Highlights
 
US Drone Kills at Least 10 in South Waziristan    Obama Aide Puts Israel's Nukes in the Diplomatic Mix    Rangoon's Renaissance    General Sees a Longer Stay in Iraq Cities for US Troops    Obama Renews Sanctions Against Syria    Zardari Vows War Will Continue Until Swat Valley 'Normal'    US Military Claims Afghan Civilian Toll 'Extremely Over-Exaggerated'    GIs Kill 2, Including a 12-Year-Old, After a Threat to a Patrol in Iraq    No Jail Time in Retribution Killing in Afghanistan    Obama Set to Revive Military Commissions    Harman, Top Pelosi Aide Learned of Waterboarding in 2003    House Won't Fund Guantánamo Closing 'Until Plan Is Ready'    Taking Up Where Clinton-Gore Left Off    Sri Lankan Military Shrinks 'Safety Zone' for Civilians    US Military Officials Concede That They Killed Civilians in Afghan Strike    Karzai Demands End to US Air Strikes    Four Soldiers Killed on Black Day for Britain in Afghanistan    US Foreign Policy Caused the Taliban Problem    How the US Empire Contributed to the Economic Crisis    Obama Accuses Syria of Supporting Terrorism, Undermining US    Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Withdraw From Golan    Obama Readies Troops as Afghans Pile Up Body Parts    Obama to Make Major Address to Muslims in Egypt    US Warns of Consequences for North Korea Nuclear Test    North Korea to Strengthen Nuclear Deterrent    Afghan Villagers Say New NATO Strike Kills 6 Civilians    Villagers List 147 Dead in Afghan Strike    Afghan Suicide Attack Kills 21 Afghans, Two Brits    New Palestine Government Could Exclude Hamas    From 'Comfort Zone' to 'Decision Zone'    Why We Fight: US Troops Die for Rapists    Making Do: the President and His Troublesome Allies    North Korea Says Useless to Talk to Hostile US    Israeli Officials Worried Over Breakdown of Cooperation Under Obama    Iraqis Demand Death for Rape-Murder US Soldier    Pakistan Army Says 143 Militants Killed in Swat    Another Cheney Cover-Up?    
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News
Updated May 9, 2009 - 11:29 PM EDT
US Drone Kills at Least 10 in South Waziristan
 
  Zardari Vows War to Continue Until Swat Valley ‘Normal’
  Hundreds of Thousands Flee Pakistan Fighting
  Pakistan Army Says 143 Militants Killed in Swat
Karzai Demands End to US Air Strikes
 
  Villagers List 147 Dead in US Afghan Strike
  US Military Claims Afghan Civilian Toll 'Extremely Over-Exaggerated'
  Afghan Villagers Say New NATO Strike Kills 6 Civilians
  Afghan Suicide Attack Kills 21 Afghans, Two Brits
Obama Aide Put Israel's Nukes in Diplomatic Mix
 
  Israeli Officials Worried Over Breakdown of Cooperation Under Obama
White House Renews Sanctions on Syria
 
  Obama Accuses Syria of Supporting Terrorism, Undermining US
  Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Withdraw From Golan
General Sees a Longer US Stay in Iraq Cities
 
  GIs Kill 2, Including a 12-Year-Old, After a Threat to a Patrol in Iraq
Obama Set to Revive Military Commissions
 
  House Won't Fund Guantánamo Closing 'Until Plan Is Ready'
  Harman, Top Pelosi Aide Learned of Waterboarding in 2003
Viewpoints
US Foreign Policy Caused the Taliban Problem  by Jacob G. Hornberger
Obama Readies Troops as Afghans Pile Up Body Parts  by Jeremy Scahill
Why We Fight: US Troops Die for Rapists  by Ted Rall
Making Do: The President and His Troublesome Allies  by Tony Karon
From 'Comfort Zone' to 'Decision Zone'  by Daniel Levy
Taking Up Where Clinton-Gore Left Off  by Gordon Prather
Another Cheney Cover-Up?  by David Corn
The Iraq War's Other Contractors
by Carol Burke

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Frontline
White House Aide Resigns Over NYC Fly-Over
Iraqis Demand Death for Rape-Murder US Soldier
Iraq Oil Ministry Denies Deal to Export Kurd Oil
Obama to Make Major Address to Muslims in Egypt
No Jail Time in Retribution Killing in Afghanistan
Did Taliban Try to Kill German Chancellor?
Canada to Appeal Court Ruling on Gitmo Inmate
Obama, Activists Lose Momentum Over 'Don't Ask'
 
