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Everett McLean

Iraq, Turkey, Iran Vulnerable To Ethnic Conflict - Radio Free Europe / Radio ... - 0 views

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  • Most Iranian Kurds are Sunnis, while the Iranians are Shi'a, and the heavy shadow of Shi'a Islam pervades state ideology and practice. But despite their high ethnic awareness and strong feelings of kinship with the Kurds in Iraq and Turkey, with whom they want to enjoy close contact and trade relations, they do not seem to have strong aspirations to secede from Iran.
Katrina Sison

World - Israel: Bringing Israel's Bomb Out of the Basement | Israel - 0 views

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  • acquire nuclear weapons.
  • fear of genocide is the key to understanding Israel's nuclear resolve,
  • nuclear posture known as opacity,
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  • fundamentally differen
  • Israel neither affirms nor denies its possession of nuclear weapon
  • secret accord between U.S. President Richard Nixon and Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir in September 1969.
  • almost universal support among members of the Israeli security establishment, who argue that, by not publicly flaunting its nuclear status,
  • reduced its neighbors' incentives to proliferate
  • anachronistic,
  • even counterproductive.
  • convincing case that it is a responsible one.
  • shields Israel's nuclear capabilities and intentions,
  • ndercuts the need for its citizens to be informed about issues that are literally matters of life and death,
  • nuclear policy is indeed one of defensive last resort and from participating in a meaningful fashion in regional arms control and global disarmament deliberations.
  • making Israel vulnerable to the charge that it is a nuclear-armed pariah state, and thus associating it to an uncomfortable degree with today's rogue Iranian regime.
  • East peace process is linked to the issue of nuclear weapons in the region.
  • publicly oppose the acquisition of nuclear weapons by Iran, there is also growing support for dealing with this problem in an 'evenhanded' manner, namely, by establishing a nuclear weapons free zone across the entire region.
  • stop Iran from crossing the nuclear threshold and to contain a nuclear-armed Iran if those efforts fail.
  • not the first state to acquire nuclear weapons
  • n order to deal effectively with the new regional nuclear environment and emerging global nuclear norms, Israel must reassess the wisdom of its unwavering commitment to opacity
  • etaining its military edge
tina comic

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  • Iran has a mixed economy
  • Unemployment is estimated to be between 25 and 30 percent, and inflation approximately 20-25 percent
  • Systematic abuses include summary executions, disappearances, widespread use of torture and other degrading treatment, reportedly including rape, severe punishments such as stoning and flogging, harsh prison conditions, arbitrary arrest and detention, and prolonged and incommunicado detention.
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  • privacy rights, and restricts freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association.
  • The Government restricts freedom of religion
  • In July 2000, 10 Iranian Jews were tried and convicted on charges of having illegal contact with Israel, and sentenced to between 2 and 13 years in prison.
  • iolence against women occurs, and women face legal and societal discrimination.
  • The Government restricts the work of human rights groups and continues to deny entry to the UNSR
  • Child labor persists
  • reports of trafficking in persons
  • security forces killing persons during the October "soccer riots.
  • Human rights groups reported that security forces killed at least 20 persons while violently suppressing demonstrations
Everett McLean

The Conflict between Syria and Turkey - 0 views

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  • There are numerous reasons behind this situation, but focus lately has been on Turkey’s on-going struggle against the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a Kurdish separatist group that Ankara has accused of being supplied by Damascus. During the 14 year conflict between the PKK and the Turkish military, this accusation against Syria has been made repeatedly, but never has it led to a situation that involves foreign leaders shuttling between the two capitals or to military build-ups along borders.
  • Along with Israel, the United States and her NATO allies also received blame for the crisis. The Syrian press has called Turkey an anti-Arab alliance that included "the Zionist Entity (Israel), America and Britain, who are conspiring and spying against the Arabs." "Converting Turkey to a base to implement American strategy would not serve Turkish interests with the Arabs now and in the future,"8 stated the al-Thawra newspaper.
  • Both nations now find themselves in a difficult position. Turkey stands to lose any support or relations with the Arab world it once enjoyed. Syria faces military defeat again from the a non-Arab nation. Israel is in a dangerous position where Syria may attempt to strike at the Golan Heights, using difficulties with Turkey as an excuse. If Israel is drawn into conflict with Syria, the delicate balance of peace in the Middle East would be shattered. The United States would find itself having to support Israel and a NATO ally in Turkey, while possibly facing allies across the line in Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. A conflict of this nature could allow Iran or Iraq the necessary excuse to resume direct hostilities against Israel. Old alliances could be both renewed and shattered simultaneously across the region.
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