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Highlights
 
Pakistan: 700 Militants Killed in Past Four Days    Hawks Divided: AfPak or Iran?    Maliki to Pelosi: No Need for US Troops in Cities    Gates' Plan to Shift Military Spending Faces Skepticism    Cheney: Torture Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Americans    US Dismisses Karzai Demand to Halt Air Strikes    Pakistani President Says He Knew Swat Valley Peace Wouldn't Work    US Military: Terrorist Traffic Via Syria Again Inching Up    Shaky Pakistan Is Seen as a Target of Plots by al-Qaeda    Confusion Over Taliban Muddies the Issues in Pakistan    Pakistani Military Reports 200 Killed in Swat Valley Offensive    Zardari: Taliban a Cancer We Created to Fight Soviets    The Warlords Casting a Shadow Over Afghanistan    German Foreign Minister Criticizes NATO Exercise in Georgia    The Rule of the 'Experts'    US Terror Suspects Subjected to Sleep Deprivation    Israel PM Rules Out Land for Peace With Syria    Netanyahu: Israel Must Ease Restrictions on Palestinians    Israeli DM Slams Military Budget Cuts    Pakistani Taliban Under Pressure From Tribal Rival    US Accused of Illegal White Phosphorus Attack in Afghanistan    Know When to Walk Away    Karzai's Brother Threatened McClatchy Writer Reporting Afghan Drug Story    Holbrooke Reaches Out to Hekmatyar    Trivializing the Holocaust    North Korea Invades! (and Other Pentagon War Games)    Obama Aide: All Options on Table for Closing Gitmo    Magical Thinking in South Asia    The NYT's Definition of Blinding American Exceptionalism    Iraqi Government OKs Kurds Crude Oil Export    Petraeus: Al-Qaeda Not Operating in Afghanistan    From the Inquisition to Us    The Most Moral Army in the World? Ask Your Sons    A Full-Court Press for Pakistan War    Rebels Claim Sri Lanka Shelling Kills 2,000 Civilians    Clashes Kill at Least 65 in Somalia in Three Days    The Paradox of Israel's Pursuit of Might    Who Killed 120 Civilians? the US Says It's Not a Story    
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News
Updated May 11, 2009 - 3:32 PM EDT

Pentagon Replaces Top Afghanistan Commander

 
  US Dismisses Karzai Demand to Halt Air Strikes
  The Warlords Casting a Shadow Over Afghanistan
  US Accused of Illegal White Phosphorus Attack in Afghanistan
  Petraeus: Al-Qaeda Not Operating in Afghanistan
Pakistani Military: 700 Killed in Swat Offensive
 
  Pakistani President Says He Knew Swat Valley Peace Wouldn’t Work
  Confusion Over Taliban Muddies the Issues in Pakistan
  Pakistani Taliban Under Pressure From Tribal Rival
  Zardari: Taliban a Cancer We Created to Fight Soviets
GI Kills 5 Fellow Soldiers on Baghdad Base
 
  We Don't Need GIs in Cities, Iraq PM Tells Pelosi
  Iraqis' Conduct on Humanitarian Mission Raises Questions About Future
Israel's Secret Plan to Thwart Jerusalem Division
 
  Israel PM Rules Out Land for Peace With Syria
Cheney: Torture Saved Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
 
  Tortured Source of 9/11-Saddam Link Dies in Prison
  US Terror Suspects Subjected to Sleep Deprivation

Iran Frees US-Born Journalist Accused of Spying

Doctor: Sri Lanka Barrage Kills 378; Rebels Say 2,000 Killed

Viewpoints
Know When to Walk Away
by Thomas Gale Moore
The Most Moral Army in the World? Ask Your Sons  by Gideon Levy
The NYT's Definition of Blinding American Exceptionalism  by Glenn Greenwald
Trivializing the Holocaust  by Uri Avnery
A Full-Court Press for Pakistan War
by Chris Floyd
From the Inquisition to Us
by James Mandrell

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Frontline
Pakistani President: Osama bin Laden Is Dead
Petraeus: Taliban Threaten Existence of Pakistan
German Foreign Minister Criticizes NATO Exercise in Georgia
Putin: NATO War Games Hinder US-Russia Ties
Syria Criticizes Renewal of US Sanctions
US Military: Terrorist Traffic Via Syria Again Inching Up
Iraqi Government OKs Kurds' Crude Oil Export
Gates' Plan to Shift Military Spending Faces Skepticism
 
