Up to the minute information from the places we ain't supposed to go.
General News
bignewsnetwork.com
- Hyundai Motor commences Trophy Tour for ICC Champions Trophy 2013
- Video Korea takes the fashion world by stealth
- Southern Europe woes see Vodafone record revenue decline in FY13
- Pigeon sale yields world record for feathered Bolt
- More attacks across Iraq kill 7 people
- India expects greater backing from Russia in UNSC quest
- 4 killed 68 wounded in bomb attacks in Iraq
- Six dead in Texas storms
- Rescuers dig for life after US tornado killed dozens
- MidEast e-commerce growth fastest in world says Visa
debka.com
- Ya’alon: We won’t let Syrian war spillover over here
- Yaalon: We destroyed Syrian Golan position. Damascus: We fired on Israeli patrol
- Israel’s army chief on Golan: Start shooting back for Syrian fire
- Third Syrian shooting at IDF Golan patrol
- Tornado levels Oklahoma City suburb. Death toll up to 91, 20 children
- DEBKAfile: 50 Hizballah fighters die in al Qusayr battle
- Israel cancels UNESCO visit to Jerusalem
- At least 54 dead in string of car bombings in Iraq
- Five killed in Beersheba bank shooting
- Syrian fire on Israeli Golan patrol was not returned
worldthreats.com
- DHS Training Guidelines Dismiss Concerns About U.S. Muslim Brotherhood…And Were Written by US MB Allies
- Assad Forces, Backed by Hezbollah, Retake Qusair
- Interview with Raymond Ibrahim: Media Ignoring Islamist Persecution of Christians
- Interfaith Event in California Blames Terrorism on U.S. “Aiding and Abetting” Oppression
- Iranian Chemical Factory Blows Up: Covert Op or Accident?
- Vice President Meets with Brotherhood-Linked Group to Rally Support for Gun Control
- Muslim Brotherhood Front Succeeds in Plan to Influence U.S. Universities
- Downloading YouTube Videos
- CAIR Uses Islamist Radicals for Fundraising
- China: Relations With North Korea Has Reached Lowest Point Since 1953
csmonitor.com
- Syrian Army fires across border into Israel to retaliate for airstrikes
- North Korean pirates seize Chinese hostages, demand a ransom
- Russia boosts its naval presence in Syria, sends regime new missiles (+video)
- Afghanistan blast targets NATO convoy, kills at least 6 (+video)
- I spy, you spy: Russian officials downplay Fogle incident
- Syrian rebel's video surfaces amid intensified pressure for action on Syria
- A flurry of diplomacy over Syria, but will it amount to progress?
- North Korea explains why it sentenced American Kenneth Bae to hard labor
- US and Russia team up to make fresh diplomatic push on Syria
- Attack in Nigeria underscores strength of Islamist militant group
npr.org
- Border Collies Protect Scientsts' Research From Geese
- Now's Your Chance To Own A Little Bit Of Gandhi
- Young People Cast Out Of Italy's Welfare System
- The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes
- An Ancient Religious Pilgrimage That Now Draws The Secular
- Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign
- British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Heads For Scrap Yard
- White House Has Renewed Resolve To Close Guantanamo
- Former U.S. Ambassador: 'Don't Go Into Blind' To Syria
- Beijing Angry Over North Korea's Seizure Of Chinese Fishermen
alertnet.org
- Three die in clashes between Indian farmers, police
- BUSH TO MAKE STATEMENT ON GEORGIA AT 11 A.M. - WHITE HOUSE
- Yemen's coast guards rescue boat people; six still missing
- Belarus, chided by Russia, offers Ossetia sympathy
- SAfrica's Mbeki convinced Zimbabwe deal possible
- ANALYSIS-Medvedev faces tough challenges at 100 days
- Bush to make statement on Georgia - White House
- EU wants UN green light to send monitors to Georgia
- Turkey's Erdogan in shuttle diplomacy in Caucasus
- PAKISTAN: Monsoon woes aggravated by poor housing
cominganarchy.com
- From Belletrist to Blogger: What progress, and the internet, has done to public intellectualism
- Are the Gulf Countries “Realist Anomalies”?
