Category: War in Iraq
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George Tenet Digest
Much ado about Tenet on 60 Minutes. Here’s some scrapings: He repeated “We do not torture” five times within the space of one paragraph. And then, if you bluster and bully and say, “Now, listen to me. Now, you’re not hearing me,” that people will take you more seriously. This is ridiculous. Of course, they […]
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Dick Durbin Knew Iraq Intel Was Faulty And Didn't Say Anything
Well this sucks on so many levels: The second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate, Majority whip Richard Durbin of Illinois, has admitted that he knew in 2003 that the American public was being misled into the Iraq war but remained silent. Durbin said last week “I was angry about it. [But] frankly, I couldn’t […]
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Iraq Blogger Leaves Baghdad
Riverbend, author of Baghdad Burning: The Wall is the latest effort to further break Iraqi society apart. Promoting and supporting civil war isn’t enough, apparently- Iraqis have generally proven to be more tenacious and tolerant than their mullahs, ayatollahs, and Vichy leaders. It’s time for America to physically divide and conquer– like Berlin before the […]
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Senate Backs Iraq Withdrawal: McCain Doesn't Vote
McCain has demanded we withdraw… from Haiti! From Somalia! Let’s just have the world’s only reluctant superpower of benevolent fluffernutter militarism declare victory and runaway.
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Call Your House Reps: Floor Vote on Cheney Impeachment Tomorrow (Wednesday)
(Update below) Put up or shut up. Do you have a whole 2 minutes of your day to express your dis-satisfaction? Hell, you can do this on your way to get your afternoon latte. Go to http://house.gov, look up your Congress rep and tell them about the impeachment vote tomorrow. In an 18-page draft resolution, […]
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Flags at Half-Staff for VTech Dead, Not For Soliders in Iraq?
Army Seargant asks: But I find it ironic that the flags were flown at half-staff for the young men and women who were killed at VT yet it is never lowered for the death of a U.S. servicemember. It is a daily occurrence these days to see X number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq […]
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Jeremy Scahill on Blackwater USA
Scahill has done extensive coverage of Blackwater USA, one of the biggest mercenary companies in outsourcing the war (and providing a lockdown on New Orleans during Katrina)