Video Report From Afghanistan: How the U.S. Counter-insurgency Campaign Is Failing; Anthony DePalma on “City of Dust: Illness, Arrogance and 9/11”; Chalmers Johnson, 1931-2010, on the Last Days of the American Republic.
Today’s Headlines
* UN: World’s Response to Haiti Cholera Epidemic “Completely Inadequate”
* NATO Official: Children in Kabul Safer than in NYC or London
* U.S. Forces Likely to Stay in Afghanistan After NATO’s 2014 Deadline
* Poll: 92% of Young Afghan Men Don’t Know About 9/11 Attacks
* U.S. Seeks to Expand Drone Strikes in Pakistan
* Ireland Requests Massive EU/IMF Bailout
* Warren Buffett: Trickle-Down Economics Don’t Work
* Settlements Approved for Native Americans and African-American Farmers
* TSA Chief Defends Use of Full-Body Scanners & Physical Pat-Downs
* North Korea Reveals New Uranium Enrichment Plant
* Wild Tigers Could Be Extinct in 12 Years
* 22 Arrested at Protest Outside School of the Americas
* Mayor of London to Bush: Stay Away From U.K. or Face Possible Arrest