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War & Conflict

• Middle East crisis deepening
  The crisis in Lebanon continues, despite the international community's push for a cease-fire. Midmorning looks at what the conflict means for U.S. foreign policy in the region.Midmorning, August 7, 2006
• New strategy in Iraq
  President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki agreed last week to increase the military presence in Baghdad, but will this new tact quell the violence in the capital city?Midmorning, August 3, 2006
• "An alliance of moderation"
  Speaking Tuesday in Los Angeles, British Prime Minister Tony Blair admitted that "short term, we can't say we're winning" the war on terror. Blair said the world's democracies need to join forces with moderate Muslims to conquer extremist Islam.August 2, 2006
• Can the U.N. end the current Mideast conflict?
  It's been over three weeks since full-scale fighting broke out between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. President Bush would like to see the United Nations Security Council address the "root causes of the conflict," but other countries are pushing for an immediate cease-fire.Midday, August 1, 2006
• War effort -- or lack of effort?
  According to the popular saying, war is sacrifice. The war in Iraq asks U.S. troops and their families to make sacrifices both large and small. But just what are those on the homefront sacrificing?August 1, 2006
• The wounds of war
  A Minneapolis pediatrician who cared for war wounded from Vietnam talks about his latest book, which takes an in-depth look at the injuries caused by the insurgent war in Iraq.Midmorning, August 1, 2006
• Twin Cities human rights conference aims for changes a world away
  Oromo immigrants in Minnesota hope revelations of human rights violations will help their families and friends in Ethiopia.July 26, 2006
• Dayton boycotts Iraqi leader's speech
  Minnesota U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton refused to attend the Iraqi prime minister's address to Congress Wednesday. Dayton was one of a handful of Democrats to boycott Nouri al-Maliki's speech, because of al-Maliki's comments blaming Israel for the current conflict with Hezbollah.July 26, 2006
• Concordia student returns home after evacuating northern Israel
  As top diplomats from around the world pressure Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice to support an immediate cease-fire in the middle east, evacuation efforts in Lebanon and Israel continue. One evacuee who's already made it out is a student from Concordia University in St. Paul who was in northern Israel.July 26, 2006
• Iraqi prime minister thanks U.S. for its support
  Nuri al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq, thanked the United States for ousting former dictator Saddam Hussein and hailed the "new Iraq that is emerging from the ashes of dictatorship." Maliki spoke to a joint session of Congress Wednesday.Midmorning, July 26, 2006
• No sign of a cease-fire
  After fifteen days of fighting, the battle between Hezbollah and Israel rages on.July 26, 2006
• Iraqi leader in Washington
  Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is in the U.S. today, meeting with President Bush to discuss the ongoing unrest and sectarian violence in his country.Midday, July 25, 2006
• What drives Hezbollah?
  As the crisis in Lebanon continues, Midmorning looks at Hezbollah, and the countries that back the organization that both provides services for and endangers people living in southern Lebanon.Midmorning, July 25, 2006
• The case against Guantanamo
  A lawyer representing a detainee in Guantanamo talks about his efforts to have his client's case reviewed by U.S. courts and how a presidential policy toward enemy combatants has hurt U.S. standing in the international community.Midmorning, July 24, 2006
• The war on "Islamic fascism"
  Sen. Rick Santorum, the no. 3 Republican in the U.S. Senate, says "war on terror" is a misnomer. Santorum, who is engaged in a tough re-election campaign, believes America's current conflict is better thought of as a war on "Islamic fascism."Midday, July 21, 2006

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