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Today's Highlights

Battling Christian Terrorists: Ivan Eland
Intel Estimate Muddied Iran's Nuclear Intent: Porter
Does Zionism Legitimize All Violence?: Gideon Levy
Tenet’s Greatest Hit a Miss: Gordon Prather
Rendition Case Enters 'Bizarre' Realms: W. Fisher
 
 Dahr Jamail

Iraq Violence Down, Nothing Solved

 Chris Floyd

Barack Obama's Empire

 Philip Giraldi

The Terror War

 Aaron Glantz

Winter Soldier
GOP Congressman Introduces Bill to Punish Leaders Who Lie Us Into War    US Officers Are Focus of Iraq Graft Inquiry    Pakistani Militants Free Chinese Engineer    Iraq Vet: We're Losing 'More Soldiers to Suicide Than to al-Qaeda'    Chávez Says He'd Talk With Obama 'Any Day'    Israel Worried About US Delay in Forging Stance on Iran Nukes    Feinstein's Spokesman Denies Her Comment Over Drone Attacks    Obama Ready to Press Israeli Parties to Form Unity Government    Fears Grow for Civilians Trapped in Sri Lanka Battle    Parties Slam Govt on US Senator's Disclosure That US Drones Fly Out of Pakistani Airbase    Israel: Olmert to Consult With Netanyahu Before Agreeing on Shalit Deal    Is the US Repeating Soviet Mistakes in Afghanistan?    US Soldiers Still Under Fire in Iraq    Double Drug-Rape Disgrace of CIA's Top Agent in Algeria    Likud Pressures Livni on Unity Govt    US Supplies Via Russia to Start Soon    FBI Admits Most Terrorism Threats Turn Out to Be Unfounded    Israel Rules Out Gaza Truce Unless Soldier Freed    Are Shi'ite Feuds Driving Iraq's Lingering Violence?    Iraqi Kurds Want US Help to Avoid War With Arabs    US Drone Strike Kills at Least 30 in South Waziristan    Iran Says Air Force Move to Boost Defense Capability    New US Envoy Meets Afghan President as Ties Strained    Russia's Lavrov Welcomes US Signals on Missile Shield    Iraqis Find Mass Grave Containing About 40 Bodies    Former Gitmo Guard Recalls Abuse, Climate of Fear    Sudan Reports Clashes Near Key Darfur Town    North Korea Blames Seoul for Rejecting News Exchange    Olmert Denies Israel on Brink of Gaza Truce Deal    Musharraf Says Surge in Support for Extremists    Tenet’s Greatest Hit a Miss    Afghan Sepulcher?    Battling Christian Terrorists    Does Zionism Legitimize Every Act of Violence?    Israel's Lose-Lose Election    
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News
Updated February 15, 2009 - 12:52 PM EST
US Drone Strike Kills 30 in Pakistan
 
  Pak Militants Call Cease-Fire in Swat Valley
  Parties Slam Govt on Disclosure US Drones Fly Out of Pakistani Base
  Feinstein's Spokesman Denies Her Comment Over Drone Attacks
  Musharraf Says Surge in Support for Extremists
Livni Rejects Joining a Netanyahu Govt
 
  Obama Ready to Press Israeli Parties to Form Unity Government
  Israel Worried About US Delay in Forging Stance on Iran Nukes
  Olmert Denies Israel on Brink of Gaza Truce Deal
US Officers Are Focus of Iraq Graft Inquiry
 
  Iraqi Kurds Want US Help to Avoid War With Arabs
  Iraqis Find Mass Grave Containing About 40 Bodies
  US Soldiers Still Under Fire in Iraq
GOP Rep's Bill Would Punish Leaders Who Lie Us Into War
Viewpoints
Israel's Lose-Lose Election
by William Pfaff
Obama Backs Bush 'State Secrets' Position  by J.D. Tuccille
Iranian Fight Against Hegemony Turns 30  by Kaveh Afrasiabi
Afghan Sepulcher?  by Bruce Fein
Tenet’s Greatest Hit a Miss
by Gordon Prather
Continuity of the Wrong Kind
New York Times

