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Attacks Increase in Iraq Militants Recruit Displaced Young Men
The number of attacks in Iraq has increased in recent days, frustrating US military commanders who were hoping a corner had been turned and that […]
Iraqi Television responds to Senate Soft Partition Plan Call for Biden to be declared Persona non Grata
The USG Open Source Center translates Iraqi television reaction to the US Senate vote in favor of a soft partition of Iraq. ‘Roundup of Iraqi […]
57 Killed, 120 Wounded Turks Authorize Iraq Incursion
Guerrilla violence left at least 57 dead in Iraq on Tuesday, with 22 killed in two truck bombings in the northern refinery city of Baiji. […]
KPFK: Threats to Academic Freedom
A podcast from KPFK on the threats to academic freedom emanating from the Israel lobby, including comments from Laurie Brand (chair of the Committee on […]
British Troop Drawdown from Basra
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged on Monday to pull 3,000 British troops out of Basra by March of 2008, leaving only 2500, with those […]
University of St. Thomas Law School Protests Exclusion of Desmond Tutu
University of St. Thomas Law School faculty weighs in on the refusal of a speaking invitation to Archbishop Desmond Tutu (pacifist, anti-Apartheid activist and winner […]
Al-Maliki: Blackwater Guards Murderers Obama Slams Private Security Firms PKK Kills 13 Turkish Troops
According to the NYT, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s office on Sunday accused the Blackwater security company of deliberately murdering civilians. Spokesman Ali Dabbagh said that […]
Forewarned Is Forearmed: Bush On Iran
Courtesy R. J. Eidelson at YouTube.
Fadlallah: Arab States Should not Allow US to use them Against Iran
The USG Open Source Center summarizes the statements of Lebanese Shiite leader Muhammad Husayn Fadlallah concerning what he sees as an American push to set […]
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