Highlights
 
Rebel Sunnis Escaped Baghdad Sweep With Weapons    US, Russia Agree to Slash Nuclear Stockpiles    Defense Officials: Afghan Situation Dire, More Troops Needed    Lieberman: Israel Not Bound by Annapolis Commitments    Maliki Draws US Troops into Crackdown on Sunnis    Israeli Military Cloaks Abuses    Obama Weighs Putting 70,000 Troops in Afghanistan    Petraeus: Militants Could Topple Pakistan    Report Faults US Spy Agencies    Army, for First Time, Sends Unit From Iraq to Afghanistan    Netanyahu to Obama: Stop Iran – or I Will    FBI Issues Nationwide Alert Over Taliban Threat    Pakistan PM Invites Opposition to Join Govt    Settlers Hopeful Netanyahu Will Boost Housing Construction    Taliban Rejects Reconciliation Without US Pullout    Army Lied About How My Son Died in Iraq: Friendly-Fire Victim Was 'Misidentified' as Enemy Gunman    Afghanistan: No Benchmarks Yet    An Interview With Charles Freeman    Kashmir Scholars Denounce Stone-Throwing as 'Un-Islamic'    Calling the US Bankrupt is Insulting    Foreign-Policy Blowback Comes Later    The Rise and Rise of the Neo-Taliban    China General Tells Troops Party Trumps State    Netanyahu Takes Helm of Hawkish New Israeli Govt    17 Die in Militant Attack on Afghan Govt Building    Maliki Poised to Run Provinces With Sadr as Ally    Sources: Pentagon Seeks $3b for Pakistan Military    Surveilling for Clues of Evil Intent    US Expands Pakistan Drone-Strike Zone; 14 Dead    Fake Faith and Epic Crimes    North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Spy Planes    Iraq: Key Figures Since the War Began    Israel's Covert War on Iran Faces Disapproving White House    Source: Firm to Take Over Blackwater/Xe's Iraq Contract    Cheney Has Moles in Obama Administration, Reporter Says    More Violence Expected as Spring Fighting Season Begins in Afghanistan    Bomb Blows Hole in Lenin Statue in St. Petersburg    Professor Dershowitz Encounters a
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News
Updated April 2, 2009 - 11:05 PM EDT
Officials: Afghan-Pak Situation Dire
 
  Obama Weighs Putting 70,000 Troops in Afghanistan
  17 Die in Militant Attack on Afghan Govt Building
US Expands Pakistan Drone-Strike Zone; 14 Dead
 
  Petraeus: Militants Could Topple Pakistan
  US Looks at Pakistani Taliban Threat on Washington
Lieberman: Israel Not Bound by Commitments
 
  Netanyahu to Obama: Stop Iran – or I Will
  Obama Tells Netanyahu: US Committed to Israel's Security
  Israeli Military Cloaks Abuses
Maliki Draws US into Crackdown on Sunnis
 
  Iraq: Many Baghdad Mutineers Escaped With Weapons
  Maliki Poised to Run Provinces With Sadr as Ally
  Firm to Take Over Blackwater/Xe's Iraq Contract
Russia and US Pledge to Slash Nuke Stockpiles
Viewpoints
Professor Dershowitz Encounters a
Worrying Future  by Michael Scheuer
Fake Faith and Epic Crimes
by John Pilger
Foreign-Policy Blowback
Comes Later  by Jacob G. Hornberger
An Interview With Charles Freeman
by Jim Lobe
Calling the US Bankrupt is Insulting
by Jay Barr
Afghanistan: No Benchmarks Yet
by Robert Dreyfuss

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Frontline
Cheney Has Moles in Obama Admin., Reporter Says
Unlikely Pair on Same Civil Liberties Side
Image Fears Complicate NATO's Quest for New Chief
Albania, Croatia Join NATO
Army, for First Time, Sends Unit From Iraq to Afghanistan
Report Faults US Spy Agencies
Iraq: Key Figures Since the War Began
 
