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Today's Highlights

Does America Need Another 9/11?: Scott Horton
Padilla Case a Source of Deep Shame: Alan Bock
Effecting Regime Change in Iran: Gordon Prather
Between Two Rivers, Lack of Water Kills: Fadhily
Cheney, Lieberman & Iran War Conspiracy: Porter

 
 Rep. Ron Paul

Republic or Empire? Easy Choice

 Scott Horton

Debunking the War Party’s Lies About Iran

 Gareth Porter

Really Debunking the War Party’s Lies About Iran

 James Bovard

Rule of Law Dies, America Yawns

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News
Updated August 19, 2007 - 12:32 AM EDT
Deepening Divisions in Iraq
 
  Iraqi Sunnis Slam PM's New Shi'ite, Kurdish Alliance
  Lack of Sunnis Undermines Power Bloc
  Saturday: 32 Iraqis Killed, 44 Iraqis Wounded
General: Quick Strikes Planned in Iraq
 
  White House to Offer Gradual Cuts as Iraq Plan
  US General Says Massive Bombings Will 'Unite Iraqis'
  General: Surge Pullback Will Begin Next Spring
  Wars Creating Shortage of Bullets for American Police Forces
  Army Report: No Link Between Spiking Military Suicide Rates and War
US Allies Fear Latest Moves Against Iran Risk War
No Strings on $30 Billion in US Military Aid to Israel
Viewpoints
In Iraq, Shattering Villages
and Illusions
 by Eugene Robinson
Harder Line With Iran Leaves US With Fewer Options  by Georgie Anne Geyer
Democracy and Demagoguery in the Middle East  by Ted Galen Carpenter
Does America Need Another 9/11?
by Scott Horton
Giuliani's Dangerous Bluster  by Joe Conason
Effecting Regime-Change in Iran
by Gordon Prather

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Frontline
The Untold Story of the Cheney 'Quagmire' Video
Saudi Arabia Hits Back at Syria in Growing Diplomatic Spat
Russia Revives Soviet-Era Strategic Bomber Patrols
Between the Two Rivers, Lack of Water Kills
Shi'ite Parties Fight to Control Basra
Former Insurgents Face al-Qaeda Wrath
Only 6 Percent of Britons Think UK Winning Against Taliban in Afghanistan
Short of Purple Hearts, Navy Tells Vet to Buy Own
 
Medical Crisis in Iraq
as Doctors and Nurses Flee
Today in Iraq
Iraqi PM Tells Sunni Tribes: 'We Must Unite'
Iraqi Red Crescent Reports 1.28 Million Internally Displaced Iraqis
Saddam's Daughter Could Face Execution Over Terror Charges
Fierce Bidding for Iraq's Cell Phone Licenses Ends in $3.7 Billion-Dollar Deal
Friday: 4 GIs, 34 Iraqis Killed; 65 Iraqis Wounded
Iraq Occupation
US Forces Attack Iraqi Mosque After Soldier Killed
US Air Strikes, Snipers Kill 13 in Iraq Battle
Iraqi Politicians Must End Squabbles 'Urgently,' Rice Aide Says
UN Staff Safety in Iraq Top Priority, Ban Says
Global Iraq Fallout
Iran, Iraq Sign Border Security Agreement
Islamic Scholars Slam Sectarian Violence in Iraq
Iraq Delegation to Syria to Talk About Oil
The War at Home
White House Denies It Considered Giving Iraq Testimony Privately in September
Edwards Would Open Talks With Iran if Elected
Media Critic Solomon Pushes Limits of Fair-Use in New Documentary
Military's Armed Robots Being Marketed to Domestic Police
Daily Show to Air Reports From Iraq
Iraqi Embassy Protest Over Union Busting
Texan Oilman Pleads Guilty in Oil-for-Food Case
Rice Scrambles to Create Legacy Not Driven by Iraq
US Military
Army Reports Brass, Not Bloggers, Breach Security
At German Base, Troops and Kin Gird for New Iraq Tour
Recruiting for Iraq War Undercut in Puerto Rico
3 Marines, 1 Sailor Killed in Arizona Helicopter Crash
'War on Terror'
Secret Spy Court Orders Bush to Respond to Request for Information on Secret Ruling
Records Show Canada Balked at Taking Detainees Cleared by US
Russia
Russian-Language BBC Broadcasts Pulled as 'Foreign Propaganda'
Russia, China Start Joint Wargames
Europe
Gadhafi Son Warns of More Europe Attacks
Litvinenko Probe Finds Radiation at Four New Sites
German Convicted in Murder of US Soldier Is Paroled
Weekend Reviews
Make War, Not Love
Documentary Shows 40 Years of US Officials Making the Case for War
The Myths of World War II
 
Iran
Russia Rejects Fears That Air-Defense Systems Sold to Syria Can End Up in Iran
UN Could Soon Debate Fresh Sanctions on Iran
France Mulls New Measures Against Iran
Iran Cleric Warns US Not to Pick on Guards
Indian PM Says Iran Has Nuclear Right
Palestine/Israel
Palestinian PM Warns of Summit Failure
Israeli Troops Kill Two, Wound Six in West Bank Raid
Fatah Members, Israeli Military Clash in West Bank, 16 Year Old Palestinian Killed
Parts of Gaza Strip Losing Power After Israeli Military Cuts Off Access to Fuel
Hamas: Israel Fired at Palestinian Rocket Launchers
Lebanon
Iran Builds a Presence in Lebanon
Violence Rages on in Lebanon Refugee Camp
Afghanistan
Suicide Bomber Kills Afghan Official and Children
Germany Open to Sending More Troops to Afghanistan
Two Canadian Soldiers Hurt in Afghanistan Blast
Pakistan
Court Blow for Pakistan's Ex-PM
Pakistan Senate Body Asks NATO Not to Rely on Military in Afghanistan
Seven Militants Killed in Pakistani Attacks
India/Kashmir
US Says Cannot Renegotiate India Nuclear Deal
Indian Parliament Disrupted Over US Nuclear Deal
India Army Chief Rules Out Troop Withdrawal in Kashmir
Australia Defends Nuclear Sale to India
Asia
US, UN: North Korea Working Toward Nuclear Shutdown
'Acid Attack' on Tamil Journalist
Thailand Votes on Post-Coup Constitution
Bali Bombers' Jail Sentences Cut
Chinese Cyber-Dissident Jailed for Four Years
Africa
US Considers Terror Label for Eritrea
Uganda, Congo Discuss Militia Threat
Uneasy Calm Restored in Nigeria's Port Harcourt
Apartheid-Era Officials Who Tried to Kill Opponent Receive Suspended Sentences in South Africa
Guinea Soldiers Threaten Further Protests
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
8/17/2007
Why Interventionism Fails

Alan Bock
8/18/2007
Padilla Case a Source of Deep Shame for America

Doug Bandow
8/17/2007
The Last Days of the Incas

Ivan Eland
8/15/2007
The State Perpetuates Itself
by Failing

Philip Giraldi
8/14/2007
Neolibs and Neocons,
United and Interchangeable

Sascha Matuszak
8/13/2007
China's 'Nuclear Option'

Nebojsa Malic
8/09/2007
Statism as Disease

Charles Peņa
8/08/2007
Memo to Rep. Ron Paul

David R. Henderson
8/06/2007
Remembering Hiroshima

Praful Bidwai
7/24/2007
Nuke Deal: Breakthrough or Bad Bargain?

Ran HaCohen
6/26/2007
Palestine: Blood Is in the Air

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