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Kelly DallaTezza, Fulbright fellow
Kelly Dalla Tezza, a Fulbright scholar who planned a career in the U.S. Foreign Service, died Friday in an automobile accident in Morocco. She was 22 and lived in Parkville.
Family members said she had a flat tire while driving on a road near Rabat and...Tags: Towson University, Johns Hopkins University, Transportation Accidents, Morocco, Motorvehicle Accidents
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The language of empire
"Mr. Obama and his senior national security advisers have sought to reassure allies and answer critics, including many Republicans, that the United States will not abandon its commitments in the Persian Gulf even as it winds down the war in Iraq and looks...Tags: Iran, Kuwait, Halloween, National Security, U.S. Military
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Rep. Bartlett right on U.S. intervention in Libya
Rep. Roscoe Bartlett and I would agree on very few political issues. But he is correct to sue over the war in Libya ("Bartlett, others sue over Libya," June 16). While I have great empathy for the people of Libya who have lived for decades under a...Tags: Richard Nixon, Yemen, Libya, Libyan Civil War (2011), Charity
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Bahrain's brave health care workers deserve support
The United States continues to ignore the thwarted Arab Spring in Bahrain. Recently, a quasi-military court in the small Gulf state sentenced 20 doctors and nurses to up to 15 years in jail. The charge against them? Treating injured demonstrators opposing...Tags: Iran, Radio, Nursing, Health Organizations, U.S. Department of State
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Muddled Middle East
When revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt erupted earlier this year quickly forced out long-time autocratic rulers, many in the West hoped that the pro-democracy demonstrations there would unleash a tidal wave of change across the Arab world. To an extent,...Tags: Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. House of Representatives, Democracy, United Nations
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Best Middle East policy is to back off
As an American taxpayer who has watched our country shell out trillions in the Middle East, I wondering if that region would have been better off without our meddling ( "Obama and the Arab spring" May 20). For example and close to home , the Maryland...Tags: Army National Guard, Foreign Aid, Maryland, Economic Sanctions, Syria
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Arabs are ready for democracy, but not for peace with Israel
Regarding your editorial "Obama and the Arab Spring" (May 20), your assessment that the president laid out a "pragmatic, nuanced approach to the region" is not borne out by the realities on the ground. The region is still embroiled in chaos and...Tags: Iran, Israel, Bashar Assad, Democracy, United Nations
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Team Obama: World Police
If there existed any remaining doubt that Barack Obama has completed his conversion from an anti-Iraq war candidate to a presidential hawk, it was eviserated this weekend when the United States launched a series of military strikes on Libya.
The...Tags: Executive Branch, Trey Parker, West Point, Matt Stone, Louis Farrakhan
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Official list of Guantanamo Bay detainees
The Associated PressThe list provided by the Pentagon of all current and former detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, held between January 2002 and May 15, 2006; includes the names of the detainees, country of citizenship, and approximate age: 1. HICKS, DAVID --...Tags: United Kingdom, Iran, Bangladesh, Pakistan, France
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Arab leaders vow fight on terror
Sun Foreign StaffAQABA, Jordan - Arab leaders meeting with President Bush in Egypt yesterday promised to prevent financing of terrorism and help stem violence against Israel, preparing the way for a crucial summit today, when the Israeli and Palestinian prime ministers...Tags: National Security, Ariel Sharon, Summits, Hosni Mubarak, Defense
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Military expands ties in the gulf
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Amid strains in American ties with Saudi Arabia, the United States has significantly expanded its strategic relationship with the smaller emirates and monarchies of the oil-rich Persian Gulf, which could play a key role as bases for U.S....Tags: Tampa, U.S. Military, National Security, Democracy, Fishing
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Writings from a war zone
Sun StaffOn the last Sunday in June, Lt. Kylan Jones-Huffman, a Navy reservist stationed in Bahrain, e-mailed a poem to members of his online haiku group. He said he dedicated the poem to his friend Marianne, "whose good friend was killed this past week, somewhere...Tags: History, Poetry, University of Michigan, Iraq, Colleges and Universities
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