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Bombings, Corruption Plague Afghanistan; French Commander Targeted
The Times of London reports that French commanders meeting with local Afghan leaders northeast of Kabul were targeted by insurgents with rockets, which killed 12 […]
Neocons, Islamist Marxists attack Iranian-Americans as way of Getting at Obama
Daniel Luban shows that the assault on the National Iranian-American Council by the rightwing Israel lobbies and their allies in the People’s Jihadi Organization [Mojahedin-e […]
Palestinians Consider Going to the UNO for a State; Israeli Right threatens to Recognize its own Colonies in Retaliation
The Palestinian leadership is making medium-term preparations to go to the United Nations to ask for a declaration of a Palestinian state within 1967 borders […]
Peshawar Bombing Kills 12; Tablighi Turn against Taliban
The Taliban Movement of Pakistan launched another bombing in Peshawar on Saturday, killing 12 and wounding 30. The bomb-laden vehicle was stopped at a checkpoint […]
The Only Anchor
Attorney General Eric Holder announced Friday that some top al-Qaeda 9/11 conspirators will be tried by jury in New York not far from the scenes […]
Taliban Bomb ISI HQ in Peshawar
AfPak continued to generate headlines and concerns on Friday morning. In Peshawar, insurgents set off a huge bomb near the regional HQ of Inter-Services Intelligence. […]
Tripathi: Afghanistan and Presidential Dilemmas
Deepak Tripathi writes in a guest editorial for IC News that the US ambassador to Kabul, Karl Eikenberry, has sent classified messages to Washington in […]
Obama Demands an End-Game before Committing Troops to Afghanistan
AP is reporting that President Barack Obama is declining to be rushed into committing to the Afghanistan War as an open-ended project, and wants a […]
Veterans Day
The most patriotic way to honor future veterans of foreign wars is not to create any unnecessarily.