“The level of criminal operations has receded and is continuing to drop following the operation in Fallujah,” Comical Allawi said on the state-owned Iraqiya television, in response to questions from viewers. “The cleansing in Fallujah of terrorist elements is continuing and we are preparing for the residents to return to their city,” he added. Comical [...]
Check out Flit on Yushchenko’s skin problem. He quotes a dermatologist: “Viktor Yushchenko probably has one of two possible medical conditions that would account for his rapid facial changes. The diseases are scleromyxedema or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. He needs a skin biopsy. I cannot conceive how poisoning could cause these changes.” –Howard Bargman, MD, associate [...]
local to 9 express to 7 The 9/11 Commission Report, issued in July, recommends that the U.S. “should offer an example of moral leadership in the world, committed to treat people humanely, abide by the rule of law…” It notes that “it is a simple fact that American policy regarding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and American [...]
Some interesting information is coming out on the Palestinian elections in the wake of Marwan Barghouti withdrawing his bid for the PA presidency. Andrew Schamess has this intriguing bit: On Thursday, Barghouti made a suprise announcement that he would run an independent campaign for President. This threw everybody into a tizzy until he called it [...]
Forget Iraq (for a moment, anyway) – what is going on in Ukraine? Following the narrow victory (well, 3%, just like in the US election) of Viktor Yanukovich over challenger Viktor Yushchenko, the Yushchenko-ites have adorned themselves with bright orange garments and taken to mass street protests, challenging the legitimacy of the election and demanding [...]
A report delivered by the Defense Science Board, an advisory committee to the US Defense Department, to the Office of the Secretary of Defense around the end of September has gotten very little media attention, maybe because, as Tom Shanker of the NYT writes, A harshly critical report by a Pentagon advisory panel says the [...]
