Highlights
 
Two Bomb Attacks Kill 90, Wound 125 in Iraq    Pelosi Knew NSA Had Listened to Harman Phone Calls    Despite Americas Summit, US-Cuba Ties Still in Limbo?     Iran Hands Netanyahu a Gift    Abusive Tactics Used to Seek Iraq-al-Qaeda Link    Talibanistan in Pakistan    A Cuba Policy That's Stuck on Plan A    Mullen: Surge Won't Lead to Quick Afghanistan Victory    Clinton: Stopping Iran a Top US Priority    Pakistan Taliban Set Up Stronghold Near Capital    Pentagon Predicts Increase in Iraq Attacks    Lieberman Rejects 'Dangerous' Arab Peace Deal    Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown    Israel Defies US and Destroys Palestinian Home    Sen. Kerry Slams White House Pakistan Strategy    Crimean Parliament Vetoes US Naval Exercise in Black Sea    Report Links CIA to Military Harsh Interrogations    Publish and Be Damned, Mr Cheney    Tamil Tigers Must Surrender: UN Security Council    On Torture, the Pressure Builds    Sri Lanka Rules Out Amnesty as Troops Move in Further    US Still Leading in 'Iraqi-Led' Ops    Netherlands Wants US 'Hague Invasion Act' Scrapped    Afghan Taliban Say Claim of Talks Is 'Propaganda'    UN Cautious on Somalia Mission After Past Failures    North Korea Accuses South Korea of Tampering With Border    Opposition Grows to Pakistan's Taliban Pact    General: Insurgents Targeting Southern Afghanistan    Jeffrey Goldberg's War Redux    Czech Troops in Afghanistan Accused of Cowardice    Barak: Gaza Probe Shows IDF Among World's Most Moral Armies    Israeli Army Admits 'Isolated' Mistakes in Gaza    Israel: Media Criticism Led Military to Stop Using White Phosphorus Against Gazans    Somalia Warns US Against Striking Pirates    CIA First Proposed Waterboarding in May 2002    Connecting CIA Torture to Abu Ghraib    Of Course It Was Torture    The Cancerous Rot at the Center of the Empire    European Nations May Investigate Bush Officials Over Prisoner Treatment    Ill Veterans Demand Answers    
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News
Updated April 23, 2009 - 11:23 PM EDT
Kerry Slams Obama Pakistan Strategy
 
  Pak Taliban Set Up Stronghold Near Capital
  Clinton Says Pakistan Is Abdicating to the Taliban
  Opposition Grows to Pakistan's Taliban Pact
Two Bomb Attacks Kill 90, Wound 125 in Iraq
 
  Pentagon Predicts Increase in Iraq Attacks
  US Still Leading in 'Iraqi-Led' Ops
  Thursday: 1 US Marine, 96 Killed; 157 Wounded in Iraq
Clinton: Stopping Iran a Top US Priority
 
  US May Target Iran Gasoline Imports
  Iran Says Welcomes Nuclear Talks, Won't Halt Work
Lieberman Rejects 'Dangerous' Arab Peace Deal
 
  Israeli Army Admits 'Isolated' Mistakes in Gaza
  Israel: Media Criticism Led Military to Stop Using White Phosphorus
  Barak: Gaza Probe Shows IDF Among World's Most Moral Armies
Mullen Warns No Quick Victory in Afghanistan
 
  Afghan Taliban Say Claim of Talks Is 'Propaganda'
  General: Insurgents Targeting Southern Afghanistan
  US Says Nearing Key Moment in Eastern Afghanistan
Abusive Tactics Used to Seek Iraq-al-Qaeda Link
 
