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor

DEBKA FILE: Obama Plans
July Visit to Israel; Is that
before or After Iran Strike?
HAARETZ: 'Harpaz' in America
HAARETZ: U.S. Won't Save
Israel from Hanging Itself
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Why
Israel Must Strike Iran
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Obama's Brilliant AIPAC Speech

The Daily Star, Lebanon The U.S. and Israel: 'Playground Allies' “Sounding like an ally in the playground, Obama told Netanyahu that the United States 'will always have Israel's back.' Now he has now shown the Arab world that U.S. foreign policy on Israel is ruled by hypocrisy.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel 'Trust America's President' “Unlike Netanyau, Obama is the responsible adult who can be trusted to handle Iran.” — COLUMNIST Smadar Shir

YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
'I Don't Trust Obama'
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Would
U.S. Rescue Israeli Pilots?
DEBKA FILE: America Warns
Syrian WMD's Ahead of Iran's
DEBKA FILE: Alongside Diplomacy
for Iran, U.S. Provides Bunker-
Busters, Aerial Refueling for Israel

Jeune Afrique, Senegal 'Oddball Extremist' Santorum Could Make Barack Obama's Day TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “As one of his critics said, the former Pennsylvania senator would be one of the greatest minds … of the nineteenth century.” — COLUMNIST Jean-Eric Boulin BEMUSING PEOPLE ABROAD

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: 'Obama Betrays Americans for Israel' Feb. 24, 00:02:14 To me as an American, it is shameful to stand and watch your president really grovel like this, and lose authority by begging these people.” — Lebanese-American Writer Sarah Marusek, on Obama's Recent Appearance at AIPAC [Watch that below[ KNOCKING AMERICAN PRIORITIES

VIDEO: President Obama Speaks
at the Israel-America Public Affairs
Committee, March 4, 00:32:59

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Tells Obama: 'I Have Yet to Decide Whether to Attack Iran' “If this is resolved with diplomacy, great. But we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The pressure on Tehran has indeed been increased, but time is getting short.” — ISRAEL PROME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu A MEETING OF THE MINDS?

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
Prime Minister Netanyahu
Meets President Obama

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
'We Came to AIPAC Because
of Our Love for Israel'

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
Protesters Seek to Disrupt AIPAC

HAARETZ: After Meeting with Obama,
Netanyahu says World United on Iran
HAARETZ: Obama-Netanyahu
White House Masquerade Ball
HAARETZ: Netanyahu and Obama
Play 'High-Stakes Poker' Over Iran
HAARETZ: Netanyahu Can't Afford
to Gamble Security on Conspiracies
DEBKA FILE: Obama Tells AIPAC,
Diplomatic Pressure will bring
Tehran to the Right Decision
DEBKA FILE: Adamant Obama
Confronts Netanyahu about
Making Lone Decision on Iran
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Obama
to Use Charm, Far-Reaching
Pledges to Pursuade Netanyahu
HAARETZ: Netanyahu Can't
Afford to Gamble Israel's
Security on Conspiracies
JERUSALEM POST: Netanyahu
Praises Obama's AIPAC Speech

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 'Hide the February 20th Movement from Me' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “If she had received them, Mrs. Clinton would have heard a view of the situation in Morocco that contradicts the one developed by the Obama Administration.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib HILLARY: NOT RUFFLING FEATHERS?

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria The 'Brutality of the World', According to Vladimir Putin TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Analysts have spoken, thanks to the Russia-China veto of U.N. pplans to intervene in Syria, about a return to the Cold War. Viewed from Russia House, this Cold War is fueled by NATO's expansion and is coupled with the desire to limit Russia's influence in international affairs.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim PUTIN: VIEWS THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED

Al-Ahram, Egypt The Third Man: Egyptian Fears of the Foreign Plot “Fears of a foreign-led plot against Egypt are not new, nor are they accidental.” — COLUMNIST Bel Trew

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Faces Tough Decision Should Obama Not Give Green Light on Iran “If Obama turns him down, Mr. Netanyahu - who waxes on about his loneliness as a leader - will leave the White House meeting as the loneliest person in the world.” — COLUMNIST Yossi Verter

DEBKA FILE: Barack Obama Cautions
Against a 'Premature Attack' on Iran
DEBKA FILE: Pentagon
Prepares 'Aerial Fueling' for
Israeli Planes Striking Iran
JERUSALEM POST:
Netanyahu Warns Against
Renewed Talks with Iran
JERUSALEM POST: Israel is
Becoming Footnote U.S. Eyes

Kayhan, Iran Muslim Silence in the Face of U.S. Quran Burning 'Unjustifiable' “A clandestine conspiracy is underway by Americans, who want to assess the religious sensitivity of the Afghan population.” — AFGHAN ANALYST Vahid Mojdeh A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt What does the CIA Have to do with Democracy and NGO's? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The stated goals of these U.S. NGOs are just a cover for other, hidden plans that undermine Egyptian interests, particularly if those interests collide with those of the United States.” — COLUMNIST Makram Muhammad Ahmad AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu will ask Obama to Threaten Strike on Iran “Despite lack of trust on both sides, intensive preparations are underway to ensure a successful meeting between the two leaders next week.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid

HAARETZ: Israel Would Not
Warn U.S. before Iran Strike:
Israeli Intelligence Source
DEBKA FILE: U.S. and Israel
Update Iran Intelligence for
Obama-Netanyahu Summit
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
WikiLeaks - Russia gave Israel
Iranian Missile System Codes
DEBKA FILE: Russia Upgrades
Syria Electronic Station to
Warn of U.S. or Isreal Attack

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Anti-U.S. Protests Continue in Afghanistan Feb. 24, 00:02:14 “In the four days of protesting since the discovery of burned Qurans at Bagram Air Base, 25 people have been killed, including two American troops.” — Al-Jazeera News Report BURNED QURANS SPARK FOR RIOTING

Debka File, Israel U.S., France, Britain, Turkey, Italy Prepare to Intervene in Syria “Despite public denials, military preparations for intervention in the Syria crisis are quietly afoot. ... President Barack Obama is poised for a final decision.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: If Israel Strikes
Iran, It Will be Because
Obama Didn't Stop It
HAARETZ: Israel Could
Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities,
but it Will Not Be Easy

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Refuse to Accept What America Would Reject TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Would the United States accept what these NGOs were doing here - undermining U.S. sovereignty - on American soil? It would absolutely refuse. So why should we accept it?” — COLUMNIST, Dr. Mahmud Madi AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Fars News Agency, Iran Iran Intelligence Chief Warns of Enemy Plots in Almost 'Every Field' “The enemy has hatched plots against the Islamic Republic in almost every field .This makes it more important than ever for Iranian officials and the nation to deal with all open issues of security.” — Iran Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi GOOD REASON TO BE PARANOID?

Debka File, Israel Netanyahu Feels 'Cheated' and 'Betrayed' by American Moves to Reach Out to Iran “Netanyahu has said he feels cheated. By its actions the Obama administration leaves Israel with no recourse other than to grapple with the Iranian menace on its own.” — -- DEBKA File Sources

Al-Seyassah, Kuwait Russia is 'Bloodthirsty' and China is 'Misguided' for Vetoing Syria Action TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is a truism to say that Russia has never bet on a winning horse. But sad to say, the most painful turn of events has been the conversion of China into the acolyte of a mafia-controlled country.” — Editor in Chief Ahmed Al-Jarallah GULF ARAB DISAPPOINTMENT

Debka File, Israel Iranian Offensives Meet with Sluggish U.S./Israel Response

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Will
America Sacrifice Israel?
JERUSALEM POST: Romney:
'Man of the (Rich) People'

Fars News Agency, Iran Son of Director Oliver Stone Becomes a Shiite Muslim in Iran's Isfahan “The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. … It means I've accepted Mohammad and other prophets.” — Documentarian Sean Stone STONE: A SURPRISING DECISION?

Al-Ahram, Egypt Raids on Offices of U.S. NGOs Reveal Plot to 'Partition' Egypt TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The goal is partition of the region's largest country into smaller nations that would be incapable of facing down the major global blocs.” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Dunia DANCE BEGINS OVER DETAINED AMERICANS

FARS News Agency, Iran U.S. and Allies ‘Revive’ al-Qaeda to Use in Syria “The world arrogance, spearheaded by America, which created the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the first place and then found itself targeted by the two, now says it is fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan. But in fact, for its own purposes, it is reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.” — Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major Gen. Hassan Firouzabadi THE REAL TERROR FIGHTERS?

Debka File, Israel Russia, Iran Back Away from Syria Conflict; Dump it into Washington's Lap “Sources report that Moscow has flatly rejected Mr. Obama's proposal to post 5,000 armed U.N. monitors in Syria, mostly Russian troops, as the core of a new plan to resolve Syria's crisis. Adding complications, the Syrian conflict and the Iran nuclear controversy are now inextricably intermeshed.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

An Nahar, Lebanon Syria is Another Iraq, with Israel Thrown In TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state atop its priority list when it comes to the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria may turn into a long conflict involving Israel.” — COLUMNIST Samih Saab THE NEXT BATTLE ROYALE?

Debka File, Israel Iran Refuses to Join Syria Contact Group “Tehran once again demonstrated its refusal to play ball with the international community until its major power status in the Middle East is officially recognized.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: Exiled Founder of
Revolutionary Guards Advises:
Target Regime Change -
Not Iran's Nuclear Program

Al-Raya, Qatar Assad Will Fail to Put Freedom ‘Genie’ Back in its Bottle TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This is a people that waited patiently for nearly four decades under Assad rule. But finally they came out … in search of liberty.” — EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Saleh Bin ‘Afsan al-Kawari THE END OF THE BEGINNING?

