"Pakistan and the Global War on Terror"

"President Obama's Afghanistan Election Speech"

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"Israel's two-tiered justice system"

"Biggest state party to Obama: Get out of Afghanistan"

"Karzai's last chance"

"Green movement spreading despite crackdown"

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"Huge rise in birth defects in Falluja"

"Israeli Jews and the one-state solution"

"The disastrous presidency of Mahmoud Abbas"

"Iranian irrationality? Maybe not"

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Afghanistan:

- "Women of Influence: Malalai Joya"

- "Stop US meddling; Support Afghan women at the table"

- "Cabinet of warlords"

Iran:

- "Iranian student dares to criticise Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to his face"

- Articles and videos from the 13th of Aban (Nov. 4)

Palestine:

- "Israeli soldiers, settlers violate Palestinian women's rights"

- "Gazans not allowed to rebuild their lives"

- "Israeli settlements could cause one-state solution"

- "Bipartisan attack on international humanitarian law"

Other:

- "Noam Chomsky: 'US foreign policy is straight out of the mafia'"

- "Why and to what end in Afghanistan"

On a side note, Malalai Joya will be in Seattle on November 11th and I highly encourage anyone and everyone to go if possible! For more information CLICK HERE

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My favorite story of this week is about Matthew Hoh and so this post will be dedicated to him. Matthew Hoh has become "the first U.S. official known to resign in protest against American policies" in Afghanistan.

- "U.S. official resigns over Afghan war"

- Watch him, or read the transcript, on NewsHour

- "Matthew Hoh speaks truth to power"

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Afghanistan:

-Three myths driving the Afghan war

-from Aljazeera, Inside Story: Afghan Election Runoff

Iran:

-Tehran says it favors deal on uranium but asks for more time

-Iran will emerge victorious

Iraq:

-from Aljazeera, Riz Khan: Iraqi Asylum Seekers, part 1 & 2

Pakistan:

-Taliban bombs in Pakistan strike air base, restaurant, and wedding party

-Obama's Pakistan problem

-Terrified whispers in Pakistan

Palestine:

-Israeli intelligence pose as Arabs to spy on citizens

-from Aljazeera, Locked in: Life in Gaza part 1 & 2

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"Israel rejects UN council backing for Gaza war crimes report" - is anybody surprised by this??? didn't think so.

"Iran court seeks to try Mehdi Karroubi over alleging detainees were raped"

"Palestinian faith in Obama 'evaporates'"

"Eight years later, we still don't get it in Afghanistan"

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