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Feb. 8, 2013

Rabbi Berel Wein: Lofty ideals must be followed with grounded applications

Clifford D. May: Letter from the West Bank
Steve Rothaus: Judge OKs plan for gay man, lesbian couple to be on girl's birth certificate
Gloria Goodale: States consider drone bans: Overreaction or crucial for privacy rights?
Environmental Nutrition Editors: Don't buy the aloe vera juice hype
Michael Craig Miller, M.D.: Harvard Experts: Regular exercise pumps up memory, too
Erik Lacitis: Vanity plates: Some take too much license
The Kosher Gourmet by Susie Middleton: Broccoflower, Carrot and Leek Ragout with Thyme, Orange and Tapenade is a delightful and satisfying melange of veggies, herbs and aromatics
Feb. 6, 2013

Nara Schoenberg: The other in-law problem

Frank J. Gaffney Jr. : A see-no-jihadist for the CIA
Kristen Chick: Ahmadinejad visits Cairo: How sect tempers Islamist ties between Egypt, Iran
Roger Simon: Ed Koch's lucky corner
Heron Marquez Estrada: Robot-building sports on a roll
Patrick G. Dean, M.D.: Mayo Clinic Medical Edge: How to restore body's ability to secrete insulin
Sharon Palmer, R.D.: 3 prostate-protecting diet tips
The Kosher Gourmet by Emma Christensen 7 principles for to help you make the best soup ever in a slow cooker
Feb. 4, 2013

Jonathan Tobin: Can Jewish Groups Speak Out on Hagel?

David Wren: Findings of government study, released 3 days before Newtown shooting, at odds with gun-control crusaders
Kristen Chick: Tahrir becomes terrifying, tainted
Curtis Tate and Greg Gordon: US keeps building new highways while letting old ones crumble
David G. Savage: Supreme Court to hear case on arrests, DNA
Harvard Health Letters: Neck and shoulder pain? Know what it means and what to do
Andrea N. Giancoli, M.P.H., R.D.: Eat your way to preventing age-related muscle loss
The Kosher Gourmet by Diane Rossen Worthington Baked Pears in Red Wine and Port Wine Glaze: A festive winter dessert
Feb. 1, 2013

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb: Redemption

Clifford D. May Home, bloody, home
Christa Case Bryant andNicholas Blanford Why despite Syria's allies warning of retaliation for Israeli airstrikes, the threats are likely hollow
Rick Armon, Ed Meyer and Phil Trexler Ex-police captain cleared by DNA test is freed after nearly 15 years
Harvard Health Letters: Could it by your thyroid?
Sharon Palmer, R.D.: When 'healthy food' isn't
Sue Zeidler: Coke ad racist? Arab-American groups want to yank Super Bowl ad (INCLUDES VIDEO)
The Kosher Gourmet by Nealey Dozier The secret of this soup is the garnish
January 30, 2013

Allan Chernoff: Celebrating 'Back from the Dead Day'

America isn't a religious country? Don't tell Superbowl fans!
Mark Clayton Cybercrime takedown!
Germany remembers Hitler rise to power
Israel salutes U. N. --- with the one finger salute
Sharon Palmer, R.D.: Get cookin' with heart-healthy fats
Ballot riles Guinness World Records
The Kosher Gourmet by Elizabeth Passarella Potato, Squash and Goat Cheese Gratin
January 28, 2013

Nancy Youssef: And Democracy for all? Two years on, Egypt remains in state of chaos

Fred Weir: Putin: West is fomenting jihadi 'blowback'
Meredith Cohn: Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer
Michael Craig Miller, M.D. : Ask the Harvard Experts: Are there drugs to help control binge eating?
David Ovalle Use of controversial 'brain mapping' technology stymied
Jane Stancill: Professor's logic class has 180,000 friends
David Clark Scott Lego Racism?
The Kosher Gourmet by Mario Batali The celebrated chef introduces us to PANZEROTTI PUGLIESI, cheese-stuffed pastry from Italy's south


Jewish World Review Jan. 31, 2013 / 20 Shevat, 5773

African drone base would be a first step for U.S.

By Dale McFeatters


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http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The United States is negotiating to locate a drone base in northwestern Africa, where the U.S. has a minimal military presence.