- Big Things Have Small Beginnings
- robertdkaplan.com unveiled
- Interview with Edward Luttwak
- History of Tokyo subway lines map
- Genocide in Sudan, Part 2? The Worst Case Scenario for Southern Sudan Independence
- RIP Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Expanding the GCC
- Osama’s Will, Arabic Names, and Romanization of Arabic
news.feedzilla.com
- On Ambassador Sherman?s Testimony on Iran (MyAntiwar)
- Russia's missile shipment will embolden Syria: US (SpaceWar)
- Dershowitz to Netanyahu: Invite Abbas Over to Watch Curb Your Enthusiasm (MyAntiwar)
- Afghan Suicide Attack Kills 14, Including Politician (MyAntiwar)
- Activists Say 28 Hezbollah Members Killed in Syria (MyAntiwar)
- Coca-Cola Ad Says Coke Vending Machines Can Soothe India-Pakistan Tensions (MyAntiwar)
- Myanmar Leader Making Landmark White House Visit (MyAntiwar)
- Nigeria Launches Massive Offensive Against Islamists (Voice Of America)
- Japan PM warns of possible military response to subs (SpaceWar)
- Turkish PM Heads to US to Discuss Syria, Other Regional Issues (Voice Of America)
The Latest from Iraq
news.yahoo.com
- Deadliest attacks in Iraq since US troop pullout
- More attacks across Iraq kill 7 people
- Bombings in Iraq kill at least 12
- Officials: More attacks in Iraq; 7 killed
- 10 things you need to know today: May 21, 2013
- FBI: Agents fell to deaths training off Va. coast
- FBI agents killed in Va. training were among elite
- Pentagon to take over some CIA drone operations : sources
- 10 Things to Know for Tuesday
- How to Give Ugly Landfills a Second Life
bbc.co.uk
- VIDEO: US tourists return to see Iraqi treasures
- Iraq 10 years on: In numbers
- VIDEO: 'Life after Saddam is worse'
- Al-Qaeda claims Baghdad bombings
- VIDEO: How the US military adapted in Iraq
- VIDEO: Simpson returns to Iraq 10 years on
- VIDEO: Iraq's 'torturous transformation'
- VIDEO: Iraq 'could have been worse than Syria'
- John Simpson: 'The Iraq memories I can't rid myself of'
- VIDEO: Battling back from Iraq injury
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exiledonline.com
- Mark Ames Interviews Mark E. Smith
- Burn, Malibu, Burn! — Fire: The Most Effective, Underused Weapon in the World
- How To Spot A Chechen
- The Bleak House: Meet The Children Of The Solnyshko Orphanage
- Georgia In The Crunch
- Edward Limonov: “Boris Berezovsky In All His Glory of Political Refugee”
- FILMSUCK, USA: Eileen Jones’ Furious Film Rants Now in Concentrated E-Book Form!
- Great Obscure Films #1: A New Leaf
- Free Me From Django Unchained
- BOOK REVIEW: Greg Gutfeld’s Laugh Track To Electoral Failure
registan.net
- ISAF Explains Security Using Schools and Cellphones…and It’s Adorable
- Pakistani Terrorists in Mongolia?
- Bing West Writes for the NRO on Afghanistan
- With Two Kazakhs Arrested After Boston, Eyes Now Turn, Unfortunately, to Kazakhstan
- All the King’s Horses, All the King’s Men
- Contextualizing Media Claims in Boston
- About the Central Asian Link to those Boston Bombers
- Russia’s Civil Society Crackdown Should Raise Concerns
- Tracking Russia’s Systemic Abuses
- Kazakhstan’s Gilded Cage
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debka.com
- Ya’alon: We won’t let Syrian war spillover over here
- Yaalon: We destroyed Syrian Golan position. Damascus: We fired on Israeli patrol
- Israel’s army chief on Golan: Start shooting back for Syrian fire
- Third Syrian shooting at IDF Golan patrol
- Tornado levels Oklahoma City suburb. Death toll up to 91, 20 children
- DEBKAfile: 50 Hizballah fighters die in al Qusayr battle
- Israel cancels UNESCO visit to Jerusalem
- At least 54 dead in string of car bombings in Iraq
- Five killed in Beersheba bank shooting
- Syrian fire on Israeli Golan patrol was not returned
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globalpolitician.com
- Mark Levin on President Woodrow Wilson
- Is America’s relationship with Israel unique? Why?
