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Today's Highlights

Hillary at Foggy Bottom?: Justin Raimondo
Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan: Ali/Engelhardt
Gitmo Disappointment Coming: Alan Bock
Michael Moore's Off-Color Draft Joke: Sam Coleman
Obama Advised to Forgo More Threats to Iran: Lobe

 
 Eric Margolis

American Raj

 Patrick Cockburn

The Surge Didn't Work

 Doug Bandow

Entangled Empire

 Philip Hammond

Stay Out of Darfur!

Obama Advised to Forgo More Threats to Iran    Medvedev Optimistic on US-Russia Relations Under Obama    Obama Promises to Follow Through on Gitmo Closure    Pakistan PM Hopes Obama Means End to US Air Strikes    Peres: Obama Brings Hope of Iran Talks    Ban on Masks Upsets Iraqi Interpreters    Gitmo Disappointment Coming    Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan    Mugabe Would Kill Zimbabwe Deal by Imposing Govt: Tsvangirai    Sudan Says No Ceasefire for Darfur 'Bandits'    Israel PM Accuses Hamas of 'Shattering' Gaza Truce    Pakistan Targets Militants in 2nd Tribal Area    Maliki Stops Legal Proceedings Against Sahwa Fighters    Why Hasn't the US Gone After Mullah Omar in Pakistan?    Olmert: World Must Unite Against 'Malevolent' Iran    Israeli Minister Demands Immediate Hamas Assassinations    Olmert Orders Plans Drawn Up for Massive Offensive Against Gaza    Sri Lanka Steps Up Air Strikes After Capturing Town    Congo Rebel Backs UN Peace Plan, Fighting Persists    Hillary at Foggy Bottom?    EU Monitors Say They Were Fired on in Georgia    The Holocaust's Unholy Hold    Michael Moore's Off-Color Draft Joke    Torture Prosecutions Unlikely in Obama Administration    Obama Should Swear Off Executive Privilege    Somali President: Government on Verge of Collapse    Pakistan's 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Deal on US Air Strikes    Iraqi Cabinet Okays US Pact    US Helicopters in South Korea Move to Iraq, Afghanistan    Sadr Bloc Spokesman Predicts Pact to Fail in Parliament    How Many Villages Must We Bomb Before We Find bin Laden?    US Task Force Found Few Iranian Arms in Iraq    
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News
Updated November 17, 2008 - 9:08 PM EST
Iran Official Praises Pact as Parliament Debates
 
  Iraqi Cabinet OKs Security Pact With US
  Sadr Bloc Spokesman Predicts Pact to Fail in Parliament
  Sunday: 37 Iraqis Killed, 30 Wounded
Obama Vows to Shut Down Guantánamo
 
  Torture Prosecutions Unlikely in Obama Administration
Pakistan PM Hopes Obama Will End US Strikes
 
  Pakistan's 'Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell' Deal on US Strikes
Obama Advised to Forgo More Threats to Iran
 
  Peres: Obama Brings Hope of Iran Talks
  Olmert: World Must Unite Against 'Malevolent' Iran
  Why Hasn't the US Gone After Mullah Omar in Pakistan?
Karzai Offers Safety Deal to Taliban Chief
Medvedev Optimistic on US-Russia Relations Under Obama
Viewpoints
Obama Should Swear Off Executive Privilege  by Radley Balko
How Many Villages Must We Bomb Before We Find bin Laden?  by William Pfaff
Obama and the Imperial Presidency  by Jack Balkin
Flight Path to Disaster in Afghanistan  by Tariq Ali and Tom Engelhardt
The Holocaust's Unholy Hold
by Avraham Burg
The Russia-Georgia War Revisited
by Jason Bush

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Frontline
Olmert Orders Plans Drawn Up for Massive Offensive Against Gaza
UK Labor Party Activist Was 'Cold War Spy'
Sri Lanka Steps Up Air Strikes After Capturing Town
Ban on Masks Upsets Iraqi Interpreters
US Helicopters in S. Korea Move to Iraq, Afghanistan
Marine Arrested in Disappearance Hoax
Only 19% in US Say Israeli-Palestinian Peace Should Top Obama's Priorities
 
