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Commentaries, Opinonis, And Editorials -- May 23, 2013



Welcome To Woolwich, Where English Terrorists Say Sorry While They Murder -- Peter Pomerantsev, The Daily Beast

If the Londoner wielding a cleaver wanted to start a war, then Woolwich—home to poverty, the most violent immigrant gangs, and bubbling racial tension—is the place to start.

Yesterday at about 2:20 p.m., two young men armed with long knives and meat cleavers decapitated an off-duty soldier on an ordinary street in the London borough of Woolwich. The victim was wearing a “Help for Heroes” T-shirt, a charity to raise money for injured servicemen. The two attackers cried “Allahu Akhbar” as they hacked at him. Then, one of the attackers, still holding a bloodied machete and dripping knives, his hands still shining with fresh blood, still breathing hard from the work of separating a man’s head from his body, walked over to a TV camera and gave a monologue: “I apologize women had to see this, but in our country women have to see this every day.”

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials

Video magnifies London terrorists' savage bravado -- Tom Rogan, FOX News

An atrocity in London: Return to old-style terror -- The Economist

Did similar detours bring terrorism to streets of Boston and London? -- Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor

Israel is fighting a regional war in Syria -- Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya, RT

Is Jabhat al-Nosra breaking apart? -- Aron Lund, Syria Comment

Tehran’s Designs on Afghanistan -- Sanjay Kumar, The Diplomat

The sooner the US exits Afghanistan, the better -- Matthew Hoh and Matt Southworth, The Guardian

Why, Despite Everything, Iranians Are Still Excited to Vote -- Hooman Majd, Foreign Affairs

Is China Inserting Itself Into the Taiwan-Philippines Spat? -- Zachary Keck, The Diplomat

China nears point of no return with Kim -- Francesco Sisci, Asia Times

Is Kim Jong Un more bellicose than his dad was? -- Troy Stangarone, Andrew Kwon and Peter Taves, Special to CNN

U.S. Perilously Ignores Island Conflicts in Asia -- Donald Gross, Real Clear World

The Thankless Task of Greece's Top Job-Cutter -- Manfred Ertel, Spiegel Online

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