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Today's Highlights

Polish Missile Joke by Jeff Huber
Gates: As Bad As Rumsfeld?: Ray McGovern
Who Will Stop the Settlers?: Jonathan Cook
Reconciliation Without Truth: David Bromwich
Rewarding War Crimes: Robert Dreyfuss

 
 Joseph Sottile

The Warning

 Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

Iranians to US: Please Let Us Be

 Robert Prechter

Predicting Wars With Charts

 Tim Cavanaugh

Death and Deception in South Ossetia

Pakistan 'Protests' US Drone Strike in Bannu    Antiwar Groups Fear Hawkish Cabinet    Pakistan Increases Pressure on Tribesmen to Fight Taliban    Panel Report to Predict Fading US Role    IAEA Reports of Growing Iran Enrichment Capability    Gen. Kayani Reiterates Support for NATO Afghan Mission, Calls for Halt of Drone Strikes    Iraqi Parliament Debate on Pact Erupts in Chaos    Obama Urged to Strengthen Ties with UN     US Uses Aid to Promote Non-Humanitarian Goals    Guantanamo's Yemeni Detainees Epitomize a US Security Concern    Terror Campaign Empties Towns in Iraq Farming Belt    US Troops in Eastern Afghanistan Won't Rest for Winter    Iraqis Doubt Security Agreement Will End US Presence    Military Recruitment Seen Rising Amid Job Woes    Once More Fear Stalks the Streets of Kandahar    Iraqis Want Walls Torn Down    Disaster Warning as Gaza Still Cut Off    Iran to Decide on US Talks After Obama Takes Office    US Lawmaker Accuses Bush of Secrecy Over Iraq Deal    Who Will Stop the Settlers?    Northrop Sees Defense Spending Steady in Near Term    Congo Rebel Pullback Raises Hopes for Peace Talks    US, Iraq Differ on Iranian Meddling in Military Pact    Reconciliation Without Truth    IAEA Can't Rule Out Bombed Syrian Site Was for Non-Nuclear Use    Pakistan General Killed in Drive-By    Polish Missile Joke    Robert Gates: As Bad As Rumsfeld?    Pact Would Force US Troops to Leave Iraq by '12    Sri Lankan Military Says Jets Bomb Rebel Camp    Somali Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns    Russia, Georgia Start Talks Seen Lasting Years    US Official: GIs to Leave if Iraq Won’t Sign Pact    Bracing for a Major Disappointment    Rewarding War Crimes    
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News
Updated November 20, 2008 - 11:00 PM EST
Antiwar Groups Fear Hawkish Cabinet
Iraqi Parliament Debate on Pact Erupts in Chaos
 
  US Official: GIs to Leave if Iraq Won't Sign Pact
  Iraqis Doubt Security Agreement Will End US Presence
  Pact Would Force US Troops to Leave Iraq by 2012
  US, Iraq Differ on Iranian Meddling in Military Pact
Pakistan 'Protests' US Drone Strike in Bannu
 
  Gen. Kayani Urges NATO to Halt Drone Attacks Inside Pakistan
  Pakistan Army Chief Vows to Keep NATO Supply Line Open
  Pakistani Military to Tribesmen: Fight Against Taliban or Flee
Intel Panel Sees Fading US Global Role
 
  Report: U.S. Uses Aid to Promote Non-Humanitarian Goals
  Joint Chiefs Head Says War Stresses May Be Growing
IAEA, Iran in Silent Standoff Over Nuclear Probe
 
  Iran to Decide on US Talks After Obama Takes Office
  Israel Displays Airpower It Could Use Against Iran
IAEA: Syria Site Hit by Israel Resembled Atom Plant
Viewpoints
Reconciliation Without Truth
by David Bromwich
Robert Gates: As Bad As Rumsfeld?
by Ray McGovern
Once More Fear Stalks the Streets of Kandahar  by Robert Fisk
Bracing for a Major Disappointment
by William Pfaff
Rewarding War Crimes  by Robert Dreyfuss
Who Will Stop the Settlers?
by Jonathan Cook

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Frontline
Military Recruitment Seen Rising Amid Job Woes
Obama Urged to Strengthen Ties with UN
US Foreign Policy Experts Give Obama UN Advice
Petraeus Had Bush's Ear. Will Mike Mullen Have Obama's?
Secret Gitmo Camp Opened to Defense Lawyers
Suspected Iranian Quds Officer Arrested in Baghdad
Gitmo's Yemeni Detainees Epitomize US Security Concern
New York Police Fight US for More Eavesdropping
 
