Hesiod on an odd omission from the US "Most Wanted Terrorists" list. See if you can tell who's missing before you click here.
The missing “terrorist”
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Kodak Accountability for Iraq MPs
Following orders? If Graner, England and other MPs accused in the Abu Ghraib toture scandal intend to invoke the Nazi Defense, that they were "just following orders," they're going to have to explain why they were selective about which orders they decided to obey. In...
Old sarin shell not WMD
UPI reports:The 155-mm shells containing sarin gas that exploded in Iraq May 17 were manufactured before 1991, a senior U.S. official said Wednesday. That was a pre-Gulf War shell, a different category than the weapons being sought by the Iraq Survey Group, Brig. Gen....
Fake support for “The Troops”
If you ever doubted that the neocon/Republican/Bushies' claim to "support the troops" is anything but a phony pose, here's rock solid proof that it is. UPDATE: As long as we're on the Support the Troops subject, here's another excellent post....
On the NYT’s “apology”
I've been scanning the blogs for the best post on the NYT's lukewarm mea culpa article because I didn't want to write yet another scathing Judith Miller post. So, here it is - Swopa at needlenose,who actually clicked through all the links the Times provided in their...
Is Shahristani another Curveball?
Eli at Left I has some devastating info on Shahristani, the name apparently being hyped by Washington for new Iraqi PM, much to Brahimi's irritation. First, the hype:When Lakhdar Brahimi, the United Nations envoy in Iraq, appeared on Iraqia, the US-run local...
Scaring Iraqis with dogs Miller’s idea
Col. Thomas Pappas, in sworn testimony, said the idea of using dogs came from the Commandant of American Gulag Guantanamo, and approved by Commandant "I See Nothing" Sanchez, confirming the testimony from the number one Rumsfeld henchman Cambone at the Taguba hearing....
“Israbluf” leads to one state
Aron Trauring on "Israbluf" and why a two state solution for Israel and Palestine is likely impossible: In an earlier post I talked about how Sharon's unilateral withdrawel plan is an example of "Israbluf" - viz. the extraordinary capacity for Israeli governments to...
NYT’s Mea Culpa?
Jack Shafer says the New York Times is planning to "reassess its pre-Iraq War coverage, particularly its coverage of weapons of mass destruction." The Times might actually apologize for printing the drool Judith "Kneepads" Miller swilled from the likes of Mylroie and...
Poll: Americans are angry
According to this new poll, the Bush Administration has managed to piss off just about everyone.A new ABC News/Washington Post poll finds the sharpest change is in anger. As the war began, 30 percent of Americans were angry about it; today, asked about the situation...
