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Turkish PM Deescalates in Syria as Parliament Pushes for Action

by Jason Ditz | Oct 4, 2012

Turkish PM Deescalates in Syria as Parliament Pushes for Action | Turkish forces strike Syria for a second day

US Imposes Sanctions on Charities With Gaza Operations

by Jason Ditz | Oct 4, 2012

US Imposes Sanctions on Charities With Gaza Operations | Accuses groups of being ‘Hamas-controlled’ but provides no evidence

Karzai: US War in Afghanistan ‘Will Not Succeed’

by John Glaser | Oct 4, 2012

America's war in Afghanistan "will not be successful," Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Thursday before accusing Western media of waging "psychological warfare" on his country. Karzai said US efforts to defeat the Taliban and militancy in Afghanistan would fail...

Robert Gates: War on Iran Would Be ‘Catastrophic,’ Make Tehran Nukes ‘Inevitable’

by John Glaser | Oct 4, 2012

A US or Israeli attack on Iran would "prove catastrophic" and "make a nuclear-armed Iran inevitable," former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in a speech Wednesday night. Neither the United States nor Israel is capable of wiping out Iran's nuclear capability,...

Drone Strike Kills Five Alleged Al-Qaeda Suspects in Yemen

by John Glaser | Oct 4, 2012

A drone strike bombed two cars in southern Yemen on Thursday, killing five people allegedly suspected of belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked group Ansar al-Sharia. Witnesses said the drone fired four missiles at the two cars as they travelled through the town of Saeed in...