This could be big trouble: Rival Shiites clash Chris Albritton in Iraq has more:BAGHDAD — Earlier this evening, Najaf police units, led by a Badr Organization commander, descended on Moqtada’s office in Najaf, located on the main street approaching the Imam Ali...
Scott Galindez at truthout announces, "Cindy is scheduled to arrive at Waco Airport at 4:30 pm today."Perhaps referencing the right-wing, pro-war smear campaign which has lately been sending Cindy emails which say " Go Home and Take Care of Your Kids", Cindy...
The Blog | Michael O'Hanlon: Oil, Sunnis, and the Iraqi Constitution | The Huffington PostAlthough what the draft text says, exactly, is somewhat unclear, I have big concerns about one reported issue in Iraq's constitution -- how oil revenue is to be distributed.Oil...
"... when even Fox News was piling on President Bush's counselor, Dan Bartlett." More from the Washington Post:E.D. Hill, one of the "Fox & Friends" morning show anchors, said she thought the Iraq war "was a justified one" but now worries "that there's not a plan to...
Pat Robertson's statement that the US should knock off Hugo Chavez, president of Venezuela, because he is a "terrific danger" to the US and Venezuela will become "the launching pad for communist infiltration and Muslim extremism." is a perfect illustration, outrage...
This is really a pathetic story. First, from Digby: Cindy Sheehan, right, hugs President Bush supporter Gary Qualls of Temple, Texas after the two met at her camp near Crawford, Texas, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005. Qualls' son Marine LCPL. Louis W. Qualls was killed...
"Now, if these men do not die well, it will be a black matter for the King that led them to it" - Shakespeare, Henry V Every so often, the confused cranium of George W. Bush emerges from seclusion and words escape his lips which are apparently designed to be...
Or something. Swopa has Salam Pax’s constitution-blogging:swopa: Team Shiite opts for a short punt Salam Pax: So nothing really. They just wanted to make sure the current Assembly is not dissolved. al-Hassani is having a press conference and he is talking...
Steve Earle, entertaining at Camp Casey:I think it’s really important for those of us who’ve been talking about this (opposing the war) from when we first went in to Iraq and even before that to remember that the Vietnam War didn’t end because I opposed it, it...
The Trillion-Dollar War - New York TimesBut the biggest long-term costs are disability and health payments for returning troops, which will be incurred even if hostilities were to stop tomorrow. The United States currently pays more than $2 billion in disability...
