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...

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...

A Liar Refuted

We all know that every word ever posted on David Horowitz’s Frontpage website is a lie, including “and,” and “the,” but the blogger G-Nome has the very worst liar of that crew — Kahanist-defender Steve Plaut — nailed to the...

Bring the IRR Home Now!

It’s been a while since I’ve seen some press about the Individual Ready Reserve in Iraq (oh, here’s some), but Saturday night I met a young lady who’s father was called up to go kill people 20 years after being discharged from the army. He is...

Ego-Tripping at the Gates of Hell

Writes Andrew Sullivan:This blog broke the story of more Geneva Convention violations recently: the posting of mutilated and dead Iraqis photographed by U.S. soldiers on a website also devoted to porn. Now, there’s an investigation. No other blog, to my...