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US Provided Real Time Intelligence for Turkish Strikes on Iraq
Ann Scott Tyson and Robin Wright of WaPo confirm from Washington sources that the US provided to the Turkish government ‘real time intelligence’ on Kurdish […]
Zawahiri: Iraq Main field of Jihad Attacks Iran, Muqtada, Nasrallah
The USG Open Source Center summarizes the main points in the new video released by al-Qaeda’s number 2 man, Ayman al-Zawahiri. Zawahiri identifies Iraq as […]
Iraqi Parliament Condemns Turkey Turkey says US Authorized Air Strikes on PKK
The Iraqi parliament on Monday condemned Turkish air strikes on what it said were bases of the Kurdish Workers Party inside Iraqi territory. The parliament […]
Rubin on ‘Who is to Blame’ on Afghanistan
Juan is traveling and will post later on Monday. Until then, have a look at Barnett Rubin’s important essay, “Afghanistan: Who is to Blame?”
Siddiqui: Musharraf ‘Defacing’ Pakistan Constitution
The USG Open Source Center translates from Urdu a critical commentator on Pervez Musharraf’s ‘defacing’ of the Pakistan constitution. Musharraf has lifted the state of […]
Turkey Bombs N. Iraq; Unpopular British Hand over Security Control in Basra
In the far north of Iraq, Turkish warplanes bombed villages that its security specialists say were harboring terrorists of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK). The […]
Obama vs. Bush On How Honesty is the Highest form of Leadership
Hillary Clinton fired the co-chair of her New Hampshire campaign, Bill Shaheen, because he speculated that Barack Obama would be attacked by Republicans for admitting […]
Kurdish Press Freedoms Curtailed
The parliament of the Kurdistan Regional Authority, a part of Iraq, has just passed a very dangerous press law, which has drawn vigorous protests from […]
Former US interrogator recounts torture cases in Afghanistan and Iraq
The USG Open Source Center translates an interview in the Spanish newspaper El Mundo with Damien Corsetti, a former private in the US army who […]
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