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Updated December 22, 2012 - 8:00 PM EST
Syrian Rebels Set Up Aleppo 'Religious Police'
 
  Rebels Attack Civilian Plane in Aleppo, Vow More Strikes
Obama Nominates Kerry for Secretary of State
 
  Chuck Hagel Faces Relentless Assaults
  House, Senate Pass $633 Billion Defense Spending Bill
Likud: Criticism of Settlements an Election Boost
 
  Israel's Religious Right Parties Splinter Ahead of Vote
  Israeli Troops Wound Five Farmers in Northeast Gaza Strip
UK Court Blocks Lawsuit Over US Drone Strikes
 
  UK Pays Out Millions to Iraqi Torture Victims
Protests in Anbar: Iraq Confirms Arrest of Minister's Staff
Cameron: Afghan Troop Cuts Could Be Accelerated
At Least 39 Killed in Kenya Tribal Clashes
CIA Complains About Depictions in 'Zero Dark Thirty'
Viewpoints
Neocons Against Chuck Hagel: The Senator Who Wouldn't Genuflect  by Doug Bandow
The Absurd Chuck Hagel Anti-Semitism Accusations  by Justin Logan
Pentagon, CIA Likely Approved Zero Dark Thirty Torture Scenes  by David Sirota
The Torture Chronicle
 by Philip Giraldi
Torture, Torture Everywhere  by Andy Worthington
Scandal Alert: Congress Is Quietly Abandoning the 5th Amendment  by Conor Friedersdorf

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Senate Roll Call Vote on 2013 NDAA
Number of Veterans Who Die Waiting for Benefits Claims Skyrockets
Japan's Next Leader Wants Freer Rein for Military
Lockerbie Bombing: Libyan Govt. Set to Release Files
Military Turns to ESPN to Help Analyze Drone Footage
Senate Committee Scraps Anti-Leaks Measures From Intelligence Spending Bill
 
Syria
Syria Rebels 'Fire Warning Shots' at Airliner at Aleppo Airport
Arms Smuggling Attempt From Iraq Into Syria Thwarted
Putin: Russia No Defender of Syrian President
Japan Pulls Out Its Peacekeepers From Golan Heights
Syrians Turn to Black Humor Amid Misery
Israel/Palestine
US Senate Approves $211 Million for Iron Dome in New $633 Billion Defense Bill
Netanyahu: 'Refusal' Advocates Won't Sit in My Government
Thousands of Palestinians Return to Damascus Refugee Camp
Iraq
Three Killed in Iraq
Iraqi Sunnis Accuse Maliki of Crackdown, Tensions Flare
Turkmen MP: RPGs, Fired by the Peshmerga, Fell on Turkmen Homes
Iraq's Sunni Finance Minister Denounces Raids
Scramble for Iraq's Oil Wealth
Iraq Moves Towards Agreement Over Libyan Prisoners
Iran
Penalties on Iran Strengthened by US and Europe
Iran Will Take Legal Moves Against Media Ban: Press TV CEO
Egypt
Egypt's Constitution Seen Passing in Referendum
Fresh Alexandria Clashes Ahead of Voting
In Islamist Bastion, Support Ebbs for Egypt's Brotherhood
Al-Azhar Mosque at Heart of Concerns Over Islamist Turn in Egypt
Basic Facts on Egypt's Constitution Referendum
Middle East
Three Foreign Tourists Kidnapped in Yemen's Capital
Tunisia Arrests 16 Qaeda Suspects: Minister
Future of Key Morocco Islamist Group Uncertain
Americas
Backers of Zapatista Rebels March by the Thousands in Southern Mexico
Colombian Negotiators Say Peace Talks Advancing as Government, FARC Rebels Break for Holidays
How Paraguay's 'Archive of Terror' Put Operation Condor in Focus
 
Julian Assange
Assange Praises Bradley Manning in Rare Speech
Assange Talks of Senatorial Hopes
The War at Home
Hagel's Defense Posture Forged by War Experience
WikiLeaked: The Kerry Plan for Iran
Army Rolls Out Brass to Defend Anti-IED Software
Dutch Minister Approves Transfer of Bomb Suspect to US
Pakistan
Drone Kills Four in North Waziristan
Suicide Attack Kills Taliban Commander
Pakistan Drone Crashes in South Waziristan: Sources
Malala Asks Pakistan Not to Name College in Her Honor to Avert Militant Attacks on Students
Afghanistan
IG in Afghanistan: $201m in Fuel Purchases Untraceable
Could Mineral Wealth Transform Afghan Economy?
Search Under Way for Missing Georgian Soldier in Afghanistan
Asia
North Korea Says It Has Detained US Citizen Over 'Hostile Acts'
Iranian Suspects Claim Innocence in Alleged Bangkok Anti-Israel Terror Conspiracy
Sudans
South Sudan Admits It Downed UN Helicopter, Killing Four Russian Crew Members
UN: 4 Peacekeepers Killed and 1 Injured in Darfur Due to Shots Fired by 1 of the Peacekeepers
Nigeria
Islamists Cited in Abduction of French Engineer in Nigeria
4 South Korean Construction Workers Freed After Being Kidnapped in Southern Nigeria
Africa
2 Mali Groups Agree to Work Together for Stability in Tenuous Areas, Try to Free Hostages
Attacks on Ivorian Military Kill 1 in Abidjan
Kenya's Somali Refugee Plan Unlawful, Says Amnesty
Georgia
Georgia Rebuilds Stalin Monuments
Saakashvili's Foes Among Georgia Prisoners Nearing Pardon
Europe
Russia Clashes Over Energy With Belarus, Ukraine, EU
 
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Justin Raimondo
12/21/2012
Why This Fight

Philip Giraldi
12/20/2012
Christmas in Connecticut

Ivan Eland
12/19/2012
Reducing Defense … Cuts

Kelley B. Vlahos
12/18/2012
The Babies Will Haunt Us

Nebojsa Malic
12/07/2012
Falling Towards Entropy

Ran HaCohen
10/05/2012
Israel Between Eritrea and Iran

Charles V. Peña
6/15/2012
Cyberwar for Me but Not for Thee

David R. Henderson
2/06/2012
Is Iran a Threat?
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Leon Hadar
Jorge Hirsch
Scott Horton
Jeff Huber
Dahr Jamail
Kathy Kelly
William S. Lind
Jim Lobe
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Ray McGovern
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Brendan O'Neill
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Murray Polner
Gareth Porter
Gordon Prather
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Michael Scheuer
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Joseph Stromberg
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Jude Wanniski
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