Auburn, Al. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – It’s not surprising that Pope Leo XIV took the name Leo in honor of Pope Leo XIII […]
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A Nation of Masochists
“I send my tormentor hurrying hither and thither in the service of my suffering and desire.” – Mason Cooley (d.2002) I have concluded that Americans, […]
8 Killed, 82 Wounded in Bombings, Attacks; Benchmark Laws Still Stalled
The guerrilla war continues in Iraq. On Sunday, guerrillas blew up the general manager of the Ministry of Finance, Ihsan Ridha, and a Brigadier General, […]
Baghdad Mayor: US Tanks Run Amok and There’ll Never be a Street Named for Bush in Baghdad
The USG Open Source Center translates a recent interview with Baghdad mayor Sabir al-Isawi in a Czech newspaper. The mayor 1) denies that the US […]
Truck Bomb Caught on Tape
Aljazeera English shows and analyzes a just-released security tape from the Marriott in Islamabad, showing the bomb-laden truck ramming the security perimeter. There were two […]
Islamabad Bombing puts Pressure on US-Pakistan Ties
Bloomberg argues that Saturday’s bombing of the Marriott in Islamabad will likely put pressure on US/ Pakistani relations. The bombing was a clear signal from […]
German Left Stands up to anti-Muslim Fascists; Clashes in Cologne
3,000 progressives in Cologne clashed Saturday with far rightwing protesters trying to stop the building of a mosque. There are about 3.3 million Muslims in […]
40 Killed in Massive Bombing of Marriott in Islamabad
Guerrillas in Pakistan set off an enormous bomb blast at the Marriott in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad Saturday morning EDT. It left a 30 […]
Sunni Baghdad Dark on Satellite; Kagan Proved Wrong Again
Fred Kagan has once more been proved wrong. He called the ethnic cleansing of Sunni Arabs in Baghdad a ‘myth.’ For all their arrogance and […]
Crowds Protest US in Tikrit after Airstrike Kills Family of 8; Sistani Site Hacked
US troops targeting a Sunni Arab guerrilla appear instead to have killed an Iraqi family of 8 in a town 70 mi. north of Baghdad […]
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