The Iraq War and the Sicilian Campaign (Part I) (The Globalist)

Comparisons have inevitably emerged between current U.S. operations in Iraq and the Vietnam War. Yet, as Brent Ranalli explains, there are other parallels that can be drawn — even from ancient warfare.

Top Scoops (Scoop.co.nz)

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Lionel Beehner: Obama should work toward ridding the world of cluster bombs (Guardian Unlimited)

Lionel Beehner: Obama – the transition: Cluster bombs are dangerously inaccurate. Barack Obama should ban them, even if it means going against the Pentagon

East Bay Events Calendar: (Berkeley Daily Planet)

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Timothy Garton Ash: Obama must strive for world free of atomic weapons (Guardian Unlimited)

Timothy Garton Ash: Achieving a world free of atomic weapons will require full international control of the nuclear fuel cycle