Debka File, Israel Obama Nixes French-Saudi Plan to Assassinate Assad “At one fell swoop, the bombing attack would have wiped he, his family and his top leadership out.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Turkey
'Ditches' Syrian Rebels
DEBKA FILE: Obama Weighs
Action to Prevent al-Qaeda
from Grabbing Syrian WMDs

Al-Baath, Syria The United States and the ‘Global War Against Syria’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We all know that the U.S. administration's declared refusal to provide weapons to the opposition is nothing but a huge public lie, since it knows that armed groups in Syria have access to arms only with Washington's full knowledge and blessing.” — COLUMNIST Ahmad Abu Saluum al-Monasirah IS SYRIA THE WRONGED PARTY?

Debka File, Israel U.S.-Arab Exercise Drills Iran Landing; Syria Rebels Obtain German Weapons “Debka File’s military sources report that Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, secretly visited both sections of the exercise. If President Obama orders an attack on Syria or Iran, he will be in command.” — DEBKA FILE Source

DEBKA FILE: Houla Atrocity:
The Outcome of P5+1
Nuclear Diplomacy with Iran
DEBKA FILE: Putin Withdraws
Weapons Ship from Syria Port

The Daily Star, Lebanon Daylight Massacre in Syria “Fourteen months of unceasing violence have produced little more than condemnations from governments, NGOs and the U.N. If you put all these statements on top of on another, you would reach the moon, without having changed one iota of the regime's desire to quell the protests.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DAILY STAR: Tide Turning
Against the Syria Regimne

Haaretz, Israel For Iran's Supreme Leader, Dialogue with U.S. No Longer Taboo “Iran's tone has become conciliatory and optimistic, pointing to the Supreme Leader's decision to push Ahmadinejad to the side.” — COLUMNIST Zvi Bar'el

HAARETZ: 'No Gaps Exist'
Between U.S. and Israel
on Iran Nuclear Program

Debka File, Israel Dissapointed, Israel Withdraws Pledge Not to Attack Iran “After Obama rejected Israel's minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran, it withdrew its pledge not to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities before the U.S. election.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Before
Baghdad Talks End, Japan
Breaks Iran Oil Embargo

Khaleej Times, U.A.E. Why Arrest Dr. Shakil Afridi? Pakistan Has Some Explaining to Do “Wasn’t Pakistan always supportive of facilitating the capture of dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden by U.S. authorities?.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times DOES THIS MAKE ANY SENSE?

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: Coverage of Iran Nuclear Talks in Baghdad May 25, 00:24:00 "Is the U.S. becomeing less confrontational? A fresh round of American Senate sanctions suggests otherwise.” — Iran's State-run mouthpiece, Press TV HAS REAL PROGRESS BEEN MADE?

Kitabat, Iraq Arab Nation Must Restore Lost Willingness to Fight! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Evil now penetrates our souls, destroying them perhaps fatally. It is in this way that they [the West] eliminated the incentive to fight from Germans (Nazi ideology) and from Japanese, thus turning Germany and Japan into civil states resigned to a life imposed by the victor.” — COLUMNIST Nashwan al-Jurayssi DO ARABS LACK MARTIAL SPIRIT?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Foreign Intervention: The Persian Paradox “If Iran is sincere about its rhetoric of peace and cooperation, it's not going about it the right way.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Debka File, Israel Israel Gives Obama's Interim Deal with Iran a Qualified OK “Debka File’s U.S. and Iran sources exclusively revealed the 8 points of the interim deal put forward by Washington and still awaiting the concurrence of Tehran.” — NEWS ITEM, Debka File

Modern Ghana, Ghana Uganda Re-Introduces Draconian Gay Law as Answer to U.S. Leader “In Uganda, there are two kinds of suspects: those who are arrested and make it to the courts; and those who are arrested and will never see a judge.” — CORRESPONDENT Stephanie J. Wearne BARARIC TREATMENT OF GAYS

Debka File, Israel Huge Drills Display U.S. Battle Plan Against Iran “Debka File’s military sources report that Washington timed the unveiling of the new battle strategy for May 10, two weeks before Six Power nuclear talks with Iran resume in Baghdad.” — Debka File Sources

DEBKA FILE: Iran Holds
First Large-Scale,
Offensive, Paratroop Drops

The Standard, Kenya As West Takes Bolder Steps, Kenyan 'Sex Rights' Debate Rages “Faith groups strongly oppose proposals to enact laws that protect homosexuals and members of the sex industry.” — NEWS ITEM, The Standard

THE NATION: Kenyan
Muslim Clerics Fault
Obama on Gay Marriage

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel Israel's Gay Pride “Israel is not a country that treats homosexuals the way the Palestinian Authority and the nations in the Arab world do.” — COLUMNIST Giulio Meotti

The Zimbabwe Mail, Zimbabwe Obama's Gay Stance Called ‘Worst Form of Satanism’ “This is why America’s claim of upholding human rights should never be trusted. And this is also why Obama should be condemned as unfit to rule … If Americans vote for him, they will have been turned into nothing better than animals.” — Chief Fortune Charumbira, President of the Chief’s Council of Zimbabwe and a Mugabe loyalist MUGABE AND FRIENDS INSULT GAYS

Mail & Guardian, South Africa South Africa: Reason to be Proud, but Vigilant, on Homosexual Rights “South Africans could be forgiven a shrug of the shoulder in response [to Obama's announcement], and some justified pride that the question has long since been settled in our much younger democracy. What South Africans cannot afford is complacency.” — EDITORIAL, Mail & Guardian

Jerusalem Post, Israel Former Security Chief 'Slams' 'Messianic' Netanyahu on Iran “Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin says Bibi Netanyanu is 'lying' about effectiveness of a strike on Iran.” — REPORTER Yaakov Lappin

TIMES OF ISRAEL: Diskin’s Attacks
called ‘Irresponsible,’ Motivated by
‘Frustration,’: Source Close to PM
HAARETZ EDITORIAL: Diskin's Iran Salvo

Al Qabas, Kuwait Iraq’s Political ‘Sheep’ Keep Blaming America TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Even though America has in fact withdrawn and has therefore ended the Iraq occupation, Green Zone politicians are the first to behave as though there has been no withdrawal, blaming the United States for every problem and all the tension that Iraq continues to experience.” — COLUMNIST Abd al-Zahra al-Rukaby

Debka File, Israel Beijing Steps Back from Assad in Note to Obama “The latest message received in the latter half of last week said: China will no longer be a problem for America in dealing with Assad's regime.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

FARS News Agency, Iran Iran Reveals Captured American Drone Data to ‘Discourage’ Pentagon “I am providing four clues to let the Americans know how deeply we are able to penetrate (the intelligence systems and devices) within this American spy drone.” — Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps commander U,S. DRONE: BACK-ENGINEERED?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Can Learn from American Presidential Race TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's fair to say that to some extent, there is fairness in presenting the ideas of both parties and enabling a heated debate without insults, where everyone can express their points of view before allowing voters to decide for themselves.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Hamdi Radwan APPRECIATING THE CLASH OF IDEAS

Al Jazeera, Qatar Argentina 'Storms Out' of the Americas Summit “Kirchner was furious, we are told, because of the lack of full, complete support for Argentina's claim of control of the Falkand Islands ... We understand she was very, very angry that leaders did not even mention the dispute over the islands with the UK. She was overheard saying, 'This is pointless. ... Why did I even come here?'” — CORRESPONDENT Lucia Newman TENSION OVER FALKLANDS AND CUBA

Debka File, Israel Iran Warns 'U.S.-Gulf Arab Air Force' to Stop Exercise “Just after the exercise began, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Rouhullah Qahremani warned Kuwait Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khalid Al-Sabah that the Iranian air force and navy would attack Gulf nations taking part unless they withdrew now.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Kurdish Leader Warns U.S. of ‘New Iraqi Dictatorship’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The American position should be clear, and should manifest itself as a demand that a new dictator not be permitted to emerge in Iraq. … Iraq is now confronting a real crisis. There is only one party and one group consolidating power in Iraq.” — PRESIDENT of Iraqi Kurdistan Massoud Barzani IS IRAQI 'DEMOCRACY' UNRAVELING?

Haaretz, Israel A Tiny Request on the Eve of War Against Iran “One might expect the prime minister - who keeps bringing up the Holocaust and swearing that it will never be repeated - to recall that millions of Jews were gassed to death, and pay more attention to the danger of chemical warfare. Give us gas masks. Time is running out.” — COLUMNIST Aner Shalev

DEBKA FILE: What were
the Six Points Obama sent
Khamenei through Turkey?
HAARETZ: Have Netanyahu
and Obama Agreed on the
Outcome of Talks with Iran?