  Dozens of Prisoners Held by CIA Still Missing, Fates Unknown
  European Nations May Investigate Bush Officials Over Prisoner Abuse
Pelosi Knew NSA Had Listened to Harman Calls
Viewpoints
Jeffrey Goldberg's War Redux
by Daniel Luban
Publish and Be Damned, Mr. Cheney  by Philippe Sands
Connecting CIA Torture to Abu Ghraib  by Robert Parry
The Cancerous Rot at the Center of the Empire  by Jacob G. Hornberger
Ill Veterans Demand Answers
by Kelley B. Vlahos
On Torture, the Pressure Builds
by Ray McGovern
Of Course It Was Torture  by Gene Healy
Talibanistan in Pakistan  by Robert Dreyfuss

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Frontline
Despite Americas Summit, US-Cuba Ties Still in Limbo?
Crimean Parliament Vetoes US Naval Exercise in Black Sea
Iran Hands Netanyahu a Gift
Israel: Halt Iran to Allow Mideast Peace Efforts
Bush Admin. Ignored Military's Strong Opposition to Torture Program
Report Links CIA to Military Harsh Interrogations
Netherlands Wants US 'Hague Invasion Act' Scrapped
 
Iraq
Oil-Rich Kirkuk Shouldn't Be Divided, UN Says
Tensions Rise in Iraq's Mosul Amid Kurdish Boycott
Uneasy Calm for Iraq, Kurdish Troops in Disputed Area
Can Iraqis Tweet Their Way to a State of Normalcy?
Suicide Bomber Kills at Least Five in Iraq Mosque
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 10 Iraqis Killed; 30 Wounded
Torturing Justice
Interrogation Debate Testing White House
Report: Bush Policies Led to Prisoner Abuses
Interrogations' Effectiveness May Prove Elusive
Pentagon Predicts Increase in Iraq Attacks
CIA First Proposed Waterboarding in May 2002
Document: Cheney, Rice Signed Off on Interrogation Techniques
US Senators Urge No Prosecutions for 'Torture' Memo Writers
DOJ Prosecuted Texas Sheriff in 1983 for Waterboarding
US Officials Slam Cheney's Claim That Waterboarding 9/11 Mastermind 183 Times Was a 'Success'
'War on Terror'
Fort Detrick Disease Samples May Be Missing

Clinton Cites al-Qaeda as Key Target in Obama Plan
Torture Tale in Britain With 7 Missing Paragraphs
Last in UK 'Terrorist Plot' Freed
UK Police Defend Terrorism Raids as Suspects Freed
Internet Terror Video Reportedly Threatens Germany
German Trial Opens Over 9/11-Sized Anti-US Plot: Prosecutors
The War at Home
US to Spend $6 Billion on Cold War Weapons Cleanup
Muslim Woman's Appointment as Obama Advisor Draws Cautious Optimism
British Man Admits Guilt in NY Oil-for-Food Case
US Wants Judge to Toss Embassy Hostage Suit
US Military
Sources: Pentagon Planning New Cybercommand
AIG Faces Inquiry Over Medical Care for US Military Contractors
Abu Ghraib Head: We Were Scapegoated
Army Officer Feels Vindicated by Senate Report
Russia/Chechnya
Despite Forecasts, Cold Front Lingers Over US-Russia Relations
Gunmen Kill Three Russian Soldiers in Chechnya
Georgia
Thousands Pour Into Georgian Capital to Protest
Somalia
Somalia Warns US Against Striking Pirates
UN Cautious on Somalia Mission After Past Failures
UN Chief Says No to UN Force in Somalia Now
Donors Aim to Stabilize Somalia as Piracy Worsens
Somalia Asks for Help in Setting Up Coast Guard
Africa
Lesotho Prime Minister Survives Assassination Bid
UN Chief: More Troops Needed in Chad, Central African Republic
Zimbabwe's State Media Taunts US Ambassador
Sudan Orders Another 11 Darfur Rebels Hanged
Mali: Canadian, European al-Qaeda Hostages Freed in Nigeria
Cuba
Fidel Castro: Obama 'Misinterpreted' Raul's Words
Mixed Signals From Cuba's Castro Brothers
Venezuela
Venezuela Orders Arrest of Exiled Opposition Leader
Venezuelan Opposition Leader Vows to Fight Chavez From Peru
 
