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Today's Highlights

That Iranian 'Bomb'? Relax: Robert Dreyfuss
Military Action May Be Legal, But Not Smart: Eland
Meeting the Challenges of 2025: Gordon Prather
Kids, Get Your Feet Off the SOFA!: Kelley Vlahos
20 Reasons to Shut Down Gitmo Trials: Worthington

 
 Joseph Sottile

The Warning

 Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich

Iranians to US: Please Let Us Be

 Robert Prechter

Predicting Wars With Charts

 Tim Cavanaugh

Death and Deception in South Ossetia
Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the US, Too    Ingushetia in 'State of Civil War'    Militants and Military Brace for a Winter of War in Afghanistan    Britain Pays Out £700,000 in Compensation to Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan    India Shocked by Discovery of First Hindu Terror Cell    Hillary Demands Obama Purge Her Foreign Policy Critics    US to Provide Lebanon With M60 Tanks    Candidate for US Security Adviser Wants NATO Force in West Bank    Marines Got More Than They Bargained for in Afghanistan    Israeli Roadblocks Holding Back Private Sector: Abbas    North Korea Renews Criticism on Seoul After UN Measure    Dozens Killed in New Afghan Violence    Pirates Will Infest Gulf if US Quits Iraq Too Soon: Minister    Bush Scrambles for North Korea Breakthrough    Iraqi Parliament Vote on US Pact Now Set for Wednesday    Defiant Congo Rebels Stage Rally in Captured Town    US Warship Arrives in Georgian City of Batumi    Iraq's Prime Minister, President in Public Quarrel    Afghanistan Could Oppose Foreign Troops Without More Cooperation to Defeat Taliban    A Fearful End to Sri Lanka's War?    Dozens Killed as Fighting Intensifies in Somalia    US Eyes 'Surge' of Over 20,000 for Afghanistan    Gates: Financial Woes No Excuse in Funding Afghan War    Somali Rebels Take Steps to Attack Tanker Pirates    US Drone Strike Kills Five in North Waziristan    Military Action May Sometimes Be Moral and Constitutional, But Not Smart    The List of the Governments That Have Persecuted Journalists    That Iranian 'Bomb'? Relax.    To Each His Own Nuke    Kids, Get Your Feet Off the SOFA!    
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News
Updated November 23, 2008 - 10:01 AM EST
US Eyes 'Surge' of Over 20,000 for Afghanistan
 
  Gates: Financial Woes No Excuse in Funding Afghan War
  Afghans Could Oppose Foreign Troops Without More Cooperation
  Dozens Killed in New Afghan Attacks
Iraq's PM, President in Public Quarrel
 
  Iraqi Parliament Vote on US Pact Now Set for Wednesday
  Iraq Needs Security Pact for Order, Officials Say
Hillary Demands Purge of Foreign Policy Critics
 
  Some in Arab World Wary of Clinton
  Candidate for US Security Adviser Wants NATO Force in West Bank
US Drone Strike Kills 5 in Pakistan
 
  Jetliner Plot Suspect Believed Killed in Pakistan
  Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the US, Too
Viewpoints
Kids, Get Your Feet Off the SOFA!
by Kelley Vlahos
The List of the Govts That Have Persecuted Journalists  by Glenn Greenwald
20 Reasons to Shut Down the Guantánamo Trials  by Andy Worthington
To Each His Own Nuke  by William Pfaff
Meeting the Challenges of 2025
by Gordon Prather
The Vietnam Exposé That Wasn't
by Nick Turse

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Frontline
Saudi Denies Offering Asylum to Taliban Leader
Minister: Pirates Will Infest Gulf if US Quits Iraq Too Soon
Bush Scrambles for North Korea Breakthrough
Bush to Leave Overtures on Iran, Cuba to Obama
Britain Pays Out £700,000 in Compensation to Civilian Casualties in Afghanistan
Ingushetia in 'State of Civil War'
US Frees Iranian Suspected of Arms Smuggling to Iraq
 
Iraq Occupation
Sunni Sheiks Air Grievances, but Will Work With Shi'ite-Led Government
Senior Shi'ite Lawmaker Backs US Pact, With Strings
Iraqi MP Criticizes 'Gaps' in SOFA
Sunni MP: US Is Prime Winner in Pact
US Lawmakers Ask the Pentagon to Reconsider Iraqi Interpreter Mask Rule
In Ramadi, US Inspector Is Glad to See Real Rebuilding With Fresh Paint
Today in Iraq
Iraq Deputy PM to Oversee Release of 119 Innocent Detainees From Camp Cropper
Iraq's Kurdish Areas Prepare to Ban Female Circumcision
Iraqi Forces Kill al-Qaeda Leader, Arrest 15 in Diyala Province
Babylon: Myth and Reality, British Museum, London
Saturday: 12 Iraqis Killed, Mass Grave Found
Iran
Iranian Ex-President Says Chief of Atomic Agency Is Unfair
Shah's Exiled Son Bids for Regime Change in Iran
Iran Hangs Iranian Convicted of Spying for Israel
Three Confess in Trial Over Iran Mosque Blast
Iran Raises Profile in Latin America
Lockdown in Gaza
Gaza Crossings to Remain Closed Following Attacks
Israelis and Palestinians Duel Across Gaza Border
Israeli Fire Wounds Two Palestinian Militants in Gaza
Israeli Roadblocks Holding Back Private Sector: Abbas
Gaza: Unravelling of the Clans
Palestine/Israel
Abbas Urges Obama to Back Arab Peace Plan
Israeli Spy's Wife Sees Golden Opportunity to Secure His Release From US Prison
IDF Fears Soldier Refusals in Hebron
Israel to Free 250 Prisoners Before Muslim Holiday
Lame-Duck US, Israeli Leaders to Meet a Final Time
Israel: Settlers to Be Evicted From Hebron House
Israeli Settler Teens Attack Police in Hebron
Lebanon
Israel Worried US Will Sell Lebanon Tanks
US to Provide Lebanon With M60 Tanks
Report: Hezbollah Carries Out Military Drills in South Lebanon, Near Israel's Border
Hezbollah TV Rejects German Ban as Unjust
Turkey
Turkey: Kurdish Rebels Say Carried Out Attack on Pipeline Carrying Iraq Oil
Russia/Georgia/Ukraine
Bush Hails Georgia's 'Rose Revolution' Hours Before Meeting With Russian President
US Warship Arrives in Georgian City of Batumi
Radio: Litvinenko Suspect Says He Could Go to UK
Report: Russia Threatens to Cut Off Gas to Ukraine
Germany/Kosovo
No Comment From Germany on Kosovo Spy Report
German Raids on Suspected Terror Cell Supporters
Americas
Nicaraguan Opposition Vows to Defy Election Decree
Mexico Arrests Ex-Chief of Antidrug Agency, as US Prepares to Give Aid
Weekend Reviews
Deflating the Churchill Myth
Books Explore Courtroom Battlefield in the War on Terrorism
What's the Matter With Libertarians?
Two Books Reveal What Happened to American Justice After Our Govt Began Practicing Torture and Indefinite Detention
 
