Daniel Drezner has an interesting post up taking off on a TNR piece analyzing various conservative positions on Iraq. Drezner asks, "Who will the neo-neos go with -- Bush or Chalabi? My money is on Chalabi." Especially note this bit on the end:ANOTHER UPDATE: Just got...
(Click to enlarge photos) These pictures are even being aired on American television. This is the Iraqi featured in this news article: When CIA officers brought the Iraqi detainee to Abu Ghraib prison, his head was covered with an empty sandbag and Army guards were...
US forces raided Chalabi's house and office, seizing documents, a day after they announced that they were cutting his INC off it's $335,000 a month allowance. The US abstained from a UN resolution criticizing Israel's bulldozer and kid-killing spree in Gaza so it...
Mark at Rafah Kid Rambles on today's IDF attack on Palestinian peaceful demonstrators in Rafah: IDF: "We Didn't Mean To" Bloody Hell. The IDF have taken a while to come up with a story to explain the massacre of civilians today (See Mohammed's post). This, quoted in...
Apparently the Israelis finally startled Bush into speaking by firing four tank shells and a missile from an attack helicopter into a peaceful demonstration in Gaza, killing at least 10 people, many of them children. "I continue to urge restraint. It is essential that...
From the Freeway Blogger: Rumsfail (rums´ fa-l), v., 1. To self-destruct, melt-down or implode under the weight of one's own arrogance. 2. To fail spectacularly, particularly in matters of warfare or diplomacy; to plunge into chaos. 3. Absolute, unmitigated disaster...
AFP is reporting via Khaleej Times that Sadr supporters demonstrated outside Sistani's home today.NAJAF, Iraq - About 200 supporters of radical cleric Moqtada Sadr demonstrated outside the office and residence of Iraq’s most respected Shiite religious leader Grand...
Lawrence of Cyberia posts about the New Palestinian Nabka in progress in Rafah refugee camp.Today, PM Sharon is dispensing with the "small doses", and amassing IDF troops at the entrance to Rafah Refugee Camp in preparation for the "one big operation" that will...
Everybody's talking about the call-up of the Individual Ready Reserve. And, don't miss this exciting development. IRS May Help DOD Find Reservists
Looks like someone shot his house in Najaf up. So, I guess I can claim to be right.Al-Sistani, whose office in Najaf came under fire in overnight fighting, urged Iraqis not to travel to the city to join in protests. It was not clear where the gunfire came from and no...
