Today's Highlights

Colombia Revelations Are Pure Fantasy: Raimondo
Intervening Our Way to Economic Ruin: Ron Paul
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade: Doug Bandow
Not So Fast: Nebojsa Malic
Six Years in Iraq: Tom Engelhardt
 
 Chris Floyd

Admiral Fallon's Empire

 Gareth Porter

Admiral Fallon's Dismissal

 Ray McGovern

Who's to Stop the Next War Now?

 Chris Hedges

War is a Force That Has Destroyed Iraq
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News
Updated March 14, 2008 - 10:10 PM EDT
Pentagon: No Saddam-al-Qaeda Link
 
  Bush Thinks It Would Be Romantic to Fight in Afghanistan
  Military Officials Cheer Departure of Fallon
  Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans to Reveal War Atrocities
  Watch Live: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations
  US Economists See Long-Term Ills From Iraq War
Petraeus: Iraqis Not Making 'Sufficient Progress'
 
  Violence Flares as Mahdi Units Drive Police From Southern Iraqi City
  Archbishop Kidnapped in Iraq Found Dead
  Report: Iran Destroys 'Terrorist' Cells on Iraqi Border
  Thursday: 39 Iraqis Killed, 112 Wounded
House OKs Democratic Surveillance Bill
 
  FBI Found to Misuse Security Letters
Pakistan Protests Deaths by NATO Artillery Fire
Pentagon: CIA Captures Top al-Qaeda Figure
Several Killed as Chinese Forces Open Fire on Tibet Protests
Watch Live: Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations
Viewpoints
The First Sixth-Anniversary-of-the-Iraq-War Article  by Tom Engelhardt
What Has Been Learned After Five Years?  by Anthony Gregory
The Pitfalls of Forecasting Foreign Policy  by Leon Hadar
Intervening Our Way to Economic Ruin  by Rep. Ron Paul
Fallon's Fall Is Bad News  by Jim Lobe
Another 'Red Scare'  by Eric Margolis

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British Defense Ministry Sends Packets to Schools Lauding Iraq War
Bush to Attend NATO Summit in Romania
US Veterans Urge Soldiers to Speak Out Against Iraq War
Secret Sessions of Congress: A Brief Historical Overview
Several House Democrats Object to Closed Session
Iran Wants Joint Action With Iraq, Turkey Against PKK
New Anti-Semitism Disguised by Hatred of Israel, State Dept Report Says
 
Parliament Votes to Keep Canadian Troops in Afghan at Least Two More Years
Today in Iraq
Iraqi Fighters Told to Cease Fire After Clashes With US Troops
Christians Besieged in Iraq
Forces Kill al-Qaeda Commander in Salahuddin
Back in Baghdad, Looking for the Normal
Polls Key to Security in Iraq's Anbar: US General
Trauma, Poverty Shred Young Iraqis' Dreams
Iraqi Journalists' Syndicate Demands Protection
Attacks Continue
At Least 18 Killed in Baghdad Suicide Car Bomb
Iraqi Journalist Killed by Unknown Gunmen in Baghdad
Suicide Bomber Kills, Injures 11 Soldiers in Kirkuk
Police Patrols Find Three Unknown Bodies in Baghdad
College Student, Ex-Marine Among Hostages in Iraq
Thursday: 39 Iraqis Killed, 112 Wounded
Turkey/Kurdistan
Turkish PM Says Kurd MPs Must Call PKK Terrorists
Turkish Military: 21 PKK Killed Since Wednesday
Global Iraq Fallout
UK Commitment to Iraq 'Absolute'
Severed Digits Actually Give Hope to Kin
Arab States Urged to Bring Iraq in From Cold
Pope to Seek US Help for Iraqi Christians
The War at Home
Hillary Insists She Was Instrumental to Northern Ireland Peace
McCain Urged to Dump Spiritual Guide Who Urges Christian War to Destroy Islam
McCain: Early US Pullout From Iraq Will Cause 'Genocide'
House Democrats: Classified Documents Show Telcos Don't Deserve Amnesty
Selected Remarks by Bush on the Iraq War
US Military
Central Command Announces It Will Cut a Third of Its Staff
No New Mideast Commander Likely Until May
New CIA 'Disappearance'
Amnesty Reveals New CIA 'Disappearance' Case That Began in Abu Ghraib
Amnesty: US Held Yemeni in Secret Jails for Years
Yemeni Man Describes Torture in CIA Custody: Rights Group
Guantánamo
US Accused of Altering Gitmo Evidence
ACLU Sues to Demand Guantánamo Disclosures
Guantánamo Trial Delayed Amid Prisoner's Protests
Canadian Abuse Cases
Watchdog: Conservatives Stalling Canadian Abuse Probe
Lawyer: US 'Manufactured Story' on 2002 Afghan Gunbattle
Khadr Lawyers Want Afghanistan Interrogators Named
Venezuela
Rice: US Still Eyeing Venezuela Over Alleged FARC Support

