en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/conflicts/middle/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/petraeus_us_in_iraq_hinders_iran/ Army Gen. David Petraeus, who is to assume control of U.S. forces in the Middle East, said that a continued U.S. presence in Iraq is more likely to blunt, rather than inflame, Iran's growing influence in the region. In a 46-page question-and-answer doc news conflicts 2008-05-22 08:19:38 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/petraeus_us_in_iraq_hinders_iran/ MSNBC http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24764871/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/msnbc/ 95 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/petraeus_us_in_iraq_hinders_iran/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/envoy_blair_heads_to_middle_east/ Tony Blair is heading to the Middle East for the first time as special envoy for the region, trying to build foundations for a Palestinian state. The former prime minister will visit Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian town of Ramallah in the West Bank. news conflicts 2007-07-23 04:26:51 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/envoy_blair_heads_to_middle_east/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6911205.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/envoy_blair_heads_to_middle_east/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/choose_your_weapon_a_new_arms_ra/ Saber-rattling in the Middle East has been growing, with Israeli air strikes over Syria at the beginning of the month and France's Foreign Minister talking of war with Iran, but behind the scenes there are fear of a new arms race in the region. In a deal news conflicts 2007-09-21 08:15:33 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/choose_your_weapon_a_new_arms_ra/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/ww.armsrace/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/choose_your_weapon_a_new_arms_ra/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/a_glimpse_inside_iraq/ On a giant billboard in front of the Iraqi ministry of Youth in Baghdad, a sign reads: "Forgive and be merciful for a unified Iraq." The streets are busy with pedestrians and shoppers. We drive down Saadoon Street, a wide central artery with 20-foot blast opinion conflicts 2007-07-05 13:36:32 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/a_glimpse_inside_iraq/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/07/04/ime.iraq/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/a_glimpse_inside_iraq/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/mid-east_group_debates_blair_rol/ The Quartet of Middle East mediators is considering naming Tony Blair for a top peacemaking post, diplomats say. Mr Blair steps down on Wednesday as UK prime minister and officials from the EU, Russia, the UN and US are thought to have discussed a poss news conflicts 2007-06-26 08:16:21 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/mid-east_group_debates_blair_rol/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6240060.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/mid-east_group_debates_blair_rol/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/right_wing_itches_to_strike_iran/ The hard right in the U.S. has tried to exploit the arrest of Middle East scholar Haleh Esfandiari to create a reason for America's conservatives to attack Iran. The case of Haleh Esfandiari's imprisonment in Iran is sparking the kind of commotion that opinion conflicts 2007-05-27 05:29:31 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/right_wing_itches_to_strike_iran/ Alter Net http://www.alternet.org/audits/52384/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/alternet/ 86 Interesting [3] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/right_wing_itches_to_strike_iran/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/rice_begins_new_mid-east_mission/ US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has arrived in Egypt at the start of a new effort to try to revive negotiations on Middle East peace. It is her first visit to the region since the creation of a Palestinian unity government. Ms Rice first hold news conflicts 2007-03-24 12:19:45 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/rice_begins_new_mid-east_mission/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/6490623.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [2] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/rice_begins_new_mid-east_mission/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/is_the_administrations_new_polic/ In the past few months, as the situation in Iraq has deteriorated, the Bush Administration, in both its public diplomacy and its covert operations, has significantly shifted its Middle East strategy. The “redirection,” as some inside the White House h opinion conflicts 2007-02-25 18:31:33 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/is_the_administrations_new_polic/ New Yorker http://www.newyorker.com/printables/fact/070305fa_fact_hersh http://www.newsique.com/sources/newyorker/ 91 Insightful [4] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/is_the_administrations_new_polic/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/rice_in_jerusalem_to_press_for_p/ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday for a series of meetings with Middle Eastern leaders. Before having dinner with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Rice said the proper foundation for a two-state solution in news conflicts 2007-02-17 18:54:11 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/rice_in_jerusalem_to_press_for_p/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/02/17/rice.mideast/index.html?eref=rss_topstories http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [3] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/rice_in_jerusalem_to_press_for_p/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/from_the_wonderful_folks_who_bro/ The same neocon ideologues behind the Iraq war have been using the same tactics—alliances with shady exiles, dubious intelligence on W.M.D.—to push for the bombing of Iran. As President Bush ups the pressure on Tehran, is he planning to double his Mid opinion conflicts 2007-02-01 21:47:27 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/from_the_wonderful_folks_who_bro/ Vanity Fair http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/03/whitehouse200703 http://www.newsique.com/sources/vanityfair/ 98 Under Rated [1] 90 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/from_the_wonderful_folks_who_bro/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/_for_the_first_time_a_real_bluep/ The Iraqi state that was formed in the aftermath of the First World War has come to an end. Its successor state is struggling to be born in an environment of crises and chaos. The collapse of the entire order in the Middle East now threatens as the Iraq i news conflicts 2007-01-04 22:07:41 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/_for_the_first_time_a_real_bluep/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2125419.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [1] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/_for_the_first_time_a_real_bluep/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/pope_urges_peace_in_middle_east/ Pope Benedict XVI today urged a solution to conflicts across the world, especially in the Middle East and Africa. news conflicts 2006-12-25 12:03:32 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/pope_urges_peace_in_middle_east/ breakingnews.iol.ie http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=205213726&p=zx5zy443z Important [7] izgood http://www.newsique.com/profiles/izgood/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/pope_urges_peace_in_middle_east/#comments http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/robert_fisk_different_narratives/ Oh how - when it comes to the realities of history - the Muslims of the Middle East exhaust my patience. After years of explaining to Arab friends that the Jewish Holocaust - the systematic, planned murder of six million Jews by the Nazis, is an indisputa opinion conflicts 2006-12-19 00:54:58 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/robert_fisk_different_narratives/ Independent http://news.independent.co.uk/world/fisk/article2079304.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/independent/ 94 Under Rated [2] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/conflicts/robert_fisk_different_narratives/#comments