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Hallinan: Latin America Delivers A Swift Kick
Znet Article, May, 02 2012
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Latin Americans no longer pay as much mind to the atmosphere in Washington as they used to. They are too busy confronting poverty and underdevelopment
Hallinan: The U.S. & the Afghan Train Wreck
Znet Article, April, 18 2012
Conn Hallinan
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The deep divisions the war has created will continue, and civil war is a real possibility
Hallinan: The Slide Toward War
Znet Article, February, 24 2012
Conn Hallinan
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Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them
Hallinan: Israel’s War On Democracy (and why Americans should care)
Znet Article, February, 01 2012
Conn Hallinan
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Political rights are under siege by right-wing legislators, militant settlers, and a growing religious divide in the Israeli army
Hallinan: New York Times Continues to Conceal U.S. Role in 1965 Indonesia Coup
Znet Article, January, 24 2012
Conn Hallinan
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The U.S. has yet to come clean on its role in the 1965 horror, and the New York Times has apparently decided to continue that silence
Hallinan: 2011 Dispatches News Awards
Znet Article, January, 02 2012
Conn Hallinan
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Dispatches From The Edge awards to news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of “Are you serious?”
Hallinan: Gingrich, The Times & Doomsday
Znet Article, December, 16 2011
Conn Hallinan
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The “E-bomb” is real, and the general rule is, if you give the military a new toy, eventually they will want to test it in the real world
Hallinan: Pakistan: Anatomy of a Crisis
Znet Article, December, 05 2011
Conn Hallinan
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To China, all this looks like a campaign to surround Beijing with U.S. allies and to keep its finger on the Chinese energy jugular vein
Hallinan: Playing With Fire in Korea
Znet Article, November, 16 2011
Conn Hallinan
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If the U.S. is seriously interested in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, it should ratchet down its joint war games with South Korea
Hallinan: Pakistan: Reversing the Lens
Znet Article, October, 28 2011
Conn Hallinan
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Since the United States invaded Afghanistan in October 2001, Pakistan has lost more than 35,000 people, the vast bulk of them civilians
Hallinan: Why the Drone Wars Threaten Us All
Znet Article, October, 09 2011
Conn Hallinan
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The danger is that the U.S. is blurring the difference between civilian and military
Hallinan: Of Kabul & Tet & Generals
Znet Article, September, 18 2011
Conn Hallinan
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What generals don’t get (it tends to be above their pay grade) is that wars like Vietnam and Afghanistan— wars of occupation—are political, not military affairs
Hallinan: The New Scramble for Africa
Znet Article, September, 16 2011
Conn Hallinan
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Is current U.S. foreign policy in Africa following a blueprint drawn up almost eight years ago by the rightwing Heritage Foundation
Hallinan: Shadow Warriors
Znet Article, August, 19 2011
Conn Hallinan
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The U.S. is embarking on a military sea change that will replace massive deployments, like Iraq and Afghanistan, with stealthy night raids, secret assassinations, and death-dealing drones
Hallinan: Afghanistan: Anatomy of A Hit
Znet Article, July, 28 2011
Conn Hallinan
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The assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai in Kandahar July 12 is one of those moments when the long and bloody Afghanistan war suddenly comes into focus
Hallinan: Italy: Barbarians -- in Suits -- at the Gates
Znet Article, July, 15 2011
Conn Hallinan
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Italy is in deep trouble, though it is hardly alone
Hallinan: The Wars Come Home: The Traumatic Brain
Znet Article, June, 22 2011
Conn Hallinan
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According to official Defense Department (DOD) figures, 332,000 soldiers have suffered brain injuries since 2000
Hallinan: Iran's Turmoil at the Top
Znet Article, June, 17 2011
Conn Hallinan
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The fight is over political and economic power: who wields it and to what purpose?
Hallinan: Why is the New York Times Censoring Afghan News?
Znet Article, May, 23 2011
Conn Hallinan
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If you don’t print the news that you don’t like, it didn’t happen?
Hallinan: The Great Game’s New Clothes
Znet Article, May, 10 2011
Conn Hallinan
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What we do know for certain is that there is a shift in Pakistan and the U.S. with regards to the Afghan war
Hallinan: Europe's Crisis and the Pain in Spain
Znet Article, April, 28 2011
Conn Hallinan
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The contagion now threatens to strike at the center of Europe
Hallinan: Libya & the Law of Unintended Consequences
Znet Article, April, 08 2011
Conn Hallinan
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Coming to grips with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's (NATO) intervention in the Libyan civil war is a little like wresting a grizzly bear: big, hairy, and likely to make you pretty uncomfortable no matter where you grab a hold of it.
Hallinan: Europe's Austerity: A Grimm's Fairy Tale
Znet Article, March, 20 2011
Conn Hallinan
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In ways big and small, Europeans from Greece to Portugal, from Britain to Bavaria are registering their growing anger with the relentless assault inflicted by government-imposed austerity programs.
Hallinan: Left Shows Its Claws in Irish Vote
Znet Article, March, 02 2011
Conn Hallinan
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While the media focused on the massacre of the conservative Fianna Fail Party in the recent Irish elections, the real story may be the earthquake on the Left, particularly the success of the new kids on the block, the United Left Alliance (ULA).
Hallinan: Afghanistan: Killing Peace
Znet Article, January, 15 2011
Conn Hallinan
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In spite of a White House declaration that "progress" is being made in Afghanistan, by virtually any measure the war has deteriorated significantly since the Obama Administration surged troops into Kandahar and Helmand provinces.
Hallinan: Obits for "Fabled Hero" of Vietnam War, Vang Pao, Omit CIA Drug Connection
Znet Article, January, 14 2011
Conn Hallinan
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Cynicism, as the late Molly Ivins once noted, is the death of good journalism, but reading through the New York Times and the Associated Press' obituaries of Laotian-Hmong leader General Vang Pao made that sentiment a difficult one to resist.
Hallinan: Review: Talking With Terrorists
Znet Article, November, 14 2010
Conn Hallinan
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Stories on Middle East terrorism fill the headlines. But if this Washington Post story is typical, read journalist Reese Erlich’s book to know where truth lies...
Hallinan: Clash of the East Asian Titans
Znet Article, October, 22 2010
Conn Hallinan
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On the face of it, it is hard to explain why a minor collision between a Chinese fishing boat and a Japanese Coast Guard vessel this past August escalated to the point of Beijing and Tokyo nearly breaking off relations.
Hallinan: Ecuador Riot or Coup?
Znet Article, October, 12 2010
Conn Hallinan
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A police riot over an austerity bill, or a failed attempt to oust leftist Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa from office? In the aftermath of the Sept. 30 attack on Correa by police in Quito, it is looking more and more like this was an orchestrat...
Hallinan: Does the U.S. Really Want Talks With the Taliban to Succeed?
Znet Article, September, 22 2010
Conn Hallinan
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Peace talks involving the Taliban and its allies are apparently underway, according to the Asia Times (AT), and from most accounts a deal appears doable. AT’s Pakistan bureau chief Syed Saleem Shahzad reported Sept. 11 and 15th that, under the aus...
