Juan Cole wrote today:US observers keep expressing puzzlement as to why the killing of hundreds or thousands of insurgents has not had an impact in repressing the guerrillas. They don't seem to get it that Iraqi clans still matter and that when they kill an Iraqi,...

American forces have bombed what they refer to as a "safe house" in Fallujah, killing at least ten people, perhaps as many as 15 which Iraqi witnesses claim were all members of one family. Acting on "intelligence" provided by the US appointed Iraqi "government" which...

Very interesting. DESERTER THE STORY OF GEORGE W. BUSH AFTER HE QUIT THE TEXAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD An examination of the Bush military files within the context of US Statutory Law, Department of Defense regulations, and Air Force policies and procedures of that era...

Zaydun Maybe. Despite months of stonewalling, obstruction of the investigation, denials and lies by the US military in Iraq, it appears that at least the 3 soldiers responsible for the murder of Zaydun Ma'mun Fadhil Hassun Al-Samarrai, who was forced to jump from a...

The American general formerly in charge of Abu Ghraib prison has told the BBC that she has evidence that the Israelis were involved in interrogating Iraqi detainees at another facility. Brig Gen Janis Karpinski, who was suspended in May over allegations of prisoner...

Col. Lounsbury whacks the idiots in the CPA, ruthlessly criticizing their utter failure from the perspective of a businessman in Baghdad trying to work with them. After reading Lounsbury's scathing commentary, you'll really appreciate this delicious skewering of Ari...

Michael Froomkin and Billmon both have good posts up about yesterday's White House and Pentagon document dump. Froomkin concentrates on the order signed by Bush on Feb. 7, 2002, which contains what Froomkin refers to as the " Royalist theory of Presidential power," in...

Billmon says this picture is the perfect metaphor: A crowd of Iraqis gather to watch as a U.S. armored vehicle is stuck in sewage after is slipped into a ditch during a patrol in Baghdad, Iraq Monday June 21, 2004. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Now, here's a really bizarre story. (06-21-2004) - Four U.S. service members were killed Monday - shot repeatedly in the head during an ambush while they were on patrol in the Sunni Muslim stronghold of Ramadi. [...] The four Americans killed in Ramadi had failed to...

Israeli agents in Kurdistan I first saw this report on a rather unreliable Bulgarian site, but Ha'aretz is now running it, so I'll just post it as an FYI:WASHINGTON - Israel operates hundreds of agents in the Kurdish areas in northern Iraq, according to a report...