Iraq
Anti-Qaeda Leader Killed in Iraq
US House Speaker Pelosi in Iraq Discusses Economy
Pelosi Wants US to Strengthen Intelligence in Iraq
In Iraq, Pelosi Promises 'Intense' US Political Role
Recent Surge of Violence Tests Maliki Govt
Senior Iraqi Interior Ministry Official Wounded in Baghdad Blast
iPhones in Iraq – the US Army's New Weapon
Sunday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 13 Wounded
The War at Home
Obama Aide: Gays in Military Policy Under Review
Cheney Contends Obama Policies Hurt US Security
Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls
North Korea Invades! (And Other Pentagon War Games)
Guantánamo
Obama Aide: All Options on Table for Closing Gitmo
Gitmo Base Awaits Uncertain Future
Cheney Derides Idea of Closing Guantánamo Prison
Iran
Obama Adviser: 2-State Solution Could Diminish Iran Threat
475 Iranians Bid for Presidency
Many Try to Run in Iran, but Few Will Be Allowed
Iran Bans Nobel Laureate's Aide From Traveling
Pope in Mideast
Pope Visits Israel and Palestinian Territories
Israel Hopes for Tourism, Image Boost From Pope
Christians in Israel, West Bank, and Gaza
Israel/Palestine
Israel Steps Up Patient Interrogation
Israeli DM Slams Military Budget Cuts
Netanyahu: Israel Must Ease Restrictions on Palestinians
Gaza Militants Fire Mortar, Anti-Tank Missile at Israel Troops
Mubarak to Tell Netanyahu: Restart Talks With PA
Middle East
Abu Dhabi Royal 'Under House Arrest' Over Torture Video
Israel 'Sleepers' Unmasked in Lebanon
Jordan's King Says US Pushing New Plan for Mideast
Russia/Georgia
Georgian Leader to Meet With Opposition
Russian Leader's Intentions Remain a Mystery
 
Afghanistan
Holbrooke Reaches Out to Hekmatyar
Karzai Hopes US Troops Not 'Too Little, Too Late'
Afghan President Praises German Military
Afghan Double Suicide Attack Kills 7, Wounds 20
Afghan Drug Trade
Karzai's Brother Threatened McClatchy Writer Reporting Afghan Drug Story
West Looked the Other Way as Afghan Drug Trade Exploded
Afghan Drug Trade Thrives With Help, and Neglect, of Officials
Pakistan
Shaky Pakistan Is Seen as a Target of Plots by al-Qaeda
Pakistani State Is Not Going to Collapse, Says Zardari
Thousands of Pakistani Refugees Flee War Violence
UN: Swat Civilians Weren't Given Enough Time to Flee
Curfew's Lift Lets More Flee Pakistani Valley
Skeptics Question Pakistan's Anti-Taliban Resolve
44 Taliban Killed as Troops Repel Attacks in Mohmand Agency
Petraeus: Pakistan 'Galvanized' to Fight Taliban
Officials Stop Communication With Sufi Muhammad
North Korea
North Korean Military in Control of State Spy Body
US Snubs North Korea With 'Benign Neglect'
Russia's Putin Warns Against Arms Race Over North Korea
Asia
Sri Lanka, Tamil Tigers Trade Blame for Civilian Deaths
India's Opposition Alliance in Massive Rally as Elections Near End
Biggest Thai Protests Since Crackdown
Ethnic Groups in Myanmar Hope for Peace, but Gird for Fight
Dalai Lama Sees Long-Term Hope for Tibet
Somalia
Clashes Kill at Least 65 in Somalia in Three Days
Mortar Shell Kills 14 at Mogadishu Mosque
Somali Pirates Receive $2 Million for British-Owned Ship
Sudan/Chad/Uganda
Uganda Rebels Strike Again in Sudan
Sudan Demands End to Chad Support for Darfur Rebels
Peru
Cocaine Trade Revitalizes Peruvian Rebels
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/11/2009
The Rule of the 'Experts'

Alan Bock
5/11/2009
Magical Thinking in South Asia

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

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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