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Kelly's Book of Secretes Weapons inspector David Kelly was writing a book exposing highly damaging government secrets before his mysterious death (UK Daily Express)
Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold War Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over (Associated Press)
Iraq Marks Withdrawal of U.S. Troops From Cities The excitement, however, has rung hollow for many Iraqis, who fear that their country’s security forces are not ready to stand alone and who see the government’s claims of independence as overblown (New York Times)
Iraq regains control of cities as U.S. pulls back "Our incomplete sovereignty and the presence of foreign troops is the most serious legacy we have inherited (from Saddam). Those who think that Iraqis are unable to defend their country are committing a fatal mistake." (Reuters)
US troops to quit Iraq cities The Iraqi government declared the day a national holiday but soldiers and police were out in force to prevent insurgent groups spoiling the party as Iraqi forces took sole charge of security in cities, towns and villages for the first time since the 2003 invasion (Agence France-Presse)
Taliban buy American -- to Elude Attacks Taliban fighters in Afghanistan have managed to escape U.S. and NATO attacks and carry out painful assaults against foreign forces, thanks to an American state-of-the-art military technology that has reached their hands (Military.com)
Iran Had a Democracy Before We Took It Away Iranians do not need or want us to teach them about liberty and representative government. They have long embodied this struggle. It is we who need to be taught. (Truth Dig)
The Secret History Can Leon Panetta move the C.I.A. forward without confronting its past? - Panetta had become an advocate for secrecy so quickly, a White House official joked, that "it's like 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'" (The New Yorker)
Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq A confidential record of a meeting between President Bush and Tony Blair before the invasion of Iraq, outlining their intention to go to war without a second United Nations resolution, will be an explosive issue for the official inquiry into the UK's role in toppling Saddam Hussein (London Guardian)
U.S. House Approves War-Spending Bill Amid Dispute Over IMF A $106 billion bill funding the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan won approval in the U.S. House, overcoming nearly unified opposition from Republicans who opposed the measure’s aid to the International Monetary Fund (Bloomberg)
Laser-Related Eye Injuries Rising Fast The lasers, also called "dazzlers," put out a green light that looks a bit like a sniper rifle laser. They allow soldiers to get the attention of Iraqi drivers. (Military.com)
Abuse Photos Part of Agreement on Military Spending Congressional negotiators reached tentative agreement on Thursday on a $105.9 billion spending measure that would provide money for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan through September but would drop a ban on the release of photographs showing abuse of foreign prisoners held by United States forces (New York Times)
CIA Urges Judge to Keep Detainee Papers Secret Panetta sent a 24-page missive to New York federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, arguing that release of agency cables describing tough interrogation methods used on al-Qaida suspects would tell the enemy far too much about U.S. counterterrorism work (Associated Press)
US Frees Iraqi Accused in 5 Soldier Deaths The U.S. military has released a Shiite militant accused of being involved in one of the most brazen attacks of the war that killed five American Soldiers in 2007 (Military.com)
Panel Rips War Contracting Oversight The Defense Department has failed to provide adequate oversight over tens of billions of dollars in contracts to support military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (Military.com)
Democrats agree to IMF money in U.S. war bill reached a deal to boost support to the International Monetary Fund, lawmakers' aides said on Tuesday, a victory for President Barack Obama who pledged to help the lender assist countries in the global economic crisis (Reuters)
War funding fight gets complicated a wartime spending bill could soon exceed $100 billion, adding to the risks of an already tense fight in the House over the addition of new financing for the International Monetary Fund (Politico)
The Trauma of 9/11 Is No Excuse "Unless you were there, in a position of responsibility after September 11, you cannot possibly imagine the dilemmas that you faced in trying to protect Americans," Condoleezza Rice (Washington Post)
The Bogus Torture Coverup The Pentagon is denying the facts: Photographs of Abu Ghraib torture are even more sexually explicit than first reported, including rape and sodomy (The Daily Beast)
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