Iraq Study: Refugee Life Of Women, Kids Hard
(Arizona Daily Star (Tucson))…Associated Press
Women and children have been hit especially hard in Iraq’s refugee crisis, often forced to beg and in some cases turn to prostitution to provide for their families because so many men have been killed, a report said Friday.
Once At A Local Pound, Gabe Now Sniffs Out Bombs In Iraq
(Houston Chronicle)…Rosanna Ruiz, June 21, 2008, Pg. 1
In his early years, he was known to wander …
His impressive military record led the American Kennel Club recently to honor Gabe with its Heroic Military Working Dog Award medal. His partner, Sgt. Charles Shuck, of the 178th Military Police Detachment, also shared in the honor.
The pair has conducted more than 170 combat patrols, including search operations, raids and sweeps that provided safe environments for task forces, Iraqi police and other coalition forces, according to the AKC.
The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Is Obsolete
(Wall Street Journal)…Jane Harman
…The best course would be to persuade Iran to abandon its designs on the bomb and make its nuclear activities completely transparent to international authorities – as three United Nations Resolutions have required. But Iran is not the only problem. Other countries may travel down the same path, waving the banner of peaceful nuclear energy.
U.S. Nuke Spotters Sent To China Before Games
(Washington Times)…Bill Gertz
The Bush administration has dispatched a secret team of nuclear specialists to China in response to Chinese concerns that terrorists may attempt to set off a radiological bomb during the Beijing Summer Olympics, The Washington Times has learned.
In Iraq’s Oil Fields, Signs Of Hope Finally Are Emerging
(USA Today)…Charles Levinson
…This month, the Iraqi government expects 10 major foreign oil companies — including ExxonMobil, Shell and Chevron — to sign modest contracts that could be a first step toward bigger investments.
Post: The specter of the 1970s, Thomas P.M. Barnett on June 14, 2008
Scary bit of reporting by the Economist: the rising New Core economies look to be triggering their own inflation much like the West did to itself in the 1970s.
In New Defense Policy, France Turns To U.S. And Europe
(New York Times)…Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold
In its first new national defense policy in 14 years, France has decided that its security lies within Europe and NATO, establishing a significant shift from the country’s longstanding notions of moral and military self-sufficiency.
In Europe, Bush Makes Gains On Iran, Afghanistan
(Wall Street Journal)…Alistair MacDonald and John D. McKinnon
Winding down his European tour, President Bush won enough support on two key issues — sanctions against Iran and troops in Afghanistan — to allow him to return home bearing gifts.
Bush Calls For A Unity Of Purpose, (Washington Post)…Dan Eggen, June 14, 2008, Pg. 11
President Bush declared here Friday that Western nations must lift up the Middle East in the same way that the United States helped war-ruined Europe rebuild after World War II.
"The rise of free and prosperous societies in the broader Middle East is essential to peace in the 21st century, just as the rise of a free and prosperous Europe was essential to peace in the 20th century,"
Bush said, addressing an audience gathered for the 60th anniversary of the U.S. reconstruction initiative known as the Marshall Plan. "Europe and America must stand with reformers, democratic leaders and millions of ordinary people across the Middle East who seek a future of hope, liberty and peace."
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