Highlights
War Good For the Economy?: Justin Raimondo
Will McCain Cut 'Defense'?: Charles Peña
The Other Election: William S. Lind
Questions on Syria Raid Timing: Ali Gharib
An Empty Trial at Gitmo: Andy Worthington
 
 Grant F. Smith

Try AIPAC!

 Jim Bovard

The Democrats: More of the Same

 Gareth Porter

Bush Loses Iraq ... More

 Matthew Rothschild

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Suicide Blasts Kill at Least 31 in Somalia    US to Close Embassy in Syria to Public on Thursday    Syria Demands US Apology, Compensation for Raid    Chartered Boat Arrives in Gaza Despite Israeli Threats    US: Syria Strike 'A Warning'    Gates Expands US Right to Defend Against Plots    Sri Lanka Rebel Air Attack Puts Capital in Dark    Iran Opens Naval Base Near Routes for Gulf Oil    Gates Suggests New Arms Deal With Russia    Is War Good For the Economy?    Intel Agencies Spent $47.5 Billion in 2008    Syria Demands UN Action Against US Over Raid    NATO's Afghan Forces 'Hit Limit'    Syria Slams Iraqi Govt Spokesman Over Strike Comments    EU-Russia Talks to Restart at Summit    Witnesses Say Georgia Targeted Civilians in August War    Iraq Demands All US Troops Out by 2011    Elections Put Israeli Peace Process on Hold    Canada Stays Deportation of Army Deserter    UK Says Troops on Track to End Iraq Mission Next Year    Czech Election Results Leave US Radar Station's Future Uncertain    More Than 30,000 Flee Congo as Fighting Intensifies    The Other Election    Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Bases in N. Iraq    You Can't Cut Spending
and Spare 'Defense'
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News
Updated October 29, 2008 - 11:16 PM EDT

US Calls Raid a Warning to Syria

 
  US to Close Embassy in Syria to Public
  Syria Demands US Apology, Compensation for Raid
  Analysts Question Timing of Syria Raid
 

Iran Warns US Against Syria-Style Strikes

NATO's Afghan Forces 'Hit Limit'

 
  US Considers Taliban Talks

Iraq Demands All US Troops Out by 2011

 
 

UK Says Troops on Track to End Iraq Mission Next Year

  Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 20 Iraqis Killed; 73 Iraqis Wounded

Elections Put Israeli Peace Process on Hold

 
 

Chartered Aid Boat Arrives in Gaza Despite Israeli Threats

Suicide Blasts Kill at Least 31 in Somalia

Witnesses Say Georgia Targeted Civilians

Czech Election Leaves US Radar Station's Future Uncertain

Viewpoints
US Army's Domestic Deployment
by Glenn Greenwald
An Empty Trial at Guantánamo
by Andy Worthington
US-India Deal Followed by China-Pakistan Deal: Coincidence?  by Malou Innocent and Christopher Preble
The Other Election  by William S. Lind
Bush's Looming Defeat in Iraq
by Robert Parry
The Party of Torture  by Johann Hari

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Frontline

CIA Led Mystery Syria Raid

Gates Expands US Right to Defend Against Plots

Judge Narrows Definition of Gitmo's 'Enemy Combatants'

Intel Agencies Spent $47.5 Billion in 2008

Reports: Sarkozy Condemns 'Utterly Immature' Obama for Iran Policy

Gates Suggests New Arms Deal With Russia

Gates: Long-Term Outlook Bleak for Nuke Safety

Canada Stays Deportation of Army Deserter

Microsoft, Google and Yahoo Unite in Charter to Protect Online Freedom of Speech

Biden Voices 'Unshakable Commitment' to Strong Israel-US Ties

 
Burn Pit at Balad Raises Health Concerns
Today in Iraq

Basra Security Forces Nab 180 Suspects in Large Raid Operation

Turkish Warplanes Bomb Kurdish Bases in N. Iraq

MP: Hundreds of Christian Families Return to Mosul

Kirkuk Dispute Threatens to Plunge Iraq Into Kurdish-Arab War

Iraqi Christians' Fear of Exile

Tuesday: 35 Iraqis Killed, 55 Wounded

Occupying Iraq

Iraqi Militant to Hang for Killing US Soldiers

Last Polish Troops Come Home From Iraq

Tonga to Withdraw Troops From Iraq

Report on Iraq Security Lists 310 Contractors

US Intel
US Intelligence Agencies Face Austerity
Change Expands Eligibility for Intelligence Hires
'War on Terror'

