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Updated December 5, 2009 - 11:20 PM EST
Neocons Laud New 'War President'
Little Resistance on Day 2 of US-Afghan Offensive
 
  Britain Rejects Obama Pullout Pledge
  Marines Launch Assault on Afghan 'Ghost Town'
  Karzai Set to Replace Most of His Cabinet
  What Obama's Afghan War Plan Will Cost You
  25 Nations Commit 7,000 More Troops to Afghanistan, but Avoid Details
  How the Afghan Surge Was Sold
Pakistan Slams US Plans to Expand Drone Strikes
 
  Two Generals Among Top Pakistani Officials Slain in Bombing
  At Least 40 Killed in Pakistan Mosque Attack
  Petraeus: Mullah Omar Stays Most of the Time in Pakistan
Iran to Limit IAEA Cooperation to a Minimum
 
  US Eyes January for New Iran Sanctions
  Russia, China Closer to Approving Iran Sanctions
Iraq MPs Again Fail to Vote on New Election Law
 
  Iraqi Counterterror Chief Falls to His Prey
  Baghdad Struggles Over Banned Books
Viewpoints
Obama Steals Bush's Speechwriters   by Matthew Rothschild
Top Ten Things That Could Derail Obama's Afghanistan Plan  by Juan Cole
Obama With Blood on His Hands  by Nicolas J.S. Davies
Defining 'Isolationism' Down  by Justin Logan
O=W  by William S. Lind
All Too Familiar on Afghanistan  by Laura Flanders
Vietnam-Lite Is Unveiled  by Pepe Escobar
The Same Old Pax Americana  by Leon T. Hadar

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Frontline
Pelosi Rejects Plan to Impose 'War Tax'
Afghanistan Is 'Not Iraq': One Surge Doesn't Fit All
Deployments Will Delay Army's Dwell Time Goal
Obama Warmed to Bush's Iraq Surge as Example for Afghanistan
Blackwater's Prince Raising Concern in Washington
Reports Fuel Speculation Over bin Laden's Location
 
Britain in Iraq
Britain's 'Meaty' Iraq Role Aimed to Influence US
Ex-UK Defense Chief: US Declared Iraq Win Too Soon
Iraqi Lawyer Defending Ex-Soldier Fails in Bid to Visit Client's UK Family
Iraq
Iraq Buys Border Security System for Iran, Syria Frontiers
GIs Learning to Stand Down as Iraqis Step In
US: Arrest Campaign in Mosul Led by Iraqi Forces
US Forces in Salah al-Din Release Detained Journalist
Iranian Group: Health Care Blocked at Iraq Camp
Friday: 4 Iraqis Killed, 6 Wounded
Iran
China Urges Iran to Cooperate With IAEA
Iran Will Keep Nuclear Plans Secret
Iran Says It Needs 20 Uranium Enrichment Sites
Iran Cracks Down on Dissent in Universities
Palestine/Israel
Netanyahu's West Bank Plan Meets Resistance From Settlers
Netanyahu Forms Task Force to Monitor Settlement Freeze
Israeli Troops Shoot Palestinian Protester
Israel Closes Sole Oil and Gas Terminal on Gaza Border
Middle East
ElBaradei Mulls Egypt Presidency if Poll 'Democratic'
Frustrated With West, Turks Revel in Empire Lost
Somalia
Somalia Blames al-Qaeda, Somali Group for Bombing
Somalis With al-Qaeda Link Deny Hotel Blast
Africa
Guinea's Wounded President Flown to Morocco
Prosecutor Says New Charges Possible in Darfur
My Friend, the Nigerian Militant
'War on Terror'
Librarians Unite Against PATRIOT Act Provisions
Guantanamo Writings Cost Ex-Prosecutor His New Job
Secret Agents Fight a Cyber Attack on Britain Every Day
More Charges Expected in NYC Terror Plot
Weekend Reviews
A Prudent Foreign Policy
Does Terrorism Work?
 
Afghanistan
Liberal Democrats Take Aim at Funding for War
German Defense Minister Calls Kunduz Air Strike 'Inappropriate'
Clinton Hopes for French Troops in Afghanistan
US Lauds Afghanistan Troop Pledges
NATO Chief Praises UAE for Afghan Role
Jordan Islamists Blast Obama's Dispatch of New Troops to Afghanistan
Pakistan
Two Army Generals Killed in Pakistan Mosque Attack
Massacre at Pakistan Mosque Shows Taliban Strength
Gilani: Taliban Not Capturing Pakistan
Recent Major Militant Attacks in Pakistan
North Korea
North Korea Talks Seen Unlikely to End Arms Stalemate
North Koreans Burn Bills in Anger Over Currency Reform
China
China Sentences 3 More to Death Over Ethnic Riots
Uighurs Using Missionary Railway to Flee China
Uighurs Who Fled China in Cambodia Seeking Asylum
Japan
US Presses Japan to Resolve Base Dispute 'Expeditiously'
Japan FM Tours Okinawa for US Base Talks
Asia
Officials: Top Indian Rebel Arrested
Philippines Arrests Clan Leader in Massacre Probe
Russia
US, Russia to Extend START Treaty
Russian Cafe Blast Not a Terrorist Act
Europe
US, Poland Sign US Deployment Accord
Quick Signing of Arms Pact Unlikely, Says Czech Official
British Defense Ministry Shuts UFO Unit
Americas
Nicaragua Lawmakers Resist President's Re-Election
Accused Colombian Rebels Arrested
Cuba-US Migration Talks Pushed Back Until February
US Military
Iraq Vet Charged With Murder in Fort Drum Killings
Democrats Call for Temporary 'Don't Ask' Immunity
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
12/04/2009
Obama's War: The Reaction

Nebojsa Malic
12/05/2009
Trial and Error

Kelley B. Vlahos
12/04/2009
Jailed Mom Symbolizes the Rot of War

Philip Giraldi
12/03/2009
Fool Me Twice

Ivan Eland
12/02/2009
Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off?

David R. Henderson
11/30/2009
A Coalition's Progress: Monterey's Anti-Afghan War Demonstration

Charles V. Peņa
11/20/2009
More Sanctions, More Insanity

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
Ehsan Ahrari
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
Sascha Matuszak
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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