USA

• House Democrats Eye War Tax 
• Whatever Happened to the CIA's Black Sites? 
• Obama Administration Will Not Sign Land Mine Ban 

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The War at Home 

• Pelosi: Democrats Facing Voter 'Unrest' Over War Spending, 
• Troop Increase Military's 'Senior Mentors' Cashing In 
• The Fall of Greg Craig 
• Michigan Remains a Magnet for Iraqi Refugees 
• At Obamas' First State Dinner, Indian Prime Minister and a Party of 400 
• Two Air Force Wings Get F on Nuclear Inspection 
• Torture School Protesters Scheduled for Trial

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'War on Terror' 

• Tenn. Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Mosque Firebomb 
• US Offers $5m Reward for 'Bomb Man
• ' Terror Suspect Uncle Follows Nephew to NYC Court for Terror Trial

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Iraq Front News

Arab Bloc Threatens Iraq Election Boycott Britain's 

• Chilcot Report Probes Start of Iraq War 
• Maliki Ally: Iraq May Sever Trade With Syria 
• Wednesday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 52 Wounded

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Daily News

Daily World News

Europe

Rule-of-Law Extremism Engulfs Primitive Eastern Europe  by Glenn Greenwald
U.K.

The Key Question: Is Blair a War Criminal?  by Oliver Miles 
Britain Spent $300 Million on Tanks Unfit for Service
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Palestine/Israel
Israel-Palestinian Conflict Kills 8,900 in 20 Years: NGO
  The New Politics of Conscientious Objection in Israel  by Gershom Gorenberg
Heavy-Handed in Jerusalem  Ha'aretz
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USA
US to Copy Iraq Prison Strategy in Afghanistan
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Iran
Iran Wants Fuel Guarantees, Warns Against Attack
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Afghanistan

Karzai Considers Inviting Taliban to Grand Jirga

		3 Plans Under Consideration for Afghan Escalation
		4 US, 3 Afghan Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan
		Talking With the Taliban

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Iraq

Iraqi Parliament OKs Election Law, Veto Expected Iraq PM Ramps Up Attacks on Ba'athists Before Vote   Iraq Says October 25 Bombers Came From Syria

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USA

US Military

• As Deployment Nears, Nerves Fray 
• US Soldier Found Guilty of Abusing Subordinates in Iraq
  
• Canada: Court Orders Refugee Board to Consider
• Specter: 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Has Better Chance
• US May Add Money to Program for F-35 Jet
• Fired Therapist: Stressed Marines Get Shoddy Care
• Troubled VA Agency Will Get a New Chief

Gitmo

• Algerian Is 31st Guantánamo Detainee Ordered Freed
• Terror Trials Differ in Civilian, Military Courts
• Germany to Send Trial Observer to NY

Fort Hood Killings

• Fort Hood Suspect Ordered Held Until Court-Martial
• Levin: Could Be More E-Mails From Ft. Hood Suspect
• Can Soldiers Be Victims of Terrorism?
  

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Iran / Iraq

Iran Sets War Games to Simulate Foreign Attack

Al-Qaeda in Iraq Regaining Strength 

Afghanistan

HERE THEY GO AGAIN!

Part of the U.S. Counterinsurgency programs (going back to the early days after WWII) is to arm a certain part of the population against the other.

This especially found its fruits under the new counterinsurgency programs in Iraq, known as the 'Sunni Awakening'

One would have to seriously ask:

How much more violence and corruption does the U.S. Plan to inflict upon the Afghan people.

Was it not the arming of the various „liberation groups“ against the Soviet Army in Afghanistan in the 1980's that led to an all out civil war after the Russians left?

Did the U.S. not support the arming and training of the original Taliban fighters in the 1990's in order „to bring order“ into the country?

As the inteior minister in Afghanistan points out in the article,

“In Kunduz, after they defeated the Taliban in their villages, they became the power and they took money and taxes from the people,” Mr. Atmar, the interior minister, said. “This is not legal, and this is warlordism.”

