McCain says that victory is in sight in Iraq. In contrast, Iraqi PM Nuri al-Malki says that at US troop withdrawal is in sight. Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that Kurdish MP Mahmud Osman is pledging that there will be no US bases in Iraqi Kurdistan without a national consensus on that issue. Kurdistan is semi-autonomous […]
Archives for November 2008
Afghanistan: Next President’s Top Challenge
The British commander of an elite special operations unit in Afghanistan, Major Sebastian Morley, has resigned over what he says is the inadequate equipment given by the British government to his troops, leading to the deaths of some of them. The US military claims it killed 2 dozen neo-Taliban in a recent battle. Can the […]
Palin Pranked
Sarah Palin gets pranked by a comedy team from Montreal pretending to be French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Scariest things about the interview: 1. Palin laughs pleasantly when “Sarkozy” says he loves to kill little animals 2. Palin seems to think that there is an analogy between the American relationship with Russia and the French relationship […]
Sanchez asks Goldfarb a Question
CNN’s Rick Sanchez asks McCain campaign flack Michael Goldfarb to give specifics when he claims that Barack Obama pals around with antisemites; Goldfarb crashes and burns. Some have criticized Sanchez for stipulating that Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi is antisemitic for the sake of the argument; but I saw the whole thing and Sanchez points […]
Iraq to Share Security Plan with Neighbors; Syria may cut Diplomatic ties with Iraq
After the Iraqi government receives a response from the US on five changes to the draft security agreement proposed by the cabinet of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, al-Maliki says he will share the text with Iraq’s neighbors, so as to reassure them about the continued presence (until 2011) of US troops. Presumably Iran is the […]
Olbermann: McCain/ Khalidi
Keith Olbmermann on how the McCain campaign’s sleazy attack on Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi backfired when it turned out that McCain had given Khalidi’s non-profit over $400,000 Remember, buy Khalidi’s “Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood” and give it out to friends who don’t understand the situation in the Mideast. […]
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