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran Obama Follows Eisenhower's 1953 Iranian Coup Playbook “Obama’s comments bring to mind the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup. At the time, the CIA spent $6 million to topple the democratically-elected Mohammad Mossadeq government. ... And why? Because Mossadeq had pursued a national campaign to nationalize the Iranian oil industry." — EDITORIAL, Islamic Republic News Agency WHEN U.S.-IRAN RIVALRY GOT STARTED

Debka File, Israel Moscow Set to Counter Iran Strike; 'Shadowy' U.S.-Led Drill with Israel, Greece Underway “Our military sources infer from the unusually broad area covered by the air and navy exercise - almost the entire eastern Mediterranean - that it is designed to simulate action in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE : Clinton Spurns
Despairing Syrian Opposition
Appeal for 'Token' Safe Haven
HAARETZ: Israel's U.S. Envoy:
Award to Helen Thomas Shows
Palestinians Not Ready for Peace

Zaman, Turkey Turkey, America and 'No One's World' “Turkey and the United States agree on values like democracy, human rights, gender equality and others. The Arab Awakening revealed once again how much such values matter.” — COLUMNIST Suat Kiniklioglu

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iran, Iraq and Our ‘Common Enemy’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Who is this ‘common enemy’ referred to by Iran's president? ... The statements of President Ahmadinejad represent a bald- faced attempt to draw Iraq into Iran’s extremist trench with the goal of making Iraq foot the bill for Iran’s foreign policy hostility toward the Americans.” — COLUMNIST Abdullah al-Etabi RESENTMENT OVER IRANIAN MEDDLING

Sotal Iraq, Iraq Iraq's Promised Day Brigade Says Released Captive Was U.S. Soldier TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “U.S. Embassy claims that he is not a soldier are a desperate attempt to cover up the epic failure of American occupation forces, and Washington’s reluctance to disclose the dimensions of that loss to the American people.” — STATEMENT By Promised Day Brigade HE'S BACK!: SHIITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR

Haaretz, Israel Israel's Plan to Attack Iran Put on Hold Until Next Year “Damning U.S. war simulation forces Ehud Barak to reconsider attack plans; Israel has no real option to attack in contravention of U.S. declarations and warnings.” — CORRESPONDENT Amir Oren

Azzaman, Iraq Al-Sadr Militia Releases American Captive ‘without Asking Anything in Return’ TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Michaels was released under the direction of Muqtada al-Sadr without any compensation as a gift to the family and friends of the soldier and as a way of rectifying Islam's public image.” — NEWS ITEM, Azzaman AL-SADR FLEXES DOMESTIC MUSCLES

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria Shame on Algerian Officials for Payout to U.S. Oil Co. Anadarko TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “The chain of responsibility rises up to the highest level of state. Indeed, nothing at Sonatrach, the state-run oil firm and the nations’s central provider of financial resources, is done before being agreed to by those at the top echelons of power.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib PAYING BIG TO COVER UP INCOMPETENCE

Kayhan, Iran American ‘Killed Afghans to Divert Attention from Burnings of Holy Quran’ “the massacre of innocent Afghans by a U.S. soldier was a deliberate effort to divert attention from its desecration of the Quran. Fully understanding its power to rule and change the world, the Western powers are hostile to Islam.” — IRANIAN CLERIC Ayatollah Muhammad Emami-Kashani

Khaleej Times, UAE Trial of Robert Bales will Put U.S. Government in the Dock “This shunning of the mentally injured is a fact that has yet to be confronted. In the minds of U.S. combatants, the confusion is stark and real. But instead of being treated like heroes for risking life and limb for the cause, whatever that cause may be, ‘Johnny’ does not come marching home to a warm and heartfelt reception.” — EDITORIAL, Khaleej Times MENTALLY ILL OR UNDISCIPLINED ROGUE?

The Daily Star, Lebanon Withdraw from Afghanistan “In a no-win situation, the best thing to do is cut your losses. All indicators in the situation lead to the conclusion that the sooner these troops leave, the better it will be for everybody involved.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Al-Gomhuriah, Egypt 'How will Egypt Regain Custody of American Fugitives?': Protesters TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “In a state of shocked amazement, people are asking the attorney general to react to the ruling of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to get the escaped fugitives back to Egypt.” — NEWS ITEM, Al-Gomhuriah 'SHOCKED DISBELIEF' IN EGYPT

Israel National News, Israel Israel's U.N. Ambassador: 'Arab Countries Support Iran Attack' “We saw the Saudi ambassador speak out against Iran; you see the Gulf Arab states speak out against Syria. Syria's representative is speaking against the Bahrainis and the Saudis. These are things that didn't happen before. There are common interests between states like Saudi Arabia and Israel, and we need to find a way to promote them, but I won’t elaborate further.” — Israel Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor

The Daily Star, Lebanon The U.S. and Israel: 'Playground Allies' “Sounding like an ally in the playground, Obama told Netanyahu that the United States 'will always have Israel's back.' Now he has now shown the Arab world that U.S. foreign policy on Israel is ruled by hypocrisy.” — EDITORIAL, The Daily Star

Yedioth Ahronot, Israel 'Trust America's President' “Unlike Netanyau, Obama is the responsible adult who can be trusted to handle Iran.” — COLUMNIST Smadar Shir

Jeune Afrique, Senegal 'Oddball Extremist' Santorum Could Make Barack Obama's Day TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “As one of his critics said, the former Pennsylvania senator would be one of the greatest minds … of the nineteenth century.” — COLUMNIST Jean-Eric Boulin BEMUSING PEOPLE ABROAD

Press TV, Iran VIDEO: 'Obama Betrays Americans for Israel' Feb. 24, 00:02:14 To me as an American, it is shameful to stand and watch your president really grovel like this, and lose authority by begging these people.” — Lebanese-American Writer Sarah Marusek, on Obama's Recent Appearance at AIPAC [Watch that below[ KNOCKING AMERICAN PRIORITIES

VIDEO: President Obama Speaks
at the Israel-America Public Affairs
Committee, March 4, 00:32:59

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Tells Obama: 'I Have Yet to Decide Whether to Attack Iran' “If this is resolved with diplomacy, great. But we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The pressure on Tehran has indeed been increased, but time is getting short.” — ISRAEL PROME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu A MEETING OF THE MINDS?

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
Prime Minister Netanyahu
Meets President Obama

ISRAEL NATIONAL TV:
'We Came to AIPAC Because
of Our Love for Israel'

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: 'Hide the February 20th Movement from Me' TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “If she had received them, Mrs. Clinton would have heard a view of the situation in Morocco that contradicts the one developed by the Obama Administration.” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib HILLARY: NOT RUFFLING FEATHERS?

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria The 'Brutality of the World', According to Vladimir Putin TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Analysts have spoken, thanks to the Russia-China veto of U.N. pplans to intervene in Syria, about a return to the Cold War. Viewed from Russia House, this Cold War is fueled by NATO's expansion and is coupled with the desire to limit Russia's influence in international affairs.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim PUTIN: VIEWS THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED

Al-Ahram, Egypt The Third Man: Egyptian Fears of the Foreign Plot “Fears of a foreign-led plot against Egypt are not new, nor are they accidental.” — COLUMNIST Bel Trew

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu Faces Tough Decision Should Obama Not Give Green Light on Iran “If Obama turns him down, Mr. Netanyahu - who waxes on about his loneliness as a leader - will leave the White House meeting as the loneliest person in the world.” — COLUMNIST Yossi Verter

Kayhan, Iran Muslim Silence in the Face of U.S. Quran Burning 'Unjustifiable' “A clandestine conspiracy is underway by Americans, who want to assess the religious sensitivity of the Afghan population.” — AFGHAN ANALYST Vahid Mojdeh A GROSS MISUNDERSTANDING?

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt What does the CIA Have to do with Democracy and NGO's? TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The stated goals of these U.S. NGOs are just a cover for other, hidden plans that undermine Egyptian interests, particularly if those interests collide with those of the United States.” — COLUMNIST Makram Muhammad Ahmad AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Haaretz, Israel Netanyahu will ask Obama to Threaten Strike on Iran “Despite lack of trust on both sides, intensive preparations are underway to ensure a successful meeting between the two leaders next week.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid

Al-Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: Anti-U.S. Protests Continue in Afghanistan Feb. 24, 00:02:14 “In the four days of protesting since the discovery of burned Qurans at Bagram Air Base, 25 people have been killed, including two American troops.” — Al-Jazeera News Report BURNED QURANS SPARK FOR RIOTING

Debka File, Israel U.S., France, Britain, Turkey, Italy Prepare to Intervene in Syria “Despite public denials, military preparations for intervention in the Syria crisis are quietly afoot. ... President Barack Obama is poised for a final decision.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: If Israel Strikes
Iran, It Will be Because
Obama Didn't Stop It
HAARETZ: Israel Could
Strike Iran's Nuke Facilities,
but it Will Not Be Easy

Amal al-Oumma, Egypt Egyptians Refuse to Accept What America Would Reject TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Would the United States accept what these NGOs were doing here - undermining U.S. sovereignty - on American soil? It would absolutely refuse. So why should we accept it?” — COLUMNIST, Dr. Mahmud Madi AMERICAN NGOs: UP TO NO GOOD?

Fars News Agency, Iran Iran Intelligence Chief Warns of Enemy Plots in Almost 'Every Field' “The enemy has hatched plots against the Islamic Republic in almost every field .This makes it more important than ever for Iranian officials and the nation to deal with all open issues of security.” — Iran Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi GOOD REASON TO BE PARANOID?

Debka File, Israel Netanyahu Feels 'Cheated' and 'Betrayed' by American Moves to Reach Out to Iran “Netanyahu has said he feels cheated. By its actions the Obama administration leaves Israel with no recourse other than to grapple with the Iranian menace on its own.” — -- DEBKA File Sources

Al-Seyassah, Kuwait Russia is 'Bloodthirsty' and China is 'Misguided' for Vetoing Syria Action TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It is a truism to say that Russia has never bet on a winning horse. But sad to say, the most painful turn of events has been the conversion of China into the acolyte of a mafia-controlled country.” — Editor in Chief Ahmed Al-Jarallah GULF ARAB DISAPPOINTMENT

Debka File, Israel Iranian Offensives Meet with Sluggish U.S./Israel Response

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Will
America Sacrifice Israel?
JERUSALEM POST: Romney:
'Man of the (Rich) People'

Fars News Agency, Iran Son of Director Oliver Stone Becomes a Shiite Muslim in Iran's Isfahan “The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. … It means I've accepted Mohammad and other prophets.” — Documentarian Sean Stone STONE: A SURPRISING DECISION?

