Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In a dramatic signal that the Arab Gulf nations have completely lost faith in the American security umbrella, on Wednesday […]
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Iraq: $3 Trillion War
Aljazeera English on the $3 Trillion War in Iraq, as argued by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Linda J. Bilmes. Note […]
15 US Troops Killed Since Sunday; McCain more Hawkish than Bush
Guerrillas fired rockets at a US base south of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing 3 US soldiers and wounding 2. An Iraqi civilian was also wounded. […]
Wave of Violence in Iraq Kills 62; March sees Spike in Violence; Is Fallon Fall Guy for McCain?
AP reports that political violence left 42 dead across Iraq on Tuesday, including the bombing of a bus near Nasiriya in the south. Actually, McClatchy […]
8 US Troops Killed; Bombings in Baghdad, Baladruz, Sulyamaniya; Pentagon: No Saddam-al-Qaeda Ties
Sunni Arab Iraqi guerrillas launched a four-pronged attack on their enemies on Monday. They killed eight US troops in two separate bombings, one in the […]
1799: French Pillage Palestinians
At the Napoleon’s Egypt blog, Gen. Berthier describes how the French, having failed to take the fortress at Acre, destroy the city’s aqueduct in revenge […]
Guest Editorial: Polk: The Iraq War and the Presidential Election
William R. Polk With all eyes fixed on the forthcoming election, we must consider the issues that will face whomever becomes our next president for […]
Pakistan Coalition Has Two-Thirds Majority: Will seek to Reinstate Dismissed Justices; Confrontation with Musharraf Looms
Pakistan People’s Party leader Asaf Ali Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N leader Nawaz Sharif reached a historic accord on Sunday aimed at forming a coalition […]
King’s Bigotry and Obama and the Muslims (Again)
Congressman Steven King of Iowa, who has decided to further disgrace Congress by seeking a fifth term there, delivered himself of the sort of bigotted […]
Large Protest in Basra; 1 US Soldier Killed, 1 Wounded; 100 Bodies found in Mass Grave;
Some 5,000 protesters rallied in downtown Basra to protest the horrible security situation on Saturday. AP notes, ‘Many carried banners, decrying the killing of women, […]
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