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Too Late for Empire: Schell/Engelhardt
Applauding While Lebanon Burns: Norman Solomon
'Birth Pangs of a New Middle East'?: Leon Hadar
No Peace Until US Withdraws: Patrick Cockburn
Iran: The Next War: James Bamford
 
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News
Updated July 27, 2006 - 11:16 PM EDT

No Truce 'For Weeks' as Talks Stall
 
  Hezbollah Demands Immediate Truce, Prisoner Swap
 

Iran Calls for Cease-Fire    Syria Calls for Cease-Fire
 

Rice Warns Iran, Syria Not to Oppose Cease-Fire
US Considers Troop Deployment in Lebanon
 
  Proposed Multinational Force Won't Disarm Hezbollah of Its Rockets

'800,000' Lebanese Uprooted by Attacks
 
  Israeli Strike Levels Whole Block in Downtown Tyre
  Israel Bombs Lebanese Army Base, State TV Tower

Dissent Grows in Israel Over Lebanon
 
  Israel Decides Not to Expand Offensive, but Calls Up 30,000 Reserves
Hezbollah Could Be Gaining Strength
 
  Hezbollah's Bigger, Better Arsenal Draws Israel Into Ground War
  Zawahiri Tells Muslims to Join Mideast Conflict
Rumsfeld Extends Iraq Tours of Thousands of GIs
  31 People Killed in Upscale Baghdad District
  Saddam Trial Ends, Verdict to be Announced October 16
Feds Urge Law to Allow Eavesdropping
Viewpoints
Civil War Won't End Until Troops Leave Iraq  by Patrick Cockburn
The US Empire Makes Its Move to Take Over the Middle East  by John Pilger
'Birth Pangs of a New Middle East'?  by Leon Hadar
Israel's Barrier to Peace  by Chris Hedges
Too Late for Empire
by Jonathan Schell and Tom Engelhardt
Applauding While Lebanon Burns
by Norman Solomon

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Frontline

Troops in Baghdad Express Frustration With the War and Their Mission
Christian Right Steps Up Pro-Israel Lobbying
Despite Olmert's Offensive, Israelis Running From Rockets
Man Who Loses Family Asks, 'Who Is to Blame?’

Lebanon to Sue Israel for 'Barbaric Destruction'
Kurdish Leader: 'Action on PKK Will Spell Attack on North Iraq'

Poll: Iraq War a Mistake, Say 56% of Americans

Family Loses One Son in Iraq, the Other in Afghanistan

Hezbollah Continues Rocket Attacks; Over 1400 Fired So Far
 
UN Says It Protested to Israel for 6 Hours During Attack That Killed 4 Observers in Lebanon
Maliki: He's No Puppet

Iraqi Prime Minister Addresses Congress

Iraqi PM Declines to Condemn Hezbollah

Bush Clashes With Iraqi PM Over Lebanese Conflict

Howard Dean: Iraqi PM an 'Anti-Semite'
Attacks Continue

Gunmen Kidnap 17 in Baghdad After New Security Plan
Developments in Iraq on July 27

Developments in Iraq on July 26
Suffering in Iraq

Counting Corpses at the Baghdad Morgue

Fleeing Basra Residents Find Conditions in Mosul Even Worse
Occupying Iraq

Redeployed Troops to Look for Locals' Help in Baghdad

US May Increase Iraq Force by Delaying Departures

US Could Face a Showdown With Sadr
Saddam Trial

Saddam 'Forced' Back to Face Trial

Saddam: Shoot, Don't Hang Me
Iraq Today

5 Suspected in Iraqi Death Squad Arrested

Ancient Statue Looted in Iraq Is Returned
Afghanistan

Bombing Raids Kill 25 Afghan Militants

Taliban Goes for Cash Over Ideology

Colombia to Aid in Afghan Drug War

NATO Ambassadors Endorse Afghan Expansion
India

India Could Make 50 Warheads Under Nuclear Deal

India Nuke Deal Heads for House Vote

India Warns Over US Nuclear Deal
Kashmir

Three Indian Soldiers Arrested for Ties to Kashmiri Militants

Five Dead, 12 Hurt in Indian Kashmir Violence
South Asia

Nepalese Hit Streets - Again - for Change

No F-16s to Pakistan Without Security Vow: Rice

Sri Lanka Attacks Rebel Positions
North Korea

North Korea Vows to Bolster Its Nuclear Weapons Program

China 'Seriously Concerned' Over North Korea Stalemate
China

US Senators to Seek Vote on China Sanctions

Power, Not Socialism, Is Today’s Chinese Ideology

China to Canada: Dalai Lama Award Could Hurt Ties

China Accuses Dalai Lama of CIA Links
Horn of Africa Proxy War?

