The saga continues. Boudreaux says the image is doctored; the Marine Corps has "reopened" the case. If the Corps reopened the case after Boudreaux screamed foul play, that indicates to me that the initial investigation (the results of which have not been released)...
ANTI - IRAQI FORCES FIRE ON MARINES FROM MOSQUE This is an actual headline from a "Centcom" press release. Think about this for a minute. "Anti-Iraqi" forces fired on Marines from a mosque? What the hell are "anti-Iraqi" forces? Why would an anti-iraqi person care...
If you'd like to know more about warbloggers, Salam, Zeyad, etc., from today's column, I recommend these two pieces, one from shortly after the Lileks debacle and another from two weeks ago. I was going to include both in the essay, but I'm trying to be conscientious...
Spanish Troops Withdrawing Now Jose Bono, speaking after the new government's first cabinet meeting, said that the process had already started. He said that a plan was in operation and would "conclude swiftly". Another account: Bono revealed after the new Socialist...
Today is the 11th anniversary of our government's brutal gassing and incineration of "its own people" at Waco, TX, for the crime of exercising their Constitutional rights. With that in mind, Vice President Cheney's address to the National Rifle Association on Saturday...
AFP Reports: Ramadi - Insurgents' assaults on supply convoys west of Baghdad landed a blow to United States marines' stomachs on Monday as their bases in al-Anbar province began rationing food amid fears their stocks could run low. Since Sunday, all 1st Marine...
The US is issuing this face-saving statement: The US-led coalition in Iraq has announced measures to end the military stand-off in the battle-scarred city of Falluja, west of Baghdad. These include shortening the curfew and allowing unfettered humanitarian access to...
From the forthcoming issue of National Review:Since the conclusion of the war, the Bush administration has shown a dismaying capacity to believe its own public relations. The post-war looting was explained away as the natural and understandable exuberance of a...
Zapatero said he acted after deciding the United Nations was unprepared to take over the occupation of Iraq -- his condition for keeping Spanish troops in the country. Zapatero is right. There's nothing the UN can do to end this debacle.
An editorial on the accused Marine (see also this and this) appears in today's New Orleans Times-Picayune. A snippet:The Marine Corps has investigated the matter, although it has yet to disclose its findings on the authenticity of the photo or its decision on whether...