Al-Ahram, Egypt Raids on Offices of U.S. NGOs Reveal Plot to 'Partition' Egypt TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The goal is partition of the region's largest country into smaller nations that would be incapable of facing down the major global blocs.” — COLUMNIST Muhammad Dunia DANCE BEGINS OVER DETAINED AMERICANS

Haaretz, Israel Israeli Madonna Fans Beg Netanyahu to Delay Iran War Until Concert is Over “The group, simply enough, is named: "Bibi don't start a war with Iran until after Madonna's show on May 29.” — HAARETZ NEWS ITEM ISRAELIS DEMAND MUSIC BEFORE WAR

El Akhbar, Egypt 'Maps' Cited in Arrest of Foreign NGO Workers - Including 19 Americans TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Maps were found at the offices of the International Republican Institute. Judge Abu-Zeid said that the maps divide Egypt's governerates into four regions. The first area is named 'Canal,' the second 'Greater Cairo,' the third 'Delta' and the fourth was lebeled 'Upper Egypt.'” — REPORTER Yusuf Jamal Masrawi

Kitabat, Iraq Iraqi Officials Cover Up for 'American Terrorists' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This goes beyond the issue of planning to assassinate the governor. It goes to the fact that the Americans who were detained have been involved with dirty operations before.” — COLUMNIST Raqiyah Ismail UNPOPULAR U.S. CONTRACTORS

Jerusalem Post, Israel Obama's 'Rhetorical Storm'
SYRIA UNREST	“The White House has no intention of doing anything even vaguely effective to end Assad's reign of terror in Syria.” —COLUMNIST Caroline Glick

ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS:
Obama's Egyptian Fiasco
DEBKA FILE: Thousands of
Troops from Six Countries
Train for Persian Gulf Action
DEBKA FILE: First Foreign
Troops in Syria Back Rebels;
Damascus and Moscow at Odds
HAARETZ: The Clinton-Assad
Meeting that Never Happened

Zaman, Turkey Syria: U.S. May Be Hiding Behind Russia's U.N. Veto “Just like China and Russia, perhaps the U.S. isn't too eager to intervene in Syria. Maybe the U.S. judges it better hiding behind a Russia veto to claim that the latter is solely responsible for non-intervention in Syria.” — COLUMNIST Beril Dedeoglu

Debka File, Israel Iran's Nuclear Arms Program Now Complete; Nuclear Bomb Can Be Assembled Any Time “Iran has completed development of a nuclear weapon and waits only a sign from the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, to begin the assembly of its first nuclear weapon.” — -- Military Intelligence Chief Major General Aviv Kochavi BUILDING A CASE FOR ATTACKING IRAN

HAARETZ: Vice Premier:
'Military Strike Can Hit All
of Iran's Nuclear Facilities'
HAARETZ: Eclectic Cast
of Jews 'Added Spice'
to Republican Primary

Mehr News Agency, Iran Supreme Leader Says Americans are Taking Revenge Against Syria “If one closely observes developments unfolding in Syria, it becomes clear that the United States has hatched a plot against the country. Unfortunately, certain foreign and nearby countries are involved.” — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei IRAN DEFENDS THE INDEFENSIBLE

Debka File, Israel United States Plans for Iran Clash in May “A portable floating base will aid countermeasures against mines Iran has said it will plant in the Strait of Hormuz in reprisal for the oil embargo and expand the range of commandos into coastal areas. Navy SEALs will take on Iran's large fleet of speedboats.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

Kayhan, Iran By Obeying U.S. Sanctions on Iran, Europe Damages its Own Economic Interests “Iran doesn't need any country to do it favors by buying its oil, because demand is always there.” — Supreme Leader Senior Advisor Ali Akbar Velayati SHOULD THIS MAN BE WORRIED?

Haaretz, Israel Hollywood's Jews Must See Film Footnote, Oscar or No “Simply, Americans and Israelis don't understand one another. We dance around the fact, we shy away from truly examining it, but we are, as communities and as individuals, in many, many respects, total strangers.” — COLUMNIST Bradley Burston

DEBKA FILE: Iran Prepares 'War
of Attrition' in Strait of Hormuz
DEBKA FILE: Saudis to have More
Advanced U.S. Fighters than Israel

Arab Business, United Arab Emirates Saudi Prince Al-Faisal Warns of Nuclear Arms Race in the Middle East “We must study carefully all the options, including the option of acquiring WMDs. We cannot simply leave it for somebody else to make the choice for us.” — Saudi Intelligence Chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal

Safa TV, Kuwait Iraq Sunni Cleric Asserts 'Shiites in Iraq Welcomed the American Occupiers' January 25, 00:03:51 “This is the history of the Shia ... all of their political parties, Chalabi and his ilk, Ayad Allawi, they all work for the Americans ... they formed ties outside of the country, and then returned.” — Taha Al-Dulaimi, a Sunni cleric SUNNI BITTERNESS OVER U.S. INVASION

Al Jazeera, Qatar VIDEO: U.S. Forces Pluck Hostages Out of Somalia January 25, 00:03:51 “Since a Blackhawk helicopter was shot down in Mogadishu in 1994, the U.S. has largely retreated to the sidelines, as Somalia's neighbors stepped in.” — REPORTER Rosiland Jordan AMERICA'S NAVY SEALS DO IT AGAIN

Kayhan, Iran Supreme Leader Thanks Families of Assassinated Nuclear Scientists “These dear martyrs are worthy of honor for two reasons: First, because of their research and their competence handling sensitive information vital to the nation's interests; and second, because of the divine and spiritual nature of the young.” — Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei SUPREME LEADER ARRIVES TO GIVE COMFORT

Debka File, Israel India to Pay Iran for Oil in Gold Instead of Dollars; Gold Markets 'Stunned' “By trading in gold, New Delhi and soon Beijing, enable Iran to bypass the oil embargo and the upcoming freeze on the assets of the Iran Central Bank. ... The vast sums involved in are expected to lift the price of gold and depress the value of the dollar on world markets.” — Debka File News Item

Debka File, Israel U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Passes Through the Strait of Hormuz; Scene is Set for U.S.-Iran Talks “Panetta is the first high-ranking U.S. official to give Tehran an ultimatum: Accept America's offer to negotiate the terms for halting your nuclear weapon program, or face up to the mighty fleet of U.S. aircraft carriers.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: 2012: The Year that
Could Bring a U.S. Strike on Iran

Mehr News Agency, Iran Details Emerge of Barack Obama's Letter to Tehran “Obama has written a cunning letter that intends to claim that the United States is responsible for maintaining security in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf, when it is Iran which is responsible for maintaining security around this region.” — Expediency Discernment Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaii

Debka File, Israel Shock: Tel Aviv - Not Washington, Canceled Massive Joint Exercise “Washington was taken aback by the decision. It was perceived as a mark of Israel's disapproval for the U.S. administration's hesitancy to impose tougher sanction on Iran.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: Netanyahu Urges Action
Against Tehran 'Before it's Too Late'

Zaman, Turkey Ankara 'Condemns' Rick Perry's Comments on Islamists Ruling Turkey “We strongly condemn the baseless and inappropriate allegations. ... people who aspire to posts with great responsibility, like the U.S. presidency, should be more knowledgeable about the world and more careful in the statements they make.” — ZAMAN News Item RICK PERRY: WELL INFORMED?

ZAMAN: Intelligence Suggests
Iran Plans Attack on Turkey
ZAMAN: The 'So-Called'
Iranian Nuclear Threat

Daily Star, Lebanon Iran: A War to Avoid “Whoever the culprit of of the latest bomb attack against an Iranian nuclear scientist is, these murders constitute war carried out under another name.” — EDITORIAL, Daily Star

DAILY STAR: Marines' Urination
Episode an Answer to American
Question 'Why Do they Hate Us?'

Debka File, Israel U.S., Israeli in 'Open Rift' Over Iran Attack “The White House has called off the largest war game the U.S. and Israel have every staged.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria In 2012, World Will Turn on Democratic Elections TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Who can say whether Obama in the U.S. or France's Sarkozy, potentially outgoing incumbents who have had to confront the worst economic crises that their nations have ever known, will manage to retain their posts?” — COLUMNIST Kharroubi Habib

Debka File, Israel U.S. Acts to Restrain Israeli Attack on Iran “The bombing attack in Tehran that killed Iran nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan resulted an angry phone call from U.S. President Obama to Prime Minister Netanyahu.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

DEBKA FILE: U.S. Aircraft
Carriers Opposite Iran;
15,000 troops in Kuwait
JERUSALEM POST: U.S.
Seeks Assurances that
Israel Won't Attack Iran

Al-Arabiya, Dubai Video of Marines Urinating Reinforces Arab Suspicion “Killing fighters in battle is one thing, but degrading the value of human beings like this is something else.” — Archimandrite Qais Sadiq, President of Amman's Ecumenical Studies Center

Kayhan, Iran Killing Iran's Scientists Won't Stop Our March toward Nuclear 'Progress' “They assassinated of my son to reminds us of how much they [the West] hate our guts and to show their hostility. These are our sworn enemies.” — Sediqeh Salari, Mother of Scientist Mostafa Ahmadi Roshan

Al-Iraq News, Iraq Iraq's American Embassy is 'Suspicious and Dangerous'! TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It's as if the U.S. Embassy is there not only to protect U.S. interests, but to manage the entire world from the very heart of Baghdad.” — Qassim Al Ta'ee, Sheikh and Shiite Religious Leader ANGST OVER REMAINING AMERICANS

Debka File, Israel Russian, French Warships Off Syria and Iran; U.S. Drones Over Iranian Coast “Military sources report that in preparation for Tehran to carry out its threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, a buildup of Western naval forces opposite Iran in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea has taken place in the last 48 hours.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Why
Cyber-Attacks Should Be
Treated as Missile Strikes
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Israel
Must Boost Effort to Rekindle
Support on U.S. Campuses

Samidoon, Palestinian Territories If Washington Makes War on Iran, it will be America's Last TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “We hate war, as it only results in destruction, orphans and widows - and because its victims are often our brothers. But if U.S. launches a fourth war, it will be its last.” — COLUMNIST Abd Al Bari Atwan OBAMA: PREPARING FOR ANOTHER WAR?

