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White House Backs Off Recognition of Ahmadinejad    Reinterpreting Early August    Afghan Elections: The Man Who Would Beat Karzai    Afghans Protest as NATO Insists Slain Civilians Were 'Insurgents'    Change of Guard in Baghdad's Green Zone    US Seeks One-Year Israel Settlement Freeze    Pentagon Delays Afghan War Review    Israeli FM Tells Border Villagers: You Weren't Conquered, You Were Liberated    64 Years Later, US Support for Hiroshima Nuking Lingers    Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years    Blackwater Responds to Murder Allegations    Hillary Clinton Demands Accountability for War Crimes    Hiroshima, 64 Years Ago    'Dont' Lecture Us' Kenyan PM Tells US    Pakistan Prepares for Influx of Taliban    Gaza's Traumatized Children Struggle to Rise Again    Peace in Balance as Fatah Fights for Survival    Chance of a Breakthrough With the Kurds?    Dear Leader Stars in Bill and Hillary Show    Israeli FM: Opposition MP More Dangerous Than Hamas    Jihadists Find Global Somali Communities Ripe for Recruiting    Afghan Voters Turn to Warlords for Help in Picking Candidates    J Street, ADL Launch War of Words Over Obama Israel Policy    Blackwater Security Company Was Feared and Despised by All Iraqis    Hiroshima and Nagasaki    Government Map Shows Dire Afghan Security Picture    New Head Tells Afghans NATO Will 'Finish the Job'    Export Cars, Not Democracy    US Transfers Control of Southern Iraq Bases    South Ossetia Seeks to Go It Alone    Clinton: Don't Count on North Korea Breakthrough    MEK: Iraqi Forces Blocking Food From Entering Camp Ashraf    Maliki Orders Removal of Baghdad's Concrete Barriers in 40 Days    Chavez Says US-Colombia Bases May Risk War    US Drone Strike Kills Pakistani Taliban Chief's Wife    Protests as US Air Strike Kills Four Civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar    Iraq to Impose Controls on Internet    The Ongoing Danger of Nuclear War    Droning On: Remote-Controlled Mayhem Does Not Win Wars    
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News
Updated August 6, 2009 - 11:28 PM EDT
US Claims Pakistani Taliban Leader Killed
 
  US Drone Strike Kills Wife of Pakistani Taliban Leader
  Pakistan Prepares for Influx of Taliban
US Air Strike Kills Five Afghan Farmers
 
  Afghan Bombs Kill Five US Troops
  Pentagon Delays Afghan War Review
  Afghans Protest as NATO Insists Slain Civilians Were 'Insurgents'
  New Head Tells Afghans NATO Will 'Finish the Job'
  Government Map Shows Dire Afghan Security Picture
US Asks Israel for One-Year Settlement Freeze
 
  Israeli FM Tells Villagers: You Weren’t Conquered, You Were Liberated
  J Street, ADL Launch War of Words Over Obama Israel Policy
White House Backs Off Ahmadinejad Recognition
 
  TV Blackout and Boycott Mar Ahmadinejad's Swearing-In
Dear Leader Stars in Bill and Hillary Show
Chavez Says US-Colombia Bases May Risk War
64 Years Later, US Support for Hiroshima Nuking Lingers
Viewpoints
Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years  by Daniel Ellsberg
Droning On: Remote-Controlled Mayhem Does Not Win Wars  by William S. Lind
The New York Times' Failure of Understanding  by Jacob G. Hornberger
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
by Ralph Raico
Reinterpreting Early August
by James Carroll
The Ongoing Danger of Nuclear War  by Lawrence S. Wittner

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Frontline
Blackwater Responds to Murder Allegations
Blackwater Was Feared and Despised by All Iraqis
Chance of a Breakthrough With the Kurds?
Jihadists Find Global Somali Communities Ripe for Recruiting
'Dont' Lecture Us' Kenyan PM Tells US
Gaza's Traumatized Children Struggle to Rise Again
 
Iranian Rebels in Iraq
MEK: Iraqi Forces Blocking Food From Entering Camp Ashraf
Campaigners Urge Protection for Iranian Dissidents in Iraq
Today in Iraq

