Nuclear Heat Grows Over Iran

JERUSALEM – When Israel dispatched F-16 bombers almost 24 years ago to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor in Osirak, the pilots knew they only had to hit a single target. Were Israeli or U.S. planes to be sent today to neutralize Iran's nuclear program, the...

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Judge Vindicates Gitmo Criticisms

A U.S. federal court judge has ruled that military tribunals initiated by the Pentagon to determine the status of terrorist suspects held at the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are unconstitutional because they do not satisfy minimal due process requirements. The...

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Will Vote for Food?

BAGHDAD - Voting in Baghdad was linked with receipt of food rations, several voters said after the Sunday poll. Many Iraqis said Monday that their names were marked on a list provided by the government agency that provides monthly food rations before they were allowed...

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In Mosul, Many Pleasantly Surprised by Election

MOSUL - Election day in Iraq's violence-prone, third-largest city Mosul ended as it began, with a spate of bomb attacks. But in between a fair number of people voted. Iraqi and U.S. troops remained on high alert Monday after returning to their units. But authorities...

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China Unfazed by Bush Rhetoric

BEIJING - There is a reason why China reacted calmly to U.S. President George W. Bush's pledges to "oppose tyranny" and "spread freedom" around the world. Beijing is confident that the country is becoming indispensable to the United States,...

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Abandoning Liberty, Gaining Insecurity

Should Americans have to give up the Bill of Rights in order to be "safe" from terrorists? Actually, it doesn't matter what Americans think. The trade has already been made – and without any input from the people. The "democracy" that America is exporting is in...

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Iraq Audit Finds More Fuzzy Math

The U.S.-run administration in Baghdad failed to keep track of nearly $9 billion of money it transferred to various Iraqi ministries, according to an official audit released Sunday. The report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction says that the...

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Let the Israelis Do It?

Hours before his "ratification" inaugural, Vice President Dick Cheney was chatting with Don Imus on MSNBC about Iraqi and Iranian "nuclear programs." Now, Cheney appears to know the difference between a "nuclear program" and a...

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Resisting the Homeland Security State

Okay, under the rubric of "the war on terror" (which turns out to be just so versatile, so useful for so many much-desired but once back-burner policies, programs, and products), the military is having a grand old time protecting us from the Enemy up close and...

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