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Move Over, GI Joe and Han Solo: Vega/Engelhardt
Who's Afraid of an Iranian Bomb?: Uri Avnery
Snake Oil and the Midterm Elections: Joshua Frank
Desperate Tactics in al-Anbar: Jamail/Fadhily
'Sea Change' in Mideast Policy?: Jim Lobe
 
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News
Updated November 1, 2006 - 9:28 PM EST

Iraq PM Hands Sadr Victory Over US
 
 

Sources: Iraq PM Fears Country 'Nearly Out of Control'
  Rumsfeld OKs Increase in Iraqi Forces
 

Iraqi Shi'ites Alarmed at US Détente With Sunnis
 

Wednesday: 90 Iraqis, 3 US Troops Killed; 42 Iraqis Wounded
  Sadr Losing His Grip on Mahdi Army?
  Resistance to Deadlines for Iraq Is Weakening
Air Force Seeks $50 Billion Emergency Funds
Israeli Planes Buzz Beirut
 
 

EU to Israel: Mock Raids Could Encourage Cease-Fire Violations
 

Israeli Strikes Kill 6 Palestinians, Wound 45

Russia May Back UN Sanctions Resolution on Iran
Pakistan Insists Bombed School Was Qaeda Base
 
 

US Denies Role in Pakistani Military's Attack on School

North Korea Agrees to Return to Talks
US Envoy: Taliban Not Strategic Afghan Threat
 
 

NATO Claims Another 67 Insurgents Killed in Afghanistan
Viewpoints
Snake Oil and the Midterm Elections  by Joshua Frank
Bush Still Wants to Conquer the World  by William Pfaff
US Blunders in Reconstructing Iraq Are Staggering  by Trudy Rubin
How to Cut and Run
by Gen. William E. Odom (ret.)
Who's Afraid of an Iranian Bomb?
by Uri Avnery
Israel's Scandalous Siege of Gaza
by Patrick Seale

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Frontline

US Military Adopts Desperate Tactics in Anbar

US Officers Detail Problems With Iraqi Soldiers

Iraq Seeks $100 Billion in Aid
Fitzgerald Doesn't Want to Talk About Armitage

Hillary Urges 'Sea Change' in Mideast Policy

US Policies on North Korea Out of Favor With South Koreans

US, China Build Build Embassies to Keep Out Spies
 
Mopping Up the Blood in the Baghdad ER
Iraq Attacks Continue
Tuesday: 80 Iraqis, 2 American Soldiers Killed

Suicide Bomber Strikes Baghdad Wedding

42 Iraqis Kidnapped North of Baghdad

Security Developments in Iraq, Nov. 1

Security Developments in Iraq, Oct. 31
Iraq Today

Talabani: US Must Stay in Iraq Until Forces Are Ready

Iraqi Opposition Group Joins Conference

These Tattoos Aren't Artful - They Help Identify Iraq's Dead

Iraq: When Is It Civil War?

Baghdad Under Siege
Occupying Iraq

Why Such High Troop Losses in October?

US Military Deaths in Iraq Still Mostly Outside Capital

US Military Deaths in Iraq at 2,816

US Insists Easing of Baghdad Checkpoints Was 'Joint Decision'

Hadley on Visit to Iraq Asserts US View

Child Victims of Iraq's War Trouble US Medics

Third Serviceman Agrees to Plead Guilty in Iraq Killing

Along Iraq-Syria Border, a Struggle to Cover the Terrain
The War at Home

Bush: A Win for Democrats Is a Win for Terrorists

Win by Democrats Would Not Produce Swift Change in Iraq
White House Accuses Kerry of Insulting US Troops in Iraq

Former FBI Agent Gets Probation in Spying Case Leak

Planes Known to Carry CIA Terror Suspects Landed in Tel Aviv

US Unveils Spy Version of Wikipedia

Facing Shortage of Arabic Interpreters, Pentagon Seeks a Technological Solution
Britain at War

Blair Defeats Opposition Call for Iraq Probe

Tories Vote With Opponents of War, but Blair Survives Revolt

Antiwar Protesters Mass to Send Message to Commons
Afghanistan

Three NATO Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Blast

I Will Build More and Kill Less, Says NATO's Afghanistan General

Civilian Deaths Turn Afghans Against NATO: Report

NATO Forces Fight Taliban in 5 Provinces of Afghanistan

Aid Groups: Afghanistan Still Hell for Women

Traditional Afghan Council Will Address Return of Taliban

US, Afghanistan to Launch Strategic Dialogue in '07

Afghanistan Becoming More Unstable, Say Returning NZ Troops

Half of All Canadians Want Troops Pulled Out of Afghanistan: Poll

British Defense Secretary Under Fire Over Taliban Comeback

Japan OKs Extension of Afghan Mission
The 'War on Terror'

