Such recalibration does not necessarily signal concession. It may reflect caution.
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International Reaction to the NIE: OSC
The USG Open Source Center surveys Iranian, German, French, and Israeli reactions to the US National Intelligence Estimate that holds that Iran halted its nuclear […]
Cole in Salon: Why Bush’s Troop Surge Won’t Save Iraq
My Salon column, “Why Bush’s troop surge won’t save Iraq,” is now online. Excerpt: ‘the only truly good news to come from Iraq would be […]
Did an Iranian Spy Clear Tehran of Nuclear Ambitions?
The new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran says that Iran did have a nuclear weapons research program until early 2003, but then dismantled it. See […]
Hadley: Iran has no Nuclear Weapons Program
Here is the transcript of Monday’s news conference: Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:35 P.M. EST […]
Michigan Delegates Excluded From Democratic Convention
A specter haunts the Democratic Party, and it is the exclusion of Michigan and Florida delegates from the Democratic Convention. Both the Republican and the […]
Gul: Turkey Can Invade At Will; Sunnis Back in Parliament Violence Against Civilians in Basra Undiminished
Turkish President Abdullah Gul reaffirmed Sunday that Turkey has the right to make incursions into Iraq to retaliate against attacks on Turks by the Kurdish […]
Bush Slammed for Opposing Nawaz
A Pakistani newspaper has accused George W. Bush of thinking that Nawaz Sharif of the Muslim League-N is a Muslim fundamentalist, and of expressing worries […]
Sunnis Walk out of Parliament Turks Claim Artillery Barrages against Kurdish Guerrillas 2 US Soldiers Killed
The detention by US troops of the bodyguards and son of Adnan Dulaimi, the leader of the largest Sunni Arab bloc in parliament on Thursday […]
Napoleon’s Egypt at Firedoglake
At the Firedoglake blog, Swopa will be hosting a book Salon on Sunday starting at 2 pm EST on my Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle […]
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