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OSC: Iran Reaction to Possible US Interest Section
The USG Open Source Center reports on reactions in Iran to the possibility of the opening of a US interest section, i.e. a muted embassy, […]
Bhasin: Maliki and the Timetable: It’s all about Blackwater
Madhavi Bhasin writes: On July 7th the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in an Address before the Arab Ambassadors stated that his Government was looking […]
Knight: Out — without ‘Bloodbath’ or ‘Regional Chaos’
Charles Knight writes In October of last year a Boston-area activist called me and reported that he’d recently visited an antiwar Massachusetts congressperson in order […]
Cole in Salon: FBI Plan to Profile Muslims Unconstitutional
My column in Salon.com: ‘The FBI’s plan to “profile” Muslims’: It’s unconstitutional, un-American — and it might hurt, rather than help, the FBI’s effort to […]
Saghir: Timetable Demand not a Tactic; 53 Dead, 76 Wounded;
Al-Hayat reports in Arabic that the chances that a Status of Forces Agreement will be concluded between Baghdad and Washington have declined substantially. The intention […]
Attack on US Embassy in Istanbul
Six are dead in a terrorist attack on the US Embassy in Istanbul. The dead were 3 Turkish policemen and the three attackers, who appear […]
1 GI Killed, 5 Wounded in Iraq; Rubaie’s Comments Roil McCain Campaign
The statements of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and National Security Counsellor Muwaffaq Rubaie about the need for a timetable for US troop withdrawal may have […]
Genetically Modified Seeds not Used in Iraq
A US observer with experience on the ground in Iraq writes with regard my link on Sunday to a piece about Monsanto and hooking Iraqi […]
Maliki and Timetable for US Withdrawal
A White House spokesman emphasized that US-Iraqi talks on a Status of Forces Agreement do not include mention of a hard date for US withdrawal. […]
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