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America's Outrageous War Economy: Paul Farrell
What a Mess To Clean Up: Gordon Prather
Refusing to Oppress: Neve Gordon
Iraq Kidnappings Now Become 'Unofficial': Ali/Jamail
Goodbye: Charley Reese
 
 Lew Rockwell

Smash the Warfare State!

 Abdulkadir Abdirahman

America's Brutal Regime Change in Somalia

 Luke Ryland

The CIA, the Neocons and the Nuke Black Market

 Adam Isacson

Biden's Plan Colombia
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News
Updated August 31, 2008 - 11:27 PM EDT
Russia Defends Actions in Georgia
 
  OSCE Faults Georgians in S. Ossetia Conflict
  Putin: US Military Advisers in Georgia Conflict
  Georgia Refugees Appear Free to Return but Fearful
  New Kids on the Bloc: Cold Warriors
Bhutto Purge Raises Doubts About Zardari
 
  Pakistan Says Jets Kill 40 Taliban in New Fighting
  Two Pakistanis and Two Arabs Among Four Killed in US Missile Attack
  Pakistani City of Peshawar Could Fall to Taliban as Attacks Grow
NATO Hopes Probe Will Ease Strained Relations
 
  Afghanistan: Civilian Casualties Strain NATO
  Germany's Afghanistan Mission Questioned After Civilian Deaths
Deal on US Withdrawal From Iraq Again in Peril
 
  UK Special Forces Killed 100s in 'Secret War Against al-Qaeda in Iraq'
  Iraq Election Law Must Pass Mid-Sept for 2008 Vote
  Sunday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded
Bush Quietly Seeks to Make War Powers Permanent
Police Preemptively Raid GOP Convention Protesters
Iran Warns Any US or Israeli Attack Would Start 'World War'
Viewpoints
Awakening to Realities in Iraq
by Kelley Vlahos
What a Mess To Clean Up
by Gordon Prather
Revenge of the Balkans
by Gordon N. Bardos
Goodbye  by Charley Reese
Refusing to Oppress  by Neve Gordon
Federal Attitude Policy  by James Bovard

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Frontline
Italy to Compensate Libya $5b for Colonial Rule
CIA Memos Reveal Doubts Over 'Key' Lockerbie Witness
Paper: Russia Threatens to Supply Iran With Top New Missile System
Iraq 'Surge' Took Place Amid Doubt and Debate
Report: Obama Gave Petraeus Afghanistan Advice
Documentary Shows Tough Reality of Doctors in War
FISA Court Rejects ACLU Request for Transparency
 
Afghan Base Is
'World's Busiest Trauma Hospital'
Today in Iraq
Iraqi Troops Take Control of Iranian Refugee Camp
Al-Sadr Loyalists Sign Oath in Blood to Continue Fighting Against US Forces
US Military: More Than 11,000 Iraqis Freed in 2008
Should Iraq Prosecute US Soldiers?
Iraqi Police Want Equipment to Stop Bombers
Iraq Militia Chief Condemned to Death for Karbala Killings
Iraq to Clear Out Baghdad Squatters
Iraqi Kurdistan
Kurds, Baghdad in Dispute Over Government Buildings
Iraqi Kurdistan Still a Tough Sell to Investors
Energy, Tourism, Farming Focus in Iraq's Kurdistan
Attacks Continue
Anti-Qaeda Fighter Killed With Family in Iraq's Diyala Province
Bombs, Sectarian Tensions Still Scar Iraq's Diyala
Three Turks Wounded in Mosul Blast
Saturday: 6 Iraqis Killed, 4 Wounded; 3 Turks Wounded
US Military
Air Force Missile Crews Disciplined
Army Experience Center Offers Simulations at US Mall
UK Military
Tory MP Douglas Carswell Punished for Damning Army Kit
British Navy Forced to Curb Role as Gordon Brown Imposes Cuts
'War on Terror'
Britain: US Acts on Guantánamo Court Files
Gadhafi's Son: Lockerbie Victims' Families Greedy
Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the US, PATRIOT Act Partially to Blame
Americas
Ecuador's Challenge: Dislodging Colombian Rebels