The base, for which preliminary negotiations are under way, would likely be in Niger, next door to Mali. At first, it would be a bare-bones operation: Predator surveillance drones would be unarmed and serviced by only 300 military and civilian personnel.

But the simple existence of that base marks the likely beginning of a change in the U.S. strategic posture in that part of the world. The headquarters of the military's Africa Command, or AFRICOM, is in Stuttgart, Germany, where 1,500 of the command's 2,000 personnel are based.

The drone base's initial mission would be to track the movements of al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb and allied Islamic terrorist organizations. If the threat worsens, and it almost surely will, the drones could be armed, the base expanded and, if Niger agrees, U.S. special-operations troops based there.

The need for the drone base was given new impetus by two recent attacks: one earlier this month on the natural gas facility in Algeria that resulted in the deaths of 37 foreigners, including three Americans, and last year's AQIM-led attack on Mali that captured its vast desert north and held three major cities in the central region for 10 months.

French troops halted the advance and recaptured the three cities in a matter of days. But the insurgents, estimated to number 5,000 to 10,000, melted back into the desert where, for the moment, they can regroup relatively unmolested.

The French would like to depart quickly, leaving the defense of Mali to the Malian army and a pan-African force led by Nigeria. But that force has been slow to materialize -- it is now an estimated 2,900 soldiers -- and its fighting effectiveness has yet to be tested.

While the French have declared their mission is accomplished, it is dawning on them that their soldiers will be in northwest Africa -- if not in Mali, at least within striking distance -- for some time yet. And with our own drone base, so will we.

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Previously:


