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NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is open to the idea of reaching out to moderate elements of the Taliban, The New York Times reported on Saturday. In an interview with the newspaper published on its website, Obama said that some of the U.S. success in Iraq involved reaching out to Islamic fundamentalists who had been alienated by the tactics of al Qaeda in Iraq. "There may be some comparable opportunities in Afghanistan and the Pakistani region," he said. "But the situation in Afghanistan is, if anything, more complex." Obama, who last month approved the deployment of 17,000 more...

February 20, 2009 Obama destroying the USA to rebuild it in his own image? By Sher Zieve It's amazing to me that so many talking heads who seem befuddled as to what Obama is actually attempting to accomplish with his bound-to-fail stimulus bill cannot seem to see the forest for the trees. To put it another way, they cannot grasp what's actually happening to We-the-People at the hands of the developing 'Obama Emperium.' Shall we take a look at the events leading up to today? By the way, I mean the actual events — not the lies manufactured by the...

Syria's state news agency hustled out an announcement on Tuesday, Feb. 10, saying that the "U.S. Trade Department agrees to provide spare parts for rehabilitating Syrian Airlines..." ... The planes will be overhauled by a Saudi-based Boeing-Saudi joint venture, Alsalam Aircraft Co...

US concerned over prospect of right-wing gov't By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER, THE JERUSALEM POST, WASHINGTON US officials are publicly taking a wait-and-see approach to the formation of a new Israeli government, but privately many have expressed concern that Likud leader Binyamin Netanyahu might preside over a right-wing coalition. Arabs see little hope for peace from whatever government emerges "There would be great unease" at the prospect of such a government, said one Capitol Hill source. He predicted that a governing coalition of parties from the Right could embolden the left flank of the Democratic party and turn up pressure, particularly...

Sunday, February 8, 2009 Obama's vanity shines through By SALIM MANSUR 7th February 2009 President Barack Hussein Obama's first major international interview, given to Al-Arabiya, the Middle East television network, did not come as a surprise. Nor was it a surprise that the new occupant of the White House, displaying his rhetorical skills, attempted to placate the Arab streets and Arab leaders by indicating the Obama administration will restore "respect and partnership that America had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago." It is only a leader as vain as Obama, surrounded by a sycophantic...

Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: Obama Likely to Order Charges Dropped Against Alleged U.S.S. Cole Bombing Mastermind [5:55 p.m. ET] For more, go to abcnews.go.com?CMP=EMC-1396