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Army Officer Watada Who Refused Iraq Duty Is Allowed to Resign    McChrystal Says Insurgents Are Winning Communications Battle    Afghanistan Troop Request Splits Advisers to Obama    Diverse Sources Fund Insurgency in Afghanistan    Suicide Bombs Kill 16, Wound About 150 in Pakistan    Pakistan Disbands Security Agency Dealing With US Embassy    No 10 Asked Army to Delay Afghan Attack Until After Gordon Brown's Visit    US Threatens Airstrikes in Pakistan    Israeli Minister Braverman: Seek Arabs' Forgiveness Ahead of Yom Kippur    Iran Must Show Its 'Peaceful Intentions': Obama    Iran to Put New Uranium Plant Under IAEA Supervision    Official: Iran Not Helping Venezuela Find Uranium    Drone Crashes in Northern Iraq, US Military Says    Bashir Opponents Gather in Sudan    Pakistan Attacks Suggest Taliban Undeterred by Leader's Death    Iraq's President: Iran Sanctions Won't Work    Netanyahu to US: Time Is Now for Action on Iran Nukes    Pentagon Shelves Afghanistan Troops Request Pending Review    What Really Happened Between Barak and Arafat at Camp David?    Obama Times Calling Out Iran for Impact, White House Long Knew of a Second Nuclear Site    After Chechnya, Many Fear New Caucasus War Looming    Yemen to Fight Shi'ite Rebels 'For Years'    Afghan Report Stirs Pakistan Debate    Attorney: No Evidence of Bomb-Making by Terror Suspect    Iran to Hold Missile War Games From Sunday    Angry Reaction 'Shocked' Head of Iran's Nuclear Program    Strains Show in Debate on Afghan Troops    US Drone Crashes Into Iraq Political Party Office    After Years of Secrecy, a Glimpse Into the Numbers of Civilians Dead in Iraq    Bin Laden Tape Indicates Upcoming Attack    August Deadliest Month of 2009 for Afghan Civilians, UN Says    Enough Rope Yet?    The Goldstone Report and the Battle for Legitimacy    Where Is the Defund Blackwater Act?    The Consequences of the Palestinian-Israel Status Quo    Donald Rumsfeld's Dysfunctional Pentagon    Dead Walruses of Defense    
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News
Updated September 27, 2009 - 11:20 PM EDT
Afghan Troop Request Splits Obama Advisers
 
  Pentagon Shelves Afghanistan Troops Request Pending Review
  7 NATO Troops Die in Afghanistan
  Strains Show in Debate on Afghan Troops
  McChrystal Says Insurgents Are Winning Communications Battle
  August Deadliest Month of 2009 for Afghan Civilians, UN Says
Obama: Iran Must Show Its 'Peaceful Intentions'
 
  Iran to Put New Uranium Plant Under IAEA Supervision
  US, Allies Seek 'Unfettered Access' to Iran Site
  Obama Times Calling Out Iran for Impact, Long Knew of 2nd Site
Netanyahu to US: Time Is Now for Action on Iran
 
  What Really Happened Between Barak and Arafat at Camp David?
US Threatens Airstrikes in Pakistan
 
  Pakistan Blasts Shatter Hopes as Toll Rises to 27
US Drone Crashes Into Iraq Political Party Office
 
  After Years of Secrecy, a Glimpse Into Numbers of Dead Iraqi Civilians
Attorney: No Evidence of Bomb-Making by Terror Suspect
Viewpoints
The Consequences of the Palestinian-Israel Status Quo  by William Pfaff
The Goldstone Report and the Battle for Legitimacy  by Richard Falk
TV Show Tackles Accountability for Torture – How About in Real Life?  by Anthony D. Romero
Enough Rope Yet?  by Gordon Prather
Where Is the Defund Blackwater Act?  by Jeremy Scahill
Donald Rumsfeld's Dysfunctional Pentagon  by David Corn

