Chris Floyd of the Moscow Times had a column last week about the occupation forces' use of Saddam's secret police to govern the "new" Iraq. Floyd's style is so cutting edge, I would hardly be surprised if Imperial officials actually bled after reading this stuff....
This fellow from North Carolina: Donald Sullivan of Hampstead, a 23-year-veteran of the Army and Air Force, sued the U.S. government, President Bush and several members of Congress to stop what he termed an "illegal war." The civil lawsuit, filed in March in U.S....
From "turning-tables" -- a blog written by a US soldier in Baghdad:at the doors of the palace there are filipino guards in tan uniforms...i think they are part of a civilian security company...brought in by the u.s....i recognize the uniforms...they had them in...
Sad old droopy-eyed Michael Ledeen pitches a hissy fit over Anthony Gancarski's last article. These guys sure talk tough for a bunch of pansies.
In yesterday's issue of NIN weekly, Serbian political commentator Aleksandar Tijanic writes about the late PM Zoran Djindjic and his alleged nemesis, Colonel Milorad "Legija" Lukovic, deconstructing them both as the same type of character, the ambition-driven...
Devil's advocate on "postwar" Iraq: Why withdraw? The Bush administration will be blamed for what happens in Iraq whether U.S. troops stay or leave. If they stay, every dead soldier and civilian, plus general unrest, will be blamed on the occupation. If they leave,...
My new article, now online. Try to find all the thought crimes I'll be charged with in my forthcoming PATRIOT Act indictment!
For some reason, foreigners are less than wild about the idea. The great Moja, U.S. Army sergeant in Iraq, thinks he knows why: i get the feeling these countries offering their support want to make a good impression...they want to be seen as professional world...
Azerbaijan, of course. They're tilting dangerously toward monarchy, and that "poses a grave challenge to Western policy planning," says the Weekly Standard.
From the Justice Department's new website pushing the Patriot Act comes this list of supportive quotes from the likes of Daschle, Feinstein, Biden, Edwards, and Schumer (brief pause to spit after enunciating that last one). Note that all of the statements by these and...
