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US Special Forces in Iran?

Noted Reporter says covert actions in Iran increased.

$400 million approved for secret operations as part of a a Presidential Finding approve by eight Democrat and Republican leaders in the House and Senate, details.

Seymour Hersh's latest New Yorker article states that late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, focused on undermining Iran's nuclear ambitions and trying to undermine the government through regime change, details.

U.S. also funding terror groups in Iran?

Inside Mugabe's Violent Crackdown

Witnesses detail how campaign to use the military to win the election was conceived and executed.

Mugabe and his military chief Gen. Constantine Chiwenga

Mugabe, the only leader this country has known since its break from white rule nearly three decades ago, lost the election but military wanted him to remain in the race and rely on the army to ensure his victory

The army battered the Movement for Democratic Change, bringing the opposition party's network of activists to the verge of oblivion. By election day, more than 80 opposition supporters were dead, hundreds were missing, thousands were injured and hundreds of thousands were homeless. Morgan Tsvangirai, the party's leader, dropped out of the contest and took refuge in the Dutch Embassy, details.

Video shows Zimbabwe 'vote-rigging'

Congressional Resolution Calls for Embargo Against Iran

Rob Paul says Congress on path to war in Iran

Congressional Resolution Demands Bush Act on Iran

Resolution 362 has been dubbed a 'Virtual Iran War Resolution' with all options on the table, despite claims of it being 'non-biding."

Congress says Resolution 362 is response to threat posed to international peace, stability in the Middle East, and the vital national security interests of the United States by Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons and regional hegemony. details.

Congressional insiders credit America’s powerful pro-Israel lobby for the rapid endorsement of the bills. Last month AIPAC sent thousands of members to Capitol Hill to push for tougher measures against Iran. AIPAC web site endorses the resolutions and tells readers to lobby Congress to pass the bill to prevent 'nuclear proliferation." details.

Iran says: Israel prods Americans into war with Iran

This Week's Top Election Stories & Events

Iran Defiant on Right to Nuclear Power
Iran says it has right to have nuclear power to meet energy needs "Our stand is based on the legitimate rights of the Iranian nation as well as international law " spokesperson said, insisting that is nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. details. Tehran reject UN Security Council sanctions, calling them illegal Iran would not comply with Security Council resolutions requiring it to stop enriching uranium, saying the sanctions illegal and spoke of a “lack of trust” because of the “duplicitous behavior of certain big powers, details

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Afghan Drug Wars

Inside the Afghan Poppy Wars
Marines pay for lost poppy fields
Afgan poppy production soars; shipped through Iraq.
Back in Kabul, Never at Peace

Despite Latest 'Peace Deal," Israel Closes Gaza Crossing

Gaza, accused Israel of not living up to its part of the truce.

Israel closed border crossings with Gaza last week, allowing, it claims, humanitarian goods into the Palestinian territory, to punish Hamas after days of rocket attacks on southern Israel, details.

According to June cease-fire, Palestinian militants were to have halted all assaults on Israel and Israel was to have eased its bruising blockade of the impoverished Gaza, but nothing changed. Hamas said it didn't fire the rockets, details.

Talk of prisoner exchange stopped. Some in prison unfairly.
Prisoner exchange, overview.

Stones vs. water cannons at Egypt-Gaza border

Egyptian forces fired water cannons Wednesday at crowds of stone-throwing Palestinians who were trying to cross into Egypt from southern Gaza, details

In January, tens of thousands of Gazans overran the border after an Israeli blockade that aggravated already dire economic conditions in the Palestinian territory, details.

Israel's Olmert Warns of Military Response to Gaza Attacks

July 4th Holiday Raises Questions About National Identity and Direction
	Americans' Unhappy Birthday	The War Over Patriotism
	The nation's psyche is battered and bruised, the sense of pessimism palpable. Young or old, Republican or Democrat, economically stable or struggling, Americans are questioning where they are and where they are going. And they wonder who or what might ride to their rescue like the 7th cavalry in our TV westerns.	On the surface, defining patriotism is simple. It is love and devotion to country. The questions are why we love it and how we express our devotion. That's where the arguments focus, more so than the saga of brave, good-hearted men and women battling daunting odds but forever trying to do the right thing. Are we what we say we are?