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Today's Highlights

The Rise of Avigdor Lieberman: Justin Raimondo
Empire at the End of Its Rope: Alan Bock
The Great Gamble: Uri Avnery
Cambodia's Missing Accused: John Pilger
Should AIPAC Decide What's Classified?: G. Smith

 
 Gareth Porter

Obama Vs. Petraeus Continued

 Rep. Ron Paul

The Law Vs. The Empire

 Jason Ditz

The Israeli Elections

 William Astore

Peace or the Draft?
Netanyahu's Hopes for Unity Govt Fade    What Iran's Jews Say    Sen. Lugar: US Embargo on Cuba 'Has Failed'    A 'Ticking Time Bomb' Goes Off    Officials Confirm Secret US Training Program in Pakistan    Obama Decision on Iraq Troops 'Soon'    IAEA: Iran Not Capable of Making Nuclear Weapons    IAEA: Iran Did Not Underreport Enrichment    Pakistani Province Plans to Arm Villagers to Fight Taliban    Truce Deals Move Forward in Pakistan    The Rise of Avigdor Lieberman    Likud Hardliner Slams Talk of Unity Govt    The Last 'Enemy Combatant' in America    Israel Orders Palestinian Homes Razed    Serbian Police to Probe Reporters Over Disclosure of Secret Plan    Amnesty: US Assisted Gaza War Crimes    Israelis Worry That US May Start to Distance Itself    Cambodia's Missing Accused    Who Will Rein in the War in Afghanistan?    Indian FM 'Deeply Concerned' by Swat Valley Peace    Assad Tells Kerry US Should Stop 'Dictating' Policy    The Great Gamble    Revealed: Full Horror of Gitmo Inmate's Beatings    Rep. Baird: Israel Must Change 'Counterproductive' Gaza Policies    Empire at the End of Its Rope    Livni: Kadima Won't Compromise on Peace Path Just to Join Coalition    AP Investigation: Army Charity Hoards Millions    Correa: US Diplomat Directed CIA in Ecuador    North Korea Rejects UN Envoy's Trip: Report    India, Pakistan Were Close to Secret Deal on Kashmir: Report    UN Envoy Commits to Saharawi Self-Determination    Grenade Attack in Cairo Bazaar Kills 1, Injures 17    Britain's Omertà on Torture Is a Crime    Iraqi Lawmaker Faces Charges as Attack Mastermind    11 Killed in Attack on Peacekeepers in Somalia    Officials Say 14 Militants Killed in Southern Afghanistan    'High Cost' of Victory Over Tamil Tigers    Should AIPAC Decide What's Classified?     Iran to Begin Pilot Operations of First Nuclear Power Plant    Georgia: Russia Is Stoking Tensions    
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News
Updated February 23, 2009 - 4:11 PM EST
Truce Deals Move Forward in Pakistan
 
  Officials Confirm Secret US Training Program in Pakistan
  Pakistani Province Plans to Arm Villagers to Fight Taliban
Obama Decision on Iraq Troops 'Soon'
 
  US Military: 3 US Soldiers, Interpreter Killed in Iraq
  Iraqi Lawmaker Faces Charges as Attack Mastermind
IAEA Official: Iran Couldn't Make a Nuke
 
  Nuclear Watchdog: Iran Did Not Underreport Its Enrichment Activities
Netanyahu's Plea for Israeli Unity Govt Rejected
 
  Likud Hardliner Slams Talk of Unity Govt
  Israelis Worry That US May Start to Distance Itself
  Israel Orders Palestinian Homes Razed
AP Investigation: Army Charity Hoards Millions
Revealed: Full Horror of Guantánamo Inmate's Beatings
Viewpoints
Should AIPAC Decide What's Classified?  by Grant F. Smith
The Last 'Enemy Combatant' in America  by Jane Mayer
Liberty in Britain Is Facing Death by a Thousand Cuts  by Timothy Garton Ash
The Great Gamble  by Uri Avnery
Cambodia's Missing Accused
by John Pilger
Britain's Omertà on Torture Is a Crime  by Clive Stafford Smith

