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Hamas And Israel: Hard Choices by Rami G. Khouri, | April 19, 2006
The hopes of pragmatic new leadership in the region have been dashed by insistence on the same old script—for now. read more »Roll Call On Rumsfeld by Jim Lobe, | April 18, 2006
By critiquing his managment style, senior officers are implicitly speaking out against Rumsfeld's ideology of war. read more »Iraq War, Round Two by Robert Dreyfuss, | April 17, 2006
With mid-term elections in mind, are Bush and Cheney planning a major assault to break all resistance to U.S. dominance in Baghdad? read more »Hurting Peace, Not Hamas by Michelle Woodward, | April 14, 2006
By cutting funding to elected Palestinian representatives, the U.S. and the EU are dooming the region to continued chaos. read more »The Al Qaeda Myth by Tom Porteous, | April 12, 2006
New reports undermine the Bush administration's campaign to hype the Al Qaeda threat. read more »Hawk-Tied Democrats by Robert Dreyfuss, | April 11, 2006
From Iraq to Iran, the party hawks prevent Democrats from offering bold leadership on national security. read more »Needed: Loud, Angry Dems by Morton Abramowitz and Samantha Power, Los Angeles Times | April 10, 2006
The only way to end this administration's blunders in Iraq is to go on the offensive. read more »Libby Sings by John Prados, | April 7, 2006
Trying to cover for his misuse of intelligence, the president ordered Lewis Libby to disclose classified information to the press. read more »Cooling The Iran Crisis by Dilip Hiro, | April 6, 2006
There's a way forward on Iran that includes neither sanctions nor the use of force. read more »The Media's Chance At Redemption by Russ Baker, | April 6, 2006
Why is the mainstream press still slow to cover Iraq stories like the Manning Memo? read more »
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Obama Seeks Extra Funds for Wars, BBC News | April 10, 2009
U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Congress for an extra $83.4 billion to fund operations in Iraq and Afghanistan this year. In his official letter to the House, he said the request was his "last planned war supplemental [payment]". The supplementary money is needed to pay for the new Afghan strategy and the reduction of combat troops in Iraq. more »
'Cyberspies" Infiltrate Power Grid, BBC News | April 9, 2009
Computer hackers have embedded software in the United States' electricity grid and other infrastructure that could potentially disrupt service or damage equipment. The code in the power grid was discovered in 2006 or 2007. Department of Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano would not confirm such a breach, but said that there has been no known damage caused by one. The U.S. more »
Pentagon Preps for Economic Warfare, Politico | April 9, 2009
The Pentagon sponsored a first-of-its-kind war game last focused not on bullets and bombs — but on how hostile nations might seek to cripple the U.S. economy, a scenario made all the more real by the global financial crisis. The two-day event had all the earmarks of a regular war game. more »
A Help-Wanted Sign for Fraud Investigators , The New York Times | March 22, 2009
Suicides Linked to 'Stressed and Tired' Force, | March 19, 2009
An increase in the number of suicides among military personnel can be traced, in part, to a "stressed and tired force" made vulnerable by multiple deployments, a military leader said. "We must find ways to relieve some of this stress," said Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army, in testimony before the Senate Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee. more »
Pentagon to Stop 'Stop Loss', CNN | March 18, 2009
The military will phase out its "stop loss" program, the contentious practice of holding troops beyond the end of their enlistments, for all but extraordinary situations, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced. Instead, the military will use incentives programs to encourage personnel to extend their service. more »
U.S. Moves to Replace Contractors in Iraq, The Washington Post | March 17, 2009
The decision not to renew Blackwater Worldwide's security contract in Iraq when it expires in early May has left the State Department scrambling to fill a protection gap for U.S. diplomats and civilian officials there. Two other U.S. more »
Obama to End Iraq Mission by 2010, CNN | February 27, 2009
President Obama will say in his speech at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, that the U.S. combat mission in Iraq will end next year. "Let me say this as plainly as I can: By August 31, 2010, our combat mission in Iraq will end," Obama will say. Congressional officials said the president told congressional leaders of his plan. more »
Senate to Investigate CIA Under Bush, Los Angeles Times | February 27, 2009
The Senate Intelligence Committee is preparing to launch an investigation of the CIA's detention and interrogation programs under President George W. Bush, setting the stage for a sweeping examination of some of most secretive and controversial operations in recent agency history. more »
Looted Iraq Museum Opens, The New York Times | February 24, 2009
Well over half the exhibition halls in Iraq’s National Museum are closed, darkened and in disrepair. And yet the museum, whose looting in 2003 became a symbol of the chaos that followed the American invasion, officially reopened. Thousands of works from its collection of antiquities and art — some of civilization’s earliest objects — remain lost. more »
