Archived Antiwar.com Home Page from August 12, 2005

Highlights

9/11 Revisionism, Revisited: Justin Raimondo

Insurgency: Neighborhood Watch: Gary Brecher

Prosecuting the Plame Case: Vega/Engelhardt

No End in Sight in Iraq: Bob Herbert

Ukraine's Summer of Discontent: Chris Deliso

Quotable

...the role of the military is to fight and win war and, therefore, prevent war from happening in the first place.

– George W. Bush

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News

Updated August 12, 2005 - 11:22 PM EDT

	*Death Toll Soars for Part-Time Troops*
	*No Clear Finish Line in Iraq*
	Shi'ites Demand Autonomous State in South
	*Sunni Arab Leaders Reject Shi'ite Proposal*
	*Alleged bin Laden Contact in Iraq Govt*
	US Officials Warn of Possibility of Attack Around Sept. 11
	3-Year Fight Looms to Deport UK Extremists Held After Raids
	*Afghans Say 4 Died When US Plane Bombed Their Village*
	*South Korea: North Has Right to Peaceful Nuclear Program*

Viewpoints

	No End in Sight in Iraq by Bob Herbert
	Revolution Industry, Phase 2: Ukraine's Summer of Discontent by Christopher Deliso
	A Grieving Mother Waits for an Answer by Margaret Carlson

	How to Prosecute the Plame Case by Elizabeth de la Vega and Tom Engelhardt
	Oil Will Pay for Rebuilding Iraq? No, Wrong Again by Marie Cocco
	Omnes Viae Romam Ducunt by John Laughland
More Viewpoints

Spotlight

The Insurgency: Neighborhood Watch
by Gary Brecher

Lusting Revolutionaries

Green Day's Anti-Recruitment Video

Sibel Edmonds Speaks and Bob Dreyfuss Explains

Frontline

	Philippine Report Shows Plots Against US, UK
	Bush, Under Pressure to Cut Iraq Troops, Faces Dilemma
	Bush: Iraqi Constitution Will Be on Time
	Iraq's Prime Minister Tries to Calm Political Maelstrom
	Is Iraq War Fueling Persian Gulf's Economic Boom?
	Bush: Leaving Iraq Would Be Bad Signal
	9/11 Panel Ignored Facts on Hijackers
	Those Linked to London Transit Attacks

No Relief in Sight for Gasoline Prices

Today in Iraq

	Audit: Fraud Drained $1 Billion From Iraq's Defense Efforts
	Saddam Could Be Tried and Executed Over Minor Case
	Saddam Trial Could Start Within Two Months
	Syrian Packmules Accused of Funding Insurgency
	UN Extends Aid Mission in Iraq for Another Year

Attacks Continue

	Rebels Kill 16 Across Iraq
	Bombs Bad Enough, but Guns Worse in Baghdad
	US General Says Car Bombs and Suicide Attacks Are Dropping
	Security Incidents in Iraq, Aug. 12
	Security Incidents in Iraq, Aug. 11

The New Iraq

	Christian Enclave Ties Future to Life Outside Iraq
	Iraqi Women Struggle to Keep Freedom
	Al-Najaf Base to Be International Airport: Iraqi Transportation Minister
	Iraq Looks to Diversify Into Non-Oil Industries

Afghanistan

	Rebels Kill US Soldier in Afghanistan, 6th Killed This Week
	10 Rebels Killed in New Afghanistan Violence
	Taliban Commander Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
	Using Donkeys and Helicopters, Afghans Gear Up for Elections

Pakistan

	No Sealing Border With Afghanistan: Pakistan
	Afghan Refugees Defy Pakistan Order
	Pakistan Tests Cruise Missile, but Didn't Warn India
	US: Unannounced Pakistani Missile Test 'Not Provocative'
	Musharraf Lauds Successful Cruise Missile Test
	Pakistan, India Both Eye Central Asia

India

	Indian PM 'Bows Head in Shame' for Riots
	UK to Ease Nuclear Export Controls to India

Sri Lanka

	Kalashnikovs, Karate? Tamil Rebels Offer Training
	How One Sri Lanka City Stays Above the Ethnic Fray

Nepal

	Nepal Army Searching for Missing Troops
	Nepal Rights Body to Investigate Claims of Maoist Killings
	Radio Stations Resume News Broadcasts Despite Govt Ban

Koreas

	S. Korea, US Feud Over NK Nukes
	Money Rears Head in North Korean Nuke Debate

China

	Security Official Warns of 'Threats' of Chinese IPOs
	US Report Warns of China Sub Threat
	China Working on Counter-Terrorism Law

Asia

	Two Bombs Injure 26 in Southern Philippines
	Japan War Movie Sounds Nationalist Call to Arms
	Bali Bombers Months From Firing Squad

Europe

	Assaults Sour Poland-Russia Ties
	Protesters Cut Fence, Walk Unchallenged Through US Base in Germany, Hang Banner