Debka File, Israel Saudis, Gulf Nations on War Alert for America-Iran Clash “Riyadh has been leaning hard on the White House not to let Tehran get away with its warning and to react with 'full force' to Iranian pretensions to control sea traffic transiting the Strait of Hormuz.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ: Israel Should Keep in
Mind: Obama is Down - Not Out
HAARETZ: 'Nukes Don't Kill
People - People Kill People'

Al-Seyassah, Kuwait It's Iran that May Soon Find Itself 'Wiped Off the Map' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This recent Iranian threat to close the Strait of Hormuz is more reckless and dangerous than the 9-11 terrorist attacks which so changed the world.” — EDITOR IN CHIEF Ahmed Al-Jarallah RUMBLINGS OF WAR IN THE GULF ...

Jerusalem Post, Israel U.S. to Finalize Missile Drill; U.S. Troops Coming to Israel “Israel snd the U.S. will hold the world's largest missile defense exercise this spring; thousands of U.S. troops will head to Israel.” — REPORTER Yaakov Katz

Fars News Agency, Iran Iran Threatens Use of Strait of Hormuz as a 'Defensive Tool' “We advise, warn and recommend to them not to station this carrier where it recently was in the Persian Gulf. We aren't used to repeating our warnings. We issue them once and only once.” — Commander-in-Chief of Iran Army, Ataollah Salehi U.S. TOLD TO 'STAY OUT'

Azzaman, Iraq America's Withdrawal is Not the Issue in Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Not only have the volatile voices opposing America's pullout ruined any chance for greater gains, they've also begun warning about a terrifying future and a government collapse.” — COLUMNIST Bushra Al-Khazragi GRAPPLING WITH GETTING ALONG

Debka File, Israel Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on its Central Bank 'Act of War' “The bill, targeting anyone dealing with the Iranian Central Bank seeks to force other countries to choose between buying oil from Iran or being shut out of transactions with U.S. banks and financial institutions.” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

HAARETZ: World Should be Glad
that Steve Jobs Wasn't an Israeli
HAARETZ: In Republican Primaries,
Neither Israel nor Palestinians Win

Azzaman, Iraq Barack Obama is 'Milking' Iraq War for All it's Worth TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “The Iraq occupation has always been a valuable commodity for U.S. President Barack Obama.” — COLUMNIST Fateh Abdulsalam IRAQ GETTING SHORT END OF STICK?

Debka File, Israel Iran Raises Anti-U.S. Alert; Israel Warns of Regional War “Tehran is expected to strike back hard by sowing mines in the Strait of Hormuz and in waters opposite the oil fields and terminals of other Gulf oil producer like Saudi Arabia.” — DEBKA FILE SOURCES

Kitabat, Iraq U.S. Withdrawal is 'Two Victories in One' for Iraq TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Iraqis are a people that have suffered injustice to an extent that is rare - even in this world.” — COLUMNIST Abd Al Nassir Jabbaar Al Nasseri WHAT CAN IRAQIS LOOK FORWARD TO?

Sotal Iraq, Iraq 'Stubborn' Iraqis Mistaken to Demand America Withdraw TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “It seems rather than examining Iraq's military preparedness, the stubborn among us have dug in their heels, insisting on labeling a reduced American presence as 'occupation of the Iraqi state.' This is illogical and ridiculous.” — COLUMNIST Amran Al-Obaidi

Debka File, Israel As America Leaves Iraq, U.S. and Israel Discuss Dwindling Iran Options “the door has been opened for Tehran to try and mend its fences with Washington - provided Iran is willing to throw Assad to the wolves.” — DEBKA FILE Sources

HAARETZ EDITORIAL: Goodbye
Iraq; Hello Vietnam-Like Trauma
JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
Obama Should 'Talk Quietly' to
Israel About Attacking Iran
JERUSALEM POST: Obama Electrifies
the Crowd at Reform Jewish Parley
HAARETZ: Obama Speaks
Jewish, Republicans Don’t
JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
Tom Friedman is Wrong

Samidoon, Palestinian Territories 'Thank You Newt Gingrich … Your Insolence is Required!' TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “For it to become an ex-empire, the United States needs another president like George Bush Jr. Undoubtedly, Newt Gingrich is perfectly suited to the task.” — COLUMNIST Abd Al Bari Atwan SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT OF ARABS ...

Israel National News, Israel The Ramblings of 'Uncle Tom' Friedman, 'Jewish Anti-Semite' “Tom Friedman has evidently turned in his membership card to the Jewish race and become a post-modern, post- Zionist, moral relativist Israel hater.” — COLUMNIST Ron Jager TOM FRIEDMAN STIRS LOBBY CONTROVERSY

JERUSALEM POST: Newt Gingrich
Versus the Palestinian Authority
DEBKA FILE: Iran Propositions
Saudia Arabia on 'Anti-U.S. Pact'

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria Newt Gingrich's 'Fervent' Wish: A 'Final Solution' for the Palestinian People TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “This man, who accuses overly- accommodating Mahmoud Abbas of having an 'enormous desire' to destroy Israel, himself clearly displays a compulsive desire to destroy all Palestinians, whose existence he doesn't recognize.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim

Jerusalem Post, Israel 'Gingrich's Fresh Hope'
U.S. ELECTION	“Gingrich's statement about the Palestinians was entirely accurate. That is, the Palestinian people were invented ninety-one years ago.” —COLUMNIST Caroline Glick

JERUSALEM POST EDITORIAL:
Republican Posturing on Isreal
'Dangerous' and Not Authentic
DEBKA FILE: While Unlocking
U.S. Drone Secrets, Iran Will
Practice Closing Hormuz Strait
DEBKA FILE: Iran's Price for
Russian, Chinese Access to U.S.
Drone: Nuke Knowhow, Missiles
HAARETZ: Ron Paul Says
U.S. Money Won't Help Israel

Kayhan, Iran Virtual U.S. Embassy in Iran is 'Tech-Savvy' Attempt to Spy “This virtual U.S. embassy is illegal. Under the 1961 Vienna Convention, the establishment of diplomatic relations between states - and of permanent diplomatic missions - takes place by mutual consent only.” — Majlis Member Fatemeh Ajorlouz THE WHITE HOUSE STRIKES A NERVE

Al-Arab Al-Yawm, Jordan Influential Iraqi Shiite Leaders Warn of Likely Iraq-Syria War TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC

Kayhan, Iran Revolutionary Guards Proudly Show Downed U.S. Spy Drone “After it entered the eastern part of the country, the aircraft fell into a trap set by our armed forces and was downed with minimal damage.” — Aerospace Forces Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh AN END OF YEAR PRESENT FROM THE CIA

Al Watan, Oman How Iraq's Resistance Saved Women from the Americans TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Soon, such women didn't hesitate to try and lure others into working with occupation forces. It wasn't long before the courageous men of the resistance confronted each and every female that allowed herself to work for the criminal invaders.” — COLUMNIST Walid Al Zubaydi TARGETED BY THE ALLIED INVASION?

Debka File, Israel Loss of U.S. Drone to Iran Strengthens Case for Israel to Attack “Military sources say that the knowledge gleaned by Iran compels the U.S. and Israel to revise their plans of attack for aborting the Iranian nuclear program.” — Debka File Sources

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'Insensitive'
Panneta Blames the Victim
HAARETZ: Israel is Losing its
'Base' in the Democratic West
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
Qaddafi's Western Friends
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Republican
Hopefuls Vie for Jewish Vote

Kitabat, Iraq Western Powers Back Ocean Piracy as Weapon of Control TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “When risk endangers their plans, the capitalist powers that stand behind all underground economic activity rush to create a crisis wherever they deem necessary - for example, by conjuring up a pretext for 'fighting terrorism.' In fact, it wouldn't be too far- fetched to say that terrorism was created by them for that purpose.” — COLUMNIST Abdullah Abbas ARE THESE MEN AMERICA'S EMPLOYEES?

Haaretz, Israel Clinton Warns about Israel's 'Eroding Democratic Values' “The U.S. secretary of state is astonished by Knesset initiatives in favor of restricting left-wing NGOs, as well as by the exclusion of women from public spaces and other phenomena.” — REPORTER Barak Ravid

HAARETZ: Ministers React
Sharply to Hillary Clinton's
Criticism of Israel Democracy
HAARETZ: Jewish Groups
Demand Obama Act Over U.S.
Envoy's Anti-Semitic Remarks
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: 'Israel
Could Lose American Jewry'
HAARETZ: Streisand to
Perform for IDF Soldiers
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Flap
Over Israeli Ad Campaign in
U.S. 'Just a Misunderstanding'
DEBKA FILE: Israel Warns U.S. 'We
Can't Wait Until Iran has a Nuke'
DEBKA FILE: Panetta Suggests
Israel Must Bow to a Nuclear Iran

Mail & Guardian, South Africa Discontent with America Expands at Climate Talks “The U.S. could set a good example but we all know the situation of the U.S. at home. It's very hard for the Obama Administration to move forward with climate change because of the situation in Congress.” — Chief U.N. Negotiator Artur Runge-Metzger IS U.S. FOOT DRAGGING ON CLIMATE?

