News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
- US has plan to attack Iran if needed, military chief admits | The Guardian 1 August 2010
- WikiLeaks guilty, at least morally: Robert Gates | Reuters 1 August 2010
- Italian group says executions on the rise in Iraq | AP 1 August 2010
- US, allies complete Pacific military training | AP 1 August 2010
- Pakistanis Ask: Drones? What Drones? – Spencer Ackerman | Wired.com 1 August 2010
- Reporters complain they can’t get Guantanamo court records | McClatchy 1 August 2010
- Critical U.S. battle begins in Afghanistan amid many doubts | McClatchy 1 August 2010
- Obama seeks to expand arms exports by trimming approval process | McClatchy 1 August 2010
- Iraq civilian death toll almost doubles in July | Reuters 1 August 2010
- Fighting and dying for human rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo | Amnesty International 1 August 2010
- COLOMBIA: Report Suggests “Correlation” between U.S. Aid and Army Killings – Helda Martínez | IPS 1 August 2010
- Ethics, Congress and War (Video) | Little Alex in Wonderland 1 August 2010
- U.S. nears key step in European defense shield against Iranian missiles | WaPo 1 August 2010
- As Sanctions Rise, China Steps Deeper Into Iran – Antoaneta Becker | IPS 1 August 2010
- Documents indicate heavy use of dispersants in gulf oil spill | WaPo 1 August 2010
- Afghans protest civilian deaths, American presence and NATO bombardments | WaPo 1 August 2010
- Study: Working mothers not necessarily harmful to child development | WaPo 1 August 2010
- U.N. Removes 5 Taliban From Its Sanctions List | NY Times 1 August 2010
- Targeted Killing Is New U.S. Focus in Afghanistan | NY Times 1 August 2010
- July becomes deadliest month for U.S. troops in nearly nine-year Afghan war | WaPo 1 August 2010
- Floods in Pakistan Kill at Least 1,000 | NY Times 1 August 2010
- Why We Need WikiLeaks – Justin Raimondo | Antiwar.com 1 August 2010
- Israel has crept into the EU without anyone noticing – Robert Fisk | The Independent 1 August 2010
- Military airstrike video leak suspect in solitary confinement | CNN 31 July 2010
- The Flower 30 July 2010
- Evidence Ties Manning to Afghan WikiLeaks Data | WSJ 29 July 2010
- Spanish Court Seeks Arrest of U.S. Soldiers in Hotel Attack | TIME 29 July 2010
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