Highlights
 
 Kathy Kelly

War Crimes in Gaza

 Dean Ahmad

The Politics of Palestine

 Andy Worthington

Obama Good On Detainee Policy So Far

 Gareth Porter

US/Israeli Terrorism in Gaza

Border Bombing, Air Strikes Mar Gaza Truce    Kadima Tries Hawkish Route as Elections Loom    Swat Valley Population Turns to Taliban-Run Courts    Muslim World Hails End of a Despised Symbol    Russia Plans Abkhaz Naval Base    Egypt to Hamas: Take Gaza Truce Before Likud Takes Over in Israel    Military Rabbi Urged Troops to Show No Mercy in Gaza    Blockade Stalls Gaza Reconstruction    Gaza War Gives Bigger Lift to Israel's Right Than to Those in Power    As Relatives Lay Dead, Bleeding Gazans Prayed    Kadima Kicks Off Campaign With Threat to Kill Hamas Leaders    Put Torture on Trial    Ethiopians Quit Somalia, Islamists Seize Parliament    NATO Chief Urges Engagement With Iran    Syria Eyes Strategic Gains After Gaza War    Republicans Suggest Alcatraz for Guantánamo Prisoners    Russia Stops US on Road to Afghanistan    Resurgent Right Dashes Peace Hopes as Mitchell Flies to Israel    A Bibi-Barack Collision?    Five Questions for George Mitchell    Report: Hundreds of Civilians Killed in Sri Lanka 'Safety Zone'    44 Years Later, LBJ's Ghost Hovers Over the 44th President    Gaza War Pushes Arabs to the Brink    Israel's Netanyahu: Existing Settlements Will Grow    Afghan Roadside Bombs Hit Record in 2008    Meet the New Boss;
Same as the Old Boss
    Thus Sprach Barack: Pouring Acid on Gaza's Wounds    Full Speed Ahead With Bush's Policies in Israel and Afghanistan    US Helicopters Crash in Iraq, Killing 4 Americans    Not Thrilled About Obama    
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News
Updated January 27, 2009 - 11:13 PM EST
Soldier Killed, Israelis Launch Airstrike
 
  IDF Rabbi Urged Troops to Show 'No Mercy' in Gaza
  Egypt to Hamas: Accept Truce Before Likud Takes Over
  As Relatives Lay Dead, Bleeding Gazans Prayed
Kadima Tries Hawkish Route as Elections Loom
 
 

Kadima Kicks Off Campaign With Threat to Kill Hamas Leaders

 

Resurgent Right Dashes Peace Hopes as Mitchell Flies to Israel

  Blockade Stalls Gaza Reconstruction
 

Netanyahu: Existing Settlements Will Grow

 

Gaza War Gives Bigger Lift to Israel's Right Than to Those in Power

Russia Stops US on Road to Afghanistan
 
  Afghan Roadside Bombs Hit Record in 2008
  Swat Valley Population Turns to Taliban-Run Courts
Iraqi PM Expects Faster US Withdrawal
 
  Monday: 4 US Soldiers, 4 Iraqis Killed; 25 Iraqis Wounded
Muslim World Hails End of a Despised Symbol

Hundreds of Civilians Killed in Sri Lanka 'Safety Zone'

Ethiopians Quit Somalia, Islamists Seize Parliament

Russia Plans Abkhaz Naval Base
Viewpoints
Full Speed Ahead With Bush's Policies in Israel and Afghanistan  by Glenn Greenwald
44 Years Later, LBJ's Ghost Hovers Over the 44th President  by Norman Solomon
Thus Sprach Barack: Pouring Acid on Gaza's Wounds  by Chris Floyd
A Bibi-Barack Collision?
by Patrick Buchanan
Gaza War Pushes Arabs to
the Brink
 by Robert Dreyfuss
Not Thrilled About Obama
by Paul Campos

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Frontline
Analysis: Thinking Small in Afghanistan

US Army Field Manual Still Sanctions Torture

Two Prisons, Similar Issues for President Obama

Freed Gitmo Prisoners Taunt US as Closure Plan Falls Apart

Court to Hear 9/11 Conspirator's Appeal in Va.

