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News
Updated February 11, 2015 - 11:20 PM EST
Obama's War to Extend Far Beyond Iraq and Syria
 
  Iraq Yazidis Launch Revenge Killings Against Arabs After ISIS Ouster
  ISIS Recruitment Surges, 20,000 Foreign Fighters in Iraq, Syria
  Assad: Syria Gets Information on US Strikes From Iraq, Others
  Hostage's Role in ISIS Videos May Have Raised His Value to Group
Ukraine President Threatens Martial Law
 
  Ukraine Crisis Prompts New Domino Theory
  Obama Calls Putin to Threaten Him Over Ukraine 'Aggression'
  Reports of Ceasefire, But Ukraine Fighting Continues Escalating
  Kerry Pushes for US to Arm Ukraine
NSA: Iran Learned From Western Cyberattacks
 
  Judge Rejects Challenge to NSA Warrantless Surveillance
3 Muslim Students Shot Dead in North Carolina
Claims About Saudis Put 9/11 Families' Suit Back in Spotlight
Viewpoints
Here's Why Arming Ukraine Would Be a Disaster  by James Carden
Bush and Cheney Didn't Have to Do It  by Rebecca Gordon
The Military Has Become Too Expensive To Use  by Philip Giraldi
Free Ruslan Kotsaba!  by Justin Raimondo
Mansons on the Mekong  by Dan Sanchez
Finding Creative Ways to Torture  by Peter Costantini

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Frontline
Brian Williams Suspended for 6 Months Without Pay
The Guardian Hires Chelsea Manning
Pentagon Says Guantanamo Interpreter Worked for CIA
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Obama's Letter to Lawmakers on War Request
 
Iraq
168 Killed in Iraq as Yazidis Begin Deadly Reprisals
US: No Direct Arms Deliveries to Iraqi Kurds
Syria
Syrian Government Launches Offensive Against Rebels in South
White House: ISIS Has Another American
American ISIS Hostage Kayla Mueller Is Dead, Family Confirms
No Plans to Save Kayla Mueller, Pentagon Say
Kayla Mueller: Full Transcript of Letter Sent by US Aid Worker Held Hostage by ISIS
ISIS Militants Publicly Behead Man for 'Practicing Sorcery' in Raqqa
Israel/Palestine
Staying Firm on Speech, PM Netanyahu Admits 'Profound Disagreement' With US
What Conflict? No Room for Palestinians in Israeli Election
Netanyahu Takes White House Fight to Social Media
Palestinians to Open Embassy in Sweden as Abbas Visits
Nearly Half of Israelis Think Odds of Political Murders Increased
Yemen
Officials: US Closing Embassy in Yemen Due to Unrest
In Yemen, Houthi Leader Pledges to Pursue Power-Sharing Accord
Egypt
Egypt Blasts Wound 10, Air Raids Kill 15 Militants: Sources
Egypt, Russia Sign Military, Economic, and Nuclear Accords
Russia to Help Egypt Build First Nuclear Plant
Egypt Soccer Fans Held After Stampede
Boko Haram
Boko Haram Abducts 30 People in Cameroon, Nigeria
Niger to Send Troops to Nigeria
Nigeria to Investigate Alleged Abuses at Refugee Camps
Libya
UN Rights Chief Says All Libyan Sides Have Committed Abuses
Libya Reopens Strike-Hit Oil Port as UN Convenes Talks
Africa
Peacekeepers Kill Seven Rebels in Central African Republic Fighting
Fighting Erupts in Two South Sudan States Days After Latest Truce
UN Pauses Support for Congo Campaign Against Rebels Over Abuses
Australia
US Considering Warship Presence in Australia
Australian Police Claim to Thwart Imminent ISIS-Linked Attack
 
The War at Home
Military Lawyers Lose the 'Good Soldier' Defense
Lebanese Born Texan Accused of Hezbollah Membership
Former CIA Officer John Korkakou Released After Nearly Two Years in Prison for Leak Case
Newsweek Twitter Account Hacked by 'Cyber Caliphate'
SecDef Nominee Wins Unanimous Approval From Senate Committee
Top USAID Contractor Allegedly Billed Taxpayers for Redskins Tickets, Alcohol
3 Rear Admirals Forced Out Amid Massive Navy Bribery Investigation
Bosnian-Americans Shaken by Indictment of Six Accused of Supporting ISIS
Arizona Senate Committee Votes to Ban Resources to Federal Spying
Ukraine
New Violence in Ukraine Diminishes Hopes Before Four-Way Summit
Seven Killed in Rocket Strikes on Kramatorsk, East Ukraine: Regional Administration
Hundreds of Russian Troops Stage Exercises Near Ukraine
Poland Will Not Send Lethal Weapons to Ukraine
CNN Apologizes for Calling Ukrainian Troops 'Pro-US'
UK Foreign Secretary: We Cannot Allow Ukraine Armed Forces to Collapse
Britain
Julian Assange Security 'Sucking UK Met Police Resources'
Police From Several UK Forces Seek Details of Charlie Hebdo Readers
France
France Is Examining Terrorist Recruitment Propaganda
Afghanistan
US May Slow Exit of Troops From Afghanistan
Expanding Its Role in Afghanistan, China to Help Build Dam, Roads
Asia
Philippine Muslim Rebels to Return Guns of Commandos Killed in Deadly Raid
China Worried as Myanmar Fighting Pushes Refugees Across Border
Nepal Sets Up Panels to Probe War Crimes Amid Cries for Justice
Mexico
150 People Reported Disappeared in Small Town of Piedras Negras, Mexico
Mexico Arrests Relatives, Officials of Former Governor
Americas
Uruguay 'Opens Door' for Israeli Help on Security
 
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2/11/2015
Free Ruslan Kotsaba!

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2/10/2015
Unauthorized Government Attacks Are Murder

Lucy Steigerwald
2/06/2015
Do ISIS Atrocity Videos Teach Us Anything?

Nebojsa Malic
1/31/2015
Is the New Greek Government a Trojan?

David R. Henderson
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Questioning the Powerful

Ran HaCohen
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