Under the absurdly self-evident headline, “Many Iraqis See Sectarian Roots in New Killings” (duh) the NY Times, after relating how Hassan al-Nuaimi, an Iraqi Sunni cleric, was found dumped in an empty lot with a hole drilled in his head and both eyes gouged out, quotes Ghassan al-Atiyya, a secular Shiite and the director of [...]
Drudge is running a report about an exchange between the only White House correspondent who matters – Helen Thomas – and White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. It goes like this; Q The other day — in fact, this week, you said that we, the United States, is in Afghanistan and Iraq by invitation. Would [...]
Due to some personal obligations, there won’t be a Balkan Express this week. Look for a new article next Thursday.
Justin Raimondo appeared again on Amy Goodman’s Democracy Now! Wednesday morning. He discussed the Larry Franklin/AIPAC affair. The show segment is now available archived on the Democracy Now! Website. The show will also be on today: Direct-TV, channel 375, from 11am-12noon and 6-7pm (Eastern time) and Dish Network, channel 9415, 8-9AM, 12-1PM, 7-8PM and 12-1AM [...]
“What no one seemed to notice. . . was the ever widening gap. . .between the government and the people. . . And it became always wider. . . the whole process of its coming into being, was above all diverting, it provided an excuse not to think for people who did not want to [...]
Ah, Afghanistan. The good war. The poster child for regime change. Well, looks like the poster child is a bad seed. From the NYT: Since beginning work last month, the country’s Central Poppy Eradication Force, an American-trained group, has destroyed less than 250 acres, according to the two American officials. Its original goal was to [...]
