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Kabul – The word “Guantanamo” serves as shorthand among some Afghans for all the reasons they hate foreign troops, but the impending closing of the notorious prison has gotten [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Feb 15 to 21: Sgt Sean Diamond  41  Dublin CA Pvt Cwislyn Walter  19  Honolulu HI Sgt Mark Baum  32  Telford PA 12 were seriously wounded. 7 wounded were returned to [...]

Last night in his quasi-State of the Union speech, President Obama hinted that he would soon provide a “new way forward in Iraq that leaves Iraq to its people and responsibly ends this [...]

Following up on my earlier post, Robert Dreyfuss offers this amusing exchange between reporters and State Department spokesperson Robert Wood about Ross' responsibilities and why they are [...]

The New York Times had a great editorial today on the collision of two nuclear missile submarines earlier in February: Two nuclear missile submarines — one British, one French — armed with a [...]

The State Department announced late yesterday that Dennis Ross will serve as the “Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the Gulf and Southwest Asia.”  According to the State Department’s [...]

Via the National Iranian American Council’s niacINsight blog, Bloggingheads offers a debate about whether sanctions would be effective in stopping Iran’s nuclear program: As we’ve pointed out [...]

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The Israel Lobby Video Documentary – VPRO For many years now the American foreign policy has been characterized by the strong tie between the United States and Israel. Does the United [...]

Robert Dreyfuss over at The Nation offers some good perspective on the release of a new IAEA report on Iran: The headlines are scary. "Iran ready to build nuclear weapon, analysts say," [...]