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Highlights
 
Senate Panel Probes Legality of Torture Memos    House Approves $97 Billion More for Wars    'This Is Mental Health, Military-Style'    Back to Guantánamo Military Commissions?    Woman Accused in Rendition Case Sues for Immunity    Sri Lanka War Zone Hospital Shelled, At Least 50 Killed     Obama Warns Netanyahu Not to Launch Surprise Attack on Iran    Officials Expect Maliki to Reverse Stance on US Troops Staying in Cities    Generals Pressed Obama to Block Photo Release    Russian Report Points to US, NATO as Security Threats    US Military Starts Limited Drone Strike Partnership With Pakistan    Afghan Govt: 95 Children Killed in US Strike    In Bleak Afghan Outpost, Troops Slog on as Pentagon Alters Strategy    US Warhead Disposal in 15-Year Backlog    Pope Criticizes 'Tragic' West Bank Barrier    Spike in Suicide Attacks: Is Al-Qaeda in Iraq Coming Back?    El Salvador Grapples With Rising Bloodshed    Ex-FBI Interrogator Says Harsh Methods Didn't Work    Pentagon Worker Charged With Leaking Info to China    Pakistan's President Says Nuclear Stockpile Safe    Understanding Iran's Deterrence Game    'Impolite' Questions for Gen. Myers    Somalia Insurgents Vow Fight to Topple Government    Report: No Proof Yet North Korea Is Producing Plutonium    The Inside Fight Over Torture    New General, Same War    Judge Condemns 'Mosaic' of Gitmo Intel and Unreliable Witnesses    Distant Voices, Desperate Lives in Sri Lanka    Russia Warns of War Within a Decade Over Arctic Oil and Gas Riches    Elite Israeli Soldier Confesses to Looting Gaza Home During War    Former FBI Agent: Torture Sucks. Don’t Do It.    How US Officials Circumvented the Bill of Rights    Tillman's Parents Want General's Record Reviewed    Pelosi the Enabler    Mass Grave of 100 Kurdish Bodies Uncovered in Southern Iraq    What's Obama's Afghan Plan?    The Private Contracting Surge Into Afghanistan    
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News
Updated May 14, 2009 - 8:42 PM EDT
House OKs $97 Billion More for Wars
Obama to Revive Tribunals, 'With More Rights'
 
  Generals Pressed Obama to Block Photo Release
  Back to Guantánamo Military Commissions?
  US Senate Ties Up Guantánamo Closure Funds
  Senate Panel Probes Legality of Torture Memos
Panetta's Mission to Stop Israel Bombing Iran
 
  Obama Warns Netanyahu Over Iran Strike
Maliki to Reverse Stance on GIs Staying in Cities
 
  Iraq PM Blames US Prisoner Releases for Violence
  Spike in Suicide Attacks: Is Al-Qaeda in Iraq Coming Back?
  Thirsty in the Desert: Some US Soldiers Forced to Steal Water in Iraq
Afghan Govt: 95 Children Killed in US Strike
 
  Gates Hopes for Afghan Momentum Shift This Year
US OKs Limited Drone Partnership With Pakistan
 
  Pakistan Jets Bomb Taliban as 170,000 More Refugees Flee
  Trucks Torched at NATO Supply Terminal in Pakistan
Russia Cites US, NATO as Security Threats
50 Die in Attack on Sri Lanka War Zone Hospital
Viewpoints
The Inside Fight Over Torture
by Nick Baumann
Judge Condemns 'Mosaic' of Gitmo Intel and Unreliable Witnesses  by Andy Worthington
How US Officials Circumvented the Bill of Rights  by Jacob G. Hornberger
Distant Voices, Desperate Lives in Sri Lanka  by John Pilger
Pelosi the Enabler  by Robert Scheer
'Impolite' Questions for Gen. Myers
by Ray McGovern
New General, Same War
by Robert Dreyfuss
Laying the Groundwork for Violence  by Dahr Jamail

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Frontline
'This Is Mental Health, Military-Style'
Tillman's Parents Want General's Record Reviewed
Pentagon Worker Charged With Leaking Info to China
Gates: General Wasn't Fired Over Troop Requests
Ex-FBI Interrogator Says Harsh Methods Didn't Work
Testimony of Ali Soufan
Hawks Divided: Afpak or Iran?
US Warhead Disposal in 15-Year Backlog
 