AL-JAZEERA VIDEO: Thousands
Rally in Durban for Climate Action

MAIL & GUARDIAN: Tensions Run High
as Climate Change March is Disrupted
MAIL & GUARDIAN: U.N. Warns
of 'Irreversible' Climate Change
BUISINESS DAY: Gap in Global
Climate Finance Will be a 'Disaster'

Al-Iraq News, Iraq The Coming Iraqi Storm TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “This country is in for a new phase of political and security turmoil - and more violence.” — COLUMNIST Dr. Fadhil Al Badrani

Kayhan, Iran European 'Puppets' Obey Their American Masters to Hurt Iran “We're surprised by these European puppets, who like impotent servants immediately repeat whatever their master in the United States says.” — IRAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad THE WEST ACCUSSES AND TEHRAN DENIES

Debka File, Israel With Russia En Route, U.S. Carrier Strike Force Enters Syrian Waters “The Syrian crisis is building to a superpower face-off unparalleled since the Cold War between the U.S. and USSR ended in the nineties.” — Debka File Sources

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria Goldman Sachs and 'Human Sacrifice' to the Money God TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “When profit is deified, scam artists become prophets. Gloss over secularism and liberal deregulation as we might, its high priests are theologians of both injustice and famine.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim

Al-Arab Al-Yawm, Jordan 'Smell of Gunpowder' Has Arabs on Edge TRANSLATED ARABIC “History is repeating. We We are now living in an atmosphere like that before the launch of the Iraq War.” — COLUMNIST Mohamed Kawash

Haaretz, Israel Report: Russian Warships to Enter Syrian Waters to Stem Foreign Intervention

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: While Jews
Won't Mind Romney's Mormonism,
But Christians Very Well Might
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Henry Kissinger
Called Jews 'Self-Serving Bastards'

Sotal Iraq, Iraq America Deliberately Denies Iraq Weapons and Training TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “America did this because its plan to withdraw from Iraq is anything but permanent. In fact, America doesn't want to leave at all, so it has to dream up reasons to stay.” — COLUMNIST Qasim Al-Kafaji DO AMERICANS REALLY INTEND TO LEAVE?

Kitabat, Iraq Iraq Caught in Middle as U.S. Asserts Iranian Murder Plot TRANSLATED FROM ARABIC “Iraq will not participate directly in the anticipated outbreak with Iran. But that won't allay fears for Iraq's security when the sides take to the field to settle their accounts.” — COLUMNIST Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Zoubaidi

Haaretz, Israel Obama has Kept Iran at Bay - and U.S. Republicans Know It “It seems that Republican candidates for president have been so busy talking to one another that they have an alternative universe of facts.” — COLUMNIST Mel Levine

YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Sarkozy Says
He 'Cannot Bear' Liar Netanyahu
YEDIOTH AHRONOT:
The Anti-Bibi Debacle
YEDIOTH AHRONOT: Instead of
Badmouthing Bibi, World Leaders
Should take Action 'Against Israel'
HAARETZ: On Sale: Only '499
Casualties' in War with Iran

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria The Currency Wars: Coming Soon to a Country Near You TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Chinese officials haven't hesitated to talk about the risk of a 'currency war,' and have warned America's senate against the adoption of a bill that provides for penalties against products of countries of concern.” — COLUMNIST Akram Belkaid NAIL BITING TIME FOR WORLD LEADERS

L'Orient Le Jour, Lebanon After Qaddafi: The Arab Spring Looks More Like Spring Fever TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “This victory will be all the more tricky to manage because it must inevitably be shared - by way of commercial contracts - with the powers that contributed to it.” — COLUMNIST Issa Goraieb

Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria West Betrays Principles with its Glee Over Qaddafi's Death TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH “Every criminal has the right to a trial, and (in principal), rule of law binds all - without exception.” — COLUMNIST K. Selim HARD TO FIND GOOD HELP NOWADAYS

“The American people lack freedom of choice; it is the Zionists, according to their needs, that decide who becomes the U.S. president.”

“If Iran starts spreading mines in international waterways, i.e., the Strait of Hormuz, it will find U.S. forces ready to dismantle them.”

“As America celebrates another Independence Day with aplomb and gaiety, it would timely for it to do some soul-searching on the role it plays internationally.”

“I would, of course, leave if millions didn't want me. Why would I stay? I’ve never had an interest in the presidency. I wouldn't stay as a president for even a single day if the salvation of my country depended on my departure.”

“Britain's reported incursion occurred at the tail end of Putin’s 24-hour visit to Israel and would have posed a direct challenge to his warning that Moscow won't tolerate Western intervention.”

“The Americans say – as Moscow succeeds, it will soon find Iran's nuclear missiles arrayed on its borders and a jihadist civil war in Syria. Such Russian success appears rather sadomasochistic.”

“Twelve Chinese warships, Russian nuclear submarines, warships, aircraft carriers and mine-clearing vessels as well as Iran battleships and subs will participate.”

“This is a Lebanonization of Syria: the war in Syria could not only become one of religious bloodshed, but one between the proxy-powers themselves.”

“The fact that Israelis have conflicted attitudes toward U.S. President Barack Obama came out loud and clear in a poll released on Thursday.”

“Mr. President, is the American government unable to help us? Having been in Iraq for so many years, why aren’t services like electricity and fresh running water available to people yet?”

“The world arrogance, spearheaded by America, which created the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the first place and then found itself targeted by the two, now says it is fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan. But in fact, for its own purposes, it is reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.”

“Since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state atop its priority list when it comes to the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria may turn into a long conflict involving Israel.”

“Tehran once again demonstrated its refusal to play ball with the international community until its major power status in the Middle East is officially recognized.”

“This is a people that waited patiently for nearly four decades under Assad rule. But finally they came out … in search of liberty.”

“At one fell swoop, the bombing attack would have wiped he, his family and his top leadership out.”

“We all know that the U.S. administration's declared refusal to provide weapons to the opposition is nothing but a huge public lie, since it knows that armed groups in Syria have access to arms only with Washington's full knowledge and blessing.”

“Debka File’s military sources report that Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, secretly visited both sections of the exercise. If President Obama orders an attack on Syria or Iran, he will be in command.”

“Fourteen months of unceasing violence have produced little more than condemnations from governments, NGOs and the U.N. If you put all these statements on top of on another, you would reach the moon, without having changed one iota of the regime's desire to quell the protests.”

“Iran's tone has become conciliatory and optimistic, pointing to the Supreme Leader's decision to push Ahmadinejad to the side.”

“After Obama rejected Israel's minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran, it withdrew its pledge not to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities before the U.S. election.”

“Wasn’t Pakistan always supportive of facilitating the capture of dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden by U.S. authorities?.”

"Is the U.S. becomeing less confrontational? A fresh round of American Senate sanctions suggests otherwise.”

“Evil now penetrates our souls,destroying them perhaps fatally. It is in this way that they [the West] eliminated the incentive to fight from Germans (Nazi ideology) and from Japanese, thus turning Germany and Japan into civil states resigned to a life imposed by the victor.”

“If Iran is sincere about its rhetoric of peace and cooperation, it's not going about it the right way.”

“Debka File’s U.S. and Iran sources exclusively revealed the 8 points of the interim deal put forward by Washington and still awaiting the concurrence of Tehran.”

“In Uganda, there are two kinds of suspects: those who are arrested and make it to the courts; and those who are arrested and will never see a judge.”

“Debka File’s military sources report that Washington timed the unveiling of the new battle strategy for May 10, two weeks before Six Power nuclear talks with Iran resume in Baghdad.”

“Faith groups strongly oppose proposals to enact laws that protect homosexuals and members of the sex industry.”

“Israel is not a country that treats homosexuals the way the Palestinian Authority and the nations in the Arab world do.”

“This is why America’s claim of upholding human rights should never be trusted. And this is also why Obama should be condemned as unfit to rule … If Americans vote for him, they will have been turned into nothing better than animals.”

“South Africans could be forgiven a shrug of the shoulder in response [to Obama's announcement], and some justified pride that the question has long since been settled in our much younger democracy. What South Africans cannot afford is complacency.”

“Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin says Bibi Netanyanu is 'lying' about effectiveness of a strike on Iran.”

“Even though America has in fact withdrawn and has therefore ended the Iraq occupation, Green Zone politicians are the first to behave as though there has been no withdrawal, blaming the United States for every problem and all the tension that Iraq continues to experience.”

“The latest message received in the latter half of last week said: China will no longer be a problem for America in dealing with Assad's regime.”

“I am providing four clues to let the Americans know how deeply we are able to penetrate (the intelligence systems and devices) within this American spy drone.”

“It's fair to say that to some extent, there is fairness in presenting the ideas of both parties and enabling a heated debate without insults, where everyone can express their points of view before allowing voters to decide for themselves.”

“Just after the exercise began, Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait Rouhullah Qahremani warnedKuwait Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Khalid Al-Sabah that the Iranian air force and navy would attack Gulf nations taking part unless they withdrew now.”

“The American position should be clear, and should manifest itself as a demand that a new dictator not be permitted to emerge in Iraq. … Iraq is now confronting a real crisis. There is only one party and one group consolidating power in Iraq.”

“One might expect the prime minister - who keeps bringing up the Holocaust and swearing that it will never be repeated - to recall that millions of Jews were gassed to death, and pay more attention to the danger of chemical warfare. Give us gas masks. Time is running out.”