01/28/13 Senate timidly tinkers with filibuster rule
01/25/13 North Korea on 'settling accounts' with U.S.
01/24/13 Iran will invent world domination
01/23/13 High-school graduation rate hits a high note
01/21/13 Congress will spend year resting up -- who knows for what
01/17/13 Inaugurations inevitably include a slip-up
01/16/13 Once again, an al-Qaida threat from a faraway place
11/30/12 Soon your car may resemble Hal --- 'I'm sorry, Dave'
11/27/12 Faint -- very faint -- signs of optimism on fiscal cliff
11/26/12 Black Friday fatigue --- or not
11/23/12 China plans world's tallest and fastest building
11/22/12 Lonely, unattached planets looking for company
11/19/12 Americans will be diminished by loss of Twinkies
11/16/12 'E' in email stands for 'everybody'
11/14/12 Congress has chance to end year on high note
11/09/12 In Washington, expect new kind ofgridlock
11/02/12 Paranoia tops Chinese leaders' agendas
11/01/12 Preparing to lead from rear in another war
10/31/12 Happy to forget
10/30/12 Hurricane Sandy clouds election outcome
10/29/12 New meaning to the crime 'stick up'
10/25/12 Riding out the apocalypse in Costco
10/22/12 We love our troops, but some of us love ripping them off even more
10/18/12 Search for our next world narrows; get used to heat
10/16/12 Your license plate may be an open book
10/12/12 Cycling anti-dopers finally get their man, Lance Armstrong
10/12/12 Discovery: Roadside trash on Mars?
10/11/12 Millennials, the cheapest generation
10/08/12 Gang of Eight hopes to ride to deficit rescue
10/04/12 Confessions of a federal bootlegger
10/01/12 Rover Curiosity finds potential site for base Organizing
09/27/12 Future of cars --- nobody at the wheel
09/25/12 Imelda's shoes should be preserved and displayed
08/23/12 Capital's Reflecting Pool reflecting again
08/16/12 Putin and Pussy Riot forever linked
08/15/12 Hypersonic flight -- N.Y. to L.A. in 36 minutes
08/09/12 Coming to a dealer near you: All new 2013 Curiosity
08/08/12 What to do about killer cats?
08/06/12 Congress takes needed rest from inactivity
08/03/12 Manhattan Project worthy of national parks
08/01/12 In Russia, fearing the power of punk
07/31/12 Why Barack Obama needs Bill Clinton
07/30/12 Safeguard Fed's independence
07/26/12 Government spying on everyone not necessarily all bad
07/19/12 Kim Horatio Alger Jong Un, prodigy
07/18/12 The Fed and Congress: Who's on first?
07/17/12 Farmers markets require clean hands, common sense
07/10/12 Candidates play hooky from party conventions
07/05/12 One word, 'sorry,' unplugs Pakistani roadblock
07/04/12 A day to pursue happiness like good Americans
06/25/12 Joint venture: Finally testing legal marijuana sales
06/20/12 Steroid era not over with Clemens case
06/19/12 Summer without the jobs
06/15/12 World not ending, but maybe it should
06/13/12 Make the nation's laws; no experience necessary
06/11/12 The highway bill to nowhere
06/07/12 Planet Mars slated to become reality show
06/06/12 Spy agency magically produces two space
06/05/12 Make parties pay for conventions
06/04/12 Revised date for end of the world
05/31/12 Needed: A kinder, gentler . . . TSA
05/30/12 Keep U.N.'s hands off the Internet
05/25/12 Observe Memorial Day; it will only take a minute
05/24/12 Taxpayers taken for ride on subsidized EAS flights
05/23/12 Worsening traffic is a sign of recovery
05/17/12 U.S. needs a good third party
05/16/12 Earmarks quietly looking to make a comeback
05/15/12 Some good in war
05/14/12 Mayan discovery: It's safe to make plans for 2013
05/10/12 Save those 'Hillary!' buttons
04/18/12 Government service can be fun. Really.
04/17/12 Scandal, yes, but Cartagena had summit, too
04/16/12 When your car is smarter than you are
04/13/12 Lenders tiptoe back into world of credit risks
04/12/12 What do you mean you don't want a driver's license?
04/11/12 Smartphone anti-theft plan seems, um, smart
04/10/12 Bizarre process to choose a veep
04/09/12 From remote exurbs, cities don't look so bad anymore
04/06/12 We do want the fake Romney, not the 'real' one
04/05/12 Heaping even more indignities on air travelers
03/29/12 Blown away in Washington, D.C.
03/28/12 At the nuke summit an inadvertent moment of candor
03/27/12 A worse unemployment problem
03/23/12 The federal budget: A game of make-believe
03/21/12 In Iraq, blame the U.S., but drive American
03/20/12 Too late, bin Laden realized killing Muslims was a mistake
03/16/12 Hu and Wen leaving. China asks: What next?
03/14/12 Tide, favored by housewives and drug dealers alike
03/09/12 'Spring forward' obsessives and seasonal purists
03/08/12 Really, no place is safe when you think about it
03/06/12 Putin 'carousel voting' victory
02/28/12 Fighter of future still glued to tarmac
02/27/12 Every candidate has to have a tax-reform plan
02/23/12 Au revoir, mademoiselle: It's been bonne
02/21/12 A new way of attacking food-stamp fraud
02/20/12 Feds don't want you driven to distraction
02/15/12 Putin has found can't lose campaign issue: Promoting a randier Russia
02/14/12 Obama's budget lays down battle lines for the fall
02/10/12 Filming in D.C. creates hassle for Hollywood
02/08/12 At Lake Vostok, Russia taps into new realm
02/07/12 'Granny dumping' in prisons
01/30/12 National Defense Authorization Act indefensible
