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Ethiopian Troops Pour Into Central Somalia    US Envoy Wraps Up Another Round of Failed Peace Talks in Israel    Obama Under Growing Pressure to Move on Afghan Escalation    UN's Afghan Chief Admits 'Widespread Fraud' in Vote    Day-Long Siege Underscores Pakistan's Vulnerability    Another Nobel Message for Peace    Muslims See Victory at al-Aqsa    Civilian Goals Largely Unmet in Afghanistan    Pakistani Police Had Warned Army About a Raid    At Least 25 Killed in String of Ramadi Bombings    Clinton Downplays Threat to Pakistan Nuke Arsenal    Palestinian Unity Deal Postponed for 'Several Weeks'    US Soldier, More Than Dozen Taliban Killed in Afghanistan    Israeli Officials Warn Against Support for UN Report    Dianne Feinstein: War Profiteer    Muslims in US Feel Unfairly Implicated in the War on Terror    Clinton Insists US-Britain Ties Strong    Apocalypse Then, Afghanistan Now    How One Muslim Sees Her Government's War on Terrorism    In Gaza, Only the Dying Get to See Their Israeli Relatives    Israeli FM to Travel Globe, Rallying Support Against Iran    US Cancels Wargames After Turkey Snubs Israel    India Denies Interfering in Balochistan    Raid on Pakistan Army HQ Highlights Punjab Risk    Pakistan Says Waziristan Offensive Is Imminent    Abbas Defends Delay of Gaza War Crime Report Vote    India Hints at Pakistan Link to Kabul Embassy Blast    Key Democrat Wants Boost in Forces in Afghanistan    In 2008 Afghanistan Firefight, US Weapons Failed    US Marines Sweep 'Taliban' Villages for Home-Made Bombs    Endless Lies, Endless Sucker Plays    Afghan Outlook Bleak as Taliban Grabs Territory    Unintended Consequences in Nuclear Pakistan    Let's Think Rationally About Iran    Get Out Now    War and Peace Prizes    Afghanistan, the Proxy War    Clinton: Terrorists Increasing Threat to Pakistan    
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News
Updated October 12, 2009 - 11:12 PM EDT
Pakistan: 41 Killed in Monday Market Bombing
 
  Day-Long Siege Shows Pakistan’s Vulnerability
  Pakistani Police Had Warned Army About a Raid
  Pakistan Says Waziristan Offensive Is Imminent

Afghan Election Official Quits: 'Foreign Interference'
 
  UN Afghan Chief: 'Widespread Fraud' in Vote
  Obama Under Growing Pressure to Move on Afghan Escalation
  Afghan Outlook Bleak as Taliban Grabs Territory
  In 2008 Afghanistan Firefight, US Weapons Failed

US Envoy Leaves Mideast Without Deal
 
  Israeli Officials Warn Against Support for UN Report
  US Cancels War Games After Turkey Snubs Israel

Report: North Korea Fires 5 Short-Range Missiles
Iraq: Ramadi Bombings Kill 25, Wound 80
Ethiopian Troops Pour Into Central Somalia
Viewpoints
Apocalypse Then, Afghanistan Now  by William J. Astore and Tom Engelhardt
Endless Lies, Endless Sucker Plays  by Arthur Silber
Let's Think Rationally About Iran  by Amitabh Pal
Afghanistan, the Proxy War
by Andrew J. Bacevich
War and Peace Prizes  by Howard Zinn
Get Out Now  by G. Pascal Zachary

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Frontline
Muslims See Victory at al-Aqsa
Another Nobel Message for Peace
Interpol and UN Back 'Global Policing Doctrine'
Banned at Guantánamo Library: Noam Chomsky
Clinton Insists US-Britain Ties Strong
Marshall Island Chief Sues Govt Over US Base
How One Muslim Sees Her Govt's War on Terrorism
 
Iran
Clinton Says Iran Must Show Action on Nuke Program
Israeli FM to Travel Globe, Rallying Support Against Iran
Iran's Navy Launches Supersonic Fighter Jets
Iraq
Indefinite Curfew Imposed in Ramadi After Bombings
Groups Help Imperiled Iraqis Come to US
Sunday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 95 Wounded
Palestinian Politics
Palestinian Unity Deal Postponed for 'Several Weeks'
Abbas Defends Delay of Gaza War Crime Report Vote
Abbas Changes Mind on Delaying Vote on Goldstone Probe
Abbas Slams Hamas for Delaying Reconciliation Pact
Israel/Palestine
In Gaza, Only the Dying Get to See Their Israeli Relatives
US Envoy: Obama Won't Stop Until Mideast Peace Achieved
Abbas: 'There'll Be No Peace Until Occupation of Jerusalem Ends'
Egypt
Egypt's Journalist Union Investigates Israeli Ties
Northern Ireland
IRA Splinter Group Renouncing Violence in Ireland
US Vows to Help Defuse Northern Ireland Standoff
Europe
Opposition Says Kremlin Fails Democracy Pledge Test
Turkey: Armenia Must Pull Out of Nagorno-Karabakh
Revolution Was a 'Mistake,' Says French 'King'
Africa
Rwanda President Lauds China's Role in Africa, Slams West
Sudanese Convicted of US Murder Dismiss Defense
 
Afghanistan
US Soldier, More Than Dozen Taliban Killed in Afghanistan
US Marines Sweep 'Taliban' Villages for Homemade Bombs
Civilian Goals Largely Unmet in Afghanistan
Partisan Divide Persists on US Troop Surge for Afghanistan
Key Democrat Wants Boost in Forces in Afghanistan
Key Democrat Urges Better Strategy for Afghanistan
McCain: Big Troop Buildup Needed in Afghanistan
Japan's FM Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan
Pakistan
Terrorist Attack in Pakistan Shows How Vulnerable It Is
Raid on Pakistan Army HQ Highlights Punjab Risk
Clinton: Terrorists Increasing Threat to Pakistan
Clinton Downplays Threat to Pakistan Nuke Arsenal
Pakistan Bombs South Waziristan, Killing 13
Racing Time and Taliban to Rebuild in Pakistan
US Reviews Kerry-Lugar Aftermath
UK: Pakistan Nuclear Sites Not Under Terror Threat
121 Afghans Held in Peshawar Crackdown
India
India Denies Interfering in Balochistan
India Hints at Pakistan Link to Kabul Embassy Blast
Asia
Myanmar Builds Troops on Border, Says Bangladesh
Sri Lanka's President Wins Victory in Native South
Protest in Bangkok Calls for Thai PM to Step Down
Honduras
New Media Measures Take Effect in Honduras
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
10/12/2009
Dianne Feinstein: War Profiteer

Nebojsa Malic
10/10/2009
The Bosnian Roulette

Philip Giraldi
10/08/2009
Epitaph on Empire

Ivan Eland
10/07/2009
Fire McChrystal and Get Out of Afghanistan

Kelley B. Vlahos
10/06/2009
PATRIOT Act Fight Needs More Patriots

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

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
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
Sascha Matuszak
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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