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British Defense Secretary Also Presses to Escalate in Afghanistan    Israeli, US, and French Military Chiefs Meet for Iran Strategy Meeting    Security Adviser Calls Troop Increase McChrystal's Opinion    Black Market Shows Iran Can Adapt to Sanctions    Attacks on Remote Posts Highlight Risks in Afghanistan    Clear Voice of Bush's Pentagon Becomes Harder to Hear    Retired Colonel Wants Military to Answer for Son's July 2008 Death    Deadly Attack by Taliban Tests New Strategy    Obama 'Furious' Over Gen. McChrystal Speech    Eight US Soldiers Killed in Afghan Offensive    IAEA, Iran Settle on Date for Qom Inspections    UK Treasury Blocks More Helicopters for Afghanistan    US Lawmakers Vow Swift Action Against Iran    North Korea Open to Nuclear Talks: State Media    Pakistan Has Forces, Equipment for Taliban Assault: US    Somalia President Condemns Minn. Terror Recruiting    Pakistan Army Orders Inquiry Into Internet Beating Clip    Israel's Friends Are Losing Patience    IAEA Is 'Not Panicking' About Iran    Americans Manufacture Another Nuclear Crisis    Goldstone: As a Jew, It's My Duty to Probe War Crimes    Obama Adviser: No Immediate Threat of Afghanistan Falling to Taliban    India to Station All MiG 29s Along Pak Border    Hakimullah Mehsud May Have Been Killed Again, US Guesses    US Storms Troops Into the Philippines    Who Are 'the Deciders'?    Test of Laser From C-130H Melts Hood of Car    GOP Senators: US, Not Israel, Should Attack Iran 'if Necessary'    ElBaradei Says Nuclear Israel Number One Threat to Mideast: Report    Achieving America's Objectives in Afghanistan    Exit Afghanistan and Leave Iran Alone    
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News
Updated October 4, 2009 - 11:26 PM EDT
Obama Furious at McChrystal Afghan Speech
8 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Battle
 
  Pentagon: Extra GIs for North, West Afghanistan
  Is the White House Signaling an Afghan Exit Strategy?
  Afghanistan Opposition Leader Abdullah Questions UN Neutrality
  Top UK General Says UK Ready to Boost Afghan Force
  Innocent Teens Killed by Canadian Soldiers on Patrol in Afghanistan
  Afghan Cop Patrolling With US Troops Opens Fire, Killing 2 Americans
Iran, IAEA Set Date for Qom Inspection
 
  UN Staffers Say Iran Has Data to Make a Nuke
  Israel Names Russians It Says Are Helping Iran Build Nuclear Bomb
  Iran's President Says Obama Made a Big Mistake in Nuke Accusation
  Iran Is Home to Biggest Population of Jews in the Mideast Outside Israel
Iraq: As GIs Draw Down, More Contractors Hired
 
  In Anbar, US-Allied Tribal Chiefs Feel Deep Sense of Abandonment
  Mosul: 139 Random Arrests, 100 Detainees Have No Criminal Records
NATO Commander Warns of Arctic Conflict With Russia
Viewpoints
Obama and the Graveyard of Empires  by Frank Creel
Obama Should Adopt the 'Public Option' in Afghanistan  by Leon Hadar
Exorcising America's Diplomatic Demons  by Robert Scheer
How Similar Are the Cases Against Iran and Iraq?  by Glenn Greenwald
Obama the Great  by Gordon Prather
A Tale of Two Op-Eds  by Stephen M. Walt
The Right to a Guilty Verdict
by Jacob Sullum
The Hayden Letter
by John Prados

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Frontline
End the War in Afghanistan
Yemeni's Case Shows Hurdles to Leaving Gitmo
Detainees Face Severe Conditions if Moved to US
Now-Dead Lt. Had Said Afghanistan 'Almost a Lost Cause'
Concern Grows Over Recruitment of Somali Americans by Islamists
Book: MI5 Kept a Secret File on Harold Wilson
Military Web Policy 2.0
 
'War on Terror'
Questions Linger Over the Zazi Terror Probe
'Radical Influences' All Around NYC Terror Suspect
UK: 30 'High-Risk' Terrorists to Be Released Early
US: Big Police Depts Back Anti-Terror Citizen Watch
'IWatch' on Spotting Terrorists
'Toronto 18' Bomb Plotter Sentenced to 7 Years
Iraq
Bomb Scare Forces Evacuation of Iraqi Parliament
Iraqi Who Fought for US Is Left Stranded
Maliki: Some Sides Try to Reignite Sectarianism
IMF 'Confident' About Iraq Loan, Says Official
Iraq 'Not Sure' on Meeting IMF Conditions, Says Senior Iraqi Bank Advisor
Iraq Delays Hydrocarbons Law Until After Election: MP
Iraq and Oil Majors Agree Terms on Oilfield Project
Saturday: 3 Iraqis Killed, 8 Wounded
Iran
Congress Ready to Penalize Iran if 'Diplomacy' Fails
Iran Should Allow Water Into Iraq to Prove Friendship, Urges Iraqi VP
Palestine/Israel
Israel Bombs Gaza Weapons Lab Following Hamas Rocket Attack
Palestinian Minister Quits Over PA's 'Capitulation to Israel' on Goldstone Report
Hamas Official Says Prisoner Swap May Be Done Within Months
Noam Shalit: It Could Be Years Before Son Gilad Is Freed by Hamas
Freed Palestinian Prisoner, Her Child Warmly Received in Gaza
Hamas: Carter Played Key Role in Shalit Video Deal
Mubarak Urges Israel to Start Final Status Talks
Middle East
Syrian Visits Washington as Part of Regional Détente
Egypt UNESCO Loss Stirs Debate on Ties With Israel
Turkey Holds 17 Over Alleged Terror Plans
EU Treaty
Ireland Approves Lisbon Treaty by 67%
Foes of EU Treaty Urge Czech PM Not to Sign It
Eyes on Czechs After Irish EU Vote, Poles to Sign
UK Opposition Reinforces EU Treaty Referendum Pledge
Europe
Georgia Sees Vindication in Report That Blamed It for Starting War With Russia
100,000 Protest for Press Freedom in Rome
Bosnia-Herzegovina Submits Request for NATO Membership
Honduras
Honduran Leader, Zelaya Inch Toward Crisis Talks
Micheletti Slow to Keep Pledge on Civil Rights in Honduras
Curacao
Curacao Cops: Witnesses Saw Missing US Diplomat
Curacao: DNA on Bloody Clothes Matches Missing US Diplomat
Americas
As Colombian War Crimes Suspects Sit in US Prisons, Victims Protest
Jamaica Cops Detain Man in Death of British Consul
Americans Still Dying
Yonkers (NY) Marine Killed in Afghanistan, Was Anxious to Go Home
Bethany (OK) Soldier Killed in Philippines Blast
Ft. Lewis (WA) Soldier, Father of 5, Killed in Philippine Bomb Blast
Virginia Beach (VA) Soldier Killed in Afghanistan
Murfreesboro (TN) Soldier Dies in Action in Afghanistan
Dalhart (TX) Soldier Dies in Afghanistan
Bibb Co. (GA) Deputy Killed in Afghanistan
 
