Iraqi election chaos

Iraqi election restrictions:Driving on the streets will be restricted, Al-Nakib said, to elections supervisors and other officials.And, Walking in and around the polling places will be restricted, Al-Nakib said.Does anyone see a problem here, or am I missing something?

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The usual suspects

Okay, so no one liked the Bush inaugural speech, with prominent conservatives like Peggy Noonan and Bill Buckley making plain their dismay at its militant wackiness. And no wonder, just look at the wackos who had a hand in it, according to the Los Angeles Times: "As...

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War Party deserting under fire

William F. Buckley, Jr. didn't like the inaugural address either. "Confusing," and apparently "an improvisation," it was also ungrammatical: "Mr. Bush said that 'whole regions of the world simmer in resentment and tyranny.' You can simmer in resentment, but not in...

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‘Prince of Darkness’ on Charlie Rose

Our old buddy Richard Perle, otherwise known as the Prince of Darkness, appeared on Charlie Rose's program on Wednesday night. I tuned in just after the interview began. There is no transcript available for this show, as far as I know, so being the industrious fellow...

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Chalabi threatened with arrest. Again.

It may be time for Chalabi to head for Tehran again.  Ahmad Chalabi, the leader of the Iraqi National Congress, will be arrested after the Eid al-Adha holidays, Iraq’s interim defence minister has said. Speaking to Aljazeera, minister Hazim Shaalan, said Chalabi...

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A Dangerous Reverberation

Arthur Silber has the goods on W's "let's-conquer-the-world" speech, and also gives us a glimpse (but just a short one: we can't linger there too long) into the mind of David Horowitz, who has moved from being a left-wing "revolutionary" to being a "right-wing"...

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Protesters chase recruiters off campus

Sgt. 1st Class Jeff Due, right, a U.S. Army recruiter, is surrounded by protesters at Seattle Central Community College, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2005, in Seattle. After about a 10-minute standoff during which protesters tore up U.S Army literature, the protesters were...

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