Warfloggers are suddenly flogging a story alleging sarin nerve gas has been found in Fallujah. They seem to think this might finally prove that Saddam had banned weapons. However, those of us who inhabit the reality based community know that if there are chemical...
Two Marine Super Cobra helicopters were shot down today, neither of them in the area where the US supposedly has the resistance trapped. One was northwest of Fallujah about 9 miles and the other was brought down about a mile south of Fallujah. Yesterday, the...
MOSUL, Iraq Explosions and gunfire are being heard in the Iraqi city of Mosul (MOH'-sul) as multiple police stations are being attacked. Residents say they see gunmen roaming the city, setting police cars on fire and controlling some of the bridges. A U-S military...
A reader sends this along: AN APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF ABUL KASHEM FARUK, A BANGLADESHI KIDNAPPED IN IRAQ We earnestly appeal to all Iraqi groups for the release of our compatriot,
The Crusaders have found a Hostage Slaughter House in Fallujah! They know this how? The general says soldiers found CD's and records of people seized by militants. He says soldiers also found "the black clothing" that the hostage-takers wore.Now you know....
White House sources have told media outlets that President Bush will name White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales to replace John Ashcroft as US Attorney General. Although Gonzales is being billed as a moderate, he is best-known as the author of the controversial memo...
One can only hope that future historians will look to Ron Suskind's account of Bushite scorn for "reality-based communities" as an explanation for events of the early aughts. But it would be a mistake to attribute this kind of thinking to Bushites only. It is...
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Scott Peterson of the Christian Science Monitor:Despite the steady rumble of fighting, from frequent artillery and rocket explosions, to bursts of small arms fire across the city, US forces entered a veritable ghost town. Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, commander of ground...
Riverbend on Rumsfeld So this is how Bush kicks off his second term. More bloodshed. "Innocent civilians in that city have all the guidance they need as to how they can avoid getting into trouble," How do they do that Rumsfeld? While tons of explosives are being...