Reid Says Terror Threat Is Worse Than Cold War

Reid in Nazi Terror Comparison

British FM to Visit India for Anti-Terror Talks

Padilla Says He Was Tortured, Given LSD

Maine Lawyer Arrested After Dressing as bin Laden
Pakistan

Sources: Zawahiri Was Frequent Visitor to Bombed Madrassa

Pakistani Tribes Rally Against School Airstrike

Musharraf Vows to Crush Militancy

Tribesmen Threaten Suicide Attacks on Pakistani Forces

Acquittals in Karachi US Consulate Attack
Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Says Tigers Must Stop Violence

Troops and Rebels Killed in North and East Sri Lanka Clashes
Nepal

Nepali Party Says Maoists Attacked Its Activists

Nepal's Communist Rebels Swap Guns for Brooms, Literally Clean Up Capital
In Other News

Al-Jazeera Backs New Pan-Arab Daily Paper
 
North Korea

Now Nuclear, North Korea Will Talk

US General Denies Any Plans for Attack on North Korea

China Key as Pyongyang Returns to Talks

South Koreans Oppose Air Strikes Against North's Nuclear Facilities

'Perfect Storm' Looms Over Korean Border

Bush: US Teams to Monitor North Korea Situation
Iran

Ahmadinejad Laments Europe's Lack of Clout

Rice Urges Major Powers to Speed Up Sanctions on Iran

Iran Slams US Gulf Exercise

Russia Says Believes Iran's Nuclear Program Peaceful
Lebanon

Nasrallah: 'Serious' Talks Underway on Israeli Soldiers

Top German Official: Delegation to Lebanon Will Try to Free Israeli Captives

Hopes Dim of Israeli-Lebanese Peace

Debris of War Compounds Ecological Nightmare in Lebanon

Lebanese Man Killed Handling Israeli Cluster Bomb

Bolton: Syria, Iran Trying to Destabilize Lebanon

UN Envoy Raps Israeli Flights Over Lebanon
Israel's War at Home

IDF Chief of Staff Faces Probe Over Lebanon War

Lebanon War Puts Damper on Israeli Pot Smokers
Israel/Palestine

Olmert Says Army Preparing 'Even More Extensive' Gaza Operation

Palestinian Businessmen Lobby for Technocratic Govt

Egypt, Hamas, CIA Discuss Shalit Deal
Egypt Stepping Up Pressure on Hamas to Recognize Israel

Israel Concerned Hamas Could Establish Anti-Tank Division

Israeli DM Considers Saudi Peace Plan

Israeli Armored Vehicles Mass Near Gaza: Witnesses

Olmert: Israel Not to Blame for Gaza Humanitarian Crisis

Poll: 'Disengagement' From Gaza Polarized Israel More Than Rabin Assassination

Madrid Asserts No Ransom Paid for Gaza Kidnap Victims
Syria

Syrian Official May Visit Baghdad

Blair in Secret Overture to Damascus
Egypt

Fierce Debate Over Veils in Egypt

Egypt Sends Sadat's Nephew to Prison for Defaming Military

Mubarak's Shopping List on Moscow Visit Includes Weapons, Nuclear Help
Russia and Her Neighbors

Iran, Syria Cited as Leading Clients of Russia

Russian, US Military Chiefs Ink Pact

Georgian President: Russia's Policy on Georgia Like Tsarist Edicts Against Jews

Georgia, Russia in Crisis Talks
Asia

Abe to Revise Japan's Post-War Constitution

China Makes Major Shift on Executions
Fiji Coup Threat

Fiji Military Refuses to Sack Chief Over Coup Threat

Australian Warships on Standby for Fiji Coup
Sudan

Bush and Blair Warn Sudan That Time Is Running Out to Let UN Into Darfur

Khartoum Seen as Losing Control of War in Darfur
Somalia

War Fears as Somali Talks Falter

US Tells Ethiopia, Eritrea to Stay Out of Conflict in Somalia
Africa

Liberia's Ex-Fighters Seek Work
Observers Praise DR Congo's Poll
Americas

Security Council Seat Impasse Continues

Vote Firm Denies Ties to Chávez
Europe

Turkey Accession Threatened by EU Report on Human Rights

US Envoy for Kosovo Talks Meets Serbian Officials

From Velvet to Fringe in Post-Soviet Central Europe
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
10/30/2006
Beyond Ideology

Ivan Eland
10/31/2006
Filling the Spin Vacuum

Alan Bock
10/28/2006
A Referendum on War?

Doug Bandow
10/27/2006
Readings in the Age of Empire

Nebojsa Malic
10/26/2006
Inventing Irrelevance

Charles Peńa
10/25/2006
Fish or Cut Bait in Iraq

David R. Henderson
10/23/2006
Oil, Nuclear Power, and Iran:
A Lesson in Opportunity Cost

Ran HaCohen
10/16/2006
Good News From Gaza

Praful Bidwai
10/14/2006
N. Korean Blast May Hit Indo-US Nuclear Deal

Sascha Matuszak
9/04/2006
China's Little Capitalists

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