Amir Taheri, the rightwing Iranian ‘journalist’ who is the least accurate reporter to feign practicing journalism since Gutenberg invented movable metal type accused Barack Obama of seeking “a deal to delay US troops’ from Iraq when he was in Baghdad last summer. That makes no sense. The Iraqis have published their negotiating points, and they […]
20% Goal for Alternative Energy to be Set in Europe
The European Union is moving closer to a goal of 20% of European energy coming from renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels by 2020. Unfortunately, they left in biofuels, which in my view are a distraction. The question isn’t whether it is renewable, the question is whether the energy puts more carbon into the […]
We have Met the Environmental Poisons and they are US
They actually put it in baby bottles! Chemical in plastics gives you diabetes, heart attacks. We are now exposed to thousands of chemicals in daily life. My guess is, this is only the tip of the iceberg. The chemical companies will do some more ads. It is sort of like the coal industry trying to […]
Palestinians See no Hope in Kadima Leadership Change
Aljazeera reports on the dim view Palestinians are taking of the contest for leadership of the Kadima Party in Israel.
35 Killed in Bombings, 73 Wounded; Petraeus Leaves Iraq Better than He Found It
In Baladruz, in Diyala Province east of Baghdad, a female suicide bomber attacked a homecoming party for an Iraqi soldier just released from nearly a year of detention in a US prison in Iraq. The bombing killed 22 persons and wounded 33. The returning prisoner, Ahmad Shukri al-Tamimi, appears to have been a Shiite who […]
Is the Bush Administration at War with its Own Weapons in Pakistan?
The NYT reports, “the Department of Defense has agreed so far this fiscal year to sell or transfer more than $32 billion in weapons and other military equipment to foreign governments, compared with $12 billion in 2005. The trend, which started in 2006, is most pronounced in the Middle East, . . .’ There are […]
28 Killed, 40 Wounded; Peshmerga Killed in Roadside Bombing; 4 Sharqiya Staff Kidnapped, Killed
In a continuing wave of violence in Iraq, 28 persons were killed and 40 wounded on Saturday. Among the dead were 9 members of the Kurdish Peshmerga paramilitary, killed by a roadside bomb near the disputed city of Khanaqin in Diyala. Arabs and Kurds are increasingly at odds over the future of this city, which […]
Azizabad Survivors Demand Justice from US; S. Asian Britons "Boiling" with Anger over US Raids
Aljazeera English reports that the Afghans bombed by the US near Herat are demanding justice. Apparently an al-Qaeda operative named “Nadir” tricked the US, telling them that there was an al-Qaeda safe house in that village, when in fact they were just civilian villagers. Afghan authorities say the US killed 90 civilians at Azizabad in […]
Palin: Not Governor of Alaska, Visited it once on Spring Break
Satire alert The Republican campaign of Sarah Palin admitted on Satuday that contrary to their previous assertions,she had not actually visited US troops inside Iraq, only visiting a border checkpoint while she was in Kuwait. They further admitted that she had not actually been in Ireland, but just sat in the plane while it refueled […]
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