01/23/12 Barbie sparks fear among Iran's mullahs
01/19/12 From overseas, U.S. industry is looking good
01/18/12 American posterior a growing problem for mass transit
01/16/12 Planets and roaches
01/13/12 Not exactly a biblical plague, but certainly an annoyance
01/12/12 Fewer young Americans interested in driving
01/05/12 Majoring in unemployment
01/04/12 Cutting the military by blunt force
01/02/12 Pragmatic look at top words
12/22/11 Basketball the way to Kim's heart and nuclear weapons
12/21/12 Speculation and wishful thinking can get scary
12/20/11 A third Kim has North Korea by the throat
12/19/11 Congress pats itself on back for budget bill
12/15/11 The U.S. government is cashing in its chips, literally
12/14/11 TSA might try trusting its own people
12/12/11 That $1.2 billion? It's around here some place
12/09/11 State Department Creates ‘Virtual Embassy’ For Iran
12/08/11 If you've ever tweeted, you're in the Library of Congress
12/07/11 Discoveries go to the core of what makes us humans
12/06/11 Stealing elections badly in Russia
12/05/11 Sometimes paranoia is common sense by another name
12/02/11 When the U.S. truly became one nation
12/01/11 Last chance to snap up a Maybach
11/30/11 Iran wants respect without earning it
11/29/11 Surprise! ‘Spider-Man’ may weave a profitable web
11/28/11 Italians entertain novel proposition: Paying their taxes
11/25/11 No time to let up on al-Qaida
11/24/11 Congress Quietly Abolishing Friday
11/23/11 Cleaning up after supercommittee implosion
11/22/11 Jailing minors with adults adds to problems
11/21/11 Brilliant strategy? Action by inaction
11/18/11They're going to eat horses, aren't they?
11/17/11 A pretend stick shift for pretend drivers
11/16/11 Clinton's ‘vast experiences’: Did NBC pick the wrong Chelsea?
11/15/11 Occupy protesters, you've made your point. Now, scat
11/10/11 Our vets are a national problem?
11/09/11 Requiem for a once-great sport
11/08/11 A toilet as smart as its occupant
11/07/11 Prerevolutionary gems in need of TLC
11/04/11 Feds must stop scam of stealing from dead children
11/03/11 Bank listens ‘very closely’ to customer lynch mob
11/01/11 TV that's leading the people away from ‘core socialist values’
10/31/11 NATO should not be a victim of its success
10/28/11 Iran mulls getting rid of president and presidency
10/27/11 Bienvenidos a Dayton and bring your businesses with you
10/26/11 Archivists long for Obama's teleprompter
10/25/11 United Nations to run the Internet?
10/24/11 Attention, world: You've got the cash. We've got the houses
10/19/11 Oil pipeline must be in America's future
10/18/11 U.S. plans ‘limited’ mission in an Africa with no limits
10/17/11 Social Security's grave mistakes
10/12/11 NASA's help-wanted sign for astronauts
10/10/11 Saving Thomas Jefferson''s chimneys
10/06/11 Uncle Sam's answer to deadbeats --- robo-calls
10/04/11 Christie should ignore jibes on his weight
10/03/11 Iran says its warships will head for Jersey shore
09/29/11 Europeans bristle at Obama's lectures
09/28/11 Jessica Rabbit for the defense
09/27/11 Russia learns outcome of next March's presidential election
09/26/11 Another try at leaving no child behind
09/23/11 This generation needs a job more than a name
09/22/11 In the lane next to you: A driverless car
09/20/11 Cloudy, cool, chance of falling satellite
09/14/11 Humanitarian extortion
09/13/11 Paging Dr. Watson; he's there in 3 seconds
09/09/11 Forecasting 100 percent chance of heavy metal
09/08/11 A jobs program at Obama's doorstep
09/07/11 Iran's government afraid of the water
09/06/11 Congress returns, tanned, rested and testy
09/05/11 Space nations must clean up after themselves
09/02/11 Osama bin Laden died a failure and he knew it
09/01/11 Time to retire political pie in the face
08/31/11 Labor Day celebrates what, exactly?
08/30/11 These arrestees really are framed
08/25/11 When in an earthquake, block traffic
08/23/11 A case for discretion in deportation arrests
08/22/11 Tough times or not, parents shell out for school
08/18/11 Being unpleasant for fun, profit, promotion
08/17/11 Time to prepare for the end game in Libya
08/16/11: ‘Super Committee’ starts facing reality
08/15/11: World's fastest plane disappears even faster
08/12/11: British cops track rioters through security cameras
08/11/11: Relax. There is no Death Star
08/10/11: House pages run final errands
08/09/11: U.S. treading water on job creation
08/08/11: Uncle Sam, the world's permanent guest
08/05/11: Most 9/11 victims not on federal death records
08/04/11: Russian PM calls U.S. a ‘parasite.’ He should be so lucky
08/03/11: Congress goes from one bind to another
08/02/11: D.B. Cooper may no longer be a mystery
08/01/11: Libya's latest weapon against NATO --- lawsuits
07/29/11: He'll always be known as Hot Wheels Handler
07/25/11: Recruiting children to save a dying town
07/22/11: Bachmann's admirable medical candor
07/12/11: Social Security's grave mistakes
07/08/11: Debt crisis need not be constitutional crisis
07/07/11: Startups entice new talent with kickball, treehouses
07/05/11: Stranded tourists get rare treat
06/30/11: The dollar Americans refuse to spend
06/27/11: The hangman doesn't cometh





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