Iraq
Ex-Soldier Could Get Death in Iraq Rape, Slayings
Stability Lets Basra, a City of Poets, Return to Its Roots
New Threat to Iraq's Antiquities – Tourism
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 2 Iraqis Killed; 4 Iraqis Wounded
The War at Home
Science Agency to Review FBI's Anthrax Inquiry
Pentagon Eyes New Anti-Missile Technology
Gates Incensed About $300,000 NYC Fly-Over
Iran
Conservative Rival Raps Iran President on Economy
Ahmadinejad Seeks New Term as Iran President
Ex-Revolutionary Guards Head Seeks Iran Presidency
Israel/Palestine
New Palestine Government Could Exclude Hamas
Israel Demands Pope Condemn Holocaust Deniers
Pope, in Jordan, Offers Church Help for Peace Process
Commerce in a Time of Occupation
Germany Presses Israel to Commit to Peace Process
Lieberman: One-Year Deadline for Mideast Peace Talks 'Not Practical'
Europe Unconvinced as Israeli FM Ends Maiden Trip
Blair: Netanyahu Can Be a Peacemaker
UN Experts Prepare to Investigate War Crimes in Gaza
Lebanon
Lebanon Arrests Five Suspected of Spying for Israel
Somalia
Somalia Islamists Say at Least 12 Killed in Clashes
French Hand Over 11 Suspected Pirates to Kenya
For Somali Pirates, Worst Enemy May Be on Shore
Sudan/Chad
Sudan, Chad Trade Accusations of Aiding Rebels
Eastern Chad Violence Threatens Refugee Aid: UN
Carjackers Kill Peacekeeper in Sudan's Darfur
Sudan's Haroun, Wanted by ICC, to Head Key Region
UN Says South Sudan Tribal Violence 'Worrying'
Africa
Four Islamists Killed in Algeria Firefights: Reports
Zimbabwe PM: Get Over Obsession With Robert Mugabe
Venezuela
Chavez, in New Power Grab, Seeks to Weaken Governors
 
Afghanistan
US, Allies 'Don't Dare' Drop Afghanistan: Gates
In Afghanistan Conflict, Pentagon Considers Structural Changes
Karzai Says Civilian Deaths Hurt Afghan-US Relations
House Panel Approves $1.9 Billion in Afghan Aid
Germans Detail New Taliban Assault in Northern Afghanistan
Afghan Notebook: CIA Past Shapes Gates' Outlook
Afghanistan President Election
Leading Figures Sit Out Afghan Presidential Poll
Karzai's Ex-Allies Vie for Afghan Presidency
44 Would-Be Candidates for Afghan Poll
About Afghanistan's Presidential Election
Pakistan
In Pakistan, Mardan Anxiously Awaits the Taliban
Adroit Envoy States Case for Pakistan
Pakistan Fight Said to Cause 'Massive Displacement'
Fears Rise Over Refugees as Pakistan Presses Fight
Who Are Pakistani Taliban Insurgents?
Kashmir
Three People Killed by Militants in Indian Kashmir
Poll Protesters Hurt in Kashmir Teargas Firing
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Military Shrinks 'Safety Zone' for Civilians
Underwater Tamil Hideout Discovered
Koreas
North Korea to Strengthen Nuclear Deterrent
North Korea Says Useless to Talk to Hostile US
US Warns of Consequences for North Korea Nuclear Test
US, South Korea Stand by Six-Party North Korean Talks: US
Asia
Myanmar Ignores US Request to See Detained Citizen
Terror Suspect Who Fled Singapore Held in Malaysia
Georgia
Georgian Govt, Opposition Open Talks on Stalemate
More Georgia Protests Planned
Fiery Georgian President Faces Composed Foe
Russia
Russia, US Strike Conciliatory Tones After Talks
Don't Rewrite WWII History: Medvedev
Medvedev: Common History Can Reconcile Russia, Georgia
Europe
Kosovo Approved for Membership in IMF
Sentence in Croatia Torture Deaths
EU Signs a Pact on a Pipeline for Gas From the Caspian Sea
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/08/2009
Is Obama Taking on the Israel Lobby?

Ivan Eland
5/09/2009
How the US Empire Contributed to the Economic Crisis

Edouard Husson
5/08/2009
Nukes and National Independence: The French Example

Kelley B. Vlahos
5/07/2009
Gian Gentile: Exposing Counterfeit COIN

Nebojsa Malic
5/06/2009
Matter of Opinion

Philip Giraldi
5/05/2009
Ignore AIPAC at America's Peril

Alan Bock
5/04/2009
The Empire Slogs Ahead

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

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

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

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