Karzai: US Can Keep Nine Bases in Afghanistan
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzUS Dismisses Comments as 'Premature'
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Scientific Journals Must Not Touch Anything Related to Iran
• antiwar.comMust Keep Americans From Touching Anything Related to Iran
Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference
• ABC News (video)When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community, but White House documents
US wants 9 permanent bases in Afghanistan after 2014 ISAF withdrawal
• http://rt.comAfghan President Hamid Karzai vowed Thursday to wring concessions out of the United States in negotiations for a security pact for the country, as Washington wants to maintain nine military bases in Afghanistan after ISAF troops withdraw in 2014.
U.S. Kicks Drug-War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies
• Wired.comBecause of the poppies, the raw material for most of the world’s heroin, the list of things 1st Lt. Christopher Gackstatter and his 2nd Platoon can’t do in Sartok is far longer than the list of things they can.
Syrian Internet blackout enters second day
• AFPSyria’s Internet blackout entered into its second consecutive day, which the state news agency blamed on a fault in optical fiber cables. Landline phone services between Syrian provinces have also been down since Tuesday, SANA said.
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel
• guardian.co.ukPhysicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of Palestinians
Drone Strikes Are Winning War in Yemen -- for Al-Qaeda
• Bloomberg.comIt was a contradiction that perfectly captured the essence of the U.S. drone war against Islamic terrorists: Just as we learned that strikes in Yemen had resumed after a three-month hiatus
25 Killed, Scores Wounded in Attack on Pakistan Election Rally
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comTaliban: Attack Targeted JUI-F Candidate
US Doubts UN Claims That Syrian Rebels Used Sarin
• John Glaser via AntiWar.comThe Free Syrian Army formally denied using chemical weapons
U.S. and Russia Plan Conference Aimed at Ending Syrian War
• New York TimesRussia and the United States announced they would seek to convene an international conference aimed at ending the civil war in Syria, jointly intensifying their diplomatic pressure on the combatants to peacefully settle a conflict that
Israel Swears Its Missile Defense Can Block Syrian Attacks
• Noah Shachtman via WIRED.comIsrael may have attacked targets in Syria — and risked a wider war — to stop ballistic missiles from falling into the hands of Islamic extremists.
Syria Traffic Goes "Dark" As Country Disappears From Internet
• http://www.zerohedge.comWhile there have been no new military attacks on Syria since Sunday morning, something more peculiar happened in the past few hours, when according to Akamai and various other Internet traffic trackers, Syria has literally gone "dark"
Abu Dhabi Airport Has Installed Some Bizarre-Looking Sleep Pods
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Soo KimAbu Dhabi International Airport has installed dozens of bizarre-looking "sleeping pods" that allow passengers to nap in privacy.
First Death ‘a Matter of Time’ as Gitmo Hunger Strike Continues
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.com'They Won’t Let Us Live in Peace and Now They Won’t Let Us Die in Peace'
In Attacking Syria, Israel Bets on No Retaliation
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comConfident They'll Get Away With It, But What Do They Hope to Gain?
Israeli Strikes on Syria Risk a Wider War
• Jason Ditz via AntiWar.comAttacks Could Turn Ongoing Civil War Regional
Source: Israeli Airstrike on Syria Coordinated With Al-Qaeda Militants
• Paul Watson via PrisonPlanet.comIsrael’s airstrike on Syria was timed to precede an Al-Qaeda-led rebel offensive against President Bashar Al-Assad’s forces according to Egyptian and Jordanian intelligence sources
What Would War Between Israel And Syria Do To The Already Fragile Global Economy?
• Michael via The Economic CollapseWar is a horrible thing. Just ask anyone that has ever been in the middle of it. And in this day and age governments around the world possess weapons of such incalculable power that war should be unthinkable.
Diplomat: US team stopped from going to Benghazi
• AP4 members of Army special forces ready to head to Benghazi, Libya, after the deadly assault on the American diplomatic mission had ended were told not to go. Gregory Hicks argued that if the US military had flown aircraft over the Benghazi facility
Pentagon Still Believes Assad Has Control of Syria’s Chemical Arsenal
• Spencer Ackerman via WIRED.comThere’s still no hard evidence about who caused the recent, deadly sarin gas attack in Syria. But the Pentagon’s “strong view at this point” is that dictator Bashar Assad maintains control of his chemical arsenal.
This Satellite Contract Shows Just How Much China Is Winning In Africa
• http://www.businessinsider.com,American satellite communication over Africa is so bad that the Department of Defense contracted Chinese satellite Apstar 7 to provide communications for AFRICOM.
Reported Israeli airstrikes in Syria could accelerate U.S. decision process
• Washington PostIsrael’s reported airstrikes in Syria — and the threat of a retaliatory strike by the Syrian government — are likely to accelerate the decision-making of the Obama administration, which was already moving toward a sharp escalation of U.S. involvement
Israeli Bombs Over Syria, Part Two
• Daniel McAdams via PrisonPlanet.comFor the second day in a row, the Israeli government is reported to have bombed Syria — this time near Damascus — according to reporting by theWashington Post.
Syria Declares Israel Attack "Act Of War', Israeli Defense Forces Close Northern Airspace
• zerohedge.comIn the aftermath of last night's second attack in two weeks by Israel on Syria, the immediate response has so far been muted, with Syria condemning the aggression as an act of war.
!: Syria and Isreal at war?
• Daily Paul.comDamascus, Syria (CNN) -- A Syrian official called an attack Sunday on the nation's military research facility a "declaration of war" by Israel.
Syria threatens Israel, says airstrikes near Damascus open door to ‘all options’
• Abigail Hauslohner and William BoothThe regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Sunday that a series of powerful Israeli airstrikes near the Syrian capital opened the door to “all the options,”
Deadly Afghan attacks against U.S. service members
• CBS NewsSeven U.S. soldiers and a member of the NATO-led coalition were killed on Saturday in one of the deadliest days for Americans and other foreign troops in Afghanistan in recent months, as the Taliban continued attacks as part of their spring offensive
Israeli warplanes continue to pound Damascus
• CBS NewsIsraeli warplanes struck areas in and around the Syrian capital Sunday, setting off a series of explosions as they targeted a shipment of highly accurate, Iranian-made guided missiles believed to be bound for Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group.
Israeli Air Strikes Also Hit Damascus Airport
• PrisonPlanet.comStrong blasts hit the outskirts of Syria’s capital early on Sunday, with reports saying that they were results of Israeli airstrikes on a military research center and Damascus Airport. Israel is thought to have carried out a similar attack days ago.
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