Bolivia Crisis Worsens as President Calls Fresh Vote on Statute Reforms
Iran
Iran Corroborates UN Nuclear Monitor's Estimate of Centrifuges in Operation
Few Things Are as They Seem in Tehran
Israel/Palestine

Israel Tightens Grip on West Bank's Jordan Valley
Hamas to Israel: We Won't Compromise, We Want 1,000 Prisoners for Shalit
Bush's Mideast Peace Timeline Looking Unattainable
Islamic Jihad Threatens Israel With 'The Fires of Hell'
Egypt
More Than 1,000 Leave Gaza After Egypt Opens Crossing
Egypt: Arab Force for Gaza May Help Stop Violence
Egyptian Officials: Israeli Flexibility on Prisoner Swap Will Pressure Hamas
Lebanon
Hezbollah Finds Left-Leaning Friends Abroad
Hezbollah Warlord Was an Enigma
Lebanese Authorities Hand Over Terror Suspects to Saudi Arabia for Interrogation
Australia: I'll Be Killed in Lebanon, Says Guard
Americans Keep Dying
Slain Ramsey (MN) Soldier 'Was So Close' to Finishing Afghan Service
Servicewoman (CA) Working as Combat Medic in Baghdad Military Prison Dies
Kentucky Town Mourns Sergeant Killed on Third Tour in Iraq
Mississippi Soldier Killed by Mortar Attack in Iraq
San Antonio (TX) Native Killed in Attack in Afghanistan
Hatfield (PA) Marine Supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom Dies in Bahrain
Army Reservist (NJ) Killed in Iraq Hoped to Become Police Officer
Army Sergeant From Rising Sun (MD) Dies in Afghanistan
 
Georgia-Russia
Russians Call for More European Monitors in Georgia
Georgia Tightens Visa Regime for Russian Citizens
UN: Russians Warn Returning Georgians That Security Is Not Guaranteed
Russia Remains a Black Sea Power
Demonstrators Gather in Support of Slain Russian Journalist
Global Ossetia Fallout
Georgia Mission Strictly Humanitarian, US Coast Guard Captain Claims
Britain to Urge Sanctions Against Russians Linked to Breakaway Georgian Regions
Russian Offensive Hailed in Mideast
Experts: China Unlikely to Back Russia on Georgia
Europe
Bombs Kill at Least Two Russian Soldiers in Chechnya
Basque Separatist Leader Otegi Leaves Jail, Calls for Talks
Afghanistan
Bomb in Afghan Capital, Clashes Kill Dozen Rebels: Officials
Militants Torch Thousands More School Textbooks in Afghanistan
Suicide Bomber Hits Troop Convoy in Afghanistan
Afghanistan Will Free Son of Pakistani Scientist 'Soon': Minister
US Troops Join Canada's Forces in Afghanistan Province
German Military Proposes New Afghan Rail Link
Pakistan
Pakistan Suspends Militant Operations for Ramadan
Pakistan's Zardari, Two Others, in President Race
Pakistan Waits as Bhutto Clan Trade Blows
Four Deposed Judges Take Fresh Oath in Pakistan
Pakistan: Zardari Moves Residence Amid Security Fears
'Pakistani Militants' Sought Kidnapping of Japanese Aid Worker in Afghanistan
Suicide Blast Kills Two, Injures 30 in Pakistan
Pakistani Lawmaker Defends Honor Killings
India/Kashmir
India: Land Mine Blast Kills 12 Officers in Maoist Stronghold
Indian Nuke Deal: New US Draft Text to Be Released Next Week
Seven-Day Curfew Relaxed Briefly in Kashmir
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Jets Bomb Tiger Base; Fighting Kills 34
Bomb Blast Wounds 45 in Sri Lankan Capital
Thailand
Protesters Break Into Thai PM's Office
Pressure Grows on Thai Prime Minister to Resign
'I Will Never Resign,' Says Besieged Thai PM
China/Taiwan
Tens of Thousands March Against Taiwan President
China Unlikely to Loosen Its Grip in Western Provinces
Asia
Philippine Army Needs More Ordnance
Nepal: Beset by Feuds, Prachanda Fails to Expand Cabinet
Nigeria
Nigeria Militants: 29 Military Personnel Killed
Nigerian Group Demands $12m Ransom for Kidnapped Israeli
Africa