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Protesters Defy Khamenei-Sanctioned Crackdown

by Yasaman Baji | Jun 21, 2009

TEHRAN – With tens of thousands of police deployed Saturday to suppress the massive crowds that have been demanding new elections, it appears that the political crisis touched off by the disputed victory of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has entered a new...

Saturday: 94 Iraqis Killed, 231 Wounded

by Margaret Griffis | Jun 20, 2009

Updated at 5:19 p.m. EDT, June 20, 2009 During a speech to a Turkmen group in Baghdad, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki vowed to enforce a June 30 deadline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities. This pronouncement came hours before a massive truck bomb ripped through the Turkmen village of Taza. Overall at least 94 Iraqis were killed and 231 others were wounded across Iraq. Also, a pair of bodies was handed over to British authorities belong to two British hostages who were kidnapped in 2007. Three other British hostages still missing.

‘The Responsible Left’: Funding Obama’s Expanding Wars

by Jeremy Scahill | Jun 20, 2009

Over the past few days, we reported on how the White House and Democratic Congressional Leadership waged a dirty campaign to scare up votes to support another $106 billion in funds for their wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now, several of the so-called...

Israel Accuses ElBaradei of ‘Bias’

by Gordon Prather | Jun 20, 2009

The IAEA chief needs a gut check, says Gordon Prather

Distorting US Intel On Iran: Obama Follows Bush’s Lead, Again

by Charles Davis | Jun 20, 2009

Charles Davis on the Iranian nukes meme

Obama: Walking the Tightrope on Iran

by Ivan Eland | Jun 20, 2009

Ivan Eland says the US should butt out even more

Friday: 1 US Soldier, 7 Iraqis Killed; 11 Iraqis Wounded

by Margaret Griffis | Jun 19, 2009

Updated at 11:35 p.m. EDT, July 19, 2009 A massive war-funding bill, that includes money for operations in Iraq, has left the U.S. congress and is on its way to the White House. Back in Iraq, the country’s U.N. Ambassador, Hamid al-Bayati, said that the security handover from U.S. to Iraqi hands is going smoothly. Meanwhile, seven Iraqis were killed and 11 were wounded in violence across the country. Also, one U.S. soldier was killed in a non-combat incident.