Iraq Occupation
As US Pulls Back in Iraq, Lost Urban Footholds
Army Lied About How My Son Died in Iraq: Friendly-Fire Victim Was 'Misidentified' as Enemy Gunman
Army: Officer Reprimanded After Friendly Fire
US Marine Charged for Killing Unarmed Iraqi
Lawsuit Against Army Contractor Upheld
Vote on New US Envoy to Iraq Delayed
No Forensic Match for Ammo in Blackwater Shooting
Today in Iraq
Iraq Aims to Buy 18 F-16 Fighters in '09
Concrete Barricades Removed From Fallujah Streets
Iraqi Archaeologists Unearth Babylonian Treasures
A Look Inside Iraq's Interior Ministry
Attacks Continue
March Violence Claims 252 Iraqi Lives
Suicide Bomber Kills Seven, Wounds 17 in Mosul
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 15 Iraqis Killed; 25 Iraqis Wounded
Global Iraq Impact
Iraq Blames Neighbors for Water Shortage
Iraqi Government Committee Holds Talks With Shi'ite Dissidents Who Abducted Five Britons
US Military
Pentagon Explains Dover Media Rules
Elmo Helps Kids Cope With Parents' Wounds
'War on Terror'
GAO Seeks Curbs on Nuclear Assistance Funding to Terrorism Sponsors
Iran
Iran Denies US Reports of Warm Talks at Meet
Israel's Covert War on Iran Faces Disapproving White House
New Israeli Government
Netanyahu Takes Helm of Hawkish New Israeli Govt
Text: Israeli-Palestinian Commitments at 2007 Peace Meeting Being Disavowed
United Torah Judaism, Likud Sign Coalition Deal
Settlers Hopeful Netanyahu Will Boost Housing Construction
Netanyahu to Focus on Economy to End Conflict
Abbas Says Netanyahu 'Does Not Believe in Peace'
Hamas: Netanyahu Government Reflects Racism of Israeli Society
Israel's Return to 'Road Map' a Blow to Palestinians
Blair: Mideast Peace Process in Jeopardy
US Vows to Work With Israel for Two-State Solution
Palestine/Israel
Rival Palestinian Factions Resume Unity Talks
Arab Doctors to Probe Allegations Arafat Poisoned
Israel Army Bans T-Shirts Mocking Attacks on Palestinians
Palestinian Orchestra Leader Deported After Death Threats
UN's Gaza Head Tells Employees to Avoid Politics
Middle East
Oil-Rich Arab State Pushes Nuclear Bid With US Help
Muslim Brotherhood Succession Debate Reveals Fractures
Hezbollah Says It Can Ensure Unity Cabinet
Saudi Government Cracks Down on Shiite Dissidents
Africa
Report: Producers Must Not Use 'Blood Minerals'
Defiant Sudanese President Returns From Summit
 
Afghanistan
Military: Afghanistan War Needs More Time, Money
More Violence Expected as Spring Fighting Season Begins in Afghanistan
Taliban Rejects Reconciliation Without US Pullout
Karzai: US-Iran Ties Will Benefit Afghanistan
Sarkozy Rules Out More Troops for Afghanistan
Taliban in Policy Shift on Beards and Burqas
Afghan Refugee Camp Blown Up in Hangu
NATO Awaits Obama Amid Unease Over Afghanistan War
Pakistan
Sources: Pentagon Seeks $3b for Pakistan Military
Pakistani Militant Poses Growing Threat to US Push
Pakistan PM Invites Opposition to Join Govt
The Rise and Rise of the Neo-Taliban
Militants Ambush Police Van, Kill Five in Dir
Pakistani Investigators Make 'Significant' Arrests
10 More Swat Valley Militants Released
Experts: US Must Address Pakistan's Concerns Over India's Afghanistan Role
India/Kashmir
Israel Rushes to India's Defense
Kashmir Scholars Denounce Stone-Throwing as 'Un-Islamic'
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Firmly Rejects Cease-Fire Calls
Sri Lanka Says Flood of People Leave War Zone
Bangladesh
Bangladesh to Stop Militancy in Islamic Schools
Koreas
North Korea Threatens to Shoot Down Spy Planes
US Threat to Go to UN if North Korea Launches Rocket
North Korea Satellite or Missile Test. What's the Difference?
South Korea Seeks United Front Against North Korea Launch
Charges Could Land Two Americans in North Korean Prison
Scenarios: After North Korea Fires Rocket, Then What?
China Sits Unmoved in North Korea Uproar
Ties Between China and North Korea
Soccer: South Korea Downs North in Politically Tense Match
China/Tibet
China General Tells Troops Party Trumps State
US Says It Will Cut Frequency of China Talks
Chinese Official Calls for Heightened Security
China Restoring France Contacts After Tibet Spat
Russia
Bomb Blows Hole in Lenin Statue in St. Petersburg
Text of US-Russia Statement on Nuclear Arms
Editor: Russian Newspaper Worker Dies After Street Attack
Rights Campaigner Is Beaten in Moscow
Europe
Ukraine Presidential Vote Set for October 25
Northern Ireland Leaders Call Dissident Attacks 'Futile'
Americas
Honduran Journalist Killed
Leading Chavez Adversary Takes Refuge
United Nations
Path Cleared for US to Join Top UN Rights Body
 
Columnists

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4/01/2009
Neoconservatism: The Return

Charles V. Peña
4/01/2009
Is Missile Defense Obsolete?

David R. Henderson
3/31/2009
To Reduce Violence,
End the Drug War

Philip Giraldi
3/31/2009
Stop Arming Israel

Alan Bock
3/30/2009
Operation Incoherence

Ivan Eland
3/28/2009
The US Should Fear Its Friends

Nebojsa Malic
3/27/2009
Turning Point

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'

Praful Bidwai
1/19/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan
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