Egypt's Coptic Christians Are Choosing Isolation- July 7, 2008 CAIRO -- Under pressure from fundamentalist forms of Islam and bursts of sectarian violence, the most populous Christian community in the Middle East is seeking safety by turning inward, cutting day-to-day social ties that have bound Muslim to Christian in Egypt for centuries, members of both com...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/328489260/AR20080... Relative Calm in Iraq Ends as Attacks Take 16 Lives- July 7, 2008 BAGHDAD, July 6 -- A wave of attacks in Baghdad and areas north of the capital Sunday shattered a relative lull in violence, killing 16 people and injuring 15 a day after Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared that Iraq's government had defeated terrorism.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/328276012/AR20080... Post-911 Dragnet Turns Up Surprises- July 6, 2008 In the six-and-a-half years that the U.S. government has been fingerprinting insurgents, detainees and ordinary people in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Horn of Africa, hundreds have turned out to share an unexpected background, FBI and military officials said. They have criminal arrest records in the...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/327742836/AR20080... Iran's Leaders Divided on U.S.- July 6, 2008 TEHRAN -- A senior adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a proposed expansion of the U.S. diplomatic presence in Iran, saying in an interview that the idea is a "propaganda pose."http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/327688118/AR20080... Rise of Awakening Groups Sets Off A Struggle for Power Among Sunnis- July 4, 2008 RAMADI, Iraq -- After inspecting a prison, police chief Tariq Yousef al-Asaal returned to his spacious office, where U.S. military officers and Iraq's power brokers have sought his advice. A week earlier, the governing council, the ruling body here in this dust-swept capital of Anbar province, had...http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/326263488/AR20080... Motives in Earthmover Rampage Debated in Jerusalem- July 4, 2008 JERUSALEM, July 3 -- Jean Relevy, a handyman with an intense curiosity about the world, lived for many things: the challenge of wiring a concert hall, the chance to banter over biology and chemistry with friends, the grandchild he planned to welcome this summer.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/326290441/AR20080... Obama May Consider Slowing Iraq Withdrawal- July 4, 2008 FARGO, N.D., July 3 -- Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing a promised gradual, 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected president, saying that Thursday he will consult with military commanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue to refine" his proposals.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/326290440/AR20080... A Shortage Of Troops in Afghanistan- July 3, 2008 The nation's top military officer said yesterday that more U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan to tamp down an increasingly violent insurgency, but that the Pentagon does not have sufficient forces to send because they are committed to the war in Iraq.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/325121510/AR20080... Three Killed in Jerusalem Rampage- July 3, 2008 JERUSALEM, July 2 -- Hussam Edwyat, the Palestinian construction worker who killed three Israelis and injured dozens of others by crushing cars and ramming buses with an earthmover in downtown Jerusalem on Wednesday, had intimate ties with his Jewish neighbors.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/324805170/AR20080... Progress Cited on U.S.-Iraq Pacts- July 3, 2008 BAGHDAD, July 2 -- The United States and Iraq are making progress on complex political and security agreements that would allow U.S. troops to operate in the country next year, Iraq's foreign minister said Wednesday.http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/~r/wp-dyn/rss/world/mideast/index_xml/~3/325068108/AR20080... |