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Updated December 3, 2009 - 11:29 PM EST
Officials Cite Dubious al-Qaeda Ties With Taliban
 
  Lawmakers Confused as Administration’s Escalation Claims Scrutinized
  Obama's Secret: Only 100 al-Qaeda in Afghanistan
  Will Taliban Wait Out US Troop Presence?
  White House Dismisses Public Opposition to War
  US Allies Wary of Obama's Afghanistan Troop Plea
  Obama's Afghan Plan Has Something for Everyone... to Hate
Obama Quietly Expands Pakistan War
 
  Pakistan Skeptical About Obama's New Afghanistan Strategy
Iran Rejects Talks, Will Enrich Medical Uranium
 
  Ahmadinejad: Israel Can't Do 'Damn Thing' to Stop Iran Nuclear Program
  Gates: Iran Aid to Taliban Is Small, Insigificant
  US Officials: Arms Smuggling Heightens Fears Iran Is Building Arsenal
22 Die, Including 3 Ministers, in Somalia Bombing
Israel OKs WB Building Projects Despite 'Freeze'
Germany Still Paying World War I Reparations
Viewpoints
How to Kill and Maim but Keep It Eco-Friendly  by Brendan O'Neill
Imposing Idiot Sanctions on Iran Is a Direct Route to War  by Simon Jenkins
The Israel Lobby Celebrates Espionage in New York  by Grant Smith
Afghanistan: The Betrayal  by Garry Wills
Here We Go Again  by Robert Scheer
A Tragic Mistake  by Bob Herbert

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Frontline
Some 15,000 Saudis Flee Yemen Border Fighting
Lebanese Cabinet Lets Hezbollah Keep Its Weapons
A War Strategy With Echoes of Bush
Afghan Withdrawal Timeline: a Deadline Written in Quicksand, Not Stone
START Treaty Likely to Expire Before New Pact Is Set
Blackwater Founder Prince Feels Thrown Under Bus
 
Iraq
Officials: Iraq Likely to Postpone Election
US Military: Airstrike Kills 1 in Northeast Iraq
Marine Officer Could Face Demotion in Iraq Deaths
Wedneday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 18 Wounded
Iran
Iran Whistleblower Died From Drug-Laced Salad
Iranian Economist Gets 9 Years in Prison for Protesting
Iran Releases 5 British Sailors Detained at Sea
Israel/Palestine
Barak: Settlements Are Part of Israel
'Barghouti Refuses to Be Deported in Schalit Deal'
Minister Presses for More Settlement Expansion
Israeli Police Arrest Settler Leader in West Bank
Israel Accused of Ethnic Discrimination After Stripping Palestinians of East Jerusalem Residency
Israeli Soldier Sent to Detention for Cooking on Shabbat After Cat Ate His Meal
US Spy Opposes Israel-Palestinian Prisoner Swap, Wants Prisoners Killed
Haaretz's Amira Hass Awarded Journalism Prize by Reporters Without Borders
Somalia/Kenya
Eight Killed in Mogadishu Fighting
Al-Shabaab Denies Attack Against Kenya
Europe
Chechen Separatists Claim Responsibility for Train Bombing
Georgia Releases Ossetians in Likely Prisoner Swap
Philippines
Philippines Pulls Out 1,000 Police in Massacre Area
Philippines, Muslim Separatists to Resume Peace Talks
Imelda Marcos Opens Run for Philippine Congress
Koreas
Three Dead, 60 Injured in Blast at South Korean Defense Institute
North Korea Revalues Currency, Triggers Panic
Rescued North Korean Soldier Handed to North Korea
Honduras
Honduran Congress Votes Down a Return by Zelaya
'War on Terror'
Warning: Do Not Take This Picture
Albania Ready to Receive More Guantanamo Detainees
Iranian to Be Sentenced in Arms Smuggling Case
Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would 'Shock', 'Confuse' Consumers
 
US Escalation in Afghanistan
 
US to Begin Afghanistan Troop Surge Within Three Weeks
Most New US Forces for Afghanistan Will Be Sent to Taliban Stronghold in South
Timetable for Drawdown Sets Off Afghan Alarm
US Envoy Criticises Civilian Effort in Afghanistan
Taliban: Afghan Surge Will Mean More US Fatalities
Pizza Delivery and Motorbike Dealerships at Town Built for US Surge Troops
Few Marines in Afghanistan Wake for Obama's Speech
US to Open Consulates in Afghan Cities
Afghanistan Costs: by the Numbers
Other Countries in Aghanistan
NATO Chief Promises at Least 5,000 More Troops for Afghanistan
Poland Plans to Add 600 More Troops in Afghanistan
Albania to Send 85 More Troops to Afghanistan
Macedonia to Send More Troops to Afghanistan
UN Welcomes US Plan for Afghanistan Buildup
US Reaction
Many in Congress Continue to Oppose Troop Buildup, Threaten to Block Funding
Key Senate Dem Questions Lack of Afghan Forces to Aid US Surge
Boxer Opposes Troop Build-Up in Afghanistan
Biden, McCain Spar Over Obama's New Afghan Buildup
West Point March and Rally Protests Obama's War Plan
Pakistan
Envoy: US Doesn't See Escalation Causing Pakistan Any Problems
Pakistan Moves Toward Drone Independence
Clinton Presses Pakistan for Better Job
Suicide Bomber Kills 1 at Navy Complex in Pakistan
Pakistan Holding Retired Officer in US Terror Case
PM Holds Mehsud Responsible for Benazir's Killing
Five Militants Killed in Malakand
Pakistani Artists Find Inspiration in Turmoil
Attack Shows Growing Danger Faced by Pakistani Journalists
India/Kashmir
India Ready to Withdraw 'Significant Number' of Troops From Kashmir

Report: 2,600 Bodies Found in Kashmir Graves
Four Soldiers Killed in Explosion in Indian Army Base
Asia
Refugees Leave Camps in Sri Lanka, but Remain Stranded
22 Uighurs Who Took Part in July Protests End Up in Cambodia
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
12/02/2009
Obama's War Speech:
An Unconvincing Flop

Philip Giraldi
12/03/2009
Fool Me Twice

Ivan Eland
12/02/2009
Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off?

David R. Henderson
11/30/2009
A Coalition's Progress: Monterey's Anti-Afghan War Demonstration

Nebojsa Malic
11/27/2009
Dayton's End

Kelley B. Vlahos
11/24/2009
Be Thankful 2008 Was Not Hillary's Year

Charles V. Peņa
11/20/2009
More Sanctions, More Insanity

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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Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
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Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
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John Pilger
Murray Polner
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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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