This past weekend, when U.S. commandos captured suspected al-Qaeda leader Anas al-Libi living openly in Tripoli, it drove home the point that post-Gaddafi Libya has become home to many Islamic extremists, a reality that tarnishes what Official Washington likes to…
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How Shutdown Hurts National Security
Poisoning the US-Iran Detente
Why Netanyahu Spurns an Iran Deal
The Better-Than-Worst Syria Option
Iran’s Rouhani Confounds Neocons
US-Iran Talks at a Crossroads
Risks from Big-Power Bullying
Putin Touches an ‘Exceptional’ Nerve
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Some of our special stories in August focused on the worsening crisis in Syria, the injustice of the Manning case, the history of U.S. war crimes using nukes and chemical weapons, and the Right’s disdain for reality.