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Palin wasTalking with Karzai about his Son!
You know those ballyhooed meetings of Sarah Palin with world leaders? What if they weren’t even talking about foreign policy? Since the press was kept […]
McCain’s Aide’s Lobbying for Criminal Failed Mortgage Firm
Michael Tomasky writes: ‘The lobbying firm of Rick Davis, the manager, was being paid $15,000 a month by Freddie Mac until last month. That fact […]
US-Iran Relations
Riz Khan on US-Iranian relations, interviewing Gary Sick. Veteran diplomat Edward P. Djerejian also weighs in on US-Iranian relations: ‘You negotiate peace with your adversaries […]
Royal Dutch Shell Deal in Iraq
Aljazeera English on the Shell deal with Iraq to develop natural gas. Critics of the deal say there was no competitive bidding. Supporters say it […]
GI Killed in Baghdad by Guerrillas; Mass Grave near Baquba with Dozens of Bodies; $13 Bn. in Taxpayer Money Embezzled or given to ‘al-Qaeda’
Reuters reports that “A U.S. soldier died after a small-arms fire attack on his patrol in Baghdad.” Near Baquba, Reuters says, “Police found three mass […]
Chorev Reviews Hafez on Suicide Bombers
Suicidal Ambitions: Human Bombs and the War in Iraq By Matan Chorev Review of Mohammed M. Hafez Suicide Bombers in Iraq: The Strategy and Ideology […]
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 […]
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