US Judge: Guantánamo Man Tortured Into Confessing

Lawyer Gains Access to Gitmo's Secret 'Camp 7'

Facts About the Guantánamo Prison Camp

Padilla Prosecutors Get Award From Justice Department

Al-Qaeda Media Man Waged 'Jihad by Pen,' US Says

Britain Proposes to Name, Ban Entry of Extremists

Officer Stopped to Reload Gun While Killing Menezes

Menezes Officer 'Grossly Exaggerated' His Evidence

Afghanistan

Afghan, Pakistani Meeting Agrees to Taliban Talks

Troops Face Wall of Silence From Terrified Afghan Villagers

Survey Finds More Afghans Pessimistic About Their Future

Pakistan

Five Civilians Killed, 21 Injured in Swat Valley Shelling

Jirga Bans Entry of Taliban in Part of Bajaur

Pakistani Army Suspends Plan for New Headquarters

Sri Lanka

Heavy Fighting on Northern Fronts in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Rebel Air Attack Puts Capital in Dark

Facts About Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger Air Wing

Asia

Nepal Government Withdraws Criminal Charges Against Maoist Leaders

India: In World's Largest Democracy, Tolerance Is a Weak Pillar

Dalai Lama Calls Special Meeting of Tibetan Exiles

Russia

EU-Russia Talks to Restart at Summit

Moscow Will Pose Early Test of NATO Ambitions

 
Attack on Syria

Syria Slams Iraqi Govt Spokesman Over Strike Comments

Syria Asks UN Council to Prevent New US Attacks

Insurgents' Route Though Syria Persists

Iraqi Parliament Worried Over US Attack on Syria

Syrian Govt Slams Iraqi Spokesman Over Statement on US Strike

Syria Orders US School, Cultural Center Closed

Still No Proof, but IAEA Presses Syria for More Visits

Hezbollah Condemns 'Terrorist Crime' Committed by US in Syria

Diplomats: IAEA Says Syrian Nuke Info Needs Probe

Israel/Palestine

Israeli Army Defends 'Shoot-To-Kill' Policy After Three Palestinians Die in Murky Circumstances

Israel Blocks Doctors From Attending Gaza Conference

Activists Seek to Break Israel Blockade on Gaza

Israel Vows to Block Activist Boat From Gaza

Peres: Israel Is Closer to Peace Than Ever Before

Dovish Lawmaker Beilin to Retire From Politics

Iran

Russia to Continue Arms Sales to Iran

Iran Opens Naval Base Near Routes for Gulf Oil

Lebanon

Prosecutor Accuses 34 Islamists in Lebanon Attacks

Armored Against Turmoil, Lebanon Lures Investors

Koreas

In Asia, Doubts Grow About a Nuclear-Free North Korea

North Korean Soldier Defects to South Through DMZ

Defectors Describe Executions, Torture in North Korea

Japan: North Korea's Kim Probably Remains Hospitalized

Sudan

US Accuses Sudan of Duplicity in Darfur

Will Killing of Oil Workers Harden China's Darfur Policy?

Congo

More Than 30,000 Flee Congo as Fighting Intensifies

Congo Army Prepares to Abandon Town to Rebels

UN Blocked From Pulling Workers Out of Congo

UN Forces Fail to Repel Tutsi Rebels in Congo

UN Seeks Reinforcements in E. Congo

Congo Rebels Say They Have Captured Eastern Town

Congo's Violence Tied to 1994 Rwandan Genocide

Africa

Opposition: Mugabe Not Serious About Zimbabwe Government

Grenade Attack Injures Four in Somali Border Town

Colombia

Colombia: FARC Agree to Hostage Talks

 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
10/29/2008
Is War Good For the Economy?

Charles Peña
10/29/2008
You Can't Cut Spending
and Spare 'Defense'

Sascha Matuszak
10/28/2008
A Win-Win Situation for China

Alan Bock
10/27/2008
An Upside to the Financial Crisis?

Ivan Eland
10/25/2008
Obama Gets Powell and McCain Gets al-Qaeda

Doug Bandow
10/24/2008
Constitutional Peril

David R. Henderson
10/23/2008
Central Planning at Home
and Abroad

Philip Giraldi
10/21/2008
Zero Plus Zero Equals Zero

Nebojsa Malic
10/16/2008
Cheap Thrills

Praful Bidwai
9/05/2008
Lawmaker's Disclosure May Torpedo Nuke Deal

Ran HaCohen
8/27/2008
Occupation by Another Name

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