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US Kills Maliki Relative; Fadhila Accuses Grand Ayatollah of conspiracy
Ooops. A US military operation in Karbala province at Janaja resulted in the arrest of one Iraqi and the killing of another. The dead Iraqi […]
Addington: They’ll be Watching Me
David Addington, Cheney’s legal capo, can’t say whether he authorized waterboarding because he is afraid that al-Qaeda might be watching C-Span. Al-Qaeda is this crew’s […]
Huge bombing in Mosul Targets Governor; Awakening meeting 50 Miles from Baghdad Hit
Big bombs in Mosul and in Karma, al-Anbar. Questions are being raised about whether the Iraqi army can hold Mosul. DPA reports that two major […]
McCain Adviser Plans Casino on the Tigris
Update: This appears to be a hoax. See comments below. Hat tip to Raed Jarrar and to Rick B at Ten Percent. A ‘foreign policy […]
"Family Wiped out By US; Mosul: Rapid Downward Security Spiral
Headlines you never want to see: “Family wiped out by US.” A US air strike on suspected insurgents at Tikrit went terribly wrong Wednesday, when […]
Kelly Kennedy, George Carlin, and the Reason for Traumatized Iraq Veterans
The late George Carlin did not like the phrase “post-traumatic stress disorder.” He famously said, ‘ I don’t like words that hide the truth. I […]
5 US Troops Killed; 90 Iraqis Wounded in Mosul; District Election for Sadr City Bombed:
Guerrillas deployed a roadside bomb to kill 3 American soldiers and an interpreter in northern Iraq on Tuesday. McClatchy reports two major bombings in Iraq […]
Hansen: Try CEOs of Big Oil for Fraud
NASA scientist Dr. James Hansen called for the CEOs of the oil majors to be put on trial for obstructing efforts to stop global warming […]
McCain Aide Wishes on a Star
You always suspected that they thought it. But who would be so stupid as to say it. On McCain’s “political maestro” Mr. Charlie Black and […]
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