Reuters carried this article yesterday which discusses the Iraqi video which asks Bush, ""George W. Bush; you have asked us to 'bring it on'. And so have we, like never expected. Do you have another challenge?" Since it's in the news again, I thought I'd post this...

Jim's right, the pre-9/11 Andy may be back. If you read only one article on the events surrounding the US torture scandal, make it this one.

The jingosphere unleashed the snarling hounds of bloggy wrath on CBS and Dan Rather for presenting a set of dubious documents as fact and then huffed about in insulted outrage that the anxiously awaited report barely mentioned them and called them "conservative...

John Robb made this interesting point a few days ago:Over the last year, Iraq's global guerrillas have used attacks against gas and oil pipelines to disrupt electricity production. They have been very effective. Electricity production is substantially less than demand...

Here's an interesting twist in the Iraqi election mess:As the clock ticked down to polling day on January 30, sectarian tensions entered the campaign, as the premier's Iraqi National Accord party cried foul over the alleged use of religion by Shiite politicians. The...

"Don't cheerleaders all over America make pyramids every day? It's not torture."- Defense lawyer Guy Womack Rumor has it that Fox News is considering hiring Spc Charles Graner as a commentator and pinch-hit host should he be acquitted of abusing prisoners at Abu...

Yuschenko: How's that attempted murder investigation going? Just asking. UPDATE: David Beito reminds me that Yuschenko is doing something creditworthy that should be mentioned. From Juan Cole:The Ukraine announced that it would withdraw its 1600 troops, the...

From Atrios, this post from The Poorman goes nicely with Justin's post below:Depressing Answers To Questions That, In A Sane Universe, Would Never Need To Be AskedMore stuff from Eschaton: Time to Deploy the 101st Fighting KeyboardersWho's the only guy who can tell a...

This boy is crying because his family was in this car which was riddled with US bullets in Ramadi. This: American troops opened fire after their convoy was struck by a roadside bomb at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least two policemen and three civilians,...

Must read post: Lawrence of Cyberia on Mahmoud Abbas, Zionist enemies, dead children, strawberry fields and flechette rounds.