Antiwar.com
 
 
Original Letters Blog US Casualties Iraqi Casualties Contact Donate

 
News
Updated December 31, 2013 - 11:15 PM EST
Iran Says Deal Reached on Nuclear Details
CNN Poll: Afghan War Most Unpopular in History
 
  Pentagon: Intelligence Estimate Won't Impact Afghan War Plans
  Afghan Govt Releases 650 Detainees From Bagram
Report: Netanyahu Ready for Talks on 1967 Lines
 
  Israel Reneges on Prisoner Releases, Demands Pollard Trade
  Israeli Army Under Fire for Controversial Training
17 Die as Iraq Forces Dismantle Protest Camp
 
  44 Iraqi MPs Resign to Protest Ramadi Crackdown
  Iraq Forces Under Fire Over Abuse as Unrest Surges
Two Russian Suicide Blasts Kill 32, Wound 100
 
  Is Doku Umarov the Kremlin's Worst Nightmare?
  Russian Terrorist Attacks Since 1991: What's Changed?
Chinese Police Kill Eight Uighurs in Xinjiang
US Covert War in Colombia Encourages Rights Abuses
Lebanese Army Fires on Syria Copters for Violating Airspace
Viewpoints
Would NSA Surveillance Have Stopped 9/11 Plot?  by Peter Bergen
Afghan Street Children Beg for Change  by Kathy Kelly
Closing Time? the Shifting Politics of Guantánamo  by Robert Golan-Vilella
Encrypt! Text of Speech at 30C3  by Glenn Greenwald
The NSA on Trial  by David Cole
NYT Replays Its Iraq Fiasco in Syria  by Robert Parry

More Viewpoints
Frontline
The al-Qaeda Papers
$0.60 for Cake: Al-Qaeda Records Every Expense
Assange's Father Met Assad
Britain Tightens Security at American Spy Bases Linked to Drone Strikes
At Least 70 Journalists Killed Around World in 2013
First Flight From Key West to Cuba Takes Off
 
NSA Actions and Reactions
The Most Kafkaesque Paragraph From the Latest NSA Ruling
ACLU Sues for Details of US Surveillance Under Executive Order
Privacy Advocate Exposes NSA Spy Gear at Gathering
US News Hosts Allow Propaganda That Snowden Has Tried to Sell Secrets for Asylum
NSA Will Keep Breaking Encryption, No Matter What a White House Panel Says
Interview With NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney: Afraid We're Spreading Secret Govt Around World
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Rejects Grim US Intelligence Forecast as Baseless
US Intel Report Will Not Affect Afghan Postwar Plans, Says DoD
Pentagon Urges Afghanistan to Sign Agreement on US Military Presence
Pakistan
Musharraf: Defense Is Up to Army Chief
Pakistan Police Find Explosives Near Musharraf's House
Asia
New Tensions Cloud Deal for Okinawa Base
Thai Police Protest Treatment by Protesters
Myanmar to Free Most Political Detainees in Year-End Amnesty
Japan PM Abe 'Not Welcome' by Chinese People, Says Beijing
Can Taiwan's Military Become a Voluntary Force?
India Clears Proposal for Buying 15 Drones From Israel
Egypt
Four Al Jazeera Journalists Detained in Egypt, Accused of Illegal Ties to Muslim Brotherhood
Al Jazeera Demands Egypt Release Journalists
Egypt Likely to Change Roadmap, Hold Presidential Vote First: Sources
DR Congo
40 Killed as Congo Army Repels Attacks on the Airport, a Barracks, and the State Television HQ in Kinshasa
Congo Coup Attempt Unfolds on Morning TV Talk Show
Nigeria
Nigeria Says Forces Kill 56 Islamists in Ground and Air Assault
Extremists Kill 12 in Nigerian Christian Villages
Africa
US, Libyan Forces Capture Tunisian Militant Leader: Media
Children 'Beheaded and Mutilated' in Central African Republic, Says UNICEF
Sudan's Bashir Replaces Top Officials Amid Ongoing Protests
Uganda's President Warns South Sudan's Rebel Chief as Ceasefire Deadline Looms
 
Iran
Iran and World Powers Resume Expert Level Nuclear Talks
Centrifuge R&D Seen as Holdup in Implementing Iran Nuclear Deal
Iran Doesn't Take Obama's Military Option Seriously, Says Oren
Oman Stands in US's Corner on Iran Deal
British Lawmakers to Visit Iran to Help Rebuild Ties
Iran Wants American Tourists, and a Boomlet Has Begun
Iran Arrests Tycoon Known for Sanctions Busting Over Graft
Syria
OPCW: War, Weather Slowing Syria Disarmament
15 Palestinians Dead From Hunger in Syria Camp
UN Seeks Access to Palestinians Starving in Syria
Beyond Camps, Aiding Syrians Is Even Harder
Lebanon
Officials: Lebanese Army Fires on Syrian Planes
In Neglected Tripoli, Street Fighters Quietly Take Control
Israeli Envoy Urges UN to Act Over Lebanon Attacks
Palestine/Israel
Mosque, Properties in Jerusalem Area to Be Demolished
Meretz: We Won't Oppose Annexation of Jordan Valley
Poll Finds Some Jordan Valley Settlers Want to Leave
Israel's Pairing Prisoner Release and Settlements Angers Many
Jenin Man Dies at Israeli Checkpoint
Israeli Public Favors Teaching Peace, Palestinian Narrative in Schools
Peres, Interior Minister Vow Anti-Christian 'Price Tag' Vandalism Won't Be Tolerated
Israel a Step Closer to the Moon, With Propulsion Deal
Israeli Interrogator Accused of Torturing Lebanese Operative Reveals Own Name
Iraq
Iraqi Forces Clear Out Sunni Protest Camp; 45 Killed, 122 Wounded
UK Iraq Inquiry: 'Progress Made' Over Access to Key Documents
Middle East
Eight Killed in Attack on South Yemen Army Base
Bahrain Says Foils 'Terror' Attempts, Seizes Explosives, Weapons
Europe
Russia on Alert After Second Deadly Suicide Bombing
Gunmen in Greece Attack German Ambassador's Residence
The War at Home
Feds Announce Test Sites for Drone Aircraft
Army Releases November 2013 Suicide Information
Younger Veterans Are Angered by Cuts to Their Pension Benefits
Pentagon Seeks to Build a Disappearing Battery
 
Read more
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
12/30/2013
You Read It Here First

Kelley B. Vlahos
12/30/2013
2013: The Year Democracy Caught a Cold

Nebojsa Malic
12/27/2013
Moments of Revelation

Philip Giraldi
12/26/2013
We're The Good Guys

Ivan Eland
12/25/2013
Bipartisan Budget Agreement Doesn’t Make Partisan Bickering Look So Bad

David R. Henderson
3/13/2013
Rand’s Stand

Ran HaCohen
3/04/2013
Purim and Genocidal Phantasies

Charles V. Peña
6/15/2012
Cyberwar for Me but Not for Thee
Additional Contributors
Ehsan Ahrari
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Alan Bock
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Tom Engelhardt
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
 
Reproduction of material from any original Antiwar.com pages
without written permission is strictly prohibited.
Copyright 2013 Antiwar.com