US Transfers Control of Southern Iraq Bases
Change of Guard in Baghdad's Green Zone
Iraq to Impose Controls on Internet
Iraqi's Childhood Memories Solved Pilot Mystery: US Senator
Sadrists Say Too Early to Announce Stance on New Alliance
Maliki Orders Removal of Baghdad's Concrete Barriers in 40 Days
Glory Days Are Over at Iraq Copper Market
Iraq's Assyrian Christians Find Temporary Home in Kurdistan
$2,000 for Shi'ite-Sunni Couples Who Marry
Attacks Continue
Eleven Die in Iraq Violence as Would-Be Female Bomber Jailed
Gunmen Kidnap 11 Pilgrims on Way to Iraq Festival
Iraqi Officials Claim Attack on Pilgrims Foiled
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 13 Iraqis Killed; 23 Iraqis Wounded
Iran
Defiant Ahmadinejad Sworn in as Police Break Up Protests
As Ahmadinejad Is Sworn in for His Second Term, Deep Fissures Are Laid Bare
UK Govt Defends Envoy's Presence at Iran Inauguration
US Hails Ahmadinejad Opponents, Still Ready to Talk
Fatah Convention
Peace in Balance as Fatah Fights for Survival
'Stormy Second Day at Fatah Convention
Rows Erupt as Palestinian President's Party Meets
Old Guard 'Hijacks' Fatah Congress, Say Reformers
Palestinian Split Stalling Move Toward State: Saudi King
Interview: What Now for Fatah?
Israel/Palestine
Israeli FM: Opposition MP More Dangerous Than Hamas
25 Visiting GOP Congressmen Pledge Support for Israel
Sarkozy Asks Netanyahu to Free Palestinian Terrorist
Lebanon
Hezbollah Reportedly Stockpiling 40,000 Rockets
Nigeria
Nigeria Oil Rebels Amnesty Offer Starts Thursday
Nigerian President Orders Sect Leader Death Probe
Killed Nigerian Sect Leader Handed Over: Army
Weapons-Laden Ukrainian Plane Released in Nigeria
Somalia/Puntland
In Somalia, a Twist on 'Handshake Diplomacy'
Clinton Seeks to Bolster Somalia's Weak Government
Puntland Information Minister Assassinated
Somalia-Aussie Terror Connection
Australia Charges Four More Over Alleged Terror Plot
1 in Alleged Australian Terror Plot Denies Charge
Somali Connection: A Terrorism Crackdown in Australia
'War on Terror'
Obama's Battle Against Terrorism to Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets
Court Denies Bail to US 'Homegrown Terrorists'
Release for '88 Pan Am Bomber?
Former Gitmo Detainees Work on Bermuda Golf Course
Palau Deal Close for Uighur Gitmo Detainees
 
Hiroshima
Hiroshima Mayor Calls for Abolishing Nuke Weapons
Citizens Commemorate 64th Hiroshima A-Bomb Anniversary in Japan
War Veterans Remember Their Anguish in Wake of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings
Afghanistan
Protests as US Air Strike Kills Four Civilians in Afghanistan's Kandahar
Afghan Voters Turn to Warlords for Help in Picking Candidates
Afghan Elections: The Man Who Would Beat Karzai
2 Women Vie for Afghan Presidency
Afghan Elections Will Be 'Challenging' Says British Envoy
Afghanistan Unveils Stringent Security for Polls
Hamid Karzai in His Labyrinth
Nearly Half of Afghanistan at Risk of Attack by Taliban, Insurgents
Feingold Set to Oppose Further Troop Boost for Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistani Officials Claim NATO Confirmed Weapons Being Smuggled Into Balochistan
Pakistani Christians Express Anger Over Killings
70 Murders, Yet Close to Going Free in Pakistan
North Korea
Clinton: Don't Count on North Korea Breakthrough
US Journalists Held Separately for Four Months: Sister
Wealthy Hollywood Producer Paid for North Korea Flight
Obama Lets North Korea's Kim Save Face
North Korea Must Stop Provocative Behavior: Obama
Japan Considers New North Korea Missile Defense
Asia
Army Says Eight Killed in Kashmir Clashes
Uighur Accuses China of Inflaming Ethnic Tension
Russia
Russia Calls Submarine Patrols Off East Coast 'Routine'
Pentagon Sees No Threat From Russian Subs Off US Coast
Russia Keeping US Humvees as War Trophies
Retrial in Politkovskaya Murder Opens in Moscow
Georgia/South Ossetia
South Ossetia Seeks to Go It Alone
Russia Backs EU, Not US, Role in Georgia
Georgia: Uneasy Peace a Year After War With Russia
Cyprus
UN Envoys Says No Pressure for Cyprus Deal
Venezuela
Chavez: Venezuela to Buy More Tanks Over US Threat
Chavez Asks Obama Not to Raise Troops in Colombia
Venezuelan Journalists: Top Prosecutor Must Resign
Americas
US Appears to Soften Support for Honduras' Zelaya
Report: Leahy Blocks Report on Mexico Human Rights
Cuban Media Makes Unusual Mention of '94 Protest
US Military
Soldier Gets Month in Jail for Refusing Deployment
US Army Brings Thrilling Terror of War Home Through Safe Outlets
United Nations
US Says Ready to Pay Off UN Peacekeeping Debt
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
8/05/2009
The 'Patriotic' Spy

Philip Giraldi
8/06/2009
Export Cars, Not Democracy

Nebojsa Malic
8/05/2009
The Lessons of August

Kelley B. Vlahos
8/04/2009
Who's to Blame When Vets Turn Homicidal?

Ivan Eland
8/01/2009
Was Rummy Really Wrong?

Charles V. Peņa
7/29/2009
Odds Against Nuclear Disarmament

Ran HaCohen
7/20/2009
Fascism Needs an Enemy

David R. Henderson
7/17/2009
NPR: 'Murder' a Controversial Concept

Alan Bock
7/06/2009
Independence, Empire Don't Mesh

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism
Additional Contributors
Ehsan Ahrari
Doug Bandow
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Sibel Edmonds
Tom Engelhardt
Mike Ewens
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
John Pilger
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington


 
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