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The Israeli-Palestinian 'peace process' and US befuddlementIt's like a never-ending upside-down waterfall of groundhog days.
A look behind surging violence in IraqThe civil war in Syria and a resurgent Al Qaeda are the proximate causes for rising bloodshed in Iraq. But persistent government failure deserves a closer look.
Ahead of Bahrain protests, a sweep against citizen journalistsBahrain's protesters are promising anti-government protests on Aug. 14. Ahead of it, the country appears to be moving to silence citizen journalists.
Finally something that Mike Huckabee and Richard Dawkins can agree uponThe former conservative Arkansas governor and Baptist minister and the curmudgeonly English atheist are on the same page today.
Al Qaeda's 'conference call' and claims that the group is on the riseThere are some strange elements to this report.
Are US drone killings in Yemen working?The US has hit Yemen with seven drone strikes in a little more than a week.聽
Does Ayman al-Zawahiri have a bulk calling rate?The claim of US 'officials' that Ayman al-Zawahiri conducted a 12-country conference call is both weird and troubling.
Fort Hood killer Nidal Malik Hasan's 'big fellow' momentDisgraced Army major Nidal Malik Hasan admitted he killed 13 at Fort Hood in 2009 and tried to make himself out as a 'holy warrior.'聽
Do we know how much US money is going to the Taliban in Afghanistan?The short answer is 'no.' But there are worrying signs to be found in US auditing of its own contracting practices in Afghanistan.
Shuttered embassies, the NSA, and the balance between fear and safetyThe decision to close the embassies also speaks to how US intelligence collection has changed 鈥� and how it is used.聽
No, the FBI isn't snooping on all New York Google usersAt least not in the instance of a claim from earlier today.
Is the FBI snooping on our Google searches?That's the implication of a piece published in an online magazine today.
In UK, rising chorus of outrage over online misogynyRecent events in Britain draw more attention to endemic hostility towards women online.
Jihadi jailbreaks raise doubts about US security fundingWhat do the jailbreaks in Pakistan, Iraq, and Libya have in common? Massive amounts of US assistance to avoid this sort of thing.
Why are so many people outraged at Manning's guilty verdict?A look at where some people are coming from.
US auditor finds taxpayer money flowing to Taliban, Al Qaeda - but Army refuses to actWarnings from the US government's internal auditor that an ongoing $20 billion Afghanistan reconstruction program is lining the pockets of the Taliban and Al Qaeda have been ignored.
Yoohoo! Another investigation turns up taxpayer waste in Afghanistan.The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction released the latest in a string of reports today on fraud, mismanagement, and wasted US spending in the troubled country.
Can Muslims write about 海角大神ity?A Fox television host finds something suspect about Reza Aslan's new book on the historical Jesus.
Zeroing in on the zero option for AfghanistanObama seems serious enough that proponents of an extended US military presence in Afghanistan are warning against it.
A Tahrir protester, then and nowThe trajectory of a young woman reveals the changing views of聽many who helped drive Mubarak from power.
