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Antiwar.com Newsletter <\/i>| May 5, 2012<\/p>\n
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Bin Laden Disapproved of, Had Little Control Over \u2018Affiliates,\u2019 Documents Reveal<\/b><\/a>: Osama bin Laden often disapproved of what so-called "affiliate" organizations were doing and in fact had very little, if any, control over their actions, according to revelations in declassified documents that undermine the Obama administration\u2019s legal justification for the drone war in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n US Fumbles With Chinese Activist Seeking Asylum as China Condemns \u2018Interference\u2019<\/b><\/a>: The State Department has bungled and mismanaged the situation of Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng seeking asylum in the U.S., now having apparently abandoned him for a worse fate than if they never got involved and infuriated the Chinese authorities.<\/p>\n White House: UN Ceasefire in Syria \u2018Not Working\u2019<\/b><\/a>: White House spokesman Jay Carney urged the international community to "admit defeat" and abandon the struggling ceasefire in Syria, insisting that the Assad regime was fully to blame for its failure.<\/p>\n Pakistan: US Needs to Find \u2018Alternative\u2019 to Drone Strikes<\/b><\/a>: Pakistani Foreign Office officials say that they have been in talks with US diplomats pushing for the U.S. to find an "alternative" to drone strikes against targets in Pakistan\u2019s tribal areas, which Islamabad has consistently objected to.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Opinion and Analysis<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Support Antiwar.com!<\/p>\n <\/b><\/p>\n Apply for the Antiwar.com Visa Card<\/a> and support us with every purchase you make.<\/p>\n Antiwar.com now earns between 6 and 15 percent of all Amazon.com purchases if you click on the Amazon button<\/a> on any Antiwar.com page before you go shopping.<\/p>\n Shop at Antiwar.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n Antiwar.com<\/a> is a 15-year-old, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the cause of anti-interventionism. Accepting no government money, we rely solely on the generous support of readers just like you. How can you help us spread a policy of peace?<\/p>\n Lots of ways.<\/i> Forward this newsletter to your friends and encourage them to subscribe<\/a>. (We don\u2019t spam!) Fill out an application for the Antiwar.com Capital One credit card<\/a>. Have a clunker in the driveway? Give it to us and then write it off! Want to donate your car, trailer, boat, or other junk to Antiwar.com? Please call 1-800-240-0160 for free next-day pickup. Or just make a good old-fashioned donation<\/a>. Questions? Call 323-512-7095 or email akeaton@antiwar.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/b><\/p>\n