- Once and Future Monogamy
- Reclaiming Nigeria’s true identity
- Christmas – an apt time for reflection on compassion and mercy towards animals
- Thoughts Regarding Our Dystopic Future
- Nepal’s Only Option for Consensus Gov
- EU-Ukraine Relations after the Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections: A "Plan B" for Brussels's Policies towards Kyiv
- Requiem for Judge Robert Bork
- Democracy and Fundamental Rights in Gandhian View
counterterrorismblog.org
- Al Qaeda Lays Out Demands to France...
- (Pakistan) Suspected US Drone Attack Kills 6 in Pakistan...
- (Pakistan) 10 pro-Taliban rebels killed in northwest Pakistan...
- (Afghanistan) Taliban kill district police chief in east Afghanistan...
- (Afghanistan) Bicycle bombs kill three in Afghanistan...
- (Iraq) Insurgents Kill U.S. Soldier In Northern Iraq - Xinhua...
- Iraq TV reporter gunned down in home: police...
- (Yemen) Terrorists posing as refugees in Yemen...
- American-Born al Qaeda Calls for Attacks in U.S....
- Guantanamo terrorism suspect may get plea deal...
worldthreats.com
- DHS Training Guidelines Dismiss Concerns About U.S. Muslim Brotherhood…And Were Written by US MB Allies
- Assad Forces, Backed by Hezbollah, Retake Qusair
- Interview with Raymond Ibrahim: Media Ignoring Islamist Persecution of Christians
- Interfaith Event in California Blames Terrorism on U.S. “Aiding and Abetting” Oppression
- Iranian Chemical Factory Blows Up: Covert Op or Accident?
- Vice President Meets with Brotherhood-Linked Group to Rally Support for Gun Control
- Muslim Brotherhood Front Succeeds in Plan to Influence U.S. Universities
- Downloading YouTube Videos
- CAIR Uses Islamist Radicals for Fundraising
- China: Relations With North Korea Has Reached Lowest Point Since 1953
analyst-network.com.com
- The Arab Spring Revisited
- History & The Eye of Newt
- Break The Secret Pak-US Deal: Cleaning Up The Mess In Pakistan
- Middle East Studies failed predicting and addressing the Arab Spring
- Stop Iran's Mullahs and Support the Iranian People
- Deport Hezbollah's militants and leadership to Iran
- Lebanon's Confiscated Independence
- The Fraud of Islam
- UNESCO Creates Its Own Palestinian Problem
- Islam Was Not For Me
csis.org
- Enhancing India-ASEAN Connectivity: Key Findings
- Better Buying Power Initiative 2.0
- The Geopolitics of Internet Governance
- Military Strategy Forum: Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
- Audio: Creditors v. Sovereigns: Can the Argentina Case be a Game Changer?
- Video: The Indonesia Conference @ CSIS -Part 1
- Video: The Dialog with Marty Natalegawa
- Audio: "A Biological Threat Prevention Strategy": Report Roll-out
- Video: Dorothy Shea of the State Department talks about the Attacks on Syria's Medical Personnel and Facilities
- Is Japan’s entry into the Trans-Pacific Partnership good for the Americas?
csmonitor.com
- Syrian Army fires across border into Israel to retaliate for airstrikes
- North Korean pirates seize Chinese hostages, demand a ransom
- Russia boosts its naval presence in Syria, sends regime new missiles (+video)
- Afghanistan blast targets NATO convoy, kills at least 6 (+video)
- I spy, you spy: Russian officials downplay Fogle incident
- Syrian rebel's video surfaces amid intensified pressure for action on Syria
- A flurry of diplomacy over Syria, but will it amount to progress?