German Sues Macedonia Over Capture, Torture by CIA

Challenges Loom as Obama Seeks Space Weapons Ban

UK Top Guns Ordered to Shoot UFOs

 
Iraqi Elections

Maliki Pushes for Election Gains, Despite Fears

Displaced Iraqis to Cast Ballots Far From Home

Yazidi Lawmaker Accuses Kurds of Attacking His Family

Bomb Explodes in Baquba as Elections Near

Press Get Protection During Iraqi Vote

Today in Iraq

Iraq's Tariq Aziz, Chemical Ali Face New Trial

1st Full Class of Policewomen Joins Iraq's Fledgling Force

Attacks Continue

Three Civilians Injured by Bomb Blast in Mosul

Monday: 4 US Soldiers, 4 Iraqis Killed; 25 Iraqis Wounded
Occupying Iraq

US Helicopters Crash in Iraq, Killing 4 Americans

Some Worried About Detainee Transfer to Iraq

'War on Terror'

UN Official: Enough Evidence to Prosecute Rumsfeld for War Crimes

Liberty City Six Terror Trial Is Back for Third Time

Guantánamo

EU: US Must Show Guantánamo Detainees Pose No Risk

EU Fails to Reach Common Line on Guantánamo

Sarkozy Promises Obama Help on Guantánamo Closure

Iran

Iran Condemns EU for Taking Group Off Terror List

NATO Chief Urges Engagement With Iran

US Ambassador to UN: We Will Engage in Diplomacy With Iran

ICC Tries First Case

Congo Warlord Trained Children to Kill, Court Told

International Court Begins First Trial

Congo Militia Leader Thomas Lubanga

Africa

Rwanda: Congo Rebel Leader 'Safe' but Not in Jail

Zimbabwe Talks in Disarray Over Disputed Deal

Darfur Rebels Clash With Sudan Army on Two Fronts

Somalia

Somaliland Accuses Eritrea of Smuggling Weapons

Somali Talks to Form Unity Government Starts in Djibouti

Russia

NATO Ambassadors Hold First Talks With Russia in Six Months

Abkhazian Vice Interior Minister Shot Dead

 
Pakistan

Pakistan PM: Taliban Courts Not Acceptable

Four Civilians Killed as Troops Battle Taliban in Swat Valley

Police: Bicycle Bomb Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan

Pakistani Taliban Turn Honeymoon Spot Into Slaughterhouse

Taliban Kill 'US Spy' in North Waziristan

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Nears 'Victory' in Long War With Tamil Tigers

Sri Lankan Troops Fight Toward Finale With Tigers

Israeli Election

Netanyahu Woos National Religious Sector

Netanyahu Maintains Edge in Israel Election Race

Former Nightclub Bouncer Lieberman Set to Hold Balance of Power After Israeli Elections

Israel Goes to the Polls

Lieberman's Party Warns of 'Backlash' Against Police Over Investigation

Breakdown of the Parties Running in the Israeli Elections

Gazans Suffer

UN's Role in Gaza Rises Among the Rubble

The Former Cat Stevens Performs Song for Gaza

Sky News Joins BBC in Refusing to Air Gaza Fundraiser

Israel/Palestine

Gaza's Tunnels

Gaza War Rabbinical Edict Draws Protest in Israel

Mubarak Risks Losing Lead Role in Gaza Talks as Criticism Rises

Iran MPs Plan Gaza Visit to Praise Hamas

Turkish Jews Fearful of Anti-Semitism After Gaza

Mideast Peace Talks

Fatah: No Israel-Hamas Truce Until Palestinian Factions Reconcile

Carter: Hamas Can Be Trusted

Obama: Mideast Peace Is Personally Important to Me

Obama Voices Hope for Mideast Peace in Talk With al-Arabiya TV

Is Mideast Peace Out of Reach?

Syria

Olmert: Israel's Indirect Talks With Syria Will Produce Accord

Syria Eyes Strategic Gains After Gaza War

Assad: Syria Will Talk With Any Prime Minister Elected in Israel

Syria Wants Dialogue With US Without Preconditions

In Other News

Massive Trial in Turkey Provides Look Into 'Deep State'

India Goes for 'Urgent' Purchase of Anti-Tank Missiles

Shooting Outside US Embassy in Yemen, 3 Held

China Pandas Make Quiet Debut in Taiwan

Constitutional Vote Tightens Morales' Grip on Bolivia

Skateboarding in Afghanistan Provides a Diversion From Desolation

 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
1/26/2009
Obama's Vietnam

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

Philip Giraldi
1/27/2009
Put Torture on Trial

Alan Bock
1/26/2009
Sadism, Not Substance,
Behind Torture Advocacy

Ivan Eland
1/24/2009
Prosecute George W. Bush for Illegal Acts

Doug Bandow
1/23/2009
Investigate and Prosecute the Bush Administration

Nebojsa Malic
1/22/2009
Continuity

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

Charles Peña
1/14/2009
Why War?

Ran HaCohen
12/30/2008
Pacifying Gaza

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster

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