US Studies Rebels’ Data for Chávez Link
Kenya
Kenya Army Bars Media From Area Amid Reports of Excessive Force Against Civilians
Kenyan President Appoints Panel to Probe Election
Somalia
Insurgents Behead Somali Soldier
Somalia War Creates 20,000 Refugees a Month
Sudan/Chad
Sudan, Chad Sign Peace Deal
Sudan Denies Chad Rebel Crossing
North Africa
Al-Qaeda in Tunisia Gives Three Day Ultimatum on Austria Hostages
 
Iranian Elections
Iran Poll to Offer No Sure Verdict on Ahmadinejad
Hard-Liners See Victory in Iranian Vote
Iranians to Vote, Ahmadinejad's Critics Cry Foul
Reformists Under Fire Again Before Iran Elections
Iran Woman Activists See Unlikely Parliament Allies
In This Election, Ahmadinejad Ally Is Now a Critic
Young Bloggers Hold Key as Iran Goes to Polls
Iran's President Wins Only Accolades in Home Town
Facts About Iran's Election
Israel/Palestine
Palestinians Unite in Anger Against Israeli Attack
Abbas Accuses Israel of Ethnic Cleansing
Hezbollah Becoming More Visible in West Bank After Assassination of Its Military Chief
Israel Strikes Targets in Northern Gaza Strip
Hamas Leader Haniyeh Offers Gaza Truce
Haniya Aide: Hamas Smuggled Grad Rockets Via the Sea
US Dissatisfied With Israel's Footdragging in West Bank
Hope for an Israel-Hamas Truce?
Newspaper: Israel Vulnerable to Cruise Missiles
New US Middle East Envoy Will Find Peace Initiative Stalled
US Convenes First Meeting on Israeli-Palestinian Plan
Syria/Lebanon
Syria Invites Lebanon to Arab Summit
Afghanistan
NATO Says 41 Taliban Killed in South Afghanistan
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 8 Afghans Near Kabul Airport
US Urges NATO Allies to Back 5-Year Afghan Plan
Afghan TV 'Stars' Don't Shine for All
Woman Vies to Become First 'Afghan Star'
Pakistan
Impeachment of Musharraf Rising Up on Agenda
Pakistani Taliban Commander Sets Demands to Halt Militancy
Pakistani, Afghan Civilians Caught in Deadly Attacks
India
India Says Dead Pakistani Had 'Sensitive Documents'
Tibetan Marchers Arrested in India
Taiwan
Taiwan Elevates Aboriginals to Downplay Chinese Roots
Japan Warns of 'Military Alert' Over Taiwan
Tibet
Tibetan Protests Ripple Across Mountain Region
Tibetan Monks Protest Chinese Rule
China Admits Sending in Troops to Quell Tibetan Monk Demos
China
China Attacks US Rights Record
China Plane Scare Labeled 'Terror Act'
Malaysia
Malaysia Opposition Patches Up Alliance – for Now
Malaysia PM Warns Against Dismantling Race Policy
Dissenters Calls for Malaysia PM to Quit
Malaysia Opposition Struggling to Form State Govts
Asia
US Sees Progress but No North Korean Pact
Terror Suspect Eludes Posse of 4 Million
Macedonia
Poll: Macedonians Won't Give Up Name for NATO
Albanian Party Threatens to Bring Down Macedonian Govt
Europe
Serbian Parliament Dissolved, Elections on May 11
Medvedev Moves to Kremlin Early
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
3/14/2008
Pure Fantasy: Colombia's Laptop Revelations

Doug Bandow
3/14/2008
Mr. Adams's Last Crusade

Nebojsa Malic
3/14/2008
Not So Fast

Charles Peña
3/13/2008
The Golden Rule

Philip Giraldi
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