More Viewpoints
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Frontline
Obama's War (.pdf)
What Iran's Jews Say
Grenade Attack in Cairo Bazaar Kills 1, Injures 17
US, Iraq Launch New Bid to Eradicate al-Qaeda
Amnesty: US Assisted Gaza War Crimes
Clinton's Candor Abroad Draws Mixed Reviews
Sen. Lugar: US Embargo on Cuba 'Has Failed'
Georgia: Russia Is Stoking Tensions
One-Third of UK's Military Deaths Caused by Accidents
 
Price of Sri Lanka's Army Expansion Is Paid in Grief
Today in Iraq
Iraqi Sunni Party Says Lawsuits Filed Over 'Targeting'
With Need Dire and Aid Scant, Iraq's Widows Struggle
Iraq in Budget Battle to Restore Electricity
Iraqi President to Visit Tehran
Sunday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 17 Wounded
The War at Home
Texas Army Recruiters Get New Command After Deaths
Believers Demand CIA Data on UFOs
Guantánamo
A 'Ticking Time Bomb' Goes Off
The Case of the Guantánamo Detainee Who Wanted to See the Sun
Canadian Churches Take Up Cause of Five Guantánamo Detainees
Iran
Iran to Begin Pilot Operations of First Nuclear Power Plant
Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant
France Urges Iran to Come Clean on Nuclear Drive
Syria/Lebanon
Assad Tells Kerry US Should Stop 'Dictating' Policy
Syria's Interests in Lebanon
Israeli Spying a Major Setback for Hezbollah
Israeli Politics
Netanyahu Leans Centrist to Form Unity Government in Israel
Israel's Livni, Netanyahu Agree to Further Talks
Livni: Kadima Won't Compromise on Peace Path Just to Join Coalition
Olmert Urges Netanyahu to Form Govt Quickly
Netanyahu Says He Can Work for Peace With Obama
Sen. Lieberman: Netanyahu Will Enjoy Good Relations With US
Palestine/Israel
Gulf States Launch Arab Aid Plan to Rebuild Gaza
Death Toll at Gaza-Egypt Tunnel Collapse Hits Five
Egypt Briefly Opens Gaza Border for 1,000 to Cross
Rep. Baird: Israel Must Change 'Counterproductive' Gaza Policies
Hamas Sentences Accused Israel Collaborator to Death by Firing Squad
 
Afghanistan
Officials Say 14 Militants Killed in Southern Afghanistan
US Army Captain Learning New Skills in War-Torn Afghanistan
Pakistan/India/Kashmir
Taliban Kidnap Pakistan Official Despite Peace Talks
Indian FM 'Deeply Concerned' by Swat Valley Peace
Pakistan to Allay US Fears on Pact With Islamists
India, Pakistan Were Close to Secret Deal on Kashmir: Report
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Closes in on Last Rebel Stronghold
Sri Lanka Says Rebel Air Wing No Longer a Threat
'High Cost' of Victory Over Tamil Tigers
Asia
North Korea Rejects UN Envoy's Trip: Report
19 Political Prisoners Released From Myanmar Jails
Bangladesh Cracks Down on Islamist Militants After Attack on Police
Somalia
11 Killed in Attack on Peacekeepers in Somalia
Insurgents Claim Attack on AU Forces in Somalia
Gunmen Kidnap Pakistani in Northern Somalia
Africa
UN Envoy Commits to Saharawi Self-Determination
Congo, Somalia Conflicts Make 350,000 New Refugees
Curfew in Nigerian City After Deadly Clashes
Rwandan Army Begins Congo Pullout Ahead of Deadline
Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai Calls for Reconciliation
Egypt Sees Danger if Beshir Warrant Issued
Europe
Serbian Police to Probe Reporters Over Disclosure of Secret Plan
Russian Police Kill Five Militants in Dagestan
Suspect in Chechen's Slaying Arrested in Poland
Ecuador
Correa: US Diplomat Directed CIA in Ecuador
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
2/23/2009
The Rise of Avigdor Lieberman

Alan Bock
2/23/2009
Empire at the End of Its Rope

Ivan Eland
2/21/2009
Obama's Policy on Civil Liberties: Bush Lite?

Nebojsa Malic
2/19/2009
A Year After

Charles Peña
2/18/2009
Portents From the First
Press Conference

Philip Giraldi
2/17/2009
Renounce Extraordinary Rendition

Ran HaCohen
2/17/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'

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

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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