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Frontline
'Pashtunistan' Holds Key to Obama Mission
Double Drug-Rape Disgrace of CIA's Top Agent in Algeria
Obama Admin. Takes Softer Stance on Missile Defense
US Fends Off Israeli Pressure, Will Help Plan UN Conference on Racism
Chávez Says He'd Talk With Obama 'Any Day'
Major Reshuffle in Saudi Arabia
Saudi King Shakes Up Religious Establishment
 
Civilians Fleeing War in Sri Lanka Describe Forbidding Terrain, Killings
Iraqi Politics
Iraq's Sadr Ready for Alliances With Rival Maliki
Iraq Spends $5 Bln on US Defense Deals
Saddam Party Members Urged to Pick Up Iraq Pensions
Five Kurds Quit Iraqi President's Party
Today in Iraq
Are Shi'ite Feuds Driving Iraq's Lingering Violence?
An Ex-Insurgent's Covert War on al-Qaeda in Iraq
Roses at a Premium as Baghdadis Look to Better Days
Iraqis Open Arms to Romance as Violence Fades
Iraqis Step Up Measures to Protect Pilgrims
Saturday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 5 Wounded; 40 Bodies in Mass Grave
Global Iraq Impact
Big Oil Must Start Work Fast in Iraq or Lose Deals
Chinese Oil Firm in Talks With US Counterparts on Joint Iraq Oil Bids
UK Readers Give £25,000 for Iraqi Girl After Car Bomb Blinds Her
US Military
Iraq Vet: We're Losing 'More Soldiers to Suicide Than to al-Qaeda'
House Bill Seeks Guaranteed Dwell Time for Troops
'What? What?' Failure to Supply Earplugs Cost Thousands of GIs Their Hearing
'Human Terrain' Contractors Pay Suddenly Slashed by US

AWOL US Marine Committed Suicide in Canada After Two Terms in Iraq
US Military Will Offer Path to Citizenship
Guantánamo
UK Foreign Office Link to Guantánamo Torture Cover-Up
Former Gitmo Guard Recalls Abuse, Climate of Fear
British Diplomats to Visit Detainee at Guantánamo
Guantánamo Briton Could Return Home Early This Week

'War on Terror'
Nine Arrested in England by Terror Police Were En Route to Gaza
Anti-Terror Police Search Homes After Arrests in Great Britain
Maryland Woman Accused of Illegal Export to China of Miniature Aircraft Controls
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe PM: Aide's Arrest Undermines Accord
Zimbabwe Unity Deal Is Fraying
Zimbabwe Politician Held in Alleged Plot From 2006
New Zimbabwe PM Says Mugabe No Longer Main Problem
Power Sharing in Zimbabwe Threatened by Five-Man Cabal
DR Congo
LRA Fighters Trapped: Congo Spokesman
Rwandan Troops to Quit DR Congo by Month-End: Spokesman
DR Congo, Rwanda Forces Deny Rape Allegations
Sudan
'Progress' in Talks Between Sudan and Darfur Rebels: PM
Sudan Reports Clashes Near Key Darfur Town
Egypt FM Meets Beshir Amid Reports of Arrest Warrant
Africa
Ethiopia PM Defends Arrest of Opposition Leader
Somali Parliament Approves Ex-Leader's Son as PM
Rwandan Prosecutor Calls for US Teacher's Return in Genocide Trial
South African Ruling Stirs Debate on How Best to Reconcile the Past
Russia
Russia's Lavrov Welcomes US Signals on Missile Shield
Russia Says Averted Suicide Attack on Ingush Leaders
Belarus
US and Belarus in Dispute Over Inmate
Americans Keep Dying
Bridgewater (MA) Mourns First War Death Since Vietnam
Slain Soldier From Elida (OH) Was Recently Married
Kentucky Soldier With Ties to Texas Killed by Iraq Bomb
Leominster (MA) to Honor Soldier Killed in Iraq With Vigil
Fond Memories of Maui Soldier Who Died in Iraq (HI)
Illinois Soldier Dies in Iraq From Non-Combat Cause
Friends Mourn Frisco (TX) Man Killed While Serving in Afghanistan
Lockport (NY) Native With Ties to Arizona Killed in Iraq Suicide Bombing
Oakland (IL) Police Officer Killed in Afghanistan
 
