Opening the Gates of Hell

Hamas leaders on the Israeli assassination of Yassin: Announcing Yassin's death over mosque loudspeakers, the Hamas leadership said: "Prime Minister Sharon has opened the gates of hell – and nothing will stop us from cutting off his head." The Al Aqsa Martyrs'...

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Smart Mobs in Spain

I read about this briefly during the election, but this article goes more in depth. In Spain, however, the objectives were more concrete. Political demonstrations are officially banned in the 24 hours preceding the voting. But this time, activists came together...

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Keystone Kops vs. Al Qaeda

Billmon has written the best analysis yet of the astonishing transformation (kind of like David "Come Clean George" Kay on steroids) of Richard Clarke from senior career bureaucrat to whistleblower. Well, Billmon says it better: He's no mild-mannered reporter -- more...

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Dennis Miller Deathwatch

I am so sorry I missed the Eric Alterman episode! I've been trying to catch at least part of Miller's show every evening--anticipating the moment when Miller finally breaks down and slips constant guest David Horowitz some tongue on live TV--but I somehow missed...

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Where is 45″ Tony?

I came across this article and suddenly realized they're right...Tony is trying to slip away unnoticed and miss the gala one year Shock and Awe Anniversary Party. Hey, Tony, no speeches or Liberation Parties? Nothing? Remember this, Tony? The future of the Iraqi...

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George Will: Cowardly Liar

George "Howdy-Doody" Will inserts one of the warbots' favorite new formulations ("Neocon" = Jewish = You're an antisemite) into his March 15 op-ed in the Washington Post. Big mistake, George. Karen "Bunker-Buster" Kwiatkowski lets him have it.

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CNN Hyped Zawahri Story

Wendy McElroy connects the dots to expose the CNN blunder: A headline in the Pakistan "Daily Times" reads "CNN ends up with `much egg on its face." Yesterday, I mentioned that -- after providing blanket coverage of the imminent capture of al-Qaida's #2 man al-Zawahiri...

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Two Views of Pilger

William Marina reads Pilger's article and sees it as a discussion of "Israel and the Neocon Connection." Steven Horwitz reads the same article and calls it an "anti-Israel screed." Horwitz's reaction demonstrates why Pilger's piece, The Unmentionable Source of...

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Iraq’s Brain Drain

Things are getting better in Iraq, right? Riverbend, an Iraqi blogger in Baghdad, comments on this today, March 19th: It's like Iraq is suffering from intellectual hemorrhaging. Professors and scientists are being assassinated right and left- decent intelligent people...

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