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Deserters kill eight Syrian troops, 46 killed in two days: Gunmen believed to be army defectors opened fire on a military convoy in central Syria on Wednesday, killing eight soldiers in a retaliatory ambush after troops destroyed a civilian car, an activist group said.
Welcome to Syria's Civil War: 1 Minute Video: The video, circulated by Syrian opposition activists, purports to show a member of the Free Syrian Army firing a rocket-propelled grenade at a Syrian government tank on Monday.
Western elite wage info-war to justify Syria invasion?: Political scientist Igor Panarin believes that part of the British-American and Israeli elite is waging an information war to justify a military invasion of Syria.
UN Makes Up Syrian Casualties Numbers: In the eleven days between Thursday the first December and yesterday 1,000 people, over 90 per day, died in Syria through civil war like violence? Where does that UN official get her numbers from? http://bit.ly/tHU7IT
US: Syrian regime is 'dead men walking':
"State Department special coordinator on Middle East affairs Frederic Hof told US lawmakers "It is difficult to predict how much time they have,"
Israeli officials say Assad is doomed: Israeli officials are welcoming the prospect that Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, will be overthrown, an event Defense Minister Ehud Barak says could be weeks away.
Russia accuses West of 'immoral' stance on Syria: Russia's foreign minister has accused the West of an "immoral" stance on Syria, saying it should condemn the opposition as well as security forces. Sergei Lavrov said opposition groups were trying to provoke a "humanitarian catastrophe" to get foreign help.
Bomb kills Afghan district governor and two bodyguards: A roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan killed a district governor and two bodyguards on Wednesday, a government spokesman said.
NATO 15,000 troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014: NATO has decided to keep around 15,000 troops in Afghanistan beyond the end of 2014, the organization's chief of staff in Europe, General Manfred Lange said.
10 Facts About US Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Fact 1: It is not the case that all US troops will be removed from Afghanistan by 2015.
Pak says US decision to freeze $700m aid could hurt ties further: The leaders of a US House-Senate negotiating panel said on Monday they had agreed to freeze $700 million in US aid to Pakistan until it provides some assurances of assistance in the fight against improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the region.
Pakistan arrests those who helped get Osama bin Laden: WHEN Islamabad's ambassador to Washington, Husain Haqqani, lectured army officers last month at Pakistan's National Defence University, he asked the assembled colonels whom they regarded as the greatest enemy. A third of them named America-with which Pakistan supposedly has a military alliance.
UK told to release Pakistani in US custody: An appeals court has issued a landmark ruling ordering the British government to free a Pakistani detainee who has been held in US custody for nearly eight years without charge.
Iraq's leader becoming a new 'dictator,' deputy warns: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is amassing dictatorial power as U.S. troops leave the country, risking a new civil war and the breakup of the nation, his deputy warned Tuesday.
Iraqis burn US flags to celebrate troop withdrawal: Hundreds of Iraqis set alight US and Israeli flags on Wednesday as they celebrated the impending pullout of American forces from the country in the former insurgent bastion of Fallujah.
U.S. Leaving Iraqi Comrades-in-Arms in Limbo: Ragtag groups of men wearing jeans and carrying rifles at dusty checkpoints throughout western Iraq, they are a loose end left by the United States.
Former Ambassador: 'US to control Iraq oil always' : American troops will not go far from Iraq -- they will be re-deployed to next door Kuwait. "This is just a re-shuffle of the cards. Americans could always come back because the bases will be kept intact, while 20,000 personnel means that most of the staff will be there," Ranjit Singh Kalha said.
Is a U.S. military precedent being set in Africa?: Would this be the precedent for military deployments in the post-Iraq, post-Afghanistan world?
Libyan Crisis: Events, Causes and Facts (Documentary) : A documentary giving an insight into the events that led up to NATO "intervention" in Libya.
Panetta Says Drone Campaign Over Iran Will Continue: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, in an exclusive interview with Fox News, said that the stealth drone campaign along the Iran-Afghanistan border will "absolutely" continue despite the loss of a valuable and sophisticated drone to Iran.
Ahmadinejad: Iran has 'been able to control' U.S. drone: Ahmadinejad said: "There are people here who have been able to control this spy plane, who can surely analyze this plane's system also. ... In any case, now we have this spy plane."
Glenn Greenwald: Exploiting the anti-Semitism smear now backfiring:
"I sure hope that Israel's prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought and paid for by the Israel lobby" - Tom Friedman, New York Times
At Republican Jewish Coalition forum, Republican hopefuls preview their lines of attack: The current leaders of the GOP pack, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney, appeared to cement their status as favorites of Jewish Republicans, both receiving warm receptions and ample applause.
Ron Paul beats Mitt Romney in two Iowa polls: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich won the Insider Advantage poll and tied Mr. Paul in the Iowa PPP poll.
Saudi Arabia beheads woman for 'witchcraft':
A woman was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for practicing witchcraft and sorcery, the kingdom's Interior Ministry said, prompting Amnesty International to call for a halt in executions there.
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Tom Feeley
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