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Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. September 14, 2009.
It's almost as if there is something about that hard-edged Central Asian country that deranges its occupiers.
Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports AlterNet: Politics. August 20, 2009.
"The United States of America remains impartial in this election," said Secretary of State Clinton this week. Oh really?
Danielle Kurtzleben, IPS News. August 13, 2009.
The Obama Administration is touting a new, broad approach to winning the fight against insurgent groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. July 31, 2009.
Abdul Rashid Dostum is responsible for one of the deadliest massacres of Taliban prisoners. He is also an ally of both the U.S. and Hamid Karzai.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. July 30, 2009.
In an exclusive interview, Feingold argues why his lone vote to oppose expanding the military by 30,000 soldiers was the right one.
Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.
The story of this slick oil company's romance with the government has recently taken a crude twist.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. April 18, 2009.
U.S. air strikes have been touted as eliminating top al Qaeda leaders, but they are actually weakening Pakistan’s defense against the insurgency.
David Usborne, Jerome Starkey, Independent UK. March 27, 2009.
In addition to more soldiers, Obama is ordering a "civilian surge" and increasing the number of U.S. officials by 50 percent.
Robert Dreyfuss, Tomdispatch.com. December 3, 2008.
Think an attack is unlikely now? Ask key Obama cabinet figures why they're still palling around with neocon hardliners on Iran.
Jeremy Scahill, AlterNet. November 20, 2008.
A who's who guide to the people poised to shape Obama's foreign policy.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 31, 2008.
With Americans still convinced it is the "good war" and more troops headed its way, an honest debate about Afghanistan is long overdue.