Powder keg.

Iraq's farms in shambles

Iraq PM flies to US to meet Obama, seek investment

Death toll reaches 12 in Iraqi refugee camp violence
At least 12 people have died in clashes between Iraqi police and members of an exiled Iranian opposition group at an Iraqi refugee camp, a group spokesman told CNN Friday.

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Lebanon arrests 10 for plotting attacks on UN troops

What the Romans Wrought in Lebanon
Baal and Bacchus and Hizb'allah, oh my!


Sadr pushes bilateral ties in Syria
The visit to Damascus by Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr was part of a broader effort to strengthen ties between the two Arab neighbors, officials said.

Assad: Golan will yet return to Arab hands



Saudi Minister Rejects Incremental Steps Toward Mideast Peace

Why Yemen could become Al Qaeda haven

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Why Israel is Nervous
Tension is escalating between the U.S and Israel. The problem: The administration views the Israeli-Palestinian issue as the root of all problems, while Israel is focused on Iran’s nuclear threat, says Elliott Abrams.

Sheikh Khatib: We'll never give up al-Aqsa
Islamic Movement leader tells Arab children Israeli occupation of Jerusalem must end
Why Israel is Nervous!

Turkish leader presses Israel to return Golan
Why Israel is Nervous!

Saudi Minister Rejects Incremental Steps Toward Mideast Peace
Saudi Arabia praised the Obama administration Friday for its "early and robust focus" on the Middle East while rebuffing its efforts to push Riyadh to take confidence-building steps toward Israel.
Why Israel is Nervous!

Fatah to reject Israel as Jewish state at congress: document
Do I need to say it?

Anti-Settlement Group Takes Palestinian Property Claims to Israel's High Court
Ugh.

Poll: Israel is only country where support for US dropped
Israel is the only country paying attention to what's going on.

Europeans seeking $100m. investment in W. Bank power grid | Middle East | Jerusalem Post

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For Iran’s Opposition, ‘Death to Russia’ Is the New ‘Death to America’
In Iran, opposition supporters who attended the Friday Prayer service in Tehran last week responded to calls to chant "Death to America!" by chanting "Death to Russia!" instead.
'Cause the government in curling up with the bear.

Iran activists dread midnight knock of police raid

Iran begins mourning cycle that could deepen unrest
Thousands of people clashed with security forces in the streets after a symbolic 40-day period since the death of protesters. Thirty years ago, such protests helped bring down the Shah.

Iran witnesses: Neda memorial

German Firm Withdraws Threat to Fire Employees in Iran
Knauf, a German building materials company that last week told its employees in Iran they would be fired if they participated in political demonstrations, withdrew the threat.


Iran detains US hikers who strayed across border from Iraq
Details are still emerging, but Kurdish officials say the tourists had been warned that the border was poorly marked.

Iran is ready to build an N-bomb - it is just waiting for the Ayatollah's order
Iran has perfected the technology to create and detonate a nuclear warhead and is merely awaiting the word from its Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, to produce its first bomb, Western intelligence sources have told The Times.