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Lawyer: 9/11 defendants want platform for views - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday.

"They're baaaaack...."
Source: Foreign Policy

When I started blogging back in January, one of my early posts questioned the belief that Obama's election had ended talk of military action against Iran.

Afghan Electoral Commission Throws Out More Ballots -- News from Antiwar.com
Source: AntiWar.com

Polling Sites in Karzai Strongholds Thrown Out, Likely Voiding Thousands of Votes

9/11: Our Truth, and Theirs by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com
Source: AntiWar.com

The "official" 9/11 narrative doesn't make sense

When Satire Becomes Reality by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.com
Source: AntiWar.com

"Google News has lately taken to labeling Antiwar.com's news articles, including this column, as "satire." To take one particularly unfortunate example, an article by Fred Reed on the furor over the photo of Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard's tragic death in Afghanistan was so c …

Sunnis, Shiites Trade Blame Over Baghdad Bombings -- News from Antiwar.com
Source: AntiWar.com

Major Coalition Govt Member Calls for UN 'Protection'

Observers Point to Widespread Fraud in Afghan Vote -- News from Antiwar.com
Source: AntiWar.com

Abdullah Vows 'Responsible' Challenge if Karzai Steals Election

The Minimum Wage and the Coup in Honduras
Source: justforeignpolicy.org

The coup in Honduras - and the at best grudging and vacillating support in Washington for the restoration of President Zelaya - has thrown into stark relief a fundamental fault line in Latin America and a moral black hole in U.S. policy toward the region.

N.Korea accuses Obama of nuclear war plot
Source: breitbart.com

North Korea has accused US President Barack Obama of plotting a nuclear war on the communist nation by reaffirming a US assurance of security for South Korea, the North's state media said.

In the Age of Pirates
Source: The New York Times

I've been thinking lately of starting a new school of foreign service to train U.S. diplomats. My school, though, would be very simple. It would consist of a single classroom with a desk and a chair. At the desk would be a teacher, pretending to be a foreign leader.

Obama ponders outreach to the Taliban
Source: International Herald Tribune

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni  …

The stake in our hearts
Source: LUis Teodoro Site

[Philippines'] Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has received more than her share of comments for her repeated and failed attempts to meet US President Barack Obama. Probably because Valentine's Day was approaching, early this week one commentator compared Mrs.

US-India having "Missile Shield Talks" - Sure to Enrage Pakistan
Source: BBC News

India has been holding initial talks with the US over the possible purchase of a missile defence shield system, the UK's Financial Times has reported. The talks have been going on for some time...........

War on terror has not weakened al Qaeda: poll | Reuters
Source: Reuters

reuters.com — LONDON (Reuters) - People across the world think the U.S.-led ''war on terror'' has not weakened al Qaeda and many believe it has actually strengthened Osama bin Laden's network, a poll for the BBC World Service said on Monday.

Sarah Palin, Neoconservative
Source: American Power Blog

Neoconservatives initially had their biggest successes in American domestic culture and social policy. Neoconservatives, starting with Democrats like Daniel Patrick Moynihan, attacked the debilitating effects of the welfare state on the traditional nuclear family.

t r u t h o u t | End the Occupation of Iraq - and Afghanistan
Source: t r u t h o u t

Truthout contributor Marjorie Cohn writes: "In light of stepped-up violence in Afghanistan and for political reasons - following Obama's lead - Bush will be moving troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.

Was Obama Being an Israel Appeaser?
Source: AL JAZEERA

Was Obama's trip to Israel an expression of his being an Israeli appeaser? Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's Senior Political Analyst, provides a short debate on this topic.

What would be the most dramatic difference, in terms of U.S. foreign policy, between a President John McCain and a President Barack Obama?
Source: helium.com

How does a person's past affect them? Politicians are human beings with a personal history. How might this affect our future?

'Ball of Fire' if Iran Attacked: IAEA Chief
Source: Common Dreams

DUBAI - The UN atomic watchdog chief warned on Saturday that an attack on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme would turn the region into a fireball, as Tehran rejected an Israeli strike as "impossible."

Why the Peaceful Majority of Muslims Are Not Irrelevant
Source: mwcnews.net

A few years ago, FrontPageMag.com columnist Paul Marek wrote an article titled "Why the Peaceful Majority Is Irrelevant". His thesis was that even if the majority of Muslims abhor violence, it doesn't matter because "the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history....

Pakistan Politics: Zardari Deals and the U.S. Fumes - American Footprints
Source: americanfootprints.com

Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the PPP and the PML-N, have agreed to form a coalition government. The fate of the judiciary and Musharraf have not been clearly addressed, so it's not clear if this is a lasting coalition or a superficial and tactical alliance.

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