Highlights
 
Gunfight Breaks Out as Iraqi Soldiers Try to Arrest Trade Officials    Karzai's Would-Be Competition in Disarray    Australia in $70 Billion Boost to Military    Sri Lanka Rejects Evidence of Civilian Bombings    16 Militants, 2 Pakistani Soldiers Die in Clash    Iran Helicopters Strike Iraq Kurd Villages    Two IDF Troops Arrested During Clashes Between Settlers, Palestinians    Pakistan Sets Up Islamic Court for Restive Region    Pakistan Opposition Leader: Obama's Statement Raises Concerns About Sovereignty    Iraq Bloodshed Rises as US Allies Defect    American-Born Academic Named Israeli Ambassador to US    Officials: Gitmo Court System Likely to Stay Open    Iraq: 'Basra Is Now Worse Than When the British Troops Arrived'    Ahmadinejad Opponents Accuse Him of Faking Support    John Bolton: We May Have to Acquiesce in a 'Pakistani Military Takeover'    Dalai Lama Part of Solution for China, Says Obama Aide    US Power Grid Seen at Risk    Pakistan Resists US Call to Expand Military Operations Beyond Buner    Al-Qaeda Used Hotmail, Simple Codes in Planning    Doctor: 64 Dead in Shelling of Sri Lanka Hospital    Anatomy of an 'Inside' Ambush in Iraq    Thermobaric Slaughter in Sri Lanka?    Did Pentagon Lose Billions, Pennies at a Time?    Has a Stake Been Driven through Neoconservative Foreign Policy?    Dictatorial Powers Unchallenged as US 'Enemy Combatant' Pleads Guilty    Hedging, US Woos Pakistani President's Rival    Reports: Pakistani Military Killing Buner Civilians    Rebuffing Maliki, US General Says GIs Won't Face Trial Over Iraq Raid    Minion of the Long War    The Big Sleep    Bibi's Holocaust – or Ours?    America's Necessary Dark Night of the Soul    
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News
Updated May 3, 2009 - 11:22 PM EDT
Iraq Bloodshed Rises as US Allies Defect
 
  Iran Helicopters Strike Iraq Kurd Villages
  Anatomy of an 'Inside' Ambush in Iraq
  Gunfight Breaks Out as Iraqi Soldiers Try to Arrest Trade Officials
  Iraqi Soldier Kills 2 US Soldiers, Wounds 3
Pakistan Sets Up Islamic Court for Restive Region
 
  Pakistan Resists US Call to Expand Military Operations Beyond Buner
Kabul's New Elite Live High on West's Largesse
 
  Karzai's Would-Be Competition in Disarray
  A Land Darkened by the Shadow of the Taliban
Sri Lanka Says Hospital Shelling Images 'Fake'
Officials: Gitmo Court System Likely to Stay Open
Did Pentagon Lose Billions, Pennies at a Time?
Viewpoints
The Dark Core of the Empire
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Dictatorial Powers Unchallenged as US 'Enemy Combatant' Pleads Guilty  by Andy Worthington
Serving Under the Army's Most Ruthless Soldier  by Elspeth Reeve
Cancel Water-Boarding 101
by David J. Morris
The Big Sleep  by Nir Rosen
Bibi's Holocaust – or Ours?
by Gordon Prather
What I've Learned About Torture
by Eric Margolis
Minion of the Long War  by C.G. Estabrook

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Frontline
Russian Troops Patrol Rebel Borders With South Ossetia
John Bolton: We May Have to Acquiesce in a 'Pakistani Military Takeover'
Iraq: 'Basra Is Now Worse Than When the British Troops Arrived'
Dalai Lama Part of Solution for China, Says Obama Aide
Obama to Meet With Peres at White House on Tuesday
Ahmadinejad Opponents Accuse Him of Faking Support
 
