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...city on what used to be called the Highway of Death. We passed through several checkpoints on the way that were manned by the Iraqi army and in one case by Ministry of the Interior forces. In each case, the guards waved us through. Above, a pair of Black Hawk helicopters crossed the sky. (See pictures of daily life returning to normal in Baghdad...
...four individuals and their families in Indonesia, and reveals their suffering through “one of the largest unknown mass killings of the 20th century.”Produced and directed by Lemelson and edited by two-time Academy Award winner Pietro Scalia (“Black Hawk Down,” “JFK”), “40 Years of Silence” documents the systematic and discreet extermination of an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Indonesians from 1965 to 1966. The killings, which targeted members of the Communist Party of Indonesia...
...Obama's economic team likes to say that crisis breeds opportunity. His foreign policy team is unlikely to feel that way about the political turmoil in Israel and the Palestinian territories right now. The ascension of Benjamin Netanyahu in the wake of the fragmented Israeli parliamentary elections puts a hawk in control in Jerusalem and sets up a period of political uncertainty that blunts any early moves the U.S. had planned to make in pursuit of peace. But the Obama administration has pledged an early diplomatic push and seems intent on sticking to it, which leaves Hillary Clinton...
...Israel A HAWK'S RACE TO LOSE In the run-up to parliamentary elections on Feb. 10, opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu (above, center) is widely considered the favorite to become Israel's next Prime Minister. Most polls put Netanyahu's right-wing Likud Party ahead of Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's ruling Kadima Party and Defense Minister Ehud Barak's Labor Party, by several seats. Following the war in Gaza, national security has become the campaign's central issue, and Netanyahu has accused his rivals of prematurely ending the offensive against Hamas...
...White House might ease a few of the outstanding problems left to him by George W. Bush, North Korea, for one, isn't playing along - and that should surprise no one. Pyongyang is again demonstrating that it's a bipartisan pain in the neck. Whether you're a hawk professing your "loathing" for Kim Jong Il, the dictator who presumably still runs Pyongyang, or a dove who wants to extend hands across the water, North Korea has already made clear that nothing has changed as far as it's concerned. In the past week, South Korean military sources have said...