News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
- Report: $2.75bn U.S. Fighter Jet Welfare to Israel Approved While One in Seven Americans Live in Poverty – Sayyid | Little Alex in Wonderland 16 September 2010
- Israel decides to buy F-35 fighter jets, despite row over cost of deal | Haaretz 16 September 2010
- U.S. urges Arab countries to leave Israel off the agenda at IAEA conference | Haaretz 16 September 2010
- U.S.: Forget ‘Ground Zero Mosque’, It’s the Great Sharia Conspiracy – Daniel Luban | IPS 16 September 2010
- U.S.: Rights Groups Leery of Surge in Wartime Contractors – William Fisher | IPS 16 September 2010
- US puts no timeline on Japan base resolution | AFP 16 September 2010
- Venezuela’s economy: Disappearing dollars | The Economist 16 September 2010
- U.S. transfers 2 more Guantanamo detainees — to Germany – Carol Rosenberg | McClatchy 16 September 2010
- 15 Die in Somalia as Parliament Demands Gov’t Vote | AP 16 September 2010
- Senate Passes Bill to Aid Small Businesses | NY Times 16 September 2010
- One in seven Americans is living in poverty, Census shows | WaPo 16 September 2010
- DNA Evidence Clears Two Men Who Served 30 Years Each For Rape | ABC News 16 September 2010
- Taxing American Competitiveness – Jacob F. Kirkegaard and Arvind Subramanian | Foreign Policy 16 September 2010
- Did Ban just hire the first female Secretary General? | Turtle Bay 16 September 2010
- NATO troops shoot armed protester in South Afghanistan | Reuters 16 September 2010
- Israel bombs Gaza tunnels as leaders talk peace | BBC News 16 September 2010
- Report: U.S. suggests 3-month extension to settlement freeze | Haaretz 16 September 2010
- US ‘open to talks with North Korea’ | AJ English 16 September 2010
- US homes lost to foreclosure up 25 pct on year | AP 16 September 2010
- US jobless claims fall faster than expected | AFP 16 September 2010
- Under IAEA Pressure, Syria And Iran Point to Israel | Reuters 16 September 2010
- Nuclear detectors a $4 billion bust, GAO says – Jeff Stein | WaPo 16 September 2010
- Public opinion and the war in Afghanistan – Glenn Greenwald | Salon.com 16 September 2010
- Gold Takes Out All Stops As It Hits New Record, Approaches $1,280 | zero hedge 16 September 2010
- Real IRA threatens attacks on banks | AJ English 16 September 2010
- Afghan progress like ‘watching grass grow’: Petraeus | AFP 16 September 2010
- IMF approves 451-million-dollar loan for flood-hit Pakistan | AFP 16 September 2010
- Administration vows to get tough with China | AP 16 September 2010
