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News
Updated August 16, 2012 - 11:14 PM EDT
Ecuador Grants WikiLeaks Founder Asylum
 
  UK Threat to Storm Ecuador Embassy, Get Assange
Iraq Eid Slaughter: 128 Killed, 371 Wounded
7 GIs Among 11 Dead as Afghan Copter Downed
UN: Syria Rebels and Regime Commit War Crimes
 
  More Than 30 Kidnapped: Syria's War Spreading to Lebanon?
'If Israel Attacks Iran, Iran Might Not Hit US'
 
  Israel's Iran War Talk Aims at Deal for Tougher US Policy
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Taliban Storm Pakistani Air Base, 10 Dead
 
  25 Shi'ites Pulled Off Buses in Pakistan, Killed
  Panetta: Pakistan to Launch Attack in Waziristan
Viewpoints
The Pentagon Pathology  by Gabriel Kolko
Have Obama and Romney Forgotten Afghanistan?  by Dexter Filkins
How Politicians and the Press Overstated Military Budget Cuts by $100 Billion  by Justin Elliott
Bibi's Secret War Plan  by Richard Silverstein
Criminalizing Dissent  by Chris Hedges
Paul Ryan: Would-Be Savior of the Welfare-Warfare State  by Sheldon Richman

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Yemen: Two Years On, Journalist Still Behind Bars After Alleging US Cluster Bomb Use

FBI Muslim Spying Lawsuit Against US Is Tossed by Judge

Former AFRICOM Chief Under Investigation for 'Improper' Spending

MeK May Remain on US Terror List

 
Af-Pak
Grenades Thrown Into Afghan Mosque Compound in East Wound 9; Bicycle Bomb in West Injures 14

General Reassures Marines After Afghan Attacks

Attack on Pakistani Air Force Base With Nuclear Ties

Hindus From Pakistan Flee to India, Citing Religious Persecution

Iran

Israel, US Play Diplomatic Chicken Over Iran

'Just Say No' to Iran Strike, Petition Urges Pilots

Germany Accuses Four of Breaking Iran Nuclear Embargo

Asia

Japan, China, South Korea Stir Old Resentments on War Anniversary

South Korea's Lee Says History 'Harming Japan Ties'

Americas
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United States
Iraqi Snitch Among 5 Arrested in Colorado Sex Attack That Left Woman Seriously Injured
Fort Hood Shooting Suspect's Trial on Hold While Appeals Court Considers Whether He Must Shave
 
Syria

Rebels Claim Responsibility for Syria Blast

'Over 20 Killed' in Airstrike in Syria

Iran Revolutionary Guards Among Syrian Hostages, US Says

Competing Senses of Liberation, Dread Rule in Kurdish Areas of Syria

Bullet Shots Hit Iran's Embassy Building in Syrian Capital

Main Players in Syria's Civil War

In the Golan Heights, Syrian Politics Are Tearing a Small Community Apart

Syria's Youth Found Peaceful Protest 'Became Irrelevant'

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Egypt
Research Paper Offers Insight Into Egypt's New Armed Forces Chief

Egypt's Islamists Accused of Limiting Press Freedom

Egypt's Most Extreme Hardliners in Sinai Revival

Middle East-North Africa

20 Killed in Iraq Bomb and Gun Violence

Gulf States Say Stay Away From Lebanon as Violence Erupts

South Yemen Secessionist Leader 'Detained at Aden Airport'

Red Cross Suspends Relief Work in Parts of Libya After Attacks, but Plans to Increase Outreach

Critic of Jordan's King Faces Possible Prosecution

Unlike US, Europe Has Few Limits on Hezbollah

Palestinians Flock to Jerusalem as Israeli Restrictions Eased

In Town Where Saddam Was Captured, the Iraqi Who Hid Him Speaks Up
 
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8/15/2012
Grover Norquist Takes On the War Party

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8/16/2012
Romney the Businessman?

Ivan Eland
8/15/2012
Left and Right Call for Escalation in Syria

Kelley B. Vlahos
8/14/2012
The Freedom 7 Are Beating Obama in Court

Nebojsa Malic
7/28/2012
Balkans Redux

Charles V. Peņa
6/15/2012
Cyberwar for Me but Not for Thee

Ran HaCohen
5/28/2012
Tel Aviv 'Race Riots' Reveal Much About Israel

David R. Henderson
2/06/2012
Is Iran a Threat?

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