Afghans to review US troops’ presence
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 25 Aug 2008
Summary: The Afghan government will renegotiate the terms of US-led troops in the country after hundreds of civilians were killed in US strikes. source: Press TVread more

Iraq, U.S. clash over timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal
Campaign Against Sanctions and Military Intervention in Iran (CASMII) - 25 Aug 2008
Summary: BAGHDAD ? Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki said Monday there would be no security agreement between the United States and Iraq without an unconditional timetable for withdrawal? a direct challenge to the Bush administration, which insists that the timing for troop departure would be based on conditions on the ground. source: McClatchy Newspapersread more

How Georgia won the PR war
Media Workers Against War - 25 Aug 2008
The Guardian’s Peter Wilby has again hit the nail on the head: Whenever, to coin a phrase, a war breaks out in a faraway country of which we know little, I am reminded of a news editor I once worked for. He would go to a wall map showing the location of the paper’s correspondents, produce [...]