Arthur Silber paraphrases notable warbots Bill O'Reilly, John Derbyshire, and VD Hanson. Sample: O'Reilly, "If the United States is going to defeat the terrorists, we need to have a total commitment to crushing the bastards. My study of history indicates that the role...
5 expat housing compounds have been attacked in Khobar, Saudi Arabia. At least 6 people are known to have been killed, among them one Brit and one American. An unknown number of hostages are being held. At least one body has been dragged through the streets. Situation...
Jim Henley defends Michael Ledeen
According to this article in Salon, here's what the "peace deal" in Najaf looks like: On Friday morning, the number of armed men on the streets of Najaf did not seem to have diminished, and in places it seemed to have increased. And as of late Friday afternoon, Mahdi...
What's this game the UN's Brahimi is playing with the Iraqi Puppet Council? Apparently the Council has "nominated" one of their own, Iyad Allawi, for PM and now reports are coming out that Brahimi "respects" their choice. Reuters has gone out and interviewed some...
This is a weird story. First, in an article by the Canadian Press mostly about the IGC Puppets "nominating" Iyad Allawi for Prime Minister of Iraq (who asked them what they thought, anyway?) we have a couple of grafs thrown in, separated by other reports on various...
Oh, so this is why the US has been stuffing everyone they can lay hands on in Iraq into prison. They really do want to teach the Iraqis how to be free, just like in America. Link swiped from Libertarian Jackass.
zeyad at Healing Iraq has a bitter comment about the American version of justice in Iraq. If you've never heard zeyad's story about the death of his cousin at the hands of American soldiers, it is here. Instamonger calls this "misconduct," but because zeyad is...
The only new idea in Duhbya's latest speech is being rejected by the Iraqi Puppet Council as a "waste of resources." "We must not be sentimental," Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer told reporters. "As the Governing Council, we do not agree with demolishing it and the matter...
Check out Sydney Blumenthal's new article in Salon. Blumenthal writes, "FBI agents have begun paying quiet calls on prominent neoconservatives, who are being interviewed in an investigation of potential espionage, according to intelligence sources. Who gave Ahmed...
