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Is the situation in the Middle East actually the beginning of World War III?

Another leader of the Coalition of the Willing is gone.

(CIVIL) WAR IN IRAQ--A YEAR LATER:
US army finally gets it together to do something about soldier suicides as a new report shows very low morale.

A year later, remembering the deadliest weapon.

Bush's attempt to turn a war without a cause into a joke backfires. More joke coverage here, here... and the soldiers' families are not laughing.

Mr. Bush, the only thing more amusing than not finding weapons of mass destruction is all the people you killed--maybe you can make that joke soon.

The Bush doctrine: Democracy by force. Plus, George W. Bush, defined.

American officials have fashioned a legal basis to keep US forces in Iraq after Iraq gets its "sovereignty" back, which is good news since we'd already started working on 14 enduring bases.

350 Iraqi police have been killed in the last year.

Soldiers' testimony raises questions over killing of journalist.

Political argument grips Australia as the ruling party responds to the opposition's promise to bring troops home.

Know your enemy... an interview with Donald Rumsfeld.

9/11, AFGHANISTAN & THE "WAR ON TERROR":
Under mounting pressure for their lack of cooperation, the White House is now ready to let Condoleezza Rice answer questions, but only in private and not under oath (what exactly are they hiding?). More on Rice and her hefty contradictions here.

Richard Clarke KOs the Bushies and dazzles the 9/11 commission. Will the 9/11 commission find truth and accountability.

Here's a fun flashback for the good folks in the White House--May 8, 2001: Cheney to Oversee Domestic Counterterrorism Efforts. And that, of course, might help explain why Cheney says Clarke was out of the loop. Clarke has disrobed the emperor. All in all, it is a sad tale of arrogance and ignorance and Bush's meandering moral compass.

Was Bush fixated on getting Saddam?

To some 9/11 families, Clarke is a hero.

The week has been yet another bad one for the Bush administration which has planned all along to maintain high approval ratings on national security.

A new al Qaeda tape calls for the end of Pakistan's government, and opposition parties in Pakistan condemn the anti-al Qaeda military operations of their government.

There's a terror alert in Bush's backyard (no, not Kennebunkport).

Afghanistan is at a crossroads.

Soon your employer will be able to see if you are a terrorist.

VOTING & ELECTIONS:
What will gay Republicans do?

Republicans for Kerry?

ECONOMY:
American job security dogs the election.

Bush is chided for oil prices.

WORLD:
America vetoes a UN resolution to condemn the killing of Hamas leader.

Will the EU again sell arms to China? Also, China's economic reforms have led to poverty and environmental damage.

North Korea agrees to move toward a third round of talks on the nuclear crisis.

Ukrainian missiles disappear.

Rwanda plans a new genocide probe.

SCIENCE, ENVIRONMENT & ENERGY:
Six scientists hired by the government strike back after the government ignores their recommendations.

In an international meeting, developed countries seek exemptions for continued use of ozone destroying gases.

Four California kids have died and parents are asking why.

ET CETERA:
The government's chief Medicare numbers expert blows the whistle on those who told him to lie.

McDonald's diversifies... with a clothing line.