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Asia Minor

Main News

Barak: We Must Crush Military Refusal With an Iron Fist

Other News

Syria/Turkey/Israel

Syria: No Peace Talks Without Israeli Promise to Return Golan Israel Wants Turkey Back on Board as Mediator With Syria Turkey Denies Scrapping Purchase of Israel's UAV

Palestine/Israel

Hamas: All Gaza Militant Groups Agree to Halt Rocket Attacks Hamas Denies Holding Secret Talks With Israel Palestinians: Israeli Planes Hit Gaza Targets Israel Releases 5 Palestinian Intelligence Officers Mourning Uprooted Olive Trees in West Bank Villages Abbas Prods Brazil to Help End Iran Support for Hamas Jordanian Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Israeli Jails

Lebanon

Lebanon's Military Chief Urges High Alert on Israel Border Lebanon Army Reportedly Fires at IAF Drone, Amid Rising Tensions No Official Comment on Report of Lebanese Army Firing at Israeli Drone, Says IDF Spokesman Lebanon: Body Believed to Be British Journalist Undergoing Tests US Delivers Training Seminar to Lebanese Air Force

Egypt

Mubarak Vows Not to Tolerate Attacks on Egyptians After Soccer Rivalry With Algeria Turns Violent Demonstrating Bedouins Block Trade Routes in Sinai, Alleging Police Killed Man

Middle East

Torture, Killings Rife in Yemen, Says UN Watchdog In Turkey, Coup Trial Casts Wide Net of Mistrust

More

USA

Should Obama Fire Gen. McChrystal?

Yes, says Ray McGovern

Volunteer Army: Two Wars and Counting

A draft doesn't prevent war, says Murray Polner

Historically addicted to war, the U.S. has a vast "national security" apparatus, more than 1000 bases, and with much money to be made by arms producers and global weapons traders. To service this immense and complex system requires a constant supply of troops. Meanwhile, far from the battlefield, politicians and pundits debate the "proper" use of military intervention, whether for allegedly humanitarian causes or by invading, bombing and occupying to ensure economic and military domination. Now, faced with nonstop wars in the Middle East and possibly elsewhere, and while the drums of war against Iran are heard in Washington and Jerusalem, the question remains, who will be required to serve and fight, and most important, why?

Terror Trials Are Our Defining Moment

Bring back America, says Leonard Pitts

Iraq

	Britain Knew CIA Tortured Detainee
	British Families Await Inquiry Into Conflict That Claimed Their Sons in Iraq Iraq Cleric's Aide Urges End to Political Crisis Kirkuk Governor Chief Guard Survives Attempt With Explosive Belt In Iraq, a Blunt Civilian Is a Fixture by the General's Side The Devil's Pipe Ruins the Soul of Prayer' Friday: 1 US Sailor, 7 Iraqis Killed; 13 Iraqis Wounded

Pakistan

	US Drone Kills Eight in North Waziristan Pakistan Demands US Share Afghan Blueprint
	Zardari: War in FATA to 'Essentially Wipe Out Militancy'
	150 Afghani Imams Among Thousands Nabbed in Mardan
	'Explosives-Laden Mini Bus, Truck Could Soon Strike in Punjab'

Afghanistan

MAIN NEWS: Gates: US Ready for Quick Afghan Escalation

Afghan Governor Turned 3,000 Men Over to Taliban Gates: US May Withhold Aid From Afghanistan Over Corruption Pelosi Calls Karzai 'Unworthy Partner' For a Nation With Doubts on War, Afghan Strategy Is a Conundrum OTHER NEWS: Suicide Bomber Kills 17 in Afghanistan's Farah Province Defense Chief Says US Will Examine Its Own Contracts in Hopes of Reducing Afghan Corruption Afghan Police Are Weak Link in Security Force UK: Afghan Govt Would Fall if NATO Withdraws Police Say Afghan Lawmaker Survives Bombing French Foreign Minister Visits Afghan Village McCain Predicts Success in Afghanistan in 12-18 Months

Destroying Pakistan/Israeil Lobby/CIA Convicted