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Frontline
Diverse Sources Fund Insurgency in Afghanistan
On Nuke Arms, 2010 Will Challenge Obama
Bin Laden Tape Indicates Upcoming Attack
On Several Foreign Policy Fronts, Events Force Obama to Turn to Plan B
How Much Govt Control of Web in Cybercrisis?
TSA, GOP Rep. Square Off in Airport Over Body Scanners
Japan Foreign Ministry Launches Probe Into Four Secret Pacts With US
UN: Engage With Rebels to Protect Humanitarian Law
 
Afghanistan Occupation
Afghan Report Stirs Pakistan Debate
US Forces Move Into Central Afghan City
No 10 Asked Army to Delay Afghan Attack Until After Gordon Brown's Visit
Norwegian Defense Minister Visits Afghanistan
Afghan Aid Is Priority for US Ties: Japan PM
Today in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan They Held a Recount, but Not Many Cared
Militants Destroy Antenna of Mobile Company in Afghanistan
Taliban 'Execute' Three Civilians in Afghanistan
Afghan Commission Announces Preliminary Results for 357 Lawmakers
Afghan Army Says 18 Taliban Killed in Clashes
Gun Battle Leaves 8 Militants, 2 Afghan Police Dead in West
Kite-Runners Return to Streets of Kabul
Pakistan
Pakistan Attacks Suggest Taliban Undeterred by Leader's Death
Pakistan Disbands Security Agency Dealing With US Embassy
Pakistanis See US Aid Conditions as 'Mind-Boggling'
Pakistan: Four Die as Blast Triggers Riots in Gilgit
Pakistan Court Adjourns Mumbai Attacks Hearing
Pakistan Must Give Up Terror as State Policy, Says India's PM Manmohan
Myanmar
Dissident Offers to Work With Junta
UN Urges Asian Nations to Get Tougher on Myanmar
US Protests Citizen's Arrest in Myanmar
British Firm Attacked Over Myanmar Dams
China
China Lays First Charges Over Xinjiang Riots
Gas Explosion at Uighur Restaurant Rattles Beijing's Nerves Ahead of Anniversary
Asia
India Prepares for Maoist Assault
Curbed in Towns, Philippines Islamists Take to the Forests
Koreans Separated for More Than 50 Years Reunite Briefly
Under UN Pressure, Nepal to Probe 'Disappearances'
Russia/Chechnya
After Chechnya, Many Fear New Caucasus War Looming
A Look at Russia's Violence-Wracked North Caucasus
Wives Call for Release of 'Hijacked' Arctic Sea's Stranded Crewmen
Germany
Islamic Threat Hangs Over Germany's National Vote
Merkel Ignores Islamic Threats Before German Vote
Terror Threats Prompt Flight Ban Over Munich Oktoberfest
US Military
Army Officer Watada Who Refused Iraq Duty Is Allowed to Resign
Wartime Soldier, Conflicted Mom
US Army Issues Hand Gel, Cough Orders in Flu Fight
Some US Lawmakers Pull Double Duty as Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan
US Navy Seeks to Allow Women to Serve on Submarines
Americans Still Dying
Army Medic From Maryland Killed by Afghan IED
Peachtree City (GA) Green Beret Killed on Third Afghan Deployment
Family Remembers Army Medic Son Killed in Afghanistan (OH)
Girlfriend Mourns Tennessee Soldier: 'He Was My Everything'
Moore (OK) Soldier Killed by Afghan Bombing
El Paso (TX) Green Beret Killed in Afghanistan
Soldier (AL) Succumbs to Afghanistan Tick Bite Virus
Family of Slain Soldier Pays a Toll of War (NY)
Memorial for GI From Micronesia Killed in Afghan Attack
Blackhawk Crash in Iraq Kills Denham Springs (LA) Soldier
West Virginia Soldier Killed in Iraq Vehicle Rollover Accident
Georgia Marine Killed in Afghanistan Ambush
 
