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Today's Highlights

Obama Use of 'State Secrets': Glenn Greenwald
Afghan Pressures Beget Dubious Alliances: Luban
US Should Back Somalia Reconciliation: Jim Lobe
Hoping for Spontaneous Iran Regime Change: Gharib
Guantánamo's Refugees: Andy Worthington

 
 Gareth Porter

Petraeus-Odierno Insubordination Update 1

 James Bamford

High Tech Surveillance State

 Steve Clemons

Better Off with Likud

 Saul Landau

The End of the Monroe Doctrine

States Push to Take Back Control of National Guard    US Force in Afghanistan May Grow to 60,000    Russia Cuts Military Spending: Chief of Staff    US Advised to Back Somalia Reconciliation Efforts    Hoping for a Spontaneous Regime Change in Iran    Opening the A.Q. Khan Can of Worms    Israeli Rivals Share Hawkish Views on Iran, Hamas    Netanyahu Leading 'Winner' Livni to Head Govt    Wary Netanyahu in Driving Seat    At Least 26 Killed as Taliban Attacks Kabul    Afghanistan Pressures Beget Dubious Alliances    In Israeli Vote, With Two Parties Nearly Tied, the Winner Is Gridlock    Security Talks About Iraq Not Needed, Iran Signals    Lost US Weapons May Be Going to Taliban, GAO Says    Doubts Mark Pakistan's Crackdown on Militants    Coordinated Kabul Assault Shows Taliban Strength    Top Obama Aides Embrace Bush's War on Terror Rhetoric and Enemy Combatant Policy    Iraq: String of Bombings Threatens Relative Calm    Venezuela Military to Voters: Don't Eat Your Ballot    NATO Condemns Afghan Attacks, Says to Stay as Long as It Takes    Egypt Arrests 30 Truck Drivers 'Headed for Gaza'    Britain Ready to Send 300 More Troops to Help 'Surge' in Afghanistan    The Islamist Who Wasn't    Next Flash Point Over Terror Detainees: Bagram Prison    A Call to End All Renditions    Russia Says No Retaliation Unless US Builds Shield    Obama Administration Backs Bush Policy in Terror Case    Russia May Allow Shipment of Afghan-Bound US Arms    Iraqi FM Says No Sudden US Pullout    Sri Lanka Rebels Deny Gunning Down Civilians    Palestinians Gloomy as Israel Moves Right    Egypt Reins in Critics of Its Gaza War Stance    NATO to Target Drug Trade in Afghanistan    Gear for Iraq May Extend US Stay    'National Service' and Conscription: a Question of Ownership    Contortions to Defend Obama Use of 'State Secrets'    Debt as a Unifying Power in Iraq    Guantánamo's Refugees    The Long Road to an Israeli Coalition Goes Through Lieberman    
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News
Updated February 12, 2009 - 4:02 PM EST
Americans Want to Probe 'War on Terror' Crimes
 
  Obama Administration Backs Bush Policy in Terror Case
26 Dead in Afghan Assaults; Pak Group Blamed
 
  Coordinated Kabul Assault Shows Taliban Strength
  Lost US Weapons May Be Going to Taliban, GAO Says
  US Force in Afghanistan May Grow to 60,000
  Britain Ready to Send 300 More Troops to Help 'Surge' in Afghanistan
  Afghanistan Pressures Beget Dubious Alliances
Netanyahu Leading 'Winner' Livni to Head Govt
 
  In Israeli Vote, With Two Parties Nearly Tied, the Winner Is Gridlock
  Israeli Rivals Share Tough Line on Hamas and Iran
  Wary Netanyahu in Driving Seat
  The Long Road to an Israeli Coalition Goes Through Lieberman
  Israel Vote Bad Omen for Obama Peace Plans
Pakistan Admits Internal Link to Mumbai Attacks
 
  Bomb Kills Lawmaker in Pakistan as US Envoy Visits
Iraq: String of Bombings Threatens Relative Calm
 
  Iraqi FM 'Assured' of No Quick US Pullout
  Gear for Iraq May Extend US Stay
  Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 22 Iraqis Killed; 53 Iraqis Wounded
  Wednesday: 31 Iraqis Killed, 94 Wounded
States Push to Take Back Control of National Guard
Viewpoints
Top Obama Aides Embrace Bush's War on Terror Rhetoric and Enemy Combatant Policy  by Jonathan Turley
Guantánamo's Refugees
by Andy Worthington
'National Service' and Conscription
by William Norman Grigg
A Call to End All Renditions
by Marjorie Cohn
Self-Defense Against Peace
by Michael Mandel
Debt as a Unifying Power in Iraq
by Sami Moubayed

More Viewpoints

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Frontline
The Islamist Who Wasn't
Hoping for a Spontaneous Regime Change in Iran
Opening the A.Q. Khan Can of Worms
US Advised to Back Somalia Reconciliation Efforts
Security Talks About Iraq Not Needed, Iran Signals
Russia Says No Retaliation Unless US Builds Shield
Obesity in US Military Doubled Since 2003
Next Flash Point Over Terror Detainees: Bagram Prison
 
