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“Return of the Bear”
By Oliver North
Friday, August 17, 2007

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON — The great horned owl is a magnificent raptor with feathers so soft its prey can’t even hear it coming until it’s too late. But even this superb hunter has a major challenge to overcome: It cannot move its eyes. To scan forest or field for danger — or its next meal — the owl, its eyes fixed straight ahead, must rotate its head. Today, the U.S. national security apparatus is much like an owl with a stiff neck.

For more than three years now, our White House, State Department and Pentagon have been fixated on America’s adversaries in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Our preoccupation has been on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Unfortunately, we seem to have missed what’s happening in Russia. Not to carry the wildlife metaphor too far, but “the Bear” is back.”

http://www.memri.org/jihad.html

http://memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=subjects&Area=jihad&ID=SP168407

Special Dispatch Series - No. 1684
August 17, 2007 No.1684

“Islamist Websites Monitor No.129”

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Special Dispatch Series - No. 1681
August 16, 2007 No.1681

“Islamist Websites Monitor No. 128”

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http://www.wtopnews.com/?nid=105&sid=1223477
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“Russia, China Hold Joint War Games”
August 17, 2007 - 6:57am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6950986.stm

Last Updated: Friday, 17 August 2007, 09:34 GMT 10:34 UK

“Nato ‘tracking’ Russian bombers”’

Previously...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6898897.stm

Last Updated: Saturday, 14 July 2007, 12:58 GMT 13:58 UK

“Russia sends warning to the West”