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Updated June 11, 2014 - 11:26 PM EDT
Al-Qaeda Taking Mosul, Tikrit, Much of NW Iraq
 
  Al-Qaeda Controls Iraq's Second-Largest City, Moves on Kirkuk
  Maliki Offers to Arm Citizens Willing to Fight ISIS
  As Mosul Falls to ISIS Militants, Doubts Over US-Trained Forces
Battle to Establish Islamic State Across Iraq/Syria
 
  From Iraq to Syria, Splinter Groups Now Larger Worry Than al-Qaeda
  Hundreds Killed as ISIL Gains Ground in East Syria
  Syria Rebel General: US Arms Creating Warlords
US Resumes Drone Strikes on Pakistan, 16 Dead
House GOP Leader Loses to Anti-NSA Challenger
NATO Strike Kills 5 US Troops in Afghanistan
Iran Questions Nuclear Deal Deadline as Talks 'Hit Wall'
Sudan Army Says 110 Rebels Killed in South Kordofan
Bergdahl Wasn't Only Soldier to 'Walk Off' Afghan Outposts
Viewpoints
Media Misinforms Americans on the Bergdahl Swap  by Sheldon Richman
How US Policy on Iran Came to Be Based on Fabricated Documents  by Gareth Porter
CIA's Cute First Tweet Can't Cover Its Bloody Tracks  by Owen Jones
Don't Walk Away from War  by Tom Engelhardt
Messy Endgame in the Afghan War  by Ivan Eland
Why It Shouldn't Be Criminal to Report Government Secrets  by Conor Friedersdorf

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Frontline
Al Gore: Snowden's NSA Leaks 'Important Service'
Microsoft Fights US Search Warrant for Customer E-Mails on Overseas Server
House Panel Votes to Scrap A-10 Warthog
NY Settles With Occupy Wall Street Demonstrators
'Friendly Fire' Long a Problem in Afghan War
 
Ukraine/Russia
Civilians Take Cover, Flee Ukrainian City as Shells Land
Ukraine Says Repulses Separatist Mortar Attacks
Ukraine Peace Talks Progress as Evacuation Route Set Up
Two US Stealth Bombers Head to Europe for First Time Amid Tension
Russia, Ukraine to Resume Efforts to Solve Gas Dispute
Russia's FSB Says Bomb Attacks Foiled in Moscow, Crimea
Poland Urges Russia to Control Its Border With Ukraine
Europe
Defying Russian Warnings, Moldova and Georgia Head for EU Pact
Baltic: US NATO Holds Series of Linked War Games
Kosovo Opposition Says Uniting, May Thwart Thaci's Bid for New Term
Dutch Auditor Calls for More Transparency on NATO Spending
Pakistan
Taliban Gunmen Attack Karachi Airport Academy in Second Assault
Seven More Bodies Found at Karachi Airport: Morgue Official
Karachi Airport Attack: How It Happened
Pakistan Forces Pound Tirah; 25 'Terrorists' Killed
Taliban Attack Refugee Camp in Pakistan
Taliban Ask Foreigners to Live Peacefully or Leave N. Waziristan
US Reaffirms Confidence in Safety of Pakistan Nuclear Assets
China/Vietnam
Vietnam Urges China to Withdraw Oil Drilling Rig
China Building Dubai-Style Fake Islands in South China Sea
China Says Wants to Counter Vietnam's 'Slander' on South China Sea
Asia
Days After Politician Shot Dead, Another Killed in North India
Thai Hunger-Striker Files Charges Against Junta Leader
The War at Home
CIA Disciplines 15 Officers in Harassment Cases
Senate Panel Trims Senior Military Pensions
Colombia
Colombia Government in Preliminary Peace Talks With ELN Rebels
Factbox: Colombia's Left-Wing Guerrillas Group ELN
Colombian Candidates Wrestle Over FARC Negotiations in TV Debate
Mexico
6 Killed in Mexico City in Apparent Revenge Attack
 
Iraq
Several Iraq Cities Fall to Militants; 36 Killed, 69 Wounded in Other Regions
Arms Windfall for Insurgents as Iraq City Falls
Maliki Seeks State of Emergency After al-Qaeda Faction Seizes 2nd-Largest Iraqi City
Exhausted and Bereft, Iraqi Soldiers Quit Fight
Why Mosul's Fall Is a Signature Moment in Iraq
The US Is Sending More Heavy-Duty Weapons to Iraq... but Is It Too Late?
More Than 70 Female Students Stuck Inside University of Mosul
US Condemns Mosul Attack, Calls Iraq Situation 'Extremely Serious'
Turkish Minister Says Abducted Drivers in Iraq Are Safe
Militants Control Banks in Mosul
UN Chief 'Gravely Concerned' by Situation in Iraq's Mosul
Baghdad Owes Kurdistan $6b, International Conference Told
Politicians in Europe Working to Remove PKK From EU Terror List
Palestine/Israel
Hard-Liner Rivlin Becomes Israel's Next President, After Much Political Drama
Rivlin Victory Could Spell the End for Netanyahu
A President Who Opposes a Palestinian State
Palestinian Reconciliation Pact Threatened by Disunity
Hamas No. 2 Denies Crisis in Palestinian Unity Effort
Lieberman Visits Africa to Reinstate Israel as Observer in African Union
Israel: Hezbollah Is Now Stronger Than Any Arab Army
Syria
Syria Prisoner Releases Begin Under General Amnesty
Former Ambassador to Syria Urges Increasing Arms Supply to Moderate Rebels
Yemen
Power Line Attacks Leave Yemen in the Dark
Mali
Mali PM Warns of Islamist Threat Within Tuareg Rebels
Mali Rebel Groups Sign Truce Accord in Algeria
Africa
Libyan Renegade General Agrees to Ceasefire During June 25 Election
Egypt's Ultraconservative Islamists Back Sisi, Seek to Eclipse Brotherhood
Where Are Nigeria's Missing Girls? on the Hunt for Boko Haram
Moderate Muslim Preacher Shot Dead in Kenya
 
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Justin Raimondo
6/11/2014
A Note to My Readers

Ivan Eland
6/11/2014
Messy Endgame in the Afghan War

Nebojsa Malic
6/07/2014
Is This What D-Day Was For?

Lucy Steigerwald
6/05/2014
Game of Thrones Gets the Nastiness of Politics and War Right

David R. Henderson
4/28/2014
An Economist’s Case for a Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/01/2014
Targeting Iran

Kelley B. Vlahos
3/11/2014
Brother Karzai Leaves Election, Joins Another Ticket

Ran HaCohen
3/04/2013
Purim and Genocidal Phantasies

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

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