Violence Continues
New Candidate Emerges Among Iraq's Kurds
US-Allied Iraqi Militia Strikes Over Late Pay
Would-Be Suicide Bomber Caught in Iraq Is Syrian
Iraq Says Mosque Attacker Close to al-Qaeda Boss
Mixed Emotions From British Troops as Combat Mission in Iraq Ends
Babylon Ruins Reopen in Iraq, to Controversy
Saturday: 3 US Soldiers, 3 Iraqis Killed; 7 Iraqis Wounded
The War at Home
Pentagon's Carter Eyes Closer Industry Ties
US Airmen Sue Over Iraq Trash-Burning
Judge Reaffirms: Electrocution Case Against KBR Will Proceed
'War on Terror'
US Power Grid Seen at Risk
Al-Qaeda Used Hotmail, Simple Codes in Planning
A Tale of Torture Grows More Timely by the Day
Delay in Publication of Report on British 7/7 Attacks
Iran
Iran to Review Jail Sentence of US-Born Reporter
Hundreds in US Rally for Convicted Iranian-American Journalist
Palestine/Israel
Israeli Tanks Fire at Palestinian Orchards in Jabaliya
Israeli Air Strikes Kill Two in Gaza Tunnel
Two IDF Troops Arrested During Clashes Between Settlers, Palestinians
American-Born Academic Named Israeli Ambassador to US
Saladin Brigades Fire Three Mortar Shells at Israeli Troops in Jabaliya
Lebanon
Nasrallah: Israel Assassinated Lebanon's Hariri
Lebanon Judges Concerned Over Mounting Criticism
Report: Lebanon Arrests Suspected Spy for Israel
Middle East
Torture-Tape Gulf Prince Accused of 25 Other Attacks
New Turkish FM Says Seeks Greater Regional Role
Pope Says Coming to Middle East as 'Pilgrim for Peace'
Middle East, Asian Web Writers 'Harassed'
Venezuela
Venezuela's Chavez Condemns US Report on Terrorism
Chavez Courts Iran as US Shows Concern
Americas
Colombia Soldiers Charged in Civilians' Killings
Bolivia Plot: Assassins or Victims?
Americans Still Dying
Florida Veteran Working as Contractor Killed in Afghanistan
Iowa Soldier Killed Near Kirkuk Leaves Behind Wife and Three Daughters
Family of Waycross (GA) Soldier Await Details of His Death
Garfield Heights (OH) Soldier Killed by Iraq IED Laid to Rest
 
Afghanistan
Around 30 Militants Said Killed in Afghan Attacks
Gates: Tough to Ask for More Troops in Afghanistan

Militants Blast Clinic, School in East Afghanistan
Officials Cite Progress Drafting Afghan Benchmarks
More Roadside Bomb Attacks Drive Demand for Better Shields for Troops in Afghanistan
UK: Award of Afghan Medals Could Be Reviewed After Allegations That Citations Were Incorrect
Pakistan
Pakistan Opposition Leader: Obama's Statement Raises Concerns About Sovereignty
16 Militants, 2 Pakistani Soldiers Die in Clash
Pakistani Taliban Commander Surrenders
Holbrooke Says Pakistan Civilian Govt Capable of Resolving Issues
Interior Minister: Handful of Taliban Can't Harm Pakistan
Taliban Oppose Cellular Phone Service in Pakistan Province
Pakistan: Two Killed, Many Hurt in Kalat, Quetta Blasts
Pakistan: Sindh Govt Refuses to Remove Police Officials
Pakistan: Cop Among Two Kidnapped in Swat
At Least 15 Journalists Killed in Pakistan Past Year
Pakistan, India Were Close to Pact Two Years Back, but Judicial Crises Stalled Progress
Asia
Thermobaric Slaughter in Sri Lanka?
Tribunals Set Up to Examine Slaughter of Indian Muslims
Somalia
UN Official Backs Probe of Somalia Abuses
Somalia's Ahmed Says Willing to Talk to Rival Aweys
NATO Ship Seizes Explosives From Suspected Pirates
Somali Gunmen Hijack Greek-Owned Bulk Carrier
Somali Pirates Hijack Ship With Ukrainian Crew
French Forces Grab Somali Pirates in Seychelles
Somali Pirates Hijack British-Owned Ship
Ethiopia
Ethiopia Says Plotters Sought to Assassinate Officials
Europe
Gunmen Kill Albanian Opposition MP Ahead of Polls
Chechen President Denies Link to Exile's Murder: Report
Scarred by the Legacy of War, Bosnia Lurches Into a New Crisis
Australia
Australia in $70 Billion Boost to Military
Australia: We Can Afford Own Defense Spending Spree
Australia to Buy US Jets, Build Up Navy, Air Force
Strength Needed in Asia-Pacific, Says Australia's Rudd
Opposition: Australia Defense White Paper 'Unrealistic,' Especially About China
Fiji
Fiji Military Leader Says No Elections for 5 Years
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/01/2009
The Lobby Wants War

Ivan Eland
5/02/2009
Has a Stake Been Driven through Neoconservative Foreign Policy?

Edouard Husson
5/01/2009
The German Dilemma

Kelley B. Vlahos
4/30/2009
The Iraq We Leave Behind

Charles V. Peña
4/29/2009
To Vaccinate or Not to Vaccinate?

David R. Henderson
4/28/2009
The Case for Prosecuting Bush

Philip Giraldi
4/27/2009
Some Might Call It Treason

Nebojsa Malic
4/22/2009
Confessions and Lamentations

Alan Bock
4/20/2009
Monotony in the Americas

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'
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