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Tuesday: 1 Iraqi Killed, 6 Wounded

Margaret Griffis — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:54:20 +0000

Candidates hoping to run in March elections despite a ban found themselves left in the cold when an appeals committee rejected all but 37 of their cases. Meanwhile, at least one Iraqi was killed and six more were wounded in light violence.

The Middle East No Longer Matters

Jay Hatheway — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:54 +0000

As the Obama administration gears up for additional commitments to Afghanistan and elsewhere in the Middle East, it is good to remind ourselves that in spite of the overheated rhetoric of the past few years, the region is of very little, if any, strategic value to the United States. [...]

The Kid, the Pimp, and the Spineless Media

Kelley B. Vlahos — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:49 +0000

Kelley Vlahos on the James O'Keefe story

Iran Sanctions Are the Talk of the Day

Mohammed Salih — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:00:27 +0000

If there were any doubts about what exactly U.S. President Barack Obama meant when he warned Iran of "growing consequences" during his State of the Union address last month, they seem to be dispelled by recent statements from top administration officials, who are beating the sanctions drum loud [...]

Monday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 6 Wounded

Margaret Griffis — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:21:27 +0000

Although attacks were light today, the controversial election ban that could spur sectarian violence on continues to dominate the headlines. Overall, at least nine Iraqis were killed and six more were wounded.

Antiwar Reporting on the National Security State

Douglas Valentine — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:58 +0000

Respected journalist Jeremy Scahill wrote an article on Feb. 4 for The Nation titled “The Expanding U.S. War in Pakistan.” In his article he presented as fact several assertions about the CIA and U.S. military special operations forces. In this article I will challenge those assertions. Why? Because many readers of The [...]

Destabilizing Pakistan

Tom Engelhardt — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:57 +0000

Almost every day, reports come back from the CIA’s "secret" battlefield in the Pakistani tribal borderlands. Unmanned aerial vehicles – that is, pilotless drones – shoot missiles (18 of them in a single attack on a tiny village last week) or drop bombs and then the news [...]

Spies, Lies, and Fear

Nebojsa Malic — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:36 +0000

The Bosnian "Threat" to Empire Bosnia was in the headlines again this week. On Monday, police from both the Serb Republic and the Muslim-Croat Federation raided a Wahhabi village in the north of the country. And on Tuesday, U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair spoke of Bosnia as one [...]

A Four-Letter Word

Uri Avnery — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:04 +0000

Many important struggles in Israel are calling out to people of conscience. Among others (in random order): The struggle for preserving the environment and the future of the planet. The struggle for democracy against fascist trends. The struggle for human rights and civil rights. The feminist struggle. The struggle for the rights of gays and lesbians. The struggle for [...]

The Orange Revolution, Peeled

Justin Raimondo — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:00:03 +0000

To recall the media hype that accompanied Ukraine’s "Orange Revolution" of 2004, which propelled Viktor Yushchenko, a former central banker and alleged liberal democrat, into power, is like remembering a fever-dream in the morning: the memory of the details are blurred, and all that really remains is the sense [...]