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911 Commission Report In Html Thanks

911 Commission Report In Html Thanks

Juan Cole

9/11 Commission report in HTML Thanks to Jason Kottke’s Documents Page for making the 9/11 commission report available in html, which I find generally easier to use than pdf. Ooops. That was only the executive summary. The whole thing is at Vivisimo. and PDF Hacks.

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Black Banners And Economic Warfare In

Black Banners And Economic Warfare In

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Black Banners and Economic Warfare in Iraq Claude Salhani of UPI reports that the recent kidnappings of truck drivers in a bid to force the companies that employ them out of the Iraq market are being claimed by a shadowy group called “the Black Banners.” He speculates that this phrase has a Shiite ring to […]

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Guest Editorial Penn On Fall Of

Guest Editorial Penn On Fall Of

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Guest Editorial: Penn on the Fall of Pacifist Japan Michael Penn examines the impact of the Iraq crisis on Japan. Ending the “Irresponsible Peace”—The Fall of Pacifist Japan by Michael Penn More than two centuries ago James Madison wrote in The Federalist Papers that “the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged […]

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September 11 Report Due Today

September 11 Report Due Today

Juan Cole

September 11 Report Due Today The September 11 Panel will issue its findings on Thursday. It notes 10 points at which the US made key mistakes that might have stopped Bin Laden’s plot. Four of these were under Clinton and 6 under Bush. Bush came out today and said that if he had known what […]

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Us Military Death Toll In Iraq Reaches

Us Military Death Toll In Iraq Reaches

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US Military Death Toll in Iraq Reaches 900 Some Two Dozen Iraqis Killed in Baghdad, Ramadi, Baquba, Samarra Violence AP reports that a roadside bomb killed a 1st Infantry Division soldier in Duluiyah, 45 mi. north of Baghdad when his Bradley fighting vehicle struck it. He was the 900th US soldier to die in Iraq […]

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Naylor On Iranal Qaeda Red Herring

Naylor On Iranal Qaeda Red Herring

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Naylor on Iran/al-Qaeda Red Herring Professor Thomas Naylor of McGill writes: This is certainly not the the first time these tales about Iran cooperating with al-Qa’idah have surfaced. About two years ago US spooks floated via the Washington Post and other outlets some silly stories about al-Qa’idah involved in the underground traffic in gold. Since […]

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4 Us Servicement Killed Bombing In

4 Us Servicement Killed Bombing In

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4 US Servicement Killed Bombing in Baqubah leaves 6 dead AP reports that guerrillas killed two US Marines and two US soldiers in Anbar province on Monday and Tuesday. The two Marines were killed Tuesday. One soldier was killed and another wounded on Monday, and the wounded soldier died on Tuesday. The total toll for […]

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Deputy Governor Of Basra Assassinated

Deputy Governor Of Basra Assassinated

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Deputy Governor of Basra Assassinated AFP reports that guerrillas shot and killed Hazem Ainachi in Basra on Tuesday morning as he got in his car to go to work. Ainachi, acting governor of Basra and a member of the governing council in the southern city, had earlier held the posts of coordinator of the Basra […]

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Iran In Bushs Sights Same Techniques

Iran In Bushs Sights Same Techniques

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Iran in Bush’s Sights The same techniques used to get up the Iraq war are now being applied by the political Right in the United States, including President Bush, to Iran. These include innuendo, guilt by association, vague fears, and hyped capabilities. If Bush gets a second term, it seems very likely that his administration […]

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