Afghanistan
Top Pentagon Commander Meets Troops in Afghanistan
Textbooks Bogged Down in Afghanistan
Afghan Civilian Casualties Down 39 Per Cent, NATO Says

Czech Troops in Afghanistan Accused of Cowardice
Obama to See Afghan, Pakistan Leaders in May

Deep Blue Lakes Become Afghanistan's First Park
US May Fill Afghan Civilian Posts With Military Personnel
Afghanistan Courts Tourists
US Urged to Focus on Governance in Afghanistan
Pakistan
Pakistan Interior Minister: India Behind Unrest in Balochistan
Pakistani Army Orders Civilians Out of Orakzai Agency
Taliban Militants Extend Authority in Pakistan's Northwest
Mullen Warns Pakistan Not to Be Diverted by India
Pakistan Urges India to Start Talks
Pakistanis Fear for Their Nation's Soul
Curfew in Karachi Over 'Pro-Taliban Graffiti'
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan War in Endgame, 100,000 Escape Rebel Zone
Sri Lanka Army: 43 Rebels Killed as Civilians Flee
Tamil Tigers Must Surrender: UN Security Council
Sri Lanka Rules Out Amnesty as Troops Move in Further
Two Tamil Rebel Leaders Surrender but Hunt for Their Leader Goes On
Clinton Says Sri Lanka Is Causing 'Untold Suffering'
Tamil Eyewitness: 'I Thought, I Won't Survive'
Koreas
North Korea Accuses South Korea of Tampering With Border
Two Koreas Square Off Over Arms Trade and Border
Asia
Suspected Rebels Hijack Train in India Before Vote
Tourists Returning to Tibet Despite Heavy Security
Khmer Rouge Defendant: Pol Pot Feigned Ignorance
Iran
Iran President Won't Intervene in Journalist Case
Mixed Messages in US-Tehran Relations
Ex-Iranian Guards Chief to Run for President
Nostalgic Iranians Throng to War-Time PM
Iran Says West Tries to Muzzle Criticism of Israel
Letter Defends US Reporter Jailed in Iran
Israel/Palestine
Rights Groups Cry Whitewash Over Army's Gaza Probe
Hamas Denies Killing, Maiming Dozens of Opponents in Gaza
Israel Denies Violating International Law in Gaza
Poll: Most Palestinians, Israelis Want Two-State Solution
Hamas Leader Fails to Address British Lawmakers
Global Mideast Impact
Israel Promises Investigation After Pope Accepts Keffiyah as Gift
Israel Urges Pope to Cancel Meet With Arab Mayor
Norway: 10 Israelis Named in War Crimes Complaint
Israel's Lieberman Meets Top Egyptian Envoy
Israel Says Netanyahu Invited to Egypt
Omar Sharif Claims Credit for Egypt-Israel Talks
Turkey
Turkey Says Accord Reached With Armenia on Roadmap
Turkey Recalls Ambassador From Canada Over Vigil
Middle East
Money From Abroad Floods Into Lebanon to Buy Votes
IMF: Mideast Under Strain Despite Oil Wealth
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
4/22/2009
Harmanic Convergence

Kelley B. Vlahos
4/23/2009
Ill Veterans Demand Answers

Nebojsa Malic
4/22/2009
Confessions and Lamentations

Alan Bock
4/20/2009
Monotony in the Americas

Ivan Eland
4/18/2009
Tortured Posturing on Harsh Interrogation Techniques

Charles V. Peņa
4/15/2009
More Einsteinian North Korea Policy

Philip Giraldi
4/14/2009
Truth and Reconciliation

Edouard Husson
4/10/2009
Dollar Hegemony and the Economics of Unilateralism

David R. Henderson
3/31/2009
To Reduce Violence,
End the Drug War

Ran HaCohen
2/18/2009
Abe Foxman's 'Anti-Semitic Pandemic'

Praful Bidwai
1/19/2009
'Good Cop, Bad Cop' Approach to Pakistan
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