- North Korea explains why it sentenced American Kenneth Bae to hard labor
- US and Russia team up to make fresh diplomatic push on Syria
- Attack in Nigeria underscores strength of Islamist militant group
npr.org
- Border Collies Protect Scientsts' Research From Geese
- Now's Your Chance To Own A Little Bit Of Gandhi
- Young People Cast Out Of Italy's Welfare System
- The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes
- An Ancient Religious Pilgrimage That Now Draws The Secular
- Iran's 'Zahra' Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign
- British Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal Heads For Scrap Yard
- White House Has Renewed Resolve To Close Guantanamo
- Former U.S. Ambassador: 'Don't Go Into Blind' To Syria
- Beijing Angry Over North Korea's Seizure Of Chinese Fishermen
smallwarsjournal.com
- 21 May SWJ Roundup
- Applying Early Lessons to Build Afghan Security
- Is the War on Terrorism Over? Long Live Unconventional Warfare
- Religious Advising For Strategic Effect: US Army Chaplains as Change Agents
- The Insurgent’s Playbook: Start Cumulative, Go Sequential
- 20 May SWJ Roundup
- SOCOM's Goal: Pre-Empt Wars
- The Revenge of Geography: Why Mexico Matters
- Guerilla IO: The SFAT Advantage
- Operation ENDURING FREEDOM RECONDO School
longwarjournal.org
- US drones strike again in Yemen, kill 2 AQAP fighters
- Taliban suicide bomber assassinates senior politician in Afghan north
- US drones kill 4 'militants' in first strike in Yemen in a month
- ISAF targets al Qaeda facilitator in eastern Afghanistan
- Uzbek national in Idaho arrested, charged with supporting the IMU
- Hizb-i-Islami Gulbuddin suicide bomber in Kabul kills 6 Americans, 9 Afghans
- Al Nusrah Front's emir to be added to US terrorism list
- Tensions continue to escalate in Tunisia
- IMU suicide bomber targeted top police commander in Quetta
- Egyptian interior minister: Al Qaeda cell plotted suicide attack against Western embassy
cominganarchy.com
- From Belletrist to Blogger: What progress, and the internet, has done to public intellectualism
- Are the Gulf Countries “Realist Anomalies”?
- Big Things Have Small Beginnings
- robertdkaplan.com unveiled
- Interview with Edward Luttwak
- History of Tokyo subway lines map
- Genocide in Sudan, Part 2? The Worst Case Scenario for Southern Sudan Independence
- RIP Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Expanding the GCC
- Osama’s Will, Arabic Names, and Romanization of Arabic
sudanwatch.blogspot.com
- Sudan: Interior Minister requests Interpol to arrest Darfur rebels. Central African Republic: Seleka rebel coalition seizes capital Bangui - CAR president flees to DR Congo - France sends troops to CAR (UPDATE 1: CAR president flees to Cameroon)
- FULL TEXT: Nine Agreements between Sudan and South Sudan Sept. 2012 re: Cooperation, Security, Borders, Cross Border Trade, Banking, Post Service Benefits, Citizenship and Status of Nationals, Certain Economic Matters, Oil; plus two Agreements March 2013 re: Implementation Modalities for Security Arrangements & Adoption of Implementation Matrix incl. Abyei Area (TASA)
- Sudan, South Sudan sign agreement for implementation of security arrangements: "D-day is March 10 2013 plus 4 days" -Mbeki, AUHIP. UN Chief Ban Ki Moon welcomes new border agreements
theoildrum.com
- Drumbeat: May 20, 2013
- Global Energy Systems - June 26-28 2013
- Predicting the Weather, Corn, Ethanol and Oil Production
- Tech Talk - The Dangers of Complacency
- The Politics of Oil In Scotland
- Is the Typical NDIC Bakken Tight Oil Well a Sales Pitch?
- Tech Talk - OPEC and EIA Short-term Projections
- Tech Talk - The BP View of the Future
- Total Production by the Top Five Oil Majors Has Fallen by a Quarter Since 2004
- How Oil Exporters Reach Financial Collapse
warisboring.com
- Danger Room: Robot Guns, Combat Facebook: The Tech of the Army’s ‘Last’ Afghanistan Brigade
- Offiziere.ch: What Happened to the Pentagon’s Formation-Flying Satellite?
- Offiziere.ch: Navy Drone Touches Down On Carrier Deck for First Time
- Danger Room: After $200 Million, Darpa Gives Up on Formation-Flying Satellites
- British Reapers Operate from Home Ground
- Danger Room: Will The Navy’s New Killer Drones Hunt Terrorists or Fight China?
- Reuters: The Case for Sea-Based Drones
- Offiziere.ch: Behind the Navy’s Carrier-Launched Killer Drone
- Danger Room: Is this China’s First Killer Drone?
- Danger Room: U.S. Kicks Drug War Habit, Makes Peace With Afghan Poppies