Weekend Reviews

	A Fistful of Dynamite
	Malalai Joya Among the Warlords
	Tracing Voluntary Military Service
	7 Deadly Scenarios: A Military Futurist Explores War in the 21st Century

News, December 26, 2009

	Al-Qaeda Wannabe Kept 'Bomb' on His Lap
	White House Says Explosion on Plane Was 'Terrorism'   Nigeria Banker Fears Son Is Alleged Plane Attacker

	Obama Christmas Address Calls on Americans to 'Support Our Troops'
	Glenn Greenwald Interviews Yemen Expert Gregory Johnsen
	Report: N. Korea Could Conduct Another Nuke Test
	Russia's Aspirations in Mideast Are Unrealized
	US Muslim Leaders Try to Counter Radicals' Influence on Youths
	UN Website Details Peacekeeper Sex Abuse Claims

Viewpoints, December 25, 2009

	The NYT's View of 'Journalistic Objectivity'  by Glenn Greenwald
	From Panama to Afghanistan: Selling a 'Just' War  by Ron Jacobs

	Emulating Nixon  by John Feffer
	Time to End the Neocon Con Game  by Bruce P. Cameron

Antiwar Radio Interview
Mass CasualtiesMichael Anthony on being a medic in the Iraq War

News, December 25, 2009

Ex-CIA Operative Warns of Terror Attack on US Soil

The War at Home

	Congress Raises Debt Ceiling to $12.4 Trillion
	Military to Scrap Pregnancy Punishment
	Envoy-on-Envoy Criticism Over Jewish Group
	Jewish Group Slams Carter Apology

News, December 24, 2009

Gates Proposes $2 Billion in Funds to Aid Unstable Countries US Military: No Change to Iraq Pregnancy Policy Navy's Attempted Suicide Rate Nearly 3 Percent Guantánamo Closure Delayed Another Year US Attack on Yemen Signals Escalation Defense Bill Pork Earmarks Total $4 Billion 'War on Terror'

Dumbest Anti-Terror Tech, Ever? As Attacks Increase, US Struggles to Recruit Computer Security Experts Should the US Destroy Jihadist Websites? Feds Address Concerns About Safety of Illinois Prison Guantanamo 'Hell on Earth,' Says Somali Detainee Police Feared Terrorist Attack After 2004 Michael Jackson Arrest Lithuanian Report Inconclusive on How Secret CIA Prisons Were Used Lithuanian Parliament Condemns CIA Prisons FBI Leaker Should Have Raised Flags

The War at Home

Blast! Los Alamos Researchers Accidentially Demolish Building With a Cannon At Fort Hood, Reaching Out to Soldiers at Risk Navy: Investigation Drove Sailor to Suicide

News, December 23, 2009

Guantánamo Closure Delayed Another Year

The War at Home

Military Mentors Discreetly Hired, Fired Peace Activists to Set Up Encampment in Washington Pa. Soldier's Mom Files Second Electrocution Suit

'War on Terror'

Former Guantánamo Prisoner Returns to Work at Al-Jazeera India Rejects Talks With Pakistan Before It Acts Against Mumbai Attackers Book: 'Bin Laden' Came Within Minutes of Killing Bill Clinton

Billions in Earmarks Inflate Defense Bill's Cost

That comes on the heels of Congress passing a $447 billion spending bill Dec. 13 that included 5,224 earmarks totaling $3.9 billion, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a watchdog group. The earmarks include $54 million for a flood-control project that will raise two trestles used by the Napa Valley Wine Train.

• Gitmo Head Count Below 200

• US Ups Funding for Israel's Missile Defense Programs 

The War at Home

	Obama to Name Bush Adviser as Cybersecurity Coordinator
	Chaplains Called on to Deliver Tragic News

Viewpoints:

Making More Terrorists in Yemen  by Glenn Greenwald GOP Hawks Love Obama's War Talk  by Jack Kenny