Stirling Newberry has a great post analysing the effect of the internet and cellphone on the Spanish election today. What happened was that evidence came to light that the PP had been told on Thursday, just after the bombings, that Morrrocan extremists, linked to Al...
Spain: Ruling Party Ousted
With 85% of the vote in: El PSOE gana las elecciones, con el 85% de los votos escrutados (164 escaños) PP has 148
American Military Crippled
David Woods of the Patriot News asks, "Are there limits to American might? If so, are we reaching them?" Consider: The Iraq invasion caught the Pentagon so short of military cargo planes that it had to hire Russian aircraft to ferry tanks and other materiel. "We had...
Aussie Pilots Defied US
40 aborted bombing runs: Australia's F/A-18 pilots defied the orders of American commanders and refused to drop their bombs on up to 40 missions during the invasion of Iraq, it can now be revealed. In a remarkable account of how our airmen applied Australian rules of...
Al Qaeda, ETA or both?
Chris Albritton, writing in his blog, Back to Iraq, believes there's reason to consider that the Madrid train bombing might be a joint operation: There’s no reason that al Qaeda wouldn’t work with — or help fund — groups that further its own ends in the short run....
Terrorist Logic
Roderick Long gives Abu Hafs Brigades, who claim responsibility for the Madrid train bombing which killed at least 200 people, an "F" in Logic.
Anniversaries
Death of Rachel Corrie in Rafah March 16 US Campaign National Day of Action for Rachel Corrie Iraq Invasion March 20 Antiwar March: Peace activists will mark the one-year anniversary of the war in Iraq this weekend with a march on Washington beginning at the site of...
US Woman Spied for Saddam?
Drudge-ish, but apparently real, the story of a Maryland woman named Susan Lindauer - accused of spying for the Iraqi Intelligence - hit the wires a few hours ago. The first stories identified her as a former aid to several Democrats, but a bit more digging turned up...
US vs. the Arab Press
Salah Hassan, a cameraman for Al Jazeera tells a disturbing story of his arrest by American soldiers in Iraq. From Baquba, Hassan says he was taken to the military base at Baghdad International Airport, held in a bathroom for two days, then flown hooded and bound to...
Iraqi Welfare State, Republican style
What happens when you send Republican neocons to oversee writing a "New Constitution" for Free Iraq? You get stuff like this: The individual has the right to security, education, health care, and social security. The Iraqi State and its governmental units, including...
