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Today's Highlights

The Fourth Estate Fails Again: Philip Giraldi
Dear Admiral Fallon: Ray McGovern
Economy Another Casualty: Ron Paul
Fear and Loathing in Vancouver: Neil Kitson
The War on (Euphemism): Khody Akhavi

  
 Mark Engler

How Not to Rule the World

 Philippe Sands

Torture Team

 Mary Tillman

The True Pat Tillman Story

 Scott Ritter

90% Chance of War Against Iran

Original Letters Blog US Casualties Iraqi Casualties Contact Donate

 
News
Updated May 20, 2008 - 8:33 PM EDT

White House Denies Plan to Attack Iran

 
 

Pelosi: Nothing Should Be Ruled Out in Order to Stop Iran

New Troops in Iraq Will Keep Number at 140,000

 
  Iraqi Govt Warns Against 'Hasty' US Withdrawal
  Rights Group: US Attack on Baghdad Media Hotel No Accident
 

Bomb Kills Basra Police Chief

  Monday: 29 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded
Bush Memo Expands Govt Secrecy
 
 

The War on (Euphemism)

France Discloses 'Contacts' With Hamas

 
  Palestinians Demand Regular Army for New State
Viewpoints
A Two-State Solution for the United States and Israel  by David Bromwich
The Economy: Another
Casualty of War  by Rep. Ron Paul
Fear and Loathing in Vancouver
by Neil Kitson
Bush Plays the Hitler Card
by Patrick Buchanan
Losing Vietnam All Over Again
by Jeff Huber
Dear Admiral Fallon  by Ray McGovern

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Frontline

US: 500 Children Detained in Iraq; 10 in Afghanistan

Iraqi Athletes Praying, Not Playing

Blacklisted by the Bush Government

The Incredible Shrinking Superpower

Al-Jazeera English Tries to Extend Its Reach

UK Attorney: US Holding 27,000 in Secret Overseas Prisons

Timeline of Cluster Munitions Use

  

Mosul, City of the Dead

Today in Iraq

Iraq Army Targets Area Near Sadr City as Truce Holds

Iraq Reports Arrest of al-Qaeda Figure in Mosul

22 Suspected Gunmen Captured in Basra

Iraqi Forces Find Weapons Cache in Baghdad Mosque

Iraq's Antiquities Garner International Attention

UN Envoy Stresses Necessity of Launching Iraqi Provincial Elections on Time

War That Traumatizes Iraqis Takes Toll on Hospital That Treats Them

Attacks Continue

Iraq Military Museum Attacked in Baghdad

Gunmen Kill 11 Iraqi Police Recruits

Gunmen Kill Two Civilians in Mosul

Monday: 29 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded
Occupying Iraq

Iraq Urges UK to Investigate Embassy Sexual Abuse Claims

Iraqi VP Demands Action Against US Soldier Over Koran
Afghanistan

Afghans Skeptical That Security's Getting Better

UK Soldier Dies in Afghan Blast

5 Wounded in Afghan Suicide Blast

NATO Beefs Up Forces Along Afghan-Pakistan Border

Rebels Enter Afghanistan 'With Families'

Under Wraps, Prostitution Rife in North Afghanistan

Aid Trucks Attacked in Afghanistan

Aussie Troops Launch Offensive in Southern Afghanistan

Pakistan

Taliban Claim Responsibility for Pakistan Bombing

Pakistan's PM Confronts Bush Over Cross-Border Raids

South Asia

Heavy Fighting in Sri Lanka Kills 76

Bangladesh Approves Anti-Terror Laws

China-Tibet

Dalai Lama Calls for Non-Violence, Stoking China Tensions

Karma Chameleon: He Charms the West, but Can the Dalai Lama Save Tibet?

Koreas

South Korea Considers Food Aid to North

North Korea 'Close to Making Nuclear Declaration'

Burma/Myanmar

Burmese Opposition Leader Says World Must Act

Myanmar to Widen Neighbors' Aid Role

Asia

Philippines Wants Direct Contacts With Muslim Rebels

New Taiwan President to Take Reins, Court China

Europe

Greek Military Acquisitions on the Rise

Car Bomb Explodes in Spanish Basque Area

  
Bush's Mideast Tour

Bush Wraps Up Mideast Trip With a Thud, Analysts Say

Bush's Israel Visit Results in Loss of Credibility

Bush Contrasts Arab, Israeli Paths

Iran

Senior Iran Cleric Says Ahmadinejad Spreads Poverty

Iranian Clerics Tell the President to Leave the Theology to Them

Iran: OPEC Output Hike Would Not Affect Prices

Israel/Palestine

'Abbas to Declare Negotiations Failed'

Abbas Rejects US Mediation in Peace Talks

Rights Groups Accuse Police of Brutality During Nakba Protest

Palestinians Cool to Embrace From al-Qaeda Leader

Skeptical Olmert 'Letting Truce Process Play Out' While Preparing Gaza Invasion

US Says French Contacts With Hamas 'Unwise'

Netanyahu: No One Helps US More Than Israel

Hamas Blocks Gaza Porn

Israeli Website Unites Jews and Arabs - For Hardcore Pornography

Egypt-Israel

Egypt Discusses Hamas With Israel

Egypt FM: US, Israeli Occupations Causing More Mideast Instability

Barak to Mubarak: No Truce With Hamas Unless Attacks Stop

Lebanon

Lebanese Christian Leader Calls for Arab Troops if Dialogue Fails

Lebanese Unity Plan 'in Trouble'

Talks Between Lebanese Factions Hit New Snags

On One Street in Beirut, All Are Welcome

Lebanon Grapples With Hatred Unleashed by Violence

Middle East

Food Crisis Creates an Opening for Muslim Fundamentalists

Syrians Defy Web Blockade

FBI Most Wanted Terror Suspect Jailed in Yemen

bin Laden Lashes Out at Arab Leaders

Somalia

Somali Peace Talks Make Little Progress

Somali Rebels Seize Two More Towns

Africa

Zimbabwe Party: Military Plotting to Kill Leader

Blame Game in Sudan While Thousands Remain Displaced

Venezuela

US Official: Navy Plane May Have Crossed Venezuelan Airspace

Venezuela DM Slams US Overflights

In Venezuelan Schools, Creating 'a New Man'

Americas

Colombian Rebel Urges Fighters to Give Up Conflict

Cuban Govt Links Dissident With Jailed Miami Exile

Russia-Georgia

Georgia's Leader Vows to Prevent Russia Reviving the Soviet Union

Abkhazia: The Frozen Conflict That Is Thawing Rapidly

  
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/19/2008
Bush's True Calling

Philip Giraldi
5/20/2008
The Fourth Estate Fails Again

Alan Bock
5/19/2008
Optimistic About the Military

Ivan Eland
5/17/2008
Gates's Hope to Reform the Pentagon Is Barking at the Moon

Doug Bandow
5/16/2008
This Time, Avoid the Lebanese Quagmire

Ran HaCohen
5/14/2008
Israel at Sixty

Sascha Matuszak
5/14/2008
Tremors in Chengdu

David R. Henderson
5/13/2008
Is Peggy Noonan Turning Antiwar?

Praful Bidwai
5/09/2008
One Last Push for India-US Nuke Deal

Nebojsa Malic
5/08/2008
Franklin's Choice

Charles Peņa
5/07/2008
Mission Accursed

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