“Obama’s comments bring to mind the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup. At the time, the CIA spent $6 million to topple the democratically-elected Mohammad Mossadeq government. ... And why? Because Mossadeq had pursued a national campaign to nationalize the Iranian oil industry."

“Our military sources infer from the unusually broad area covered by the air and navy exercise - almost the entire eastern Mediterranean - that it is designed to simulate action in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.”

“Turkey and the United States agree on values like democracy, human rights, gender equality and others. The Arab Awakening revealed once again how much such values matter.”

“Who is this ‘common enemy’ referred to by Iran's president? ... The statements of President Ahmadinejad represent a bald-faced attempt to draw Iraq into Iran’s extremist trench with the goal of making Iraq foot the bill for Iran’s foreign policy hostility toward the Americans.”

“U.S. Embassy claims that he is not a soldier are a desperate attempt to cover up the epic failure of American occupation forces, and Washington’s reluctance to disclose the dimensions of that loss to the American people.”

“Damning U.S. war simulation forces Ehud Barak to reconsider attack plans; Israel has no real option to attack in contravention of U.S. declarations and warnings.”

“Michaels was released under the direction of Muqtada al-Sadr without any compensation as a gift to the family and friends of the soldier and as a way of rectifying Islam's public image.”

“The chain of responsibility rises up to the highest level of state. Indeed, nothing at Sonatrach, the state-run oil firm and the nations’s central provider of financial resources, is done before being agreed to by those at the top echelons of power.”

“the massacre of innocentAfghans by a U.S. soldier was a deliberate effort to divert attention from its desecration of the Quran. Fully understanding its power to rule and change the world, the Western powers are hostile to Islam.”

“In a no-win situation, the best thing to do is cut your losses. All indicators in the situation lead to the conclusion that the sooner these troops leave, the better it will be for everybody involved.”

“In a state of shocked amazement, people are asking the attorney general to react to the ruling of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces to get the escaped fugitives back to Egypt.”

“Sounding like an ally in the playground, Obama told Netanyahu that the United States 'will always have Israel's back.' Now he has now shown the Arab world that U.S. foreign policy on Israel is ruled by hypocrisy.”

“Unlike Netanyau, Obama is the responsible adult who can be trusted to handle Iran.”

“As one of his critics said, the former Pennsylvania senator would be one of the greatest minds … of the nineteenth century.”

To me as an American, it is shameful to stand and watch your president really grovel like this, and lose authority by begging these people.”

“If this is resolved with diplomacy, great. But we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario. The pressure on Tehran has indeed been increased, but time is getting short.”

“If she had received them, Mrs. Clinton would have heard a view of the situation in Morocco that contradicts the one developed by the Obama Administration.”

“Analysts have spoken, thanks to the Russia-China veto of U.N. pplans to intervene in Syria, about a return to the Cold War. Viewed from Russia House, this Cold War is fueled by NATO's expansion and is coupled with the desire to limit Russia's influence in international affairs.”

“Fears of a foreign-led plot against Egypt are not new, nor are they accidental.”

“If Obama turns him down, Mr. Netanyahu - who waxes on about his loneliness as a leader - will leave the White House meeting as the loneliest person in the world.”

“A clandestine conspiracy is underway by Americans, who want to assess the religious sensitivity of the Afghan population.”

“The stated goals of these U.S. NGOs are just a cover for other, hidden plans that undermine Egyptian interests, particularly if those interests collide with those of the United States.”

“Despite lack of trust on both sides, intensive preparations are underway to ensure a successful meeting between the two leaders next week.”

“In the four days of protesting since the discovery of burned Qurans at Bagram Air Base, 25 people have been killed, including two American troops.”

“Despite public denials, military preparations for intervention in the Syria crisis are quietly afoot. ... President Barack Obama is poised for a final decision.”

“Would the United States accept what these NGOs were doing here - undermining U.S. sovereignty - on American soil? It would absolutely refuse. So why should we accept it?”

“The enemy has hatched plots against the Islamic Republic in almost every field .This makes it more important than ever for Iranian officials and the nation to deal with all open issues of security.”

“Netanyahu has said he feels cheated. By its actions the Obama administration leaves Israel with no recourse other than to grapple with the Iranian menace on its own.”

“It is a truism to say that Russia has never bet on a winning horse. But sad to say, the most painful turn of events has been the conversion of China into the acolyte of a mafia-controlled country.”

“The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. … It means I've accepted Mohammad and other prophets.”

“The goal is partition of the region's largest country into smaller nations that would be incapable of facing down the major global blocs.”

“The world arrogance, spearheaded by America, which created the Taliban and al-Qaeda in the first place and then found itself targeted by the two, now says it is fighting al-Qaeda in Pakistan. But in fact, for its own purposes, it is reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.”

“Since the West puts the security of the Hebrew state atop its priority list when it comes to the Middle East, Western military intervention in Syria may turn into a long conflict involving Israel.”

“Tehran once again demonstrated its refusal to play ball with the international community until its major power status in the Middle East is officially recognized.”

“This is a people that waited patiently for nearly four decades under Assad rule. But finally they came out … in search of liberty.”

“At one fell swoop, the bombing attack would have wiped he, his family and his top leadership out.”

“We all know that the U.S. administration's declared refusal to provide weapons to the opposition is nothing but a huge public lie, since it knows that armed groups in Syria have access to arms only with Washington's full knowledge and blessing.”

“Debka File’s military sources report that Gen. James Mattis, head of U.S. Central Command, secretly visited both sections of the exercise. If President Obama orders an attack on Syria or Iran, he will be in command.”

“Fourteen months of unceasing violence have produced little more than condemnations from governments, NGOs and the U.N. If you put all these statements on top of on another, you would reach the moon, without having changed one iota of the regime's desire to quell the protests.”

“Iran's tone has become conciliatory and optimistic, pointing to the Supreme Leader's decision to push Ahmadinejad to the side.”

“After Obama rejected Israel's minimal demands for nuclear negotiations with Iran, it withdrew its pledge not to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities before the U.S. election.”

“The American people lack
freedom of choice; it is the
Zionists, according to their
needs, that decide who
becomes the U.S. president.”

“If Iran starts spreading mines in
international waterways, i.e., the
Strait of Hormuz, it will find U.S.
forces ready to dismantle them.”

“As America celebrates another
Independence Day with aplomb
and gaiety, it would timely for it
to do some soul-searching on
the role it plays internationally.”

“I would, of course, leave if
millions didn't want me. Why
would I stay? I’ve never had
an interest in the presidency.
I wouldn't stay as a president
for even a single day if the
salvation of my country
depended on my departure.”

“Britain's reported incursion occurred
at the tail end of Putin’s 24-hour visit
to Israel and would have posed a direct
challenge to his warning that Moscow
won't tolerate Western intervention.”

“The Americans say – as Moscow
succeeds, it will soon find Iran's
nuclear missiles arrayed on its
borders and a jihadist civil war
in Syria. Such Russian success
appears rather sadomasochistic.”

“Twelve Chinese warships,
Russian nuclear submarines,
warships, aircraft carriers
and mine-clearing vessels
as well as Iran battleships
and subs will participate.”

“This is a Lebanonization
of Syria: the war in Syria
could not only become
one of religious bloodshed,
but one between the
proxy-powers themselves.”

“The fact that Israelis have
conflicted attitudes toward
U.S. President Barack Obama
came out loud and clear in
a poll released on Thursday.”

“Mr. President, is the American
government unable to help us?
Having been in Iraq for so many
years, why aren’t services like
electricity and fresh running
water available to people yet?”

“The world arrogance,
spearheaded by America,
which created the Taliban
and al-Qaeda in the first
place and then found itself
targeted by the two, now
says it is fighting al-Qaeda
in Pakistan. But in fact, for
its own purposes, it is
reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.”

“Since the West puts the
security of the Hebrew
state atop its priority list
when it comes to the
Middle East, Western
military intervention in
Syria may turn into a long
conflict involving Israel.”

“Tehran once again
demonstrated its refusal
to play ball with the
international community
until its major power
status in the Middle East
is officially recognized.”

“This is a people that
waited patiently for
nearly four decades
under Assad rule. But
finally they came out
… in search of liberty.”

“At one fell swoop, the bombing
attack would have wiped he, his
family and his top leadership out.”

“We all know that the U.S.
administration's declared
refusal to provide weapons
to the opposition is nothing
but a huge public lie, since
it knows that armed groups
in Syria have access to arms
only with Washington's
full knowledge and blessing.”

“Debka File’s military sources
report that Gen. James Mattis,
head of U.S. Central Command,
secretly visited both sections
of the exercise. If President
Obama orders an attack on Syria
or Iran, he will be in command.”

“Fourteen months of unceasing
violence have produced little
more than condemnations from
governments, NGOs and the U.N.
If you put all these statements
on top of on another, you would
reach the moon, without having
changed one iota of the regime's
desire to quell the protests.”

“Iran's tone has become
conciliatory and optimistic,
pointing to the Supreme
Leader's decision to push
Ahmadinejad to the side.”

“After Obama rejected
Israel's minimal demands
for nuclear negotiations
with Iran, it withdrew
its pledge not to strike
Iran’s nuclear facilities
before the U.S. election.”

“Wasn’t Pakistan always
supportive of facilitating
the capture of dreaded
terrorist Osama bin Laden
by U.S. authorities?.”

"Is the U.S. becomeing less
confrontational? A fresh
round of American Senate
sanctions suggests otherwise.”

