Americans Turn Sharply Against Interventionism
	Pew Poll Data: Isolationist Sentiment Surges to Four-Decade High

	Blackwater Chief Was a CIA Asset
	CIA Targeted al-Qaeda in Germany Without Telling Germany Homeland Chief Warns of Threat From Al-Qaeda Sympathizers in US Resumed Guantánamo Military Panels Face New Challen

 Obama Is Not the Leader I Had Hoped For by Jim Hightower
Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally Dec. 12 in DC

	Bush Backer Chalabi Now Cozying Up to Obama
	Military-Academic Complex

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US Military

Iraq/Afghanistan Deployment Tied to Respiratory Woes Iraq Vet Arrested in Fatal Stabbing of 2 Fort Drum Soldiers Wife: Iraq War Changed Soldier Accused in Slayings

Chemical Weapons Convention

Chemical Weapons Watchdog Pursues Holdout Nations

'War on Terror'

	Gitmo Judge Denies Request to Expand Case
	Surprising Study On Terrorism: Al-Qaeda Kills Eight Times More Muslims Than Non-Muslims
	West Point Study of al-Qaeda's Violence Against Muslims
	Greece: Court Clears Anti-US Terrorism Suspects
	FBI Adds 4 Hijackers to Wanted Terrorists List
	New Charges Planned for Suspect in Terror Plot Case
	Secret Pentagon E-Mails: Trust Canada? 'Who Knows'

Interviews

Viewpoints

Reactions to Obama's War  Neocons, war liberals sign on, says Justin Raimondo Jailed Mom Symbolizes the Rot of War Kelley Vlahos on America's unseen casualties Victory at Last!  In Washington, D.C., that is, says Tom Engelhardt

	Show Some Courage and Pull the Plug  by Andrew J. Bacevich
	Obama's Exit Strategy  by Patrick J. Buchanan
	A Deadly Liar and Manipulator  by Arthur Silber	#

Nuclear Bunkum  by John Mueller

Victory at Last! by Tom Engelhardt

What Is Obama Thinking by Robert Higgs

'War on Terror'

	Warning: Do Not Take This Picture
	Albania Ready to Receive More Guantanamo Detainees
	Iranian to Be Sentenced in Arms Smuggling Case
	Yahoo, Verizon: Our Spy Capabilities Would 'Shock', 'Confuse' Consumers

US Escalation in Afghanistan

	US to Begin Afghanistan Troop Surge Within Three Weeks
	Most New US Forces for Afghanistan Will Be Sent to Taliban Stronghold in South
	Timetable for Drawdown Sets Off Afghan Alarm
	US Envoy Criticises Civilian Effort in Afghanistan
	Taliban: Afghan Surge Will Mean More US Fatalities
	Pizza Delivery and Motorbike Dealerships at Town Built for US Surge Troops
	Few Marines in Afghanistan Wake for Obama's Speech
	US to Open Consulates in Afghan Cities
	Afghanistan Costs: by the Numbers

Viewpoints

The Afghanistan ParenthesisObama believes his own lies, says David Bromwich
Fool Me Twice
...shame on... me? by Philip Giraldi
Afghan Withdrawal Timeline: a Deadline Written in Quicksand, Not Stone

Headline News / USA

	Obama Announces Massive Afghan Escalation
	Congress Split Over Afghan Escalation Obama Previously Rejected His New Surge Rationale Afghanistan Decision Met With Anxiety From Military Families

Pay for the War, or Just Call It Off? And if the former, how? asks Ivan Eland Frontline: Text of Obama's Speech Obama Approval on Afghanistan, at 35%, Trails Other Issues More Strange Bedfellows on Afghanistan Iraqi Journalist Would Throw Shoes at Obama Lithuanian Govt. Investigation Confirms ABC News Report on Secret CIA Prison NATO to Fund Spy System