Afghanistan
Militants and Military Brace for a Winter of War in Afghanistan
Marines Got More Than They Bargained for in Afghanistan
Extra Troops Should Go to Border: Afghan FM
Bomb Kills French Soldier in Afghanistan
Eight Canadian Soldiers Injured by Roadside Bomb in Afghanistan
Roadside Bomb Kills Two Civilians in Afghanistan
Wanted: Entertainers for War Zone. Helmets Provided.
'Man Down!' Gurkhas Tell of Rescue Under Taliban Fire
Pakistan
Pakistan Ready for Nuclear No First Use Offer
Three Bombs Explode in Lahore: Pakistan Police
Pakistan Senate Panel Visits NATO Headquarters
Blast in Mosque Kills One Person in NW Pakistan
Three Cops Die in Pakistan Check-Post Attack
Musharraf in London?
Suspect Arrested as Police Defuses Four More Bombs in Pakistan
India/Kashmir
India Shocked by Discovery of First Hindu Terror Cell
Indian Troops, Kashmir Protesters Clash Kills Two Anti-Election Protesters
Sri Lanka
A Fearful End to Sri Lanka's War?
Sri Lanka Troops Say Four Rebels Killed in Heavy Fighting
Koreas
Bush Rallies China's Help on North Korea
North Korea Renews Criticism on Seoul After UN Measure
US Unsure of Kim Recovery After 'Health Crisis'
White House: Meeting Set on North Korean Nukes
Leaders Work on Timing of North Korea Nuclear Talks
Report: North Korea Rejects UN Rights Resolution
China/Tibet
China Dismisses US Espionage Report as Misleading
China Protests Against 'Prejudiced' UN Torture Report
China Tibet Policymaker Probed for State Secret Leak
Tibetans Stay With Conciliatory Approach to China
Fleeing Students Bring Tales of Tibet Repression
Asia
Thai Military Concerned Anti-Government Protest Could Turn Violent
Bangladesh Landmark Polls Delayed: Official
DR Congo
Defiant Congo Rebels Stage Rally in Captured Town
For Congo Rebels, Winning Hearts, Minds Not Easy
Reporter for UN Radio Shot Dead in Eastern Congo
Rebels Agree to Allow Rangers Return to Gorilla Park a Year After Fighting Chases Them Out
Somalia
Dozens Killed as Fighting Intensifies in Somalia
Somali Rebels Take Steps to Attack Tanker Pirates
Pirates Free Tanker After Ransom Paid, Crew Safe
Zimbabwe
Jimmy Carter, Kofi Annan Denied Zimbabwe Visas
Zimbabwe Denies Barring Annan/Carter Team
Zimbabwe Main Police Station Hit by Blast: Report
Africa
Sudanese Opposition Leader Killed in Car Crash
Breakaway Party Gathers Momentum Against ANC
Americans Keep Dying
Aid Worker (CA) Slain in Pakistan Was UC Santa Cruz Graduate
Helicopter Pilot (AL) With Ties to Tennessee Killed in Iraq Crash
Friends Remember Army Pilot Killed in Iraq Copter Crash (NV)
Fallen Mountain Home (ARK) Soldier Welcomed Home
Colorado Guardsman Killed in Afghanistan Bomb Attack
Family Remembers Buellton (CA) Marine Killed in Iraq
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
11/21/2008
Stop Hillary!

Ivan Eland
11/22/2008
Military Action May Sometimes Be Moral and Constitutional, But Not Smart

Doug Bandow
11/21/2008
Learning from John McCain's Mistakes: Supporting Aggression in the Caucasus

Charles Peña
11/19/2008
Missile Defense and
the American Empire

Philip Giraldi
11/18/2008
AIPAC's Man in
the Obama Camp

Alan Bock
11/17/2008
Gitmo Disappointment Coming

David R. Henderson
11/11/2008
A Veterans Day Tribute

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster

Ran HaCohen
11/07/2008
Black Israeli Voices on Obama's Victory

Nebojsa Malic
11/06/2008
Obama's Choice

Praful Bidwai
9/05/2008
Lawmaker's Disclosure May Torpedo Nuke Deal

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