'War on Terror'
Najibullah Zazi, From Smiling Coffee Vendor to Terror Suspect
Feds: Zazi Trips, Shopping Led to NY Terror Threat
In 2 Bomb Cases, FBI Let Sting Operation Play Out
Kuwaiti Ordered Released From Guantánamo
3 Gitmo Prisoners Transferred to Ireland, Yemen
Iran
Angry Reaction 'Shocked' Head of Iran's Nuclear Program
Obama Accuses Iran of Evasion Before Geneva Talks
Iran to Hold Missile War Games Starting Sunday
Iran's Leader Mocks West's Accusations
Iraq's President: Iran Sanctions Won't Work
UN Chief, Europeans Chide Iran's New Atom Plant
Amid Warnings, Iran Insists Enrichment Plants Allowed
Iranian Protester Flees Country After Telling of Rape and Torture in Prison
Iraq
Ninewa Official Opposes Joint Troops' Presence in Disputed Areas
Iraq Catches 2 More Prisoners From Group Jailbreak
Widow of UK Guard Killed in Iraq Ambush Loses Damages Action
Saturday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 3 Wounded
Palestine/Israel
Following IAF Strike, Islamic Jihad Vows to 'Teach Israel a Lesson'
IDF to Impose Closure on West Bank Ahead of Yom Kippur
Israeli Minister: Seek Arabs' Forgiveness Ahead of Yom Kippur
Egyptian Minister Urges Swap for Israeli Soldier
Gaza Figures to Form a Lobby to Improve Life in Gaza
Clinton Seeks Arabs' Help on Stalled Mideast Talks
Arabs and Israelis Tell Clashing Tales of the Land
Middle East
Yemen to Fight Shi'ite Rebels 'For Years'
Israeli Plane Violates Lebanon's Airspace
Egypt Says Israel Lacks Will for Credible Mideast Peace Talks
Libya
No Deal on Megrahi, Says Gaddafi
Muammar Gaddafi on Obama, Israel and Chatting With Iran
Gaddafi's Oddest Idea: Abolish Switzerland
Switzerland: Tensions Rise as Libya Holds 2 Swiss Men
Swiss Want to Send Delegation to Libya to Free Businessmen
Kadhafi Calls for 'NATO of the South' at Venezuela Summit
Official: Gadhafi Cancels Canada Visit
Honduras
How Will the Honduras Standoff End?
Zelaya Calls for More Protests to Restore Him to Power in Honduras
Honduras Speech at UN Delayed Until Monday
In Honduras, Talking, Takeout, but No Accord
UN Decries Harassment of Brazil's Honduran Embassy
Ousted President Alleges Toxic Gas in Brazilian Embassy
Honduras Quagmire: An Interview With Zelaya
Honduran Businessmen at Center of Coup Dispute
Venezuela
Official: Iran Not Helping Venezuela Find Uranium
Chavez Promotes Closer Africa-S. America Ties, Meets Gadhafi
Colombia
Colombian Mass Graves Discovered
Sudan
Bashir Opponents Gather in Sudan
Sudan Parties Meet to Prepare First Elections in Decades
Madagascar
UN Leader Cites Rules on Madagascar
Madagascar Government to Protest at UN Rejection
Africa
Kenyan President Protests US Warning Letters
Turkish Military Captures 7 Pirates Off Somalia
Weekend Reviews
An Era About Nothing
Diary of a Teenage Girl in Iraq
Vengeance, Barbarism, and Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
9/25/2009
Who is Barack Obama?

Nebojsa Malic
9/25/2009
Only in Bosnia

Philip Giraldi
9/24/2009
Listening to Sibel Edmonds

Ivan Eland
9/23/2009
Obama Needs to Expand on His Good Instincts in Foreign Policy

Kelley B. Vlahos
9/22/2009
GOP Rep. Still Doing Penance for War Vote

Charles V. Peña
9/18/2009
Lessons of 9/11 Still Unlearned

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

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
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Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
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Christopher Deliso
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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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