Highlights
 
Standoff Continues as Somali Pirates Lose US Ship, Capture Captain    Suspected US Missile Kills 3 in Northwest Pakistan    US Lawmakers Say Time to Talk With Cuba    Medics and Interrogations Don't Mix    Maliki Blames Ba'athists, al-Qaeda for Bombings    Congressmen Told to Expect Us-Israel Confrontation    Israeli FM Declares 'Dead End' to Peace Talks    Obama Praises 'Extraordinary Achievement' of Iraq War    Pakistani Official Claims Taliban Power Struggle    Gates' Cuts to an Array of Weapons Bring a Fight    An Iraqi Ba'ath Figure Surfaces    North Korea Threatens 'Strong Steps' if UN Acts    Iraqi Salesman Saves Baby After Bomb Kills Mother    US May Extend Drone Attacks to Balochistan    Pakistan Wants 'Unconditional' Aid to Fight Terror    The Samson Gambit    North Korea Insists It Launched a Satellite    Analysts Say North Korean Rocket Not a Total Failure    US Defense Chief Sees Al-Qaeda 'Last Gasp' in Iraq    Obama Visit a Reminder of Off-The-Radar Iraq War    Chinese Company, Exec Indicted in Iran Missile Case    US Court Hands New Defeat for Uighurs at Guantanamo    'Progressive' Warmongers    A Softer Version of Bush's Worldview     Filling the Skies With Assassins    Killer Robots – What Could Go Wrong?    US Congressmen Visit Aid Projects, Ruins in Gaza    Iraq Shoe Thrower's Sentence Cut to One Year    The Storm Widens in Baghdad    Guantánamo at Home    Obama Now the Prime Impediment to Govt. Accountability    
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News
Updated April 8, 2009 - 11:29 PM EDT
Obama Praises Iraq War: 'Extraordinary Achievement'
 
  Maliki Blames Ba'athists, al-Qaeda for Bombings
 

An Iraqi Ba'ath Figure Surfaces
  Tuesday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
Pakistani Official Claims Taliban Power Struggle
 
  Suspected US Missile Strike Kills 3 in NW Pakistan
  Envoy Laments Weak US Knowledge About Taliban
 

US May Extend Drone Attacks to Balochistan
  Pakistan, US Stress Trust, Disagree on Drones
Congress Told to Expect US-Israel Confrontation
 
  Israeli FM Declares 'Dead End' to Peace Talks
North Korea Insists It Launched a Satellite
 
 

Analysts Say North Korean Rocket Not a Total Failure
 

North Korea Threatens 'Strong Steps' if UN Acts
US Crew in Standoff With Pirates Off Somalia
Medics and Interrogations Don't Mix
US Lawmakers Say Time to Talk With Cuba
Viewpoints
A Softer Version of Bush's Worldview  by William Pfaff
Killer Robots – What Could Go Wrong?  by Matthew Yglesias
Obama Now the Prime Impediment to Govt. Accountability  by Glenn Greenwald
The Samson Gambit  by Grant F. Smith
Guantánamo at Home  by Jeanne Theoharis
The Storm Widens in Baghdad
by Dahr Jamail

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Frontline

Gates's Cuts to an Array of Weapons Bring a Fight

Major Powers Look at New Ways to Coax Iran

Obama Pushes for Mideast Accord

Chinese Company, Exec Indicted in Iran Missile Case

Obama's Entreaty to Islam Surprises Muslims

Journalist Hurls Shoe at Indian Minister
 
Obama in Iraq

Obama in Baghdad, Tells Troops Iraq Must Take Over

Obama: Iraq Security Keeps US Troop Pullout on Track

Obama Visit a Reminder of Off-The-Radar Iraq War

Obama Says Next 18 Months May Be Dangerous for Iraq

Obama Pushes for Political Progress in Iraq

Obama Cautions Iraqis on Future

In Iraq, Obama Underscores Support for Troops
Full Transcript: President Obama Addresses Troops in Iraq
Today in Iraq

