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US Gives New Rights to Afghan Prisoners    US Envoy Rules Out New Vote in Afghanistan    State Department's Oversight of Security Contractors Is Scrutinized    Spokesman Says UK Tory Govt Would Aim to Turn Around Public's View of Afghanistan War    Lawmakers Brace for Fight Over US Troop Surge for Afghanistan    Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity    Pakistan Taliban Announces Surrender in Swat Valley After Leader 'Arrested'    US to Expand Review of Detainees in Afghan Prison    Afghan Challenger Warns of Unrest Over Poll Fraud    US Says No Direct Money to PPP Government in Pakistan    Clock Ticking for Iran as Israel Appears Ready for Strike    Is Osama bin Laden Dead?    Iraq's Bush Shoe-Thrower to Be Freed on Monday    New Iranian Defense Minister: Nukes Against Our Religion    Iran DM: US Wants Iran-Iraq Confrontation    Chavez Announces Russian Missile Purchase    Afghan Panel Changed Fraud Rules After Election to Ensure Karzai Victory    A Deadly Interrogation in Iraq    Afghan Airstrikes Decrease, Firefights Rise    White House Wants Talks to Focus on Iran's 'Illicit Nuclear Weapons Program'    Taliban Raid Afghan Intelligence HQ in Kandahar    Pakistan Sacks 350 Tribal Police After Militant Threats    5 US Troops Among 50 Killed in Afghan Violence    Incoming Tokyo Government Threatens Split With US Over Rhetoric and Afghanistan    Somali Pirates Guided by London Intelligence Team, Report Says    Israel's Deputy PM: Time Is Now for Action on Iran Nukes    Somali Shelling Kills 15, Mostly Disabled Ex-Soldiers     Victims' Families Tell Their Stories Following NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan    Iran War Drums Begin Beating in Washington    Good News: 9/11 Didn’t 'Change Everything'    NGO Reports on Gaza War Belie Israeli Claims    Israel Taking Sharp Measures Over Iran    Likudnik Toady or Anti-Everything-Nuclear?    A Hundred Holocausts: an Insider's Window Into US Nuclear Policy    Enduring Freedom Until 2050    
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News
Updated September 13, 2009 - 11:29 PM EDT
US Tries to Force Afghanistan Election Deal
 
  Afghan Panel Changed Fraud Rules After Election to Ensure Karzai Win
  5 US Troops Among 50 Killed in Afghan Violence
  Lawmakers Brace for Fight Over US Troop Surge for Afghanistan
  US to Expand Review of Detainees in Afghan Prison
Clock Ticking for Iran as Israel Ready for Strike
 
  US Wants Talks to Focus on Iran's Claimed 'Illicit Nukes Program'
  New Iranian Defense Minister: Nukes Against Our Religion
Iraq's Spat With Syria Backfiring on PM
 
  Iraqi Cabinet Approves Draft Elections Law
  A Deadly Interrogation in Iraq
  Sunday: 1 Contractor, 26 Iraqis Killed; 41 Iraqis Wounded
Swat Taliban Announces Surrender After Leader 'Arrested'
 
  US Says No Direct Money to PPP Government in Pakistan
Somali Pirates Guided by London Intel Team, Report Says
Viewpoints
A Hundred Holocausts: an Insider's Window Into US Nuclear Policy  by Daniel Ellsberg
Likudnik Toady or Anti-Everything-Nuclear?  by Gordon Prather
Obama Appointee Previews the Imminent Preventive Detention Debate  by Glenn Greenwald
Terror's Tipping Point
by Ed Warner
Prolonging Futility in Afghanistan
by Steve Chapman
Enduring Freedom Until 2050
by Pepe Escobar

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Frontline
Is Osama bin Laden Dead?
Bush's Interrogators Stressed Nudity
New Tokyo Govt Threatens Split With US Over Rhetoric and Afghanistan
US Gives New Rights to Afghan Prisoners
US Drafts UN Resolution Urging Nuclear Disarmament
State Department's Oversight of Security Contractors Is Scrutinized
 

