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Today's Highlights

Out of Iraq?: Justin Raimondo
Obama and the Great Game: Patrick Buchanan
Iraq's 'Teflon Don': Dahr Jamail and Tom Engelhardt
Israeli Shift Creates New Headaches: Jim Lobe
Obama's Afghan Trap: Amy Goodman

 
 Dahr Jamail

Iraq Violence Down, Nothing Solved

 Chris Floyd

Barack Obama's Empire

 Philip Giraldi

The Terror War

 Aaron Glantz

Winter Soldier
Female Suicide Bomber Kills 40 Shi'ite Pilgrims in Iraq    Afghan Officials: Civilians Killed in Australian Raid    Pakistan Announces Criminal Proceedings Against Mumbai Suspects    Obama Administration Accuses Iran of Pursuing Nuclear Weapons    The Tigris Too Tells the Story    Afghan Troops Out in Force in Kabul During US Envoy Visit    Hamas: 18 Month Gaza Truce to Be Announced in 2-3 Days    Israel Coalition Wrangling Could Take Months    Can Netanyahu Bring Kadima Into a Center-Right Coalition?    Can Israel Ultra-Orthodox Bloc Block Lieberman?    Rightward Shift in Israeli Polls Creates New Headaches    Five Children Shot in Afghanistan    Obama Administration Goes to Bat for Secrecy    Obama and the Great Game    US Raises Hackles With Karzai, Looks for Change    Reform Candidate Slams Iran's Hardline President    British to Play Smaller Role in Afghanistan as US Troops Fight 'Losing Battle'    Congo Town Mounts Own Defense Against Rebels    Final Count Leaves Israel With Election Headache    After Israel's Election, Palestinians Weigh a New Intifadeh    North Korea Would Only Use Nukes if Survival at Stake: US Intel Chief    Iraq's 'Teflon Don'    Unredacted Documents Reveal Prisoners Tortured to Death    Lieberman Says He's Already Chosing a Coalition Partner, Is Keeping It a Secret    US Military Loses 222,000 Weapons Sent to Afghanistan Since 2001    Out of Iraq?    Gaza: Death's Laboratory    US Air Base in Kyrgyzstan Working Despite Threat    US Army Drops Charges Against Soldier in Killings    Russia Sending More Ships to Arctic    Red Cross Denies Stirring Panic in Sri Lanka    Poll: Most Americans Want Inquiry Into Whether War on Terror Tactics Broke the Law    Afghans Investigate Pakistan Link to Kabul Raids    Jane Fonda's Lost Antiwar Film Gets DVD Release    Limiting Obama's Executive Power    The Cost of Criticizing Jihadists    Taliban Send a Bloody Warning    Obama's Afghan Trap    Cheney's Fright Mode    
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News
Updated February 13, 2009 - 1:48 PM EST
Iraq: Female Suicide Bomber Kills 40
White House: Iran Pursuing Nukes
 
  Reform Candidate Slams Iran's Hardline President
Israel Coalition Wrangling Could Take Months
 
  Hamas Says Sees Gaza Truce Deal in Next Two or Three Days
  Can Israel Ultra-Orthodox Bloc Block Lieberman?
  Can Netanyahu Bring Kadima Into a Center-Right Coalition?
  Rightward Shift in Israeli Polls Creates New Headaches
Afghan Officials: Civilians Die in Australian Raid
 
  Troops Throng Kabul as US Envoy Arrives
  British to Play Smaller Afghan Role as US Troops Fight 'Losing Battle'
  US Raises Hackles With Karzai, Looks for Change
  Taliban Send a Bloody Warning
  US Military Loses 222,000 Weapons Sent to Afghanistan Since 2001
Americans Want to Probe 'War on Terror' Crimes
 
  Unredacted Documents Reveal Prisoners Tortured to Death
  Feds Delayed Releasing Gitmo Men 'to Avoid Bad Press'
  Obama Administration Goes to Bat for Secrecy
  Judge OK's Use of Guantánamo Forced-Feeding Chair
Pakistan Admits Internal Link to Mumbai Attacks
Viewpoints
Obama and the Great Game
by Patrick Buchanan
Limiting Obama's Executive Power
by Glenn Greenwald
The Cost of Criticizing Jihadists
by Nat Hentoff
Iraq's 'Teflon Don'
by Dahr Jamail and Tom Engelhardt
Gaza: Death's Laboratory
by Conn Hallinan
Cheney's Fright Mode
by Jacob G. Hornberger

More Viewpoints
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Frontline
Global Economic Crisis Poses Top Threat to US, Spy Chief Warns
Iraqi Parliamentarians Demand Reparations for 1981 Israeli Attack
The Tigris Too Tells the Story
Israel Lets Gaza Export Valentine's Day Flowers
Russia Sending More Ships to Arctic
FBI May Shift Counterterror Agents to Anti-Fraud
Jane Fonda's Lost Antiwar Film Gets DVD Release
 
