Archived Antiwar.com Home Page from June 22, 2014

News

Updated June 22, 2014 - 11:20 PM EDT

		*US 'Advisers' Waiting for Iraq Legal Cover*
		*Iraq Pressed by US to Quickly Solve Political Crisis*
		*US, ISIS, and Shi'ite Clergy Agree: Maliki Must Go*

		*ISIS Seizes Four West Iraq Towns, Moves on Key Dam*
		*Bombings and Clashes Leave Well Over 200 Killed Across Iraq*
		Hundreds of Troops Surrounded in Iraq's Key Refinery: US Official
		Iraqi Shi'ite Groups Rally in Show of Power
		Jihadist Infighting Kills 17 in Kirkuk

		*Iraq Militants Take Syria-Border Post in Drive for Caliphate*
		Syrian Warplanes Hit Town Seized by ISIS
		US: Airstrikes Against ISIS Won't Be Confined to Iraq

Viewpoints

	Is Obama's New Iraq Strategy a Cover for Expanding Secret War? by Ali Gharib
	The Bookends of Generation War: Bergdahl and Lindh by Guy Somerset
	Reviving the 'Successful Surge' Myth by Robert Parry

	In Praise of Michael Hastings by John R. MacArthur
	Government's Closed-Source Intelligence by Philip Giraldi
	How Obama Whoops Up Democracy by James Bovard
More Viewpoints

The Middle East Harvests Bitter Imperialist Fruit
by Sheldon Richman

Frontline

	Anger Grows at Arizona's 'Bullying' Border Patrol
	Los Angeles Police Dept Just Got a Military-Grade Electric Bike for Stealth Missions
	Islamists Kill 'Many' in Attack on Nigerian Village
	South Korean Soldier Kills 5 Comrades, Wounds 5
	Okinawa Governor to Drop Call to Kick Out US Air Base
	An Inside Peek at Gitmo's Camps and Court

Ukraine/Russia

	Putin Orders Surprise Drills to Check Combat Readiness of Central Russia Forces
	Putin Backs Ukraine Cease-Fire, Warns Talks Needed
	Ukrainian Church Faces Obscure Pro-Russia Revolt in Its Own Ranks
	Seven Wounded in Fighting Near Russian-Ukrainian Border
	Ukraine's Oligarchs Remain Influential as Ever
	Baltic States to Back Further Russia Sanctions if Ukraine Crisis Does Not Ease

Europe

	Could Estonia's Oil Shale Bolster Europe's Energy Security?
	Prominent Belarusian Activist Released From Prison

Afghanistan

	Afghans Protest Alleged Election Fraud, but Turnout Smaller Than Expected
	Tension Mounts in Afghanistan as UN Urges Abdullah to Return to Electoral Process

Pakistan

	Helicopters Pound Militant Hideouts, Killing 30 in NWA, Khyber
	Pakistan Says 307,501 Have Fled Tribal Region
	Environmental Tribunal Judge Killed in Quetta
	Karachi: Two Gunned Down, Three Injured in City as Violence Continues
	Pakistan Police Told to Use Rubber Bullets to Handle Protest Rallies

Sri Lanka

	Fire Guts Muslim Shop in Sri Lanka Amid Tensions
	Another Tamil Man Sets Himself on Fire to Stop Deportation to Sri Lanka

China/Hong Kong

	Chinese Police Shoot Dead 13 Attackers in Restive Xinjiang
	Cyberattack on Hong Kong Vote Was Among Largest Ever, Security Chief Says
	China Will Solve Maritime Disputes Through Direct Talks
	China Publishes 146-Page Book on US Mass Surveillance

Americans Still Dying

Iraq

	Bombings and Clashes Leave Well Over 200 Killed Across Iraq
	Obama Faces Blurred Lines in Iraq
	US: Iran Sent 'Small Numbers' of Operatives Into Iraq
	Allawi Launches an Initiative to Form National Government
	Iraqis in Iran Rally to the Cause of Their Former Homeland Under Threat From Militant Extremists
	Obama: Iraq's Military Must Diversify
	Iraqi Girl, 15, and Mother Each Lose Both Their Legs in ISIS Rocket Attack Which Also Kills Her Ten-Year-Old Sister
	Kurdistan Denies Selling Oil to Israel
	Second Tanker of Kurdish Oil Delivered, Two More Loading
	Iraqi Exiles Divided by Sect, but United by Anxiety Over Warring Homeland
	We Feel Like Being in Jail: Indian Carpenter in Iraq

Syria

	Syrian Mother Speaks of Her Son Sold Into Battle
	UK Family 'Heartbroken' After British Man Appears in Syria Jihadist Film

Lebanon

	Hezbollah, Syrian Army Surround Lebanese Enclave
	Witness: Lebanon Suicide Bomber Syrian

Israel/Palestine

	Abbas Says No Evidence Shows Hamas Is Behind Kidnapping of Three Israeli Teens
	Rockets Fired From Gaza Hit Southern Israel
	UN's Mideast Coordinator Denies Allegations He Sought to Transfer Funds to Hamas
	Livni Says Netanyahu Erred in Attacking Abbas at Start of Kidnapping Crisis

Yemen

	Shi'ite Rebels Attack Police Patrols in Yemeni Capital
	Al-Qaeda Denies Majority of Its Fighters in Yemen Are Foreigners
	Yemeni Colonel Kills 'al-Qaeda Brother,' Avenged by Nephews