Russia Cuts Military Spending
Today in Iraq
Transfer of US Detainees to Iraq Done by 2010
Iraq Kurds Reserve Five More Seats for Women MPs
Iraq Invites Contractors to Drill 40 Oil Wells
Iraq to Reopen Museum, Symbol of 2003 Looting
Wednesday: 31 Iraqis Killed, 94 Wounded
Guantánamo
UK Diplomats Secure Access to Guantánamo Detainee
Guantánamo Detainee Close to Returning to UK
Guantánamo Detainee's Campaign Reaches to Obama
Guantánamo Iraqis Could See Trial in Local Court
Lithuania to Discuss Taking in Guantánamo Inmates
Canadian Opposition Wants Guantánamo Detainee Home
The War at Home
West Point Addressing Recent Academy Suicides
69 Computers Missing From Nuclear Weapons Lab
KBR Will Pay Fines Because of Bribery
Army to Work With 10 New York Area High Schools
Afghanistan
NATO Condemns Afghan Attacks, Says to Stay as Long as It Takes
NATO to Target Drug Trade in Afghanistan
Russia May Allow Shipment of Afghan-Bound US Arms
Obama Choice on Troops for Afghanistan Due in Days
A Breakdown of the Taliban Assault on Kabul
Report: US Fails to Track Afghan Weapons
Time to Talk to Taliban, Says Former Soviet General
Pakistan
Doubts Mark Pakistan's Crackdown on Militants
In Pakistan, Special Envoy From US Finds Discontent
Bomb Wounds Seven in Pakistani City on Afghan Border
Five Militants, Soldier Killed in Bajaur
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan Accuses US of Ignoring Air Base Demands
Kyrgyz Vote on US Base Held Up by Russian Aid
US Sought to Expand Kyrgyz Base
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Rebels Deny Gunning Down Civilians
Sri Lanka Denies Responsibility for Hospital Shelling That Killed 16 Patients
Former Tamil Tiger Commander Says He Helped Weaken Rebellion
Wounded Sri Lankans Describe Chaos in North
Sri Lanka Plans to House War Refugees for Three Years
North Korea
Q&A: Why Would North Korea Test Fire Its Missiles?
North Korea's Kim Jong-Il Names New Defense Minister
China/Tibet
China Rejects Human Rights Criticism at UN
More Punishments Announced for Tibet Rioters
Asia
Al-Qaeda Leader Warns India: Report
Head of Azerbaijan's Air Force Shot Dead
Filipino Court Orders US Marine Into Custody
Americas
Venezuela Military to Voters: Don't Eat Your Ballot
Two US Sailors Charged With Murder in Mexico
 
Iran
Clinton Holds Out Hope for Useful Talks With Iran
Iranian Minister Says He's Optimistic About US
Iran Dismisses Report It Faces Raw Uranium Shortage
Iran Says Ship Held by Cyprus Not Carrying Arms
Iran to Try Bahais for Spying for Israel
Iran's Foreign Minister in Iraq for Economic Talks
Iranian Arabs Seek Equal Rights
Israeli Politics
Israel Faces Gridlock, Peace Prospects Dim
Likud Officials Reject Rotating Coalition Power With Kadima
Shas Leader Won't Rule Out Sitting on Government With Lieberman
Netanyahu Meets Lieberman in Bid to Feel Out Coalition Deal
United Torah Judaism Hints: Support of Netanyahu Not Definite
Wooed by Kadima and Likud, Lieberman Agrees to More Talks With Livni
Far Rightists Coming to Knesset
Q&A: Who Is Running Israel?
Global Reaction
White House: Unclear How Israel Elections Will Affect Mideast Peace
Hamas: Zionist Voters Have Elected a 'Troika of Terrorism'
Palestinians Gloomy as Israel Moves Right
Europe Fearful About Impact of Israeli Elections
Palestine/Israel
Israel, Hamas Eye Gaza Truce Despite Uncertainty
Gaza Mortar Shells Strike Western Negev; No Casualties
Egypt/Gaza
Egypt Arrests 30 Truck Drivers 'Headed for Gaza'
Egypt Reins in Critics of Its Gaza War Stance
Egyptian Protester Freed, as Mysteriously as He Was Snatched
Egyptian MP Jailed for Gaza Trip
Freed Egyptian Protester Describes Ordeal, but Fate of Seized Blogger Is Unknown
Mubarak Wants Greater Role for Abbas
Middle East
Jordan Bans Sermons by Islamists Over Gaza: Brotherhood
Watchdog Slams Arab Media Rules
France to Sell Military Jets, Weapons to Kuwait
Mystery Terrorist Was Targeted for Assassination
Zimbabwe
Mugabe Foe Sworn in as Zimbabwe Prime Minister
US Welcomes New Zimbabwean Premier, but Maintains Sanctions
Glance at the Crises Facing Zimbabwe's Unity Govt
Facts About Zimbabwe's Morgan Tsvangirai
Sudan
Judges Approve Warrant for Sudan's President
'Positive' Talks Between Darfur Rebels, Sudan Govt
Africa
Ethiopia Arrests Suspect in US Diplomat's Death
Rwandan Rebels Elude Joint Offensive in East Congo
'Positive' Talks Between Darfur Rebels, Sudan Govt
US Navy Seizes Seven Suspected Pirates Off Somalia
Europe
Russia and US Face Tough Negotiations
War Crimes Court to Suspend Serb's Trial
Apples, Oranges and Natural Gas: Ukraine Mystery Deepens
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
2/11/2009
The Audacity of Mendacity

Charles Peña
2/11/2009
Obama Wants a Surge
of His Own

Philip Giraldi
2/10/2009
Talking Turkey About Israel

Alan Bock
2/09/2009
Iraqis Back in Charge?

Ivan Eland
2/07/2009
Misreading the Iraqi Election Results

Doug Bandow
2/06/2009
Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty: The Battle Continues

Nebojsa Malic
2/05/2009
Not Done Yet

Ran HaCohen
1/29/2009
What Happened to Hassan

David R. Henderson
1/27/2009
Meet the New Boss;
Same as the Old Boss

Praful Bidwai
1/18/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster

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