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News
Updated October 3, 2009 - 11:29 PM EDT
Gates Expected to Back Afghan Escalation
 
  White House Insists Gen. McChrystal Endorses Review Process
  US Review of Battle Disaster Sways Strategy on Afghanistan
  Afghan Cop Patrolling With US Troops Opens Fire, Killing 2 Americans
Officials Hope to Spin IAEA Timetable as Threat
 
  New Doubt Cast on US Claim Qom Plant is Illicit
  More Accomplished in Day of Negotiations Than in 8 Years of Threats
  Saudi Arabia Denies It Would OK Israeli Flyover
Obama Agrees to Keep Israel's Nukes Secret
 
  Israel Gets Two Nuke-Capable German Submarines
  Under Growing Pressure, UN Vote on Gaza Report Delayed Until 2010
  Israel, Palestine Buoyed by Prisoner Swap
GOP Hopes to Out-Hawk Obama in Midterm Vote
 
  Obama Faces a World of Troubles; None Will Yield Easily
Iraqi Govt Touts Mosul 'Crackdown'
Viewpoints
Obama and the Graveyard of Empires  by Frank Creel
Obama Should Adopt the 'Public Option' in Afghanistan  by Leon Hadar
Exorcising America's Diplomatic Demons  by Robert Scheer
How Similar Are the Cases Against Iran and Iraq?  by Glenn Greenwald
Obama the Great  by Gordon Prather
A Tale of Two Op-Eds  by Stephen M. Walt
The Right to a Guilty Verdict
by Jacob Sullum
The Hayden Letter
by John Prados

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Frontline
Geneva Talks Seen as Potential Breakthrough
Iraq War Objector Lt. Ehren Watada Leaves Army
Al-Shabaab Rebels Take Full Control of Somali Port
One Man's Terrorist...
ACLU: FBI Still Misusing National Security Letter Gag Orders
US Paid Reward to Lockerbie Witness, Megrahi Papers Claim
 
Iraq
Hidden Bomb Kills Iraqi Preacher-Cop During Prayer
150 Are Detained in Mosul
In Iraq, Maliki Banks on a New 'Unity' Coalition
Iraqi Forces Foil Suicide Bomber's Prison Break Bid
US Soldier Dies in Mortar Attack in Iraq
Friday: 1 US Soldier, 3 Iraqis Killed; 10 Iraqis Wounded
Iran
Iran FM Denies Meeting With US Lawmakers
Iran Security Forces Detain Student Activists
Palestinian-Israeli Prisoner Swap
In Hamas Video, Captive Israeli Says He Is Well
Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoners for Video
Gilad Shalit Video/Footage With Full English Transcript
Hamas Vows to Try to Kidnap More Israeli Soldiers
Israel/Palestine
Palestian Officials: Goldstone Report 'Remains Alive'
Hamas Condemns, PA Explains Position on Goldstone Report
Report: Al-Qaeda-Linked Groups Reject Hamas Call to Disarm
Israeli FM: Norway Too 'Hostile' to Have Monitors in Hebron
Middle East
Syria Seen Regaining Its Influence in Lebanon
UN Rights Body Approves US-Egypt Free Speech Text
Germany
Germans Arrest Suspected al-Qaeda Supporter
Berlin Boosts Security Amid Terror Fears
Last Leader of East Germany Mourns Loss of the Wall
Europe
Eight Militants Killed in Gunbattle Led by Chechen President
What Happens to EU With 'Yes' Vote and 'No' Vote
British Nationalists Use Support for Military to Fundraise
Small Bomb Explodes Near Greek PM
EU, US Officials to Meet With Bosnia Leaders
Armenia's Ruling Parties Back Turkish Ties
Somalia
Civilians Bearing Brunt of Latest Upsurge in Somalia Fighting
Back From the Suburbs to Run a Patch of Somalia
Leader Says Somalia's Plight Is Urgent
Guinea
Guinea to Hold Election Despite Bloody Protest
After Guinea Massacre, an Explanation From the Captain Who Is President
Weekend Reviews
Left and Right Against War
The Soweto Arms Fair
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
A Barracuda Among Butterflies
 
Afghanistan
Corruption, Shortage of Mentors Hinder Afghan Forces, US Says
Taliban Burn Two NATO Fuel Trucks in Northern Afghanistan
The US Backs Afghanistan's Karzai, for Better or Worse
UK Conserative Party Leader Plans Afghan 'War Cabinet'
Skirmishes in a Remote Afghan Valley
US, British Troops Killed in Afghanistan Attacks
Taliban Force Protest Against Foreign Troops: Local Governor
For US Troops in Afghanistan, Home Is Where They Make It
Frontline Medics: Fighting to Save Soldiers and Civilians in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Officials: Pakistan Readies Waziristan Offensive
Video Appears to Show Pakistan Army Abuses
Pakistan Kills 27 Islamist Militants
Fata MPs Protest Possible South Waziristan Offensive
Pakistan PM: No Place to Keep Thousands of Captive Suspects
Taliban Leader's Brother Killed in North Waziristan Skirmish
Pakistan: US Says Missile Kills a Top Militant, Taliban Denies
16 Militants Arrested in Bajaur
Pakistani Journalist Barred From Covering South Waziristan
India/Kashmir
Indian Maoists Kill 16 Villagers
India, China in Row Over Kashmir Visas
More Than 300 Separatists Surrender in India's NE Assam
Sri Lanka
13 Hurt as Bomb-Rigged Car Explodes in Sri Lanka
Suspected Tamils Breach Sri Lankan Mission in Delhi
Myanmar
Myanmar Court Rejects Opposition Leader's Appeal
Myanmar Dissident Tested Anew as Party Agonizes Over Elections
Asia
US Targets Banks in Effort to Restart North Korea Talks
US Envoy: Tokyo Has Time to Review Troop Plan
US Military Leader: China's Army Still Secretive
Slain Militant Leader Buried in Malaysia Village
Honduras
Republicans Visit Honduras Despite US Coup Policy
US Lawmakers to Meet Interim Honduras Leader
Honduras Leader Says Met OAS Chief, Ready to Talk
Brazil Lawmakers Meet Zelaya in Honduras Embassy
Ecuador
29 Police, 9 Indians Wounded in Ecuador Protest
Ecuador, Indians Trade Blame for Bloody Clashes
Americas
Paramilitary Link Could Sink Colombia's Uribe
Bill Clinton 'Hated,' but Defends, Haiti Embargo
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
10/02/2009
Debunking the War Party

Charles V. Peņa
10/02/2009
The Real Deal?

Philip Giraldi
10/01/2009
WMD All Over Again

Ivan Eland
9/30/2009
Empathy for 'Adversaries'

Kelley B. Vlahos
9/29/2009
The Two Faces of Kimberly Kagan

Nebojsa Malic
9/25/2009
Only in Bosnia

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

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
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Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
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Kathy Kelly
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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
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Jude Wanniski
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