Afghanistan: 20 Years On
Afghans Mark 20th Anniversary of Russia's Defeat
Soviet Vets, 20 Years On, Warn Obama on Afghanistan
Is the US Repeating Soviet Mistakes in Afghanistan?
Today in Afghanistan
New US Envoy Meets Afghan President as Ties Strained
Three Bombs Kill Govt Official, Seven Police in Afghanistan
US Supplies Via Russia to Start Soon
UK: Life-Saving Spy Planes Grounded by Lack of Crews for Afghan Missions
British Army Returns to an Old Tactic to Defeat Resurgent Taliban: Sniping
Royal Marine Killed in Afghanistan
Mullen: US Has to Gain Afghan Citizens' Trust
Afghan TV Stations Find Censorship Line Is Blurry
Pakistan
12 More Killed in Swat Violence

Taliban Free Chinese Engineer in Pakistan
Pakistan Officials Fail to Produce Mumbai Suspects Before Court
Pakistan May Seek Custody of Surviving Mumbai Gunman
UN Seeks Contact With Pakistan Captors of Official
Suicide Jacket With Explosives Recovered in Islamabad
Sri Lanka
The War the World Forgot
Fears Grow for Civilians Trapped in Sri Lanka Battle
Downing Street Red-Faced After Sri Lanka Condemns 'Envoy'
Trapped Sri Lankans 'Dying in Makeshift Hospital'
Sri Lanka Military Says Rebels Attack Refugee Bus

Sri Lanka Debates Fate of War Refugees in Government Camps
China
Clinton Seeks a Shift on China
Military Exercise Sparks Earthquake Panic in China, 100k Flee Homes
North Korea
Three Known Sons and No Successor for North Korea's Kim
Analysts: North Korea's Kim Trying to Strike US Deal
A Look at NK Leader Kim Jong-Il
North Korea Blames Seoul for Rejecting News Exchange
Asia
North Korea Blames Seoul for Rejecting News Exchange
Six Civilians Wounded in Bomb Attack in Southern Philippines
Kashmir Opens International Airport
UN Rights Expert Arrives for Myanmar Visit
Blast at UN Human Rights Office in Nepal, No Injuries
Iran
Iran Says Air Force Move to Boost Defense Capability
Iran Official to US: Chess Better Game Than Boxing
Israeli Politics
Olmert to Consult Netanyahu Before Agreeing on Shalit Deal
Israeli Election Reflects Resurgence of the Right
Peretz Will Try to Oust Barak as Israeli Labor Party Leader
Land of the Toxic Kingmaker
Looking for Love: Livni the Lonely Spy
Palestine/Israel
Israel Says No Truce Without Release of Captured Soldier
Hamas: Shalit Stipulation Just 'Israeli Procrastination'
IDF: Large-Scale Destruction of Gaza Homes Presents Legal Difficulties
IAF Hits Gaza Weapon-Making Facilities, Smuggling Tunnels
Roadside Bomb, Grad Rocket Disrupt Calm Along Gaza Border

Groups Question Hamas on 'Extra-Judicial' Killings
US Expected to Pressure Israel on Settlement Construction
Palestinian Campus Looks to East Bank (of Hudson)
Turkey-Israel
Turkey Summons Israeli Envoy Over IDF Major General's Comments
IDF: Officer's Criticism of Turkey Does Not Represent Official View
Turkish PM: Israel Election Results Paint 'Very Dark Picture'
Lebanon
Beirut Rally on Hariri Assassination Anniversary
Israel Promises Retaliation Should Hezbollah Challeges Airspace Violations
Lebanon Telecom Minister Turns Tables, Accuses Hariri of Spying on Him
Americas

Venezuela Expels EU Lawmaker for Comments on Election

Despite Feats, President of Bolivia Stirs Fierce Debate
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
2/13/2009
Out of Iraq?

Ivan Eland
2/14/2009
Battling Christian Terrorists

Charles Peña
2/11/2009
Obama Wants a Surge
of His Own

Philip Giraldi
2/10/2009
Talking Turkey About Israel

Alan Bock
2/09/2009
Iraqis Back in Charge?

Doug Bandow
2/06/2009
Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty: The Battle Continues

Nebojsa Malic
2/05/2009
Not Done Yet

Ran HaCohen
1/29/2009
What Happened to Hassan

David R. Henderson
1/27/2009
Meet the New Boss;
Same as the Old Boss

Praful Bidwai
1/18/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster

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