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Militants Say Pakistan's Mehsud Alive, Deny Report    US Plan for Colombia Deployment Raises Ire Across Latin America    Georgian President Vows to Defeat Russian 'Invaders'    Kansas Senators Block Obama Nominees, Protest Gitmo Plans    At Least 46 Killed in String of Anti-Shi'ite Bombings in Iraq    US Still Paying Blackwater Millions    Britain Looks at 40-Year Afghan War    Kurdish Party Threatens to Set Up Rival Provincial Govt    Indonesia Believes Top Militant Killed    Obama Denies US Creating Military Bases in Colombia    Colombia President, on South America Tour, Defends US Military Role    Conservatives Warn Ahmadinejad Not to Defy Ayatollah on Cabinet Picks    Rand: Iraqi Air Force Will Remain Dependent on US    Eritrea Denies Sending Weapons to Somali Militants    Militant's Killing May Bolster US Drone Strikes    Will Taliban Head's Death Further Destabilize Pakistan?    Iran Nuclear Capability After 2013, Says US Intelligence     Is bin Laden Next on Drones' Hit List?    Report: Israel Asked for Green Light to Attack Iran During Post-Election Protests    Anti-Georgia Sentiment Lingers in South Ossetia    Retired US General: Attacking Iran a 'Credible Option'    Shi'a Unity Deal Explodes US Proxy-War Myth    MI5 'Misled MPs During Torture Inquiry'    How About a Posse Comitatus Act for Latin America?    Playing Politics With a Ghost    Bubba Scores a Reversal    No More War on Terror, White House Claims    How Nixon Helped Israel Seal Its Nuclear Ambiguity    Treat North Korea As a Child Psychologist Would    Read Between the Lines    India, China Resume Border Talks Amid Rising Tension    China Blames Unrest on Foreign-Based Separatists    Ex-Employees Claim Blackwater Pimped Out Young Iraqi Girls    11 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan This Week    NATO Chief Wants More Troops in Afghanistan    Iraq Kurdish Coalition Has Reduced Majority: Final Results    Turning the US Army Against Americans    Perpetual War for Perpetual War    Iran Dissidents: Behind Confessions, Prison Ordeal    Panetta Seeks to Whitewash CIA Crimes    
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News
Updated August 8, 2009 - 11:28 PM EDT
Will Taliban Head’s Death Destabilize Pakistan?
 
  Taliban Says Pakistan's Mehsud Alive, Deny Report
  Conflicting Reports Emerge of Clash in Pakistan
  Militant's Killing May Bolster US Drone Strikes
Britain Eyes a 40-Year Afghan War
 
  NATO Chief Wants More Troops in Afghanistan
  11 GIs Among 15 NATO Troops Killed in Afghanistan This Week
Ret. US General: Attacking Iran a 'Credible Option'
 
  Iran Nuclear Capability After 2013, Says US Intelligence
  Report: Israel Asked for OK to Attack Iran During Post-Election Protests
  Conservatives Warn Ahmadinejad Not to Defy Ayatollah on Cabinet
Mosul Kurds Threaten to Form Rival Govt
 
  Shi'a Unity Deal Explodes US Proxy-War Myth
  46 Iraqis Killed as Bombs Target Shi'ites
  Friday: 61 Iraqis Killed, 338 Wounded
US Still Paying Blackwater Millions
 
  Ex-Employees Claim Blackwater Pimped Out Young Iraqi Girls
US Plan for Colombia Raises Ire in Latin America
 
  Obama Denies US Creating Military Bases in Colombia
Georgia Chief Vows to Defeat Russian 'Invaders'
Kansas Senators Block Obama Nominees, Protest Gitmo Plan
Viewpoints
Turning the US Army Against Americans  by Dan Kennedy
How About a Posse Comitatus Act for Latin America?  by Jacob Hornberger
Panetta Seeks to Whitewash CIA Crimes  by Sherwood Ross
Playing Politics With a Ghost
by Scott Ritter
Bubba Scores a Reversal
by Gordon Prather
Read Between the Lines  by John Pilger

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Frontline
MI5 'Misled MPs During Torture Inquiry'
No More War on Terror, White House Claims
Challenges to Prosecuting Guantanamo Detainees Not Insurmountable
Rand: Iraqi Air Force Will Remain Dependent on US
Eritrea Denies Sending Weapons to Somali Militants
Thousands Mourn Britain's Oldest Antiwar Activist
 