Somali Govt: Plane Full of Weapons Bound for Islamists

Mystery Plane Sparks Speculation Eritrea Is Arming Somali Islamists

US Urges Somalia's Neighbors Not to Intervene

Experts See Ethiopia-Eritrea Proxy War Under Way in Somalia
Africa

Chad and Sudan Sign Deal Against Rebels

East Congo Militia Lay Down Arms
Americas

Chávez Hails Russia for Defying US With Arms Sale

'I'll Be Out by 100' Says Castro
Southeast Asia

East Timor Rebel Leader Detained

Teenage Leader of Burmese Rebel Group Surrenders
Russia and Her Neighbors

Georgia Pledges to Separatist Region

Ukraine Parliament Will Resist Yushchenko Attempts to Dissolve It
Blair Besieged

Blair Is Called to Account Again Over War in Iraq

MPs Outraged Over Weapons for Israel Transiting Through UK

Former Top Blair Aide Slams Britain Over Lebanon Policy
United Kingdom

Families of Slain British Soldiers Can Appeal for Inquiry

US Compensation for British Nuclear Test Veteran
 
Peace Talks/Peace Force

Bush's Options in Lebanon Limited by US Commitment in Iraq

US Stance on Cease-Fire Angers Lebanese

Solana Sees EU Troops in Plan to End Conflict

Prodi: Italy Will Join Mideast Force

France, Germany Reject Sending NATO Troops to Lebanon

Egypt Rules Out Intervention in Lebanon
Bombing UN/Targeting Aid

China Demands Formal Israeli Apology for Bombing UN Base

Former Australian Official: Israel Targeting Red Cross Vehicles
Assault on Lebanon

Deadliest Day for Israel in Lebanon

Bodies of Hezbollah Fighters May Be 'Bargaining Chips'

Hezbollah Proves Formidable Foe

Is Israel Facing a Quagmire?
Lebanon

Lebanese Cope, Once Again, Amid the Ruin of War

Lebanese Students Ridicule US Vision of 'New Middle East'

As Bombs Hit South, Life Goes on North of Beirut

Iranian Volunteers Set Off for Lebanon

Iran Denies Hiding Hezbollah Boss in Beirut Embassy

Lebanon Arrests 40 'Israeli Spies'
Palestine

Israelis Kill 24 Palestinians in Gaza

Babies Among Dead on Gaza Front Line

Palestinians in Gaza Worry About Becoming the 'Forgotten War'

Ramallah Shops Shut Down to Protest Rice Visit
Israel

Over 120 Rockets Hit Northern Israel

Small Businesses a War Casualty in Israel

Israeli Army Frees Two Detained 'Hezbollah Suspects'

Israeli Bedouin Suspected of Spying for Hezbollah

Norway 'Nazi Cartoon' Irks Israel
Syria

Red Cross, Syria Struggle With Humanitarian Duties

Syria Sends New Batch of Aid to Lebanon

Syria Denies Report of Offers to Hand Over al-Qaeda Members to US

Syrian Minister Hopes to Revive Mideast Peace Process

Syriac Christian Patriarch Calls for Halt to Israeli Aggression
Foreigners in Lebanon

Many Americans Stuck in Southern Lebanon

'This Is All We Brought With Us'

Arab-American Group Sues Rice, Rumsfeld for Bungled Evac

Australian, French Evacuees Arrive in Turkey

50 Australians Trapped in Southern Lebanese City Under Israeli Attack

Thousands of Foreign Workers Still in Lebanon

Poorer Nations Scramble to Evacuate Their Citizens
Global Lebanon Fallout

US Company Accused of Abetting Hezbollah

With Israel Strife, Bush Is Knocked Off Course Again

Iraq Government Donates $35 Million to Lebanon

Pakistani Tribesmen Protest Against Israeli Attacks on Lebanon

India Condemns Israeli Bombing of Lebanon
War on Terror

Border Officials Say They Can Finally Tell the Difference Between Terrorists and Innocents

Warrants in the Way of Terror Hunt, Says CIA Chief

ACLU Challenges Phone Companies on Data Sharing

UK Terror Suspects Ruling Challenged

Lawyer Accuses Australia of 'Hidden Agenda' in Terror Trial
War at Home

Bush Backs Republican for Senate Despite Criticism on Iraq War

Training Questioned After Soldier's Death

Democrats and the War: Murtha Rises on Back of Iraq Crusade

New FBI Division to Probe Weapons Terrorists May Use

Adversary of Goss Takes No. Two CIA Post

New Troops at US Border, but the Task Is Vast

The Bolton Nomination, Act II

Report Finds Extensive Waste in Homeland Security Contracts
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
7/26/2006
Lebanon: Winners and Losers

Ivan Eland
7/25/2006
Israel Is Winning the Battle, but Not the War

Praful Bidwai
7/24/2006
India Mulls Tough Responses to Mumbai Bombings

Alan Bock
7/22/2006
Reality Bites Back

Doug Bandow
7/21/2006
Democracy, Iraq-Style

Charles Peņa
7/20/2006
What a Fine Mess

Nebojsa Malic
7/19/2006
Lawless

David R. Henderson
7/17/2006
The 1960s Antiwar Movement Revisited

Ran HaCohen
7/15/2006
The Army Wants Action

Sascha Matuszak
4/06/2006
Getting a Piece of the Pie

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