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Another American Jew “gets” Kosovo, albeit a bit late: US should support Serbia, not Kosovo Albanian radicals, expert , March 19, 2007 US needs to stand on the side of democracy and stop supporting radical and quasi criminal elements with separatist tendencies in Kosovo, says Ariel Cohen, Ph.D., Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at the Sarah and Douglas Allison Center of the Davis Institute for International Studies at the Heritage Foundation. “…Implications of Kosovo’s independence can be dangerous if not catastrophic across the world,” says Cohen. Ariel Cohen has often been critical of...

Ramsey Clark Plans 'Emergency March' to Stop Israel By Alison Espach CNSNews.com Correspondent July 28, 2006 (CNSNews.com) - Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, alongside various anti-war and Muslim groups, has announced plans for a "National Emergency March on Washington" to stop what he described as U.S. funding of the "Israeli war machine." Clark claimed that U.S. funding to Israel, which is battling Hizballah terrorists in southern Lebanon, is grounds for impeaching President Bush. "If we'd acted on impeachment before now, Lebanon wouldn't be subjected to this misery," said Clark at the National Press Club Thursday. "If we fail to...

The Political Economy of TerrorBy Ariel Cohen Al Qaeda's second massive attack in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia since May, and the closure of the U.S. Embassy have boosted the ultimate goal of Usama bin Laden to drive the "infidels" from the Land of Two Mosques and topple the monarchy. As a result, Western oil supply is at risk. Three devastating scenarios may endanger the flow of oil: Faltering of the Saudi regime; a catastrophic attack on the Kingdom's vast oil infrastructure; or a prolonged civil war between the status quo supporters and Islamist revolutionaries. In any such event, oil prices are likely to...