'War on Terror'
Suspects Named on United Nations Terror List Living Free in Britain
9/11 Accused's Lawyers Ask to Halt Military Tribunals at Gitmo
Iraq
Iraq's Bush Shoe-Thrower to Be Freed on Monday
Situation in Abu Ghraib Jail Under Control, Says Iraqi Justice Ministry Official
In Anbar Province, New Leadership, but Old Problems Persist
Attempt to Bomb Imam Al-Kadhim's Shrine Foiled, Second Shrine Targeted Today
Back-To-Back Bombs at Shi'ite Shrine in Iraq Kill 4
Bombs Kill 3 Near Shi'ite Shrine in Central Baghdad
Iraq: 106 Suspects Arrested North of Tikrit
Saturday: 10 Iraqis Killed, 49 Wounded
Iran
Israel's Deputy PM: Time Is Now for Action on Iran Nukes

Iran DM: US Wants Iran-Iraq Confrontation
Iran Says Ready to Negotiate Nuclear Proposals
Karroubi Keeps Up Heat as Iran Panel Says He Harms Regime
Iran Panel Demands Action Against Karroubi
Iran Panel Rejects Allegations by Opposition of Rape in Jails
Palestine/Israel
Meridor Confirms Netanyahu Visited Russia This Week
Passions High Among Israelis Ahead of Talks on Settlement Freeze
Jailed Palestinians' Relatives, Shalit Activists to Hold Joint Rally
Palestinian Youth Wounded in Israeli Gunfire at Kalandia Camp
Jewish Gunman Wounds Two Palestinians in Jerusalem
US Envoy Arrives in Israel for Talks
Terms Set for Renewal of Israel-PA Talks
Abbas Sacks Hamas Mayor in West Bank
Two Killed, Three Missing in Gaza Smuggling Tunnel Collapse
Israeli Film on '82 Lebanon War Wins Venice Prize
Lebanon
Lebanon: Hariri Resignation Sparks Fears of Instability in Divided Country
Israel Warns Lebanon on Rockets but Sees Calm for Now
Despite Quiet, Lebanese, Israelis Fear Conflict
Arabs Urged to Back Lebanon for UN Security Council Bid
UNFIL: Possible Palestinian Link in Lebanon Rocket Attack
Lebanese Residents Receive Threatening Phone Calls From Israel
Lebanon: Senior Shi'ite Cleric Urges Palestinians to Unite Against Israel
Israel Complains to UN Over Lebanon Rockets
Britain
UK Govt Troubled by Violent Anti-Islam Protests
Muslim Protests: Minister Warns of 1930s-Style Fascists on Britain's Streets
British Army to Force Out Wounded Soldiers
Americas
Chavez: Venezuela to Get Rockets From Russia
Honduras: US Revokes Visas of 16 Interim Officials
Guatemalan Army Stole Children for Adoption, Report Says
Trinidad to Probe Premier's Ties to Radical Group
Colombian Guerrillas Use 'Donkey Bombs' to Kill Drug Workers
Americans Still Dying
Texas Paratrooper Leaves Behind Pregnant Wife and Young Son
Henderson (NV) Contractor Electrocuted in Shower in Iraq
Stanislaus County (CA) Navy Corpsman Dies in Battle
Orlando (FL) Soldier Killed on Third Combat Tour
Navy Hospitalman (MI) Killed by IED in Afghanistan
Burnsville (MN) Soldier Dies in Iraq When Vehicle Falls Off Bridge
Slain Marine 'Would've Been an Awesome Dad' (TX)
San Antonio (TX) Marine Killed by Afghan Bomb
Oregon Soldier Killed in Iraq Remembered by Friends, Family
Fernley (NV) Soldier Killed by Iraq Bomb
Air Force Academy Grad Killed in Iraq (GA)
Amboy (WA) Soldier Killed by IED in Iraq
Snyder (TX) Sergeant Killed in Afghanistan Attack
Western New York Marine Dies in Afghanistan Battle
 