War, Death, and Animation: Cartoon Film Stirs Israel's Conscience
US-Iraq Security Pact
Official: Iraq Govt Endorsed Two Pacts With US
Iraq to Ask for Canceling UN Rules on Iraq Occupation After Deal Signing
Muslim Scholars Group Condemns Iraq Pact as 'Submission' Deal
Iraqi Communist Bloc Calls for Pact Amendments
US Welcomes Iraq's Approval of Pact on Military Pullout
Today in Iraq
Maliki Stops Legal Proceedings Against Sahwa Fighters
Underground 'Singing Parties' Return to Baghdad
Hip, New Baghdad Hangout Is a Byproduct of War
Iraq Struggles to Sweep Saddam's Landmine Legacy
Iraqi Government Starts Paying Sunni Fighters
Documenting the Surge: US Soldier's Films Expose the Realities of the Iraq Occupation
Attacks Continue
Suicide Car Bomb Kills 15, Wounds 20, in Northern Iraq
Policeman Killed, Civilian Wounded in Mosul Blasts
Sunday: 37 Iraqis Killed, 30 Wounded
Guantánamo
Obama Planning US Trials for Guantánamo Prisoners
Obama's Election Bodes Changes for Guantánamo Prisoners
US Confirms It Held 12 Juveniles at Guantánamo
Sudan
Sudan Says No Ceasefire for Darfur 'Bandits'
Sudan Says Darfur 'Clash' Did Not Breach Ceasefire
Sudan and Rebels Trade Accusation Over Violence
Somalia
Somali President: Government on Verge of Collapse
Somali Govt Says Weakened by Islamist Onslaught
Islamists Regain Control Over Much of Somalia
DR Congo
Congo Rebel Backs UN Peace Plan, Fighting Persists
Rwanda Denies Backing Congo Rebels
Former Soldier Keeps Tight Grip on Congo Mine
Zimbabwe
Mugabe Would Kill Zimbabwe Deal by Imposing Govt: Tsvangirai
Venezuela
Venezuela's Tupamaros on the Side of the Law
 
Pakistan
Pakistan Targets Militants in 2nd Tribal Area
Khyber Supply Route Reopens Today
Taliban Group Withdraws Offer for Talks With Govt in Future
Two Women Among Four Killed in Mohmand Agency
Afghanistan
Attacks on Foreign Troops Kill Two Afghans
British Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
US Troops Wounded in Afghanistan Clash
Koreas
Source: South Korea Likely to Provide Nuclear Deal Aid to North
Blackouts Mark North Korea's Real Power Struggle
Electric Power in North and South Korea
China/Tibet
Tibet Envoys Say China Talks a Failure
Amid Brickbats From China's Government, Tibetans Will Ponder a New Strategy
Asia
Japanese Ports Demand Notice of Nuclear Vessels
Kashmiri Separatists Call for Poll Boycott
Prison Terms Devastate Myanmar Democracy Movement
Bangladesh Raids Militant Den, Seizes Explosives
Gaza Blockade
Israel Decides to Maintain Gaza Blockade
Israeli FM Demands International Support for Gaza Crackdown
Israeli Air Strike Kills Four Gaza Militants
Israel PM Accuses Hamas of 'Shattering' Gaza Truce
Israel/Palestine
Palestinian Expectations for Obama Are Mixed
Israeli Minister Demands Immediate Hamas Assassinations
PA Negotiator Erekat: Netanyahu Is Closing the Door to Peace
Settlers Given 72 Hours to Leave Hebron House
Russia
New Kremlin-Friendly Party Formed in Russia
Secrecy Fears as Politkovskaya Killing Trial Opens
Europe
EU Monitors Say They Were Fired on in Georgia
France Holds 'ETA Military Head'
Slow Cyprus Talks Dampen Euphoria
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
11/17/2008
Hillary at Foggy Bottom?

Alan Bock
11/17/2008
Gitmo Disappointment Coming

Ivan Eland
11/15/2008
Obama's Challenges Are Unprecedented in US History

Doug Bandow
11/14/2008
Barack Obama Takes Charge: Time to Leave Iraq

David R. Henderson
11/11/2008
A Veterans Day Tribute

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster

Ran HaCohen
11/07/2008
Black Israeli Voices on Obama's Victory

Nebojsa Malic
11/06/2008
Obama's Choice

Philip Giraldi
11/04/2008
Obama's Neocon in Residence

Charles Peña
10/29/2008
You Can't Cut Spending
and Spare 'Defense'

Praful Bidwai
9/05/2008
Lawmaker's Disclosure May Torpedo Nuke Deal

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