Afghanistan
A Protection or a Provocation? Residents of Afghanistan's Shomali Plain Deeply Conflicted Over Presence of US Troops
British Army Chief Warns of 'Terrifying Prospect' of Failure in Afghanistan
Dutch Troops Look Set to Leave Afghanistan
Audit of Afghan Suspect Ballots to Start Soon: Officials
Western Afghanistan, a New Worry?
South African Contractor Held for Killing Afghan Guard
Afghan Election Whitewash 'Not On' for the UK
Four Finnish Peacekeepers Wounded in Afghanistan
3 US Troops Killed in Attacks in East Afghanistan
Four Civilians Killed, 20 Injured in Blast in Northern Afghanistan
A Month in Helmand: British Soldiers' Stories
Pakistan
Pakistan Prepares Assault, Eyes Taliban Infighting
11 Militants Killed by Pakistani Forces in Khyber
Pakistan: Anti-Taliban Tribal Elder Fatally Shot
Pakistan Postpones Mumbai Trial Again
Musharraf: US, Pakistan 'Suddenly' Lost Track of bin Laden
Rocket Hits School in Peshawar, No Casualties Reported
Pakistan, China One on Regional, World Issues, Says Zardari
Taliban Leader: Dead or Alive?
Pakistani Taliban Chief May Be Dead, Says US Official
Pakistan Taliban Under Pressure to Prove Leader Is Alive
Uzbek Militant Leader Was Killed in August, Says Pakistan
India/Kashmir
India Arrests 11 After Maoist Massacre: Police
Protesters, Police Clash in Kashmir, 22 Injured
Myanmar
Myanmar Minister Promises 'Free and Fair' Elections
Myanmar-American to Get Suu Kyi Lawyers
Myanmar Junta Official Meets Aung San Suu Kyi
Japan: Myanmar Says Nuclear Ambitions Are Peaceful
Asia
Sri Lanka Protests Clinton's War-Rape Remark
US Officials Meeting With UAE, Egypt on North Korea
Somalia
Rift Between Somalia's Rebel Groups Deepens
Somalia's President Says Terrorism Growing There
Militant: 3 Aid Workers Freed in Somalia
Somalia: Spain Says 36-Man Crew on Hijacked Boat Safe
Nigeria
Top Nigerian Militant Leaders Disarm Under Amnesty
Three Key Militant Leaders in Nigeria's Oil Delta
What Is at Stake in Nigeria's Niger Delta?
Sudan
16 Killed in Clashes in South Sudan Oil Region: Army
Sudan's Bashir Runs for President Despite Warrant
Africa
Six Soldiers Killed in Senegal's Casamance Region
Abducted Moroccan Leader's Son Slams Suspension of Arrest Warrants
Weekend Reviews
Left and Right Against War
The Soweto Arms Fair
Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman
A Barracuda Among Butterflies
 
Columnists

Justin Raimondo
10/02/2009
Debunking the War Party

Charles V. Peņa
10/02/2009
The Real Deal?

Philip Giraldi
10/01/2009
WMD All Over Again

Ivan Eland
9/30/2009
Empathy for 'Adversaries'

Kelley B. Vlahos
9/29/2009
The Two Faces of Kimberly Kagan

Nebojsa Malic
9/25/2009
Only in Bosnia

David R. Henderson
9/07/2009
An Evening With Cindy Sheehan

Ran HaCohen
7/20/2009
Fascism Needs an Enemy

Alan Bock
7/06/2009
Independence, Empire Don't Mesh

Edouard Husson
5/22/2009
The Virtues of Gorbachevism
Additional Contributors
Ehsan Ahrari
Doug Bandow
Uri Avnery
Matthew Barganier
Patrick J. Buchanan
Juan Cole
Jonathan Cook
Christopher Deliso
Sibel Edmonds
Tom Engelhardt
Mike Ewens
Joshua Frank
Aaron Glantz
Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
Ray McGovern
Thomas Gale Moore
Brendan O'Neill
Rep. Ron Paul
John Pilger
Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
Charley Reese
Paul Craig Roberts
Mark Rothschild
Michael Scheuer
Norman Solomon
Paul Sperry
Joseph Stromberg
Jon Basil Utley
Jude Wanniski
Teresa Whitehurst
Andy Worthington


 
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