Archived Antiwar.com Home Page from September 08, 2009

Highlights

Afghan Election Commission: Clear and Convincing Evidence of Fraud 10 Killed in US Drone Strikes Against North Waziristan Troops Too Drunk and Hungover to Answer for Afghan Killings US Ambassador Accuses Pakistan's Jang Media Group of Endangering Americans Officials Caution Obama Still Hasn't Defined His Objectives in Afghanistan Karzai Blames US for Accusations of Poll Fraud US Drone Strike Kills Seven in North Waziristan At Least 70 Civilians Reported Killed in Afghan Air Strike Taiwan's Plan to Take Back Mainland Bush White House Tried to Soften Treaty on Detainees Attacks in Iraq Take Aim at Checkpoints Split 'View of Zion' in East Jerusalem Cleared for Release, but Still at Gitmo The Rise of Israel's Military Rabbis Anti-Americanism Rises in Pakistan Over US Motives Canada Confirms Two More Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Pakistan Faces Backlash on Tribal Reforms Interpol Denies Arrest Warrant for Iranian DM Should Obama Go 'All In' on Afghanistan? Court Says US Officials Can Be Sued for Violating Rights Killing America's Kids 'Doubt Will Turn Into Dissent' The Phoenix Program Was a Disaster in Vietnam and Would Be in Afghanistan Mission Creepy: The Rise of the 'Daddy State' German Officials Lash Out Over Criticism of Afghan Killings Get Out of Afghanistan First They Did Harm

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Updated September 8, 2009 - 11:10 PM EDT

Panel: Karzai 'Win' a Fraud

		*Karzai Blames US for Accusations of Poll Fraud*
		*At Least 70 Civilians Reported Killed in Afghan Air Strike*
		*Officials Caution Obama Still Hasn't Defined Afghanistan Objectives*
		*Troops Too Drunk and Hungover to Answer for Afghan Killings*
		*Karzai Slams Deadly NATO Airstrike*

Anti-Americanism Rises in Pakistan Over US Motives

		*10 Killed in US Drone Strikes Against North Waziristan*
		*US Accuses Pakistan Paper of Endangering Americans*
		*Pakistan Faces Backlash on Tribal Reforms*

In Iraq, US Troops Learn to Cope With Rejection

		*Roadside Bombs Kill 4 US Troops in Iraq*
		*Attacks in Iraq Take Aim at Checkpoints*
		*Monday: 39 Iraqis Killed, 70 Wounded*

Viewpoints

	Get Out of Afghanistan by Peter Orvetti
	The Phoenix Program Was a Disaster in Vietnam and Would Be in Afghanistan by Jeremy Kuzmarov
	Court Says US Officials Can Be Sued for Violating Rights by Thomas R. Eddlem

	Killing America's Kids by Fred Reed
	'Doubt Will Turn Into Dissent' an interview with Tom Hayden
	First They Did Harm by Eugene Robinson
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Spotlight

Should Obama Go 'All In' on Afghanistan?
by Andrew J. Bacevich

A Good First Step on Cuba

From the People (And Sarah Palin!) Who Brought Us the Iraq War

Frontline

	Cleared for Release, but Still at Gitmo
	Bush White House Tried to Soften Treaty on Detainees
	Afghan Blasphemy Journalist Released From Jail
	UK Opposition Seeks US Ties on Defense Projects
	Split 'View of Zion' in East Jerusalem
	The Rise of Israel's Military Rabbis

Canada Confirms Two More Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan

Iraq

	Power Problems Mean Iraq Suffers Hot Summer, Again
	Christians in Iraq
	Iraq, Russia to Continue Talks on Saddam-Era Deals
	Monday: 39 Iraqis Killed, 70 Wounded

Iran

	Ahmadinejad: Iran Won't Halt Nuclear Work
	Ahmadinejad to Go to UN General Assembly, Seeks Obama Debate
	Iran Risks More Sanctions as UN Warns of Stalemate
	Interpol Denies Arrest Warrant for Iranian DM

Terror

	Three Convicted in UK of Airline Bomb Plot
	Britain Releases Terror Suspect From House Arrest to Avoid Revealing Evidence

In Other News

	Former Nuclear Pariah India Seeks Uranium Stocks
	A-Bomb Survivors Speak Against a Nuclear Japan
	Mexico Removes Attorney General Who Spearheaded Drug War
	Foreign States Blamed in Yemen War
	Taiwan's Plan to Take Back Mainland

Afghanistan

	Germany Pledges Full Probe as Pressure Mounts on Defense Minister
	'Allies Can't Conceal Schadenfreude' at Botched Air Strike
	Dutch Soldier Killed in Afghan Firefight
	Crux of Afghan Debate: Will More Troops Curb Terror?

Pakistan

Suspected US Missile Kills 5 in Pakistan

Israel/Palestine

	General: Israel Incapable of West Bank Pullout
	Haaretz Probe: 'New' Settlement Permits Aren't Really New
	Israeli Military to Investigate Killings of Gaza Children Waving White Flags
	Israel OKs Hundreds of New West Bank Apartments
	Secret Israeli Report Reveals Truth About Ron Arad's Fate
	Jordan Blasts Israeli 'Encroachment' on Jerusalem's Holy Places
	Israeli Colonel to Settlers: Stop Calling Soldiers 'Nazis'

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Columnists

Justin Raimondo
9/04/2009
The 'Good' War

Kelley B. Vlahos
9/08/2009
Mission Creepy: The Rise of the 'Daddy State'

David R. Henderson
9/07/2009
An Evening With Cindy Sheehan

Philip Giraldi
9/03/2009
The Best Congress AIPAC Can Buy

Ivan Eland
9/02/2009
Japanese Landslide a Mixed Bag for US

Charles V. Peña
8/28/2009
Different Country, Same Problem

Nebojsa Malic
8/19/2009
A Balkans Belgium?

Ran HaCohen
7/20/2009
Fascism Needs an Enemy

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

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism

Additional Contributors

Ehsan Ahrari
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
Jeff Huber
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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