Afghanistan Election
Afghan Challenger Warns of Unrest Over Poll Fraud
US Envoy Rules Out New Vote in Afghanistan
Pressure Grows for Karzai to Strike a Deal
'No Winners' Yet in Afghan Poll, Karzai Ahead
Appearance of Afghan Corruption Could Cost Mission
Today in Afghanistan
Victims' Families Tell Their Stories Following NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan
Taliban Raid Afghan Intelligence HQ in Kandahar
Afghan Airstrikes Decrease, Firefights Rise
Afghanistan: Questions, Answers on War, US Plans
Taliban Kill Seven Afghan Policemen in Peaceful North
Spokesman Says UK Tory Govt Would Aim to Turn Around Public's View of Afghanistan War
Russian Envoy Cautions US on Afghan Troops Surge
Afghan Commandos' Esprit De Corps Transcends Tribe
US, NATO to Overhaul Afghan Training Mission as Violence Spirals
The Bloody Price Paid for a War Report
Stephen Farrell: Rescuing Robohack
Pakistan
Hectic Efforts Underway to Arrest Taliban Leaders, Says NWFP Governor
Pakistan Sacks 350 Tribal Police After Militant Threats
Pakistani Troops Kill 22 Suspected Militants in Northwest
Uzbek Militants Using Islamabad Airport Unchecked
Pakistan: One Killed, Another Hurt in Police Firing on Refugees
Pakistan: Darra Militants Kill Two for Spying
Pakistan: Bara Operation a Success Story
Suicide Blast in Pakistan, 3 Policemen Wounded
Pakistan: Sharif Under Saudi Pressure to Ignore Musharraf
India/Kashmir
Indian Forces Fire on Pakistan Border, Say Border Forces
India, Pakistan Investigate Border Rocket Blasts
Car Bomb Kills 4 Wounds 10 in Kashmir
Koreas
South Korea Not Opposed to Direct US Talks With North
Kim Jong Il Reportedly Calls for Third Nuclear Test
North Korean Soldiers Scouted Border Before Dam Discharge
Asia
Japan Democrats Takes Aim at Budget for Missile Shield
Myanmar Police Release Veteran Opposition Leader
Philippine Peace Process Remains Alive, Says Arroyo's Adviser
China Sentences 3 to Prison Over Needle Attacks
UN Warns Sri Lanka Over Prison Camps
Gunmen Fire at Bus, Hurt 2 at US Mine in Indonesia
Vietnam Says Bloggers' Case 'Distorted'
Ukraine
Election Fever Heightens Ukraine Political Chaos
Ukraine President Claims Kremlin Is Shielding His Would-Be Killers
Europe
Russian Officials: 7 Die in Caucasus Violence
Europe Fears Winter Energy Crisis as Russia Tightens Grip on Oil Supplies
Balkan Hopefuls Trip Over Past on Way to EU
Switzerland's Explosive War Effort Threatens Environmental Disaster
12 German Police Injured in Hamburg Clashes Following Rally
Uganda
Uganda Rocked by Power Struggle
Ugandan Capital Calm After 14 Killed in Riots
Uganda Traditional Ruler Cancels Rally After Riots
Rare Uganda Unrest Centers on Local King
Somalia
Somali Shelling Kills 15, Mostly Disabled Ex-Soldiers
3 Killed in Somaliland Protests
Libya/Lockerbie
Lockerbie Figure's Lawyers to Reveal 'Evidence of Innocence'
Libyan Lockerbie Bomber's Health Worsens: Brother
Zimbabwe
Mugabe Condemns 'Bloody Whites,' Meets With EU Delegation
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
9/11/2009
9/11: Our Truth, and Theirs

Nebojsa Malic
9/11/2009
Empire's War of Terror

Philip Giraldi
9/10/2009
Obama's Turning Point

Ivan Eland
9/09/2009
To Escalate the Escalation?

Kelley B. Vlahos
9/08/2009
Mission Creepy: The Rise of the 'Daddy State'

David R. Henderson
9/07/2009
An Evening With Cindy Sheehan

Charles V. Peña
8/28/2009
Different Country, Same Problem

Ran HaCohen
7/20/2009
Fascism Needs an Enemy

Alan Bock
7/06/2009
Independence, Empire Don't Mesh

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism
Additional Contributors
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Doug Bandow
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Sibel Edmonds
Tom Engelhardt
Mike Ewens
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
John Pilger
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington


 
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