Pope Criticizes 'Tragic' West Bank Barrier
Today in Iraq
Anti al-Qaeda Leader and Son Killed in Iraq
Arrest of Local Strongman Underlines Free-For-All of Loyalties as US Departs
New Threat for Iraqi Military: Drop in Oil Prices
Iraqi Parliament Debates 1981 Israeli Bombing Compensation
US Returns Ur to Iraq
Denmark, Iraq Reach Deal to Repatriate Iraqi Refugees
Attacks Continue
Mass Grave of 100 Kurdish Bodies Uncovered in Southern Iraq
Landmine Wounds Two Near Amara
Wednesday: 5 Iraqis Killed, 9 Wounded
Iraq Stress Shooting
Two of Baghdad Shooting Victims Counseled Soldiers
Counseling Was Ordered for Soldier in Iraq Shooting
Winding Paths Led Victims to Iraq Stress Clinic
The War at Home
House Takes on Waste in Weapons Purchases
Rape Is Effective Weapon of War, US Senators Told
'War on Terror'
Release of Yemeni Held at Guantánamo Ordered
Only a Third of UK Terrorism Arrests Lead to Charges
UK Terror Probe Arrests Focus on South Asians
Woman Accused in Rendition Case Sues for Immunity
Dismissal Is Sought in Case Against Terrorism Suspect
Army Bans Pathogen Work at Lab After Security Lapse
Canadian Scientist Arrested for Smuggling Vials for Ebola Research Into US
El Salvador
El Salvador Grapples With Rising Bloodshed
Iran
Understanding Iran's Deterrence Game
Iranian Militia Kill Five Rebels Near Border
For Israel, Iranian Threat Has Priority
Israel/Palestine
Elite Israeli Soldier Confesses to Looting Gaza Home During War
Netanyahu Likely to Allow Food Into Gaza
New Palestinian Government Delayed, Says Official
Military Chief Apologizes for Lashing Out at Netanyahu Over Budget
Security Council Voices Concern Over Gaza Report
The Pope in the Holy Land
In Bethlehem, Pope Calls for Palestinian State
Pope's Urging Brings Gaza Blockade to Forefront
Israelis Criticize Pope for Holocaust Remarks
Lebanon
Israel Suspends Talks on Leaving Lebanese Border Town
Lebanon Charges Six More With Spying for Israel
United Arab Emirates
UAE Nuclear Deal May Stall as US Condemns Torture
 
Pakistan
Pakistani Army Ordered to Avoid Civilian Casualties
Army Planning Massive Waziristan Operation
Zardari Says Taliban Fight Is 'Long-Term Endeavour'
UN Registers 600,000 Displaced From Malakand
Pakistan Fighting Kills 15; Headless Bodies Found
Pakistan's President Says Nuclear Stockpile Safe
US Senators Question Aid Plan for Pakistan
Pashtun Hospitality for Swat Refugees Part of Their Culture
Pakistan's Religious Minorities Report Violence
Scuffles at Northwest Pakistan Refugee Camp
Afghanistan
In Bleak Afghan Outpost, Troops Slog on as Pentagon Alters Strategy
Karzai to Launch Swat-Style Operation on Border
Bomb Kills Seven Afghan Civilians at US Base
US Fights Taliban on Another Front: Public Relations
US Urges Thorough Probe Into Afghan School Poisonings
Sri Lanka
Rights Groups: Satellite Shows Sri Lanka Shelling
Sri Lanka Accused of Breaking Artillery Pledge
Sri Lanka Fighting Intensifies, Aid Worker Killed
Sri Lankans Fleeing Conflict 'Undernourished': UN
UN Demands Tamil Tigers Stop Fighting in Sri Lanka
Many Turn to Internet for Sri Lanka War News
Obama: Sri Lanka Must End Warfare
North Korea
Report: No Proof Yet North Korea Is Producing Plutonium
Obama Envoy: No Sense of Crisis on North Korea
Pro-North Korea Paper Accuses Obama of Hostility
North Korea to Put US Journalists on Trial in June
Asia
Shaky Coalition Expected as India's Election Ends
Myanmar's Suu Kyi to Be Charged Over US Intruder
Exiled Tiananmen-Era Dissident Detained in China
Russia
Russia Warns of War Within a Decade Over Arctic Riches
Kremlin: Battles Over Energy May Lead to Wars
Gorbachev: Europe Misunderstands Russia
Russia's Putin Seeks to Reinvigorate Mongolia Ties
Somalia
Somalia Insurgents Vow Fight to Topple Government
EU: Pirates Coordinating Attacks Off Somalia
Nigeria
Nigerian Militants Give Oil Firms Day to Pull Out
Nigerian Armed Group Says It May Free Hostage
Africa
US: AfriCom Seeks 'Sustained Security Engagement'
Darfur Rebels Say Sudanese Planes Bombed Positions
Dozens Reported Killed in Congo's East
US Flag Flutters Over Embassy in Libya
Zimbabwe PM Says Hard-Liners Holding Up Progress
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
5/13/2009
The New Neocons

Kelley B. Vlahos
5/14/2009
The Private Contracting Surge Into Afghanistan

Charles V. Peña
5/13/2009
Pentagon Gluttons

Philip Giraldi
5/12/2009
Saigon Again?

Alan Bock
5/11/2009
Magical Thinking in South Asia

Ivan Eland
5/09/2009
How the US Empire Contributed to the Economic Crisis

Edouard Husson
5/08/2009
Nukes and National Independence: The French Example

Nebojsa Malic
5/06/2009
Matter of Opinion

David R. Henderson
4/28/2009
The Case for Prosecuting Bush

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

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