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Cairo Donor Conference Nets $5 bn for Gaza Reconstruction; Israelis Block Gaza Reconstruction
Shorter AFP: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will try to tell Binyamin Netanyahu, the far rightwing prospective prime minister of Israel, that he should allow […]
50 Afghan Parliamentarians Oppose Obama’s Troop Surge; US Slams Karzai over Snap Election Plan
Anand Gopal reports for CSM that many Afghans, especially in the Pushtun south, oppose President Obama’s plan to send more US troops to Afghanistan. Highlights: […]
Cole in Salon: "We’re Really Leaving Iraq"
My column is out in Salon.com, We’re really leaving Iraq: Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama’s speech on Friday, and his plan to […]
Mixed Message on Iran
Someone is not a team player. Screenshot from google.news, 3/1/09 4 pm ET: cf: “Iran Nuclear Program Hyped Again” and “IAEA Inspectors: Iran not Producing […]
The End of Newspapers? Or is there a Journalism School Model?
You wonder if the last front page article in the last newspaper will be about the demise of the newspaper? I especially regret the possibility […]
Obama: US does not Seek Permanent Bases in Afghanistan
President Obama said on Friday that the US has no long-term goal of keeping US troops in Afghanistan. (See below). In contrast to Obama’s pronouncements […]
The End of the War of Images on the American Public
The Defense Department has reversed the Bush administration’s ban on photographs of returning coffins of US military personnel killed in war abroad. Apparently a lot […]
Negotiations in Afghanistan? Iran, Hikmatyar said to Be in Play
Even as President Obama sends 17,000 extra US troops to Afghanistan and intends to spend $140 bn on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2009, […]
5 Troops Killed in Afghanistan; US in Jalrez Valley
A US soldier from Wisconsin was announced killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday (he died on Tuesday). Three British soldiers were killed Wednesday by a roadside […]