(MOVIE SOUND) As the storm clouds gather for a titanic battle, a young man named Perseus is thrust into the middle.

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

For one thing, events in the Middle East have thrust to the forefront concerns about the Muslim Brotherhood (MB or, in Arabic, Ikhwan).

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: King of the Hill

But Israel's attack on the Gaza-bound flotilla, claiming, it seems, nine Turkish lives, has squarely thrust Turkey into the Middle Eastern quagmire.

ECONOMIST: Turkey and Israel