US Defense Chief Sees Al-Qaeda 'Last Gasp' in Iraq

Iraq Shoe Thrower's Sentence Cut to One Year

Sadr Movement Condemns Recent Baghdad Blasts

Iraqi PM Urges Foreign Investors to Return

Iraq's Newly Open Gays Face Scorn and Murder
Attacks Continue

Car Bomb Kills Civilian, Injures 11 in Anbar

Police: Car Bomb in Shiite Area of Baghdad Kills 9
Tuesday: 13 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
The War at Home

Xbox Game Based on Iraq War Angers Veterans

Konami Plans Fallujah-Themed Iraq War Video Game

Biden to Shepherd Test Ban Treaty Vote
Military Strapped Heavily Armored Pigs Into Humvees, Then Blew Them Up
'War on Terror'

US Court Hands New Defeat for Uighurs at Guantanamo
Fusion Center Declares Nation's Oldest Universities Possible Terror Threat
RNC Protesters Charged With Terrorism Now a Cause Celebre

Pentagon Spends $100 Million to Fix Cyber Attacks
North Korea

China Urges Restraint, More Talks Over North Korea

Analyst: North Korea Seeking to Beat South in Space

Kim Jong-Il's Fortunes Soar on Rocket
North Korea Used Dummy Satellite, South Korean Experts Say

What Next in the North Korean Crisis?

Tokyo's Mood Mixed Over Rocket Launch

Japan to Unveil New Sanctions on North Korea

US Wants Jailed Journalists in North Korea Freed Soon
Asia

Cyber-Skirmish at the Top of the World

Pain of Khmer Rouge Era Lost on Cambodian Youth

Thai Protesters Attack Prime Minister's Motorcade
 
Afghanistan

US Senator Urges Af-Pak De-Hyphenation

Romanian, Dutch Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Australia, US to Discuss More Troops for Afghanistan
Pakistan

Sharif Asks Obama to Part Ways With Bush Policy

US-Pakistan Talks on Fighting Terrorism Expose Mistrust

Pakistan Wants 'Unconditional' Aid to Fight Terror

Pakistan PM: Bin Laden Not in Balochistan

Interview With Pakistani President Zardari
Pakistan's 'Talibanization'

Internal Power Struggle Among Pakistani Militants

Aid Workers Shot Dead in Pakistan

Girl's Flogging Exposes Pakistani Rift

Swat Valley Militants Occupy College, Kidnap Cop
Sri Lanka

British Tamils Protest Sri Lanka Offensive

UN Expert Warns of Bloodbath in Sri Lanka's War
Israel/Palestine

Israel Destroys Part of Palestinian Attacker's Home

Israeli Police Kill Man During E. Jerusalem Demolition

Israel Tests System to Shoot Down 'Iranian Missiles'

Land of Ruins: A Special Report on Gaza's Economy
US Congressmen Visit Aid Projects, Ruins in Gaza

Netanyahu Allows Some Cash Into Gaza, but Not Enough
Middle East
Saudi Arabia Catches 11 'al-Qaeda Members' on Border With Yemen

Al-Qaeda Increases Yemen Attacks as Government Control Weakens
Former FBI Chief Defends Flow of Money to Saudi Ambassador

Egypt Arrests Seven Israeli Arabs for Alleged Terror Ties

Cairo University in US 'Spy' Furor
Russia and Her Neighbors
Russia-Backed President: Chechnya Doesn't Need Independence

Obama Seeks Azerbaijan-Armenian-Turkish Reconciliation
Moldova

Uprising in Moldova as Communists Win Election
Moldova Students Raid Parliament Over Communist Election Victory

Protests in Moldova Explode, With Help of Twitter
Sudan

Sudan's Bashir Vows to Try Darfur War Criminals

Court Prosecutor: Isolate Sudan's President
Americas

New Law Weakens Anti-Chávez Mayor in Venezuela

Peru Court Rules Fujimori Guilty of Human Rights Abuses
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
4/08/2009
'Progressive' Warmongers

Philip Giraldi
4/07/2009
Goodbye, Bill of Rights

Alan Bock
4/06/2009
Iraq Disaster Still a Mystery to Some

Ivan Eland
4/04/2009
How to Combat Mexican Drug Cartels

Edouard Husson
4/03/2009
Sarkozy, Merkel Frozen in the Cold War

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

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

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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