Iraqi Refugees in Syria
Reluctant to Return
Today in Iraq
US Frees Scores From Iraq's Abu Ghraib Prison
Saddam's Party Makes Comeback, but They're Not the Same Ba'athists
Iraq Cabinet Member's Exit Raises Gender, Sectarian Issues
Landmark Cafe Comes Back to Life in Baghdad
US Soldier Dies of Non-Combat Injuries in Iraq
Attacks Continue
Eight More Shiite Pilgrims Killed by Iraq Bomb Attack
At Least Five Dead, 32 Injured in Iraqi Shi'ite City Blast
British Soldier Dies in Iraq 'Shooting Incident'
NDF Member Assassinated in Mosul
Thursday: 1 US Soldier, 22 Iraqis Killed; 53 Iraqis Wounded
US Military
US Army Drops Charges Against Soldier in Killings
National Guard Soldiers Possibly Exposed to Chemicals in Iraq
Guantánamo
Iraq to Question Ex-Guantánamo Detainees Up to Two Weeks
Interrogator: Guantánamo Detainee Was Cooperative
Israeli Politics
Final Count Leaves Israel With Election Headache
Shas Seeks Ultra-Orthodox Bloc to Counter Lieberman
After Israel's Election, Palestinians Weigh a New Intifadeh
Lieberman Says He's Already Chosing a Coalition Partner, Is Keeping It a Secret
Police Probes May Bar Lieberman From Treasury Post
Kadima Official Says Party May Join Coalition Led by Likud
Interior Minister: Kadima Won't Join Far-Right Government
Israeli TV Show Depicts Lieberman as Darth Vader-Esque Dictator
Kadima 'Victory' Came at the Expense of Labor, Meretz
Lieberman: Election Result 'Failure of Leftist Media'
Egypt
Egypt Cracks Down on Smugglers Near Gaza
Freed Blogger Describes Interrogation in Egypt
Egypt Says Obama Team Understands Israel Must Stop Settlements
Iran
Study: Iran May Be Running Out of Uranium Oxide
Cyprus to Unload Suspect Cargo on Iran Ship
Starting at Home, Iran's Women Fight for Rights
Lebanon
Lebanon's Hariri Would Not Join Hezbollah Coalition
Israel, Hezbollah: Has Deterrence Worked?
Russia
Russia: NATO Efforts to Rebuild Relations Are an 'Apology'
Russia NATO Envoy Says Alliance Needs Moscow's Help
Nine Dead in Russia Shootout Near Chechnya
Turkish FM Warns Against Confronting Russia
Europe
Kosovo PM Accuses Serbia of Plot
Agreement Reached on OSCE in Georgia
US Offers Europe Goodwill, and Expects Something in Return
The Bloom Is Off Europe's Rose and Orange Revolutions
Stolen Soviet-Era Tanks Recovered in Poland
 
Afghanistan
Saudis Warn US That Surge May Undermine Afghan Peace Talks
Afghan Police Training Challenged by Illiteracy
Afghans Investigate Pakistan Link to Kabul Raids
US Envoy in Kabul to Map Out Surge
Five Children Shot in Afghanistan
Elderly Suicide Bomber Kills Afghan Policeman
Russia: NATO Has Failed to Stop Afghan Heroin Trade
Pentagon Investigators Head to Afghanistan
Security Up at Porous Afghan Border
Pakistan
Pakistan Must Allay India Fears: US Intel Chief
Holbrooke Absorbs Sights, Voices of Troubled Pakistan
Taliban Rockets Kill Policeman in North Waziristan
Seven More Killed in Swat Valley Amid Peace Rallies
Four Taliban Killed in Bajaur
Sri Lanka
Army Creates New 'Safe Zone' in Sri Lankan War
Barbed Wire Villages Raise Fears of Sri Lanka Concentration Camps
Wounded Sri Lankans, Nuns Make Narrow Escape From War
Red Cross Denies Stirring Panic in Sri Lanka
Near Sri Lanka's War Zone, Wounded Civilians Struggle to Cope
Sri Lanka Lashes Out at Britain Over Envoy
Koreas
South Korea Warns North Not to Test-Fire Missiles
Report: North Korea Assembling Its Longest-Range Missile
North Korea Would Only Use Nukes if Survival at Stake: US Intel Chief
China/Taiwan/Tibet
China Claims Victory at UN Human Rights Panel
US Intel Chief Warns Against China-Taiwan Conflict
China Official: Tibetan Areas Closed to Foreigners
Asia
US Air Base in Kyrgyzstan Working Despite Threat
Roadside Bomb in Southern Thailand Kills Three
No US Timetable to Remove Nepal Maoists' Terror Tag
DR Congo
Congo Town Mounts Own Defense Against Rebels
Rebel Attacks Fuel Gun-Making in Eastern Congo
Somalia

Mortar Shells Kill Two and Injure Six in Mogadishu
Somali Islamists Execute Another Islamist Fighter in Bardhere Town
Sudan
War Crimes Court Overshadows Darfur Talks
US, France, UK Oppose Suspending Bashir Darfur Case
Officials: Warrant for Sudan Leader by Month's End
Africa
Zimbabwe's New PM Visits Political Prisoners
Freed Weapons Ship Docks in Kenya
Venezuela
Chavez Denounces New Plot Before Venezuela Vote
Chavez Sets Up Obstacles for Opponents Who Won in Fall Elections
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
2/13/2009
Out of Iraq?

Charles Peña
2/11/2009
Obama Wants a Surge
of His Own

Philip Giraldi
2/10/2009
Talking Turkey About Israel

Alan Bock
2/09/2009
Iraqis Back in Charge?

Ivan Eland
2/07/2009
Misreading the Iraqi Election Results

Doug Bandow
2/06/2009
Peace, Prosperity, and Liberty: The Battle Continues

Nebojsa Malic
2/05/2009
Not Done Yet

Ran HaCohen
1/29/2009
What Happened to Hassan

David R. Henderson
1/27/2009
Meet the New Boss;
Same as the Old Boss

Praful Bidwai
1/18/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan

Sascha Matuszak
11/10/2008
Business Over Bluster

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