US-Iraq Pact
Text of Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (pdf)
White House Confident Iraq Accord Will Pass
Iraq's Prime Minister Defends US Security Pact in Public Address
US Lawmaker Accuses Bush of Secrecy Over Iraq Deal
Small Iraqi Party Says It Will Not Support US Pact
Gates, Rice Defend US-Iraq Security Agreement
Today in Iraq
Terror Campaign Empties Towns in Iraq Farming Belt
Iraq Discovers Remains of 150 Kurds in South Iraq
Iraqi Forces Can Control Restive North: US General
Two Iraqis Face Trial Over Murder of British Aid Worker
Kurds Roll Out Red Carpet for Hollywood
US, Iraq, Turkey Hold Baghdad Talks on PKK Rebels
Wednesday: 11 Iraqis Killed, 18 Wounded
US Military
Northrop Sees Defense Spending Steady in Near Term
Under Worm Assault, Military Bans Disks, USB Drives
Pentagon Defends Decision on Lockheed Fighter Jet
'War on Terror'
Qaeda's Zawahri Urges Attacks on 'Criminal' America
Zawahri Mocks 'House Negro' Obama
Al-Qaeda #2's Statement on Obama Victory (pdf)
Timeline: Messages Attributed to al-Qaeda's Zawahri
Australian Guantanamo Inmate Breaks Silence
Prosecutor: No Sign al-Qaeda Suspect Was Tortured
DR Congo
Congo Rebels Appear to Pull Back Ahead of Talks
Congo Rebel Pullback Raises Hopes for Peace Talks
Congo Child Soldiers Say Forced to Fight, Kill
Rebels Used to Boots, Not Suits, Seek to Govern Congo
Bodies, Pillaging Testify to Congo's Chaotic War
Somalia
Somali Pirates Transform Villages Into Boomtowns
Indian Navy Sinks Pirate Ship
Somalia PM Fears Warships Alone Won't Stop Piracy
UN Chief Says Somali Pirates Also Hurting Homeland
Russian Envoy Urges EU, NATO, to Attack Pirate Bases
Bombers Kill Two in Somalia Border Town
UK Navy Will Get Tougher Powers to Take on Pirates
Africa
UN Probes Reports of Violations of Darfur Ceasefire
Terrorism Kills Off Tourism in Mauritania
France Charges Rwanda Aide Amid Kigali Protests
Russia
Russia Lawmakers Approve Longer Presidential Term
Russia's Putin to Step Into Congress Limelight
Russia Closer to New Presidential Terms
Russia Closes Politkovskaya Murder Trial to Public
 
Pakistan
Pakistan General Killed in Drive-By
Pakistani Provincial Minister: Diplomacy Needed to Stop US Attacks
12 More Militants Killed in Bajaur
NATO, Pakistan Vow to Intensify Anti-Taliban Cooperation
Afghanistan
US Troops in Eastern Afghanistan Won't Rest for Winter
Afghan Border Success May Mean More Fighting
UN: Afghan Refugees Are Source of Tension
Afghans Pushing for a Return to Public Execution
India/Kashmir
Aid Workers: Hindu Extremists Offer Reward to Kill Christians
Soldiers, Army Porters Feared Dead in Kashmir Avalanches
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Military Says Jets Bomb Rebel Camp
Koreas
South Korea Seeks to Stop Propaganda Leaflets to North Korea
Diamond Mountain a Symbol of Koreas Tension
China/Tibet
Police Arrests Highlight Anger With Force in China
Young Tibetan Exiles Push for Independence
Thailand
One Killed, 21 Wounded in Bangkok Blast: Emergency Service
Thai Schools Use Dance Class, Prayer to Curb Violence
Iran
Iran Increasing Uranium Stockpile, Says UN Nuclear Watchdog
No Problem With IAEA Probes Within Treaty, Says Tehran
Peres: Iran Uranium Enrichment Shows Leadership Quest for Religious Domination
Iran Kills Kurd Separatists at Border
No Official Kurdish Presence in Iran
Israel/Palestine
Disaster Warning as Gaza Still Cut Off
Israel Rebuffs UN Calls to Open Gaza Crossings
Global Media Executives Protest Gaza Press Ban
Israel Calls UK Stance on Settlements 'Painful'
Israel to Mull Ceding Part of Ghajar
Israel Says Will Boycott UN Forum on Racism
Tent of Expelled Jerusalem Palestinian Family Torn Down
Syria
Assad: Israel Never Asked Syria to Cut Ties With Hezbollah, Iran
Syria Must Choose Between 'Peace or Belligerence': Peres
Turkey
Turkish Officer Killed in Clashes With PKK
Georgia/Russia
EU: Russia-Georgia Talks Make Some Progress
Russia, Georgia Start Talks Seen Lasting Years
Europe
Albanians Protest New UN Plan for Kosovo
Don't Turn Deaf Ear to NATO Bid, Yushchenko Begs Allies
Nicaragua
Claims of a Rigged Vote Foment Bitter Protests in Nicaragua
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
11/19/2008
What the Clinton Appointment Means

Charles Peña
11/19/2008
Missile Defense and
the American Empire

Philip Giraldi
11/18/2008
AIPAC's Man in
the Obama Camp

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

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

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