Dear US State Department, Here's a suggestion for shutting Karen Hughes up: Please bring her back to the US before she says any more offensive and stupid things.U.S. envoy Karen Hughes on Friday defended Washington's decision to go to war against Iraq in front of a...
Judy Miller: WHIG charter member?
Holy cow, who's leaking to the Daily News today? Here's another shocker they just broke: It was called the White House Iraq Group and its job was to make the case that Saddam Hussein had nuclear and biochemical weapons. So determined was the ring of top officials to...
Cast fails to show for show trial
What if they have a trial and no witnesses come?THE chief judge trying Saddam Hussein and seven others on charges of crimes against humanity said today the main reason why the trial has been adjourned was because many witnesses were too afraid to turn up. Judge Rizgar...
The “Afghanistan Model” for success
Condoleeza Rice is telling Congress today that the Bush strategy for Iraq is the "successful" one they used in Afghanistan. Here's Condi:"Our strategy is to clear, hold, and build," she said. "The enemy's strategy is to infect, terrorize, and pull down." I couldn't...
Afghanistan Pop Quiz
Who won the elections in Afghanistan last month? A) Jeffersonian democrats B) Drug Smugglers C) Warlords D) B and C Answer
The count was fair and accurate
Iraqi election officials said today that they were investigating what they described as "unusually high" vote totals in 12 Shiite and Kurdish provinces, where as many 99 percent of the voters were reported to have cast ballots in favor of Iraq's new constitution,...
Iraqi Vote – Worst Possible Outcome
The consensus today seems to be that, "In the crucial central provinces with mixed ethnic and religious populations, enough Shiites and Kurds voted to stymie the Sunni bid to reject the constitution." According to the AP report, The Sunni ''no'' campaign appeared to...
Massive Iraqi Sunni vote
UPDATE: AP REPORTING: The names of each province is followed by its capital in parentheses. No information was available from Baghdad province; the southern province of Babil; the northern Kurdish provinces of Dahuk, Suleimaniyah and Irbil; and the central province of...
The NYT on the NYT and Judy Miller
Finally - the New York Times on the New York Times and Judy. Including such gems as, Ms. Miller's article on the hunt for missing weapons was published on July 20, 2003. It acknowledged that the hunt could turn out to be fruitless but focused largely on the obstacles...
Iraqi constitution referendum results
UPDATE: Michael Georgy of Reuters interviews Sunnis in Iraq and says, Sunni stronghold says firm 'No' to charter ****************** Some results starting to trickle in. These are from Aljazeera: At the Sajdat voting centre in Najaf province, the director said that of...
