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Maliki Government Resists Deal with Baathists
The NYT reports that behind the scenes the US has been pressuring Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to find a way to reconcile with former Baathist […]
Shrine of Imam Musa al-Kazim Targeted, 60 Killed, 125 Wounded
Update: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Baghdad Saturday morning on a mission to assess the reasons for the recent rise in large-scale bombings. […]
A Modest Proposal: George’s Day and Saving Bookstores (and not bad for Florists either)
There is a delightful custom in Barcelona. On April 23, St. George’s Day, men give their girlfriends or wives a rose. And the women give […]
Cheney, Rice, Ashcroft, Gonzales Signed off on Torture
McClatchy reports that torture was reauthorized in spring of 2003 by four Bush administration officials: Dick Cheney, Condi Rice, John Ashcroft and Alberto Gonzales. It […]
At Least 78 Killed in Iraq Bombings; AP: At Least 110,000 Dead in Violence
Brian Murphy of AP reports that bombings in Iraq killed 78 persons on Thursday A female suicide bomber in the upscale Shiite neighborhood of Karrada […]
REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER ON MSNBC
MSNBC sent me this by email. I couldn’t find it on the web, so I’m reprinting here- JRIC REVISED TRANSCRIPT: LIZ CHENEY DEFENDS HER FATHER […]
Pelosi was Briefed on Harman’s Wire Tap
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says she was briefed several years ago that Rep. Jane Harman (D-CA) had shown up in a wiretap. Pelosi […]
Cheney, Rumsfeld Pressured for Torture to Justify Iraq War; 5 Killed in Iraq Mosque Bombing
Jonathan S. Landay at McClatchy has discovered the real reason that Abu Zubaydah and Khalid Sheikh Muhammad were tortured dozens of times in the run-up […]
Harman Admits She Talked to American; Saban said Involved
On being interviewed by Robert Siegel of National Public Radio on Tuesday, Rep. Jane Harman kept denying she knew which conversations had been referred to […]