'War on Terror'
Portugal to Admit 2 Detainees From Guantánamo
American Sentenced for Planning to Aid Taliban
After Guilty Plea, US Authorities to Free Yemeni Cleric Jailed Over Terrorism Charges
Source: Congress Told Ex-FBI Agent Will Run TSA
ACLU Asks the Supreme Court to Hear Its Case for Declassifying Torture Photos
Terror Suspects Lose UK Case Against US Extradition
Iraq
Huge Iraqi Shiite March Peaceful, but Bombs Hit Elsewhere
Iraq Kurdish Coalition Has Reduced Majority: Final Results
UN Extends Iraq Mission by a Year
Baghdad's New Obstacle: Stoplights
UK MP Testifies on 'Genocide' Against Marsh Arabs
Major Attacks in Iraq Since Jan. 1
Sahwa Fighter Killed, Four Wounded in Diyala
Friday: 61 Iraqis Killed, 338 Wounded
Iran
Iran Dissidents: Behind Confessions, Prison Ordeal
Iranian Kurdistan: Police Reportedly Destroy Satellite Dishes
Israel/Palestine
PA Officials: US Wants Borders to Top Peace Talks
Israeli Settlement Freeze Not Enough for Sauds, Analysts Say
How Nixon Helped Israel Seal Its Nuclear Ambiguity
Egypt
Report: Egyptian Nuclear Reactor Site 'Infiltrated'
Africa
Nigerian President Receives Over 30 Ex-Niger Delta Militants
President Claims More Power in Niger's Disputed Referendum
Ethiopia Convicts 13 in Absentia Over Coup Plot
US Condemns Gambia Convictions
Donor Gives $37.9m to Zimbabwean Government
Honduras
Senator Fears Letter Sends Wrong Signal on Honduras
OAS Agrees to Send Delegation to Honduras
A Cold War Ghost Reappears in Honduras, on a Solitary Quest
Americas
Colombia President, on S. America Tour, Defends US Military Role
Chavez Denies Links to Hezbollah
US Military
No Criminal Charges in Soldier's Electrocution Death
New Battle on Vieques, Over Navy's Cleanup of Munitions
 
Pakistan
US Hopes Possible Death of Taliban Chief Will Slow Group
Pakistan's No. 1 Enemy: Ex-Ally Bent by al-Qaeda
Is bin Laden Next on Drones' Hit List?
Possible Successors to Pakistan's Taliban Chief
White House: Pakistan Safer if Taliban Chief Dead
Nine Killed as Rival Groups Clash in Khyber
Pakistan FM Vows to Eventually Reveal Proof of Indian Plot in Balochistan
Afghanistan
US Wants Afghan Army to Triple in Size
Thousands Rally for Karzai as Next Afghan Leader
2 Plead Guilty to Offering Bribe in Afghanistan
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan Military Questions Captured Tamil Rebel Leader
Arrest of Leader a Major Blow to Sri Lankan Rebels
Sri Lanka Holds Postwar Polls in Northern Towns
Koreas
Ling's Sister: Reporter Touched North Korean Soil
South Korea Says Doing Everything to Free Citizens in North
China
China Blames Unrest on Foreign-Based Separatists
India, China Resume Border Talks Amid Rising Tension
China Lawyer Who Fought Unfair Arrest Is Arrested
Tibetan Dissident Disappears in China
Uighur Activist Calls for Probe on Unrest in China
Indonesia
Indonesian Anti-Terror Police in Shoot-Out
Indonesia Believes Top Militant Killed
Asia
Myanmar: Terrorists Tried to Disrupt Suu Kyi Trial
Nepal Maoists Disrupt Parliament, Launch New Protests
Georgia
Anti-Georgia Sentiment Lingers in South Ossetia
Year After Georgian War, Rage Has Only Hardened
Massive Web Attack Was Aimed at One Pro-Georgia Blogger
Georgian: Russia to Blame for Twitter, Facebook Outages
Europe
Russian Court Refuses New Politkovskaya Inquiry
Kosovo Hands Over Remains of Serb War Crime Victims
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
8/07/2009
The Return of the Bomb

Ivan Eland
8/08/2009
Treat North Korea As a Child Psychologist Would

Philip Giraldi
8/06/2009
Export Cars, Not Democracy

Nebojsa Malic
8/05/2009
The Lessons of August

Kelley B. Vlahos
8/04/2009
Who's to Blame When Vets Turn Homicidal?

Charles V. Peña
7/29/2009
Odds Against Nuclear Disarmament

Ran HaCohen
7/20/2009
Fascism Needs an Enemy

David R. Henderson
7/17/2009
NPR: 'Murder' a Controversial Concept

Alan Bock
7/06/2009
Independence, Empire Don't Mesh

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism
Additional Contributors
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Doug Bandow
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Sibel Edmonds
Tom Engelhardt
Mike Ewens
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
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


 
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