Updated at 12:05 a.m. EDT, June 11,2008Although the assassination of the head of Saddam Hussein's tribe rocked the country today, it was a relatively quiet day marked mostly by arrests and detentions. At least 19 Iraqis were killed and 26 were wounded in attacks. No...
The US and China:
Unsettling Similarities
Well, it looks like giving China some face will have little to no impact on the way things are done in this country. If anything, it will give the Party the confidence to continue harassing parents, journalists, and dissidents of all kinds in the name of social...
Monday: 20 Iraqis Killed, 49 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 12:22 a.m. EDT, June 10, 2008At least 20 Iraqis were killed and 49 more were injured during the latest violence. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, a mass grave may have been found in Diyala province, but conflicting reports indicate it may have...
Backtalk, June 09, 2008
Give China Some Face It is interesting that the author talked about "the world" throughout the article. It really should be "the West" instead. I'd say it's typical for a Westerner to consider himself representing the world. The West does not represent the world. It...
Sunday: 2 US Soldiers, 28 Iraqis Killed; 18 Americans, 58 Iraqis Wounded
Updated at 12:40 a.m. EDT, June 9, 2008A suicide bomber killed a U.S. soldier and wounded 18 more Americans in northern Iraq. Anoother U.S. soldier was killed during a roadside bomb blast in Baghdad yesterday. At least 28 people were killed and 58 were injured across...
Middle East Pop Quiz
It's time for another pop quiz on America's favorite region of the world the Middle East. Let's get started with the subject of nuclear weapons. Which country in the Middle East actually possesses nuclear weapons? Israel. Which country in the Middle East...
Intelligence [sic] Committee Report
The Senate Intelligence [sic] Committee has finally deemed it safe to release its report on "whether public Statements and reports and testimony regarding Iraq by US Government officials made between the Gulf War period and the commencement of Operation Iraqi...
Is the Real Problem ‘Isolationism’ or Bipartisan Aggression?
President George W. Bush and Democratic and Republican luminaries broke ground recently at the future gleaming home of the United States Institute of Peace on the National Mall. After absorbing the speeches and, on the same day, the rather partisan Senate Intelligence...
Saturday: 22 Iraqis Killed, 39 Wounded
Updated at 11:50 p.m. EDT, June 7, 2008A series of small bombings left casualties across Baghdad today, while a mass grave was found just south of the capital. At least 22 Iraqis were killed or found dead and 39 more were wounded in violence across the country. No...
Obama Capitulates
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's visit to the U.S. is part of a concerted effort, by the Israeli government and its American lobbyists, to convince U.S. lawmakers and, most of all, President George W. Bush that the time to attack Iran is now. The...