Sudan

	Uganda Threatens to Close Newspapers That Question Official Story on Garang Death
	Former Rebel Chief Sworn in as Sudan VP
	Sudan Hits the Pause Button

Africa

	Somali Leader Plans War, MPs Say
	South Africa's Deputy President: Copy Zimbabwe's Policies
	Woman Eyes Liberian Presidency
	Kenya Gets New Military Chief

Haiti

	Witnesses: Five Aristide Supports Killed After Haitian Police Brought Lynch Mob With Them
	Haiti Justice Minister Urges Release of Prisoners

Cuba

	Spy Case Cubans Win Retrial Outside Miami
	Cuba Condemns US Protection of Terrorist Groups

Americas

	Suspected War Criminal in Argentina Rejects Serbs' Warrant
	Peru PM Quits as Rival Appointed
	Venezuela, Uruguay Sign 25 Year Oil Deal

Middle East

	Saudi Official Sees Drop in Terror Threat
	Turkey Nabs Man Who Planned Attacks on Israeli Ships
	Arab Gulf Oil Wealth to Be Spent on Foreign Assets
	Egypt Poll Candidates Confirmed

Oil Up

	US Energy Costs Surge as Oil Breaks $67
	Non-OPEC Nations Fail to Pump More Oil

Roundup in London

	Britain Arrests 10 Foreigners for Deportation
	Days of Anxiety for Muslim Londoners
	Jordanian Cleric in British Custody Is Alleged to Be al-Qaeda's Front-Man in Europe
	British Cleric Won't Be Allowed to Return for Heart Surgery
	Sheik Has Alleged Links to Radical Groups
	UK Cleric Bakri Arrested in Beirut

UK War on Terror

	Blair's Power to Go to War Comes Under Assault on Two Fronts
	Human Rights Watch: Proposed Anti-Terrorism Measures Threaten Fundamental Rights
	British Muslims Accused of Failing to Help Police
	Jihad Agitators 'Tried to Recruit Teenagers for Training Camps'

US War on Terror

	Oklahoma Man Held Before Boarding Plane With Bomb
	Senator Voices Objection to FBI Promotion
	Flyers Passing Through US Have Few Rights, Arar Judge Told
	US Urges Dismissal of Canadian 'Extraordinary Rendition' Lawsuit, Citing State Secrets

Recruitment Crisis

	Protesters Respond to Overzealous Military Recruiting
	Parent-Trap Snares Recruiters
	Reserve Components Still Struggle to Meet Recruiting Goals

US Military

	US Accidentally Bombs Aussie Training Base
	Soldiers' Blogs Bring Iraq Home
	Money Woes on Home Front
	Oregon Mom, Daughter Both Deployed to Kuwait
	Veterans Returning From Iraq With Problems Too Serious for Local Help
	Pentagon Defends Base-Closing Plan
	Iraqi National Buried at Arlington
	60 Years Later: Atomic Vets Still Trying to Get US to Recognize Injuries

A Mother vs. A President

	Bush to Mother Who Lost Son in Iraq: 'I Grieve'
	Vigil Threatens to Put President in Tough Spot
	Grieving Mother's War Protest Draws Notice
	A Mother's Vigil
	Brush-Off for Mother in War Protest
	Mother of US Iraq Casualty Vows to Follow Bush
	Peace House a Center of Dissent in Crawford

The War at Home

	Probe Poses Issue of What Rove Told Bush
	City to Release Oral Histories of 9/11 Friday
	Report: Bay of Pigs Was Predicted to Fail
	A Round of Soul-Searching Among Muslims
	Rolling Stones: Neocon Song 'Not Aimed at Bush'
	Pair Want Reporter's Pulitzer for '45 Story on A-Bomb Revoked
	'Hiroshima Flame' Reaches First Nuke Test Site
	Acts of Antiwar: Operation Ceasefire Will Bring Music to the Mall
	American Graffiti: Signs of the Times
	Lutheran Synod Considers Denouncing Israeli Attacks on Civilians, Seperation Barrier

Iran

	Miscues Set Up Nuclear Crisis
	US Leaves Tough Talk on Iran to Others
	US Likely to Let Iran's President Visit UN
	Iran Unlikely to Export Nuclear Plant Output
	Envoys: Iran Faces Sept. Deadline on Nukes
	UN Nuclear Regulators and Iran Spar Over Fuel Program
	US: Resolution Shows World United on Iran Nuclear Program

'Disengagement'

	Exodus Begins for Gaza Settlers as Withdrawal Plan Gathers Pace
	100,000 Protest Pullout in Tel Aviv
	Israel Clamps Down on Permits to Enter Gaza
	Israeli Army Bans Press From Entering Gaza Homes Being Evacuated
	Yesha Calls on Protesters to Bring Children to Gaza
	Gaza Plan to Ensure Jewish Majority Elsewhere
	Abbas Denounces Sharon Over West Bank Settlements
	Hamas Militants Make Flags to Fly Over Settlements
	Israel and PA Step Up Security Coordination for Pullout
	Gaza Settlement Becomes Ghost Town