News and views from around the web posted to the Wonderland Wire:
- Petraeus vs. Obama – Political agenda at play? 18 August 2010
- Kropotkin, Power, and the State – Sam Haraway | Infoshop News 18 August 2010
- BlackBerry’s India deal: BlackBerry to stay active in India | LA Times 18 August 2010
- Four Israeli airstrikes on Gaza: Palestinians | AFP 18 August 2010
- Afghanistan military tea: ‘Three cups of tea’ a byword for U.S. effort to win Afghan hearts and minds | LA Times 18 August 2010
- Venezuela bans violent photos in newspapers | AP 18 August 2010
- US-Colombia pact ‘unconstitutional’ | AJ English 18 August 2010
- U.S. still holds detainee Pentagon wanted freed in 2004 – Carol Rosenberg | McClatchy 18 August 2010
- IPS Journalist Critical of Turkish Govt Faces 10 Days in Prison Before Deportation | Antiwar.com 18 August 2010
- How The Unemployment Crisis Has Swept Across America (VIDEO) | HuffPo 17 August 2010
- Bombing the Pakistan flood victims into submission – Allison Kilkenny | Unreported 17 August 2010
- The Guns of August: Lowering the Flag on the American Century – Chalmers Johnson | HuffPo 17 August 2010
- DOJ Foot-Dragging On Prison Rape Unites Left-Right Coalition | HuffPo 17 August 2010
- ‘Ground Zero Mosque’ Imam Helped FBI With Counterterrorism Efforts | HuffPo 17 August 2010
- 3 Signs The Republicans Aren’t Serious About Cutting The Size & Scope of Government When They Get Back in Office – Nick Gillespie | Reason Magazine 17 August 2010
- L.A. Teachers Union Fears Data (Mostly Because They Don’t Know If It’s Singular or Plural) – Katherine Mangu-Ward | Reason Magazine 17 August 2010
- Facebook scandal: More soldiers’ photos published | Ynet 17 August 2010
- What’s at Stake in the Cordoba House Debate | Stephen M. Walt 17 August 2010
- 2 months of Kashmir violence claims 58 | PressTV 17 August 2010
- The American Muslim Success Story – Radley Balko | Reason Magazine 17 August 2010
- Israeli abuse pictures ‘common’ | AJ English 17 August 2010
- WikiLeaks gets new host — Swedish pirates | AFP 17 August 2010
- UN gets Hezbollah ‘evidence’ on Israel-Hariri link | AP 17 August 2010
- Lebanon grants Palestinian refugees right to work | BBC News 17 August 2010
- Judge throws out piracy charges against 6 Somalis | AP 17 August 2010
- Pentagon psy-ops unit also does domestic disaster aid – Jeff Stein | WaPo 17 August 2010
- Afghan presidential decree bans security firms | AP 17 August 2010
- Why the U.S. Empire Will Never Conquer Afghanistan – Jacob Hornberger | FFF 17 August 2010