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\n\tKerry: US Will Do What We Mustto Stop Iran<\/a>: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) vowed in his Senate confirmation hearings to be the next Secretary of State that the US would do what we must; to stop Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon, adding that the clock is ticking; for Iran to comply with US demands.<\/p>\n US, West Chasing Non-Threats in Africa<\/a>: As the France-led military intervention in Mali enters its second week, a growing chorus of Western governments, from Britain to the US, are voicing strong support for it by systematically exaggerating the threat posed by militants in Africa’s Sahel region.<\/p>\n \n17 Killed in Four Straight Days of US Drone Strikes in Yemen<\/a>: The US launched the fourth drone strike in four days in Yemen on Tuesday, killing up to five people termed al-Qaeda suspects.;<\/p>\n \n\tStatements to Detail SystemicBritish Abuse of Iraqis During Occupation<\/a>: British human rights lawyer Phil Shiner will provide broad evidence collected from hundreds of Iraqis describing the systemic; abuse of prisoners by British soldiers during the Iraqi occupation.<\/p>\n British Defense Minister: No Outright Winner in Afghanistan<\/a>: British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said on Wednesday that there is a growing realization on both sides of; the conflict in Afghanistan that neither side can win outright.;<\/p>\n Opinion and Analysis:<\/p>\n Support Antiwar.com!<\/p>\n \n\tAntiwar.com recently added Bitcointo the many ways you can help support our work. See here<\/span><\/a> for the details!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n\tApply for the Antiwar.com Visa Card<\/span><\/a> and support us with every purchase you make.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \n\tAntiwar.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 \n\tShop at Antiwar.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n \n\tHave 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IN THIS ISSUE Top News Opinion and analysis This week\u2019s top news: Kerry: US Will Do What We Mustto Stop Iran: Senator John Kerry (D-MA) vowed in his Senate confirmation hearings to be the next Secretary of State that the US would do what we must; to stop Iran from ever acquiring a nuclear weapon, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,247],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-17938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-week-in-review"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":{"disable_donate_message":"","custom_donate_message":"","subtitle":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17938"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17952,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17938\/revisions\/17952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17938"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=17938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\tFrench DM Admits to Mali Junta’s Summary Executions<\/a>: French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian conceded that soldiers loyal to the French-backed Malian junta had likely committed summary executions, after reports to that effect by different human rights groups.<\/p>\n\n