{"id":19526,"date":"2013-04-26T12:49:01","date_gmt":"2013-04-26T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=19526"},"modified":"2013-04-26T12:49:01","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T20:49:01","slug":"antiwar-com-newsletter-april-26-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/26\/antiwar-com-newsletter-april-26-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiwar.com Newsletter | April 26, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><i>Antiwar.com Newsletter <\/i>| April 26, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>IN THIS ISSUE<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Top News<\/li>\n<li> Opinion and analysis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>This week&#8217;s top news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2013\/04\/25\/us-syria-likely-used-chemical-weapons-on-small-scale\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>US: Syria Likely Used Chemical Weapons on &lsquo;Small Scale&rsquo;<\/b><\/a>: After claims from an Israeli military source, the US now says there is intelligence suggesting with &quot;varying degrees of confidence&quot; chemical weapons were used on a small scale in Syria, crossing Obama&rsquo;s &quot;red line.&quot;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2013\/04\/23\/drone-war-terrorizes-yemenis-expert-tells-senate-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Drone War &lsquo;Terrorizes&rsquo; Yemenis, Expert Tells Senate Committee<\/b><\/a>: The Obama administration&rsquo;s drone war in Yemen &quot;terrorizes&quot; the local population, kills civilians regularly, and helps al-Qaeda recruit new members by sowing anti-American sentiment, according to testimony from a Yemeni activist in a Senate hearing on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2013\/04\/25\/iran-ready-for-more-nuclear-talks-with-p51\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Iran: Ready for More Nuclear Talks With P5+1<\/b><\/a>: Iran&rsquo;s deputy nuclear negotiator Ali Baqeri says that Iran is ready and willing for a new round of nuclear talks with the P5+1, reiterating hopes for substantive negotiations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2013\/04\/25\/attacks-grow-in-iraq-over-200-killed-in-three-days\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Attacks Grow in Iraq, Over 200 Killed in Three Days<\/b><\/a>: A particularly ugly crackdown by Iraqi troops against Sunni protesters in Hawija on Tuesday has started a new round of sectarian fighting in the nation&rsquo;s north, with fighting in Mosul erupting overnight on Wednesday and continuing into Thursday, killing nearly 50 more.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.antiwar.com\/2013\/04\/24\/us-claims-improvement-but-stats-show-afghan-violence-worsening\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>US Claims &lsquo;Improvement,&rsquo; But Stats Show Afghan Violence Worsening<\/b><\/a>: US officials are still bound and determined to claim &quot;progress&quot; in the Afghan occupation, and 11 and a half years in Gen. Joseph Dunford insisted that the insurgency has &quot;lost its relevancy&quot; in Afghanistan as security improvements are becoming more evident.<\/p>\n<p><b>Opinion and Analysis:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Justin Raimondo pondered <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2013\/04\/21\/whos-behind-the-boston-marathon-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">who was behind the Boston bombings<\/a>, lamented the lack of due diligence with <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2013\/04\/23\/the-russians-warned-us-why-didnt-we-listen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russia&rsquo;s warning of Tsarnaev<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/justin\/2013\/04\/25\/aiding-dzhokhars-syrian-comrades\/\" target=\"_blank\">warned against<\/a> increased support for Syria&rsquo;s rebels.<\/li>\n<li> Kelley Vlahos highlighted four people conveniently vanishing from Iraq War history. At the blog, Kelley reported on <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/burn-pit-scandal-ig-says-5-mln-wasted-on-unused-incinerators\/\" target=\"_blank\">millions being wasted in Afghanistan<\/a> and she analyzed what the late <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/what-would-richard-holbrooke-say\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Holbrooke would say<\/a> about US foreign policy now.<\/li>\n<li> Ivan Eland wrote that, in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombing, the government&rsquo;s response to terrorism <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/eland\/2013\/04\/23\/government-response-to-terrorism-needs-to-be-dialed-down\/\" target=\"_blank\">needs to be toned down<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> Phil Giraldi reminded readers of <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/giraldi\/2013\/04\/24\/what-has-bibi-been-doing\/\" target=\"_blank\">what Benjamin Netanyahu has been doing<\/a> as Israel slides closer to an all-out police state.<\/li>\n<li> Nebojsa Malic <a href=\"http:\/\/original.antiwar.com\/malic\/2013\/04\/25\/consenting-to-rape\/\" target=\"_blank\">argued<\/a> the latest Kosovo-Serbia deal simply finishes off Kosovo&rsquo;s path to independence.<\/li>\n<li> John Glaser explained why Obama&rsquo;s &quot;red line&quot; in Syria <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/why-obamas-chemical-weapons-red-line-in-syria-is-bogus\/\" target=\"_blank\">is bogus<\/a>, debunked the view that <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/24\/the-national-review-is-serious-obama-is-a-neo-isolationist\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obama is a &quot;neo-isolationist<\/a>,&quot; and highlighted reporting that indicates the drone strike against 16-year old US citizen Awlaki <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/22\/brennan-suspected-teenage-awlaki-had-been-killed-intentionally\/\" target=\"_blank\">might have been deliberate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Support Antiwar.com!<\/b><\/p>\n<p> Antiwar.com recently added Bitcoin to the many ways you can help support our work. 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