“Evil now penetrates our souls,
destroying them perhaps fatally.
It is in this way that they [the
West] eliminated the incentive
to fight from Germans (Nazi
ideology) and from Japanese,
thus turning Germany and
Japan into civil states resigned
to a life imposed by the victor.”

“If Iran is sincere about
its rhetoric of peace and
cooperation, it's not going
about it the right way.”

“Debka File’s U.S. and
Iran sources exclusively
revealed the 8 points of
the interim deal put
forward by Washington
and still awaiting the
concurrence of Tehran.”

“In Uganda, there are two
kinds of suspects: those
who are arrested and make
it to the courts; and those
who are arrested and
will never see a judge.”

“Debka File’s military sources
report that Washington timed
the unveiling of the new battle
strategy for May 10, two weeks
before Six Power nuclear talks
with Iran resume in Baghdad.”

“Faith groups strongly
oppose proposals to
enact laws that protect
homosexuals and members
of the sex industry.”

“Israel is not a country
that treats homosexuals
the way the Palestinian
Authority and the nations
in the Arab world do.”

“This is why America’s claim of
upholding human rights should
never be trusted. And this is
also why Obama should be
condemned as unfit to rule …
If Americans vote for him,
they will have been turned into
nothing better than animals.”

“South Africans could be
forgiven a shrug of the
shoulder in response [to
Obama's announcement],
and some justified pride
that the question has long
since been settled in our
much younger democracy.
What South Africans cannot
afford is complacency.”

“Former Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin
says Bibi Netanyanu is 'lying' about
effectiveness of a strike on Iran.”

“Even though America has
in fact withdrawn and has
therefore ended the Iraq
occupation, Green Zone
politicians are the first to
behave as though there
has been no withdrawal,
blaming the United States
for every problem and all
the tension that Iraq
continues to experience.”

“The latest message received
in the latter half of last week
said: China will no longer be
a problem for America in
dealing with Assad's regime.”

“I am providing four clues
to let the Americans know
how deeply we are able to
penetrate (the intelligence
systems and devices) within
this American spy drone.”

“It's fair to say that to some extent,
there is fairness in presenting the
ideas of both parties and enabling a
heated debate without insults,
where everyone can express their
points of view before allowing
voters to decide for themselves.”

“Just after the exercise began,
Iranian Ambassador to Kuwait
Rouhullah Qahremani warned
Kuwait Chief of Staff Lieutenant
General Khalid Al-Sabah that
the Iranian air force and navy
would attack Gulf nations taking
part unless they withdrew now.”

“The American position should
be clear, and should manifest
itself as a demand that a new
dictator not be permitted to
emerge in Iraq. … Iraq is now
confronting a real crisis. There
is only one party and one group
consolidating power in Iraq.”

“One might expect the prime
minister - who keeps bringing
up the Holocaust and swearing
that it will never be repeated
- to recall that millions of Jews
were gassed to death, and pay
more attention to the danger
of chemical warfare. Give us
gas masks. Time is running out.”

“Obama’s comments bring to mind
the CIA-sponsored 1953 coup. At
the time, the CIA spent $6 million
to topple the democratically-elected
Mohammad Mossadeq government.
... And why? Because Mossadeq had
pursued a national campaign to
nationalize the Iranian oil industry."

“Our military sources infer from the
unusually broad area covered by the
air and navy exercise - almost the
entire eastern Mediterranean - that
it is designed to simulate action in
the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Aden.”

“Turkey and the United
States agree on values
like democracy, human
rights, gender equality
and others. The Arab
Awakening revealed
once again how much
such values matter.”

“Who is this ‘common enemy’
referred to by Iran's president?
... The statements of President
Ahmadinejad represent a bald-
faced attempt to draw Iraq into
Iran’s extremist trench with
the goal of making Iraq foot the
bill for Iran’s foreign policy
hostility toward the Americans.”

“U.S. Embassy claims that he is not
a soldier are a desperate attempt to
cover up the epic failure of American
occupation forces, and Washington’s
reluctance to disclose the dimensions
of that loss to the American people.”

“Damning U.S. war simulation
forces Ehud Barak to reconsider
attack plans; Israel has no real
option to attack in contravention
of U.S. declarations and warnings.”

“Michaels was released under
the direction of Muqtada al-Sadr
without any compensation as a
gift to the family and friends of
the soldier and as a way of
rectifying Islam's public image.”

“The chain of responsibility rises up
to the highest level of state. Indeed,
nothing at Sonatrach, the state-run
oil firm and the nations’s central
provider of financial resources, is
done before being agreed to by
those at the top echelons of power.”

“the massacre of innocent
Afghans by a U.S. soldier
was a deliberate effort to
divert attention from its
desecration of the Quran.
Fully understanding its
power to rule and change
the world, the Western
powers are hostile to Islam.”

“In a no-win situation, the best
thing to do is cut your losses. All
indicators in the situation lead to
the conclusion that the sooner
these troops leave, the better it
will be for everybody involved.”

“In a state of shocked
amazement, people are
asking the attorney
general to react to the
ruling of the Supreme
Council of the Armed
Forces to get the escaped
fugitives back to Egypt.”

“Sounding like an ally in
the playground, Obama
told Netanyahu that the
United States 'will always
have Israel's back.' Now
he has now shown the
Arab world that U.S.
foreign policy on Israel
is ruled by hypocrisy.”

“Unlike Netanyau, Obama is
the responsible adult who can
be trusted to handle Iran.”

“As one of his critics said,
the former Pennsylvania
senator would be one of
the greatest minds … of
the nineteenth century.”

To me as an American, it is
shameful to stand and watch
your president really grovel
like this, and lose authority
by begging these people.”

“If this is resolved with
diplomacy, great. But we
have to prepare for the
worst-case scenario. The
pressure on Tehran has
indeed been increased,
but time is getting short.”

“If she had received them, Mrs.
Clinton would have heard a view
of the situation in Morocco that
contradicts the one developed
by the Obama Administration.”

“Analysts have spoken, thanks
to the Russia-China veto of U.N.
pplans to intervene in Syria,
about a return to the Cold War.
Viewed from Russia House, this
Cold War is fueled by NATO's
expansion and is coupled with
the desire to limit Russia's
influence in international affairs.”

“Fears of a foreign-led plot
against Egypt are not new,
nor are they accidental.”

“If Obama turns him down,
Mr. Netanyahu - who waxes
on about his loneliness as a
leader - will leave the White
House meeting as the
loneliest person in the world.”

“A clandestine conspiracy
is underway by Americans,
who want to assess the
religious sensitivity of
the Afghan population.”

“The stated goals of these U.S.
NGOs are just a cover for other,
hidden plans that undermine
Egyptian interests, particularly
if those interests collide with
those of the United States.”

“Despite lack of trust on both
sides, intensive preparations
are underway to ensure a
successful meeting between
the two leaders next week.”

“In the four days of protesting
since the discovery of burned
Qurans at Bagram Air Base, 25
people have been killed,
including two American troops.”

“Despite public denials,
military preparations for
intervention in the Syria
crisis are quietly afoot. ...
President Barack Obama is
poised for a final decision.”

“Would the United States accept
what these NGOs were doing here
- undermining U.S. sovereignty - on
American soil? It would absolutely
refuse. So why should we accept it?”

“The enemy has hatched
plots against the Islamic
Republic in almost every
field .This makes it more
important than ever for
Iranian officials and the
nation to deal with all
open issues of security.”

“Netanyahu has said he feels
cheated. By its actions the
Obama administration leaves
Israel with no recourse other
than to grapple with the
Iranian menace on its own.”

“It is a truism to say that
Russia has never bet on a
winning horse. But sad to
say, the most painful turn
of events has been the
conversion of China into
the acolyte of a
mafia-controlled country.”

“The conversion to Islam is
not abandoning Christianity
or Judaism, which I was born
with. … It means I've accepted
Mohammad and other prophets.”

“The goal is partition of the region's
largest country into smaller nations
that would be incapable of
facing down the major global blocs.”

“The world arrogance,
spearheaded by America,
which created the Taliban
and al-Qaeda in the first
place and then found itself
targeted by the two, now
says it is fighting al-Qaeda
in Pakistan. But in fact, for
its own purposes, it is
reviving al-Qaeda in Syria.”

“Since the West puts the
security of the Hebrew
state atop its priority list
when it comes to the
Middle East, Western
military intervention in
Syria may turn into a long
conflict involving Israel.”

“Tehran once again
demonstrated its refusal
to play ball with the
international community
until its major power
status in the Middle East
is officially recognized.”

“This is a people that
waited patiently for
nearly four decades
under Assad rule. But
finally they came out
… in search of liberty.”

“At one fell swoop, the bombing
attack would have wiped he, his
family and his top leadership out.”

“We all know that the U.S.
administration's declared
refusal to provide weapons
to the opposition is nothing
but a huge public lie, since
it knows that armed groups
in Syria have access to arms
only with Washington's
full knowledge and blessing.”

“Debka File’s military sources
report that Gen. James Mattis,
head of U.S. Central Command,
secretly visited both sections
of the exercise. If President
Obama orders an attack on Syria
or Iran, he will be in command.”

“Fourteen months of unceasing
violence have produced little
more than condemnations from
governments, NGOs and the U.N.
If you put all these statements
on top of on another, you would
reach the moon, without having
changed one iota of the regime's
desire to quell the protests.”

“Iran's tone has become
conciliatory and optimistic,
pointing to the Supreme
Leader's decision to push
Ahmadinejad to the side.”

“After Obama rejected
Israel's minimal demands
for nuclear negotiations
with Iran, it withdrew
its pledge not to strike
Iran’s nuclear facilities
before the U.S. election.”