Iraq Reviews: April 2006 Archives

Iraq Reviews > April 29, 2006

Slowly drowning in the twenty-four hour news cycle

[Thought Mechanics] I opt for turning to the past, since it has all been said before. Here are a few quotes from the 2000 Presidential debates.

News from Centcom: What extremists say

[Marathon Pundit] Meanwhile, Canisius College deems nothing more dangerous to campus safety than the creation of a simple memorial commemorating Americans killed on 9/11. Annually, on the anniversary of the attacks, Young America's Foundation’s students commemorate the victims by participating in the Foundation’s "9/11: Never Forget Project." When the College Republicans of Canisius College asked the college administration whether the group could place 3,000 small American flags on the quad as part of this effort, a college official nixed the idea, claiming that it would damage the college’s expensive sprinkler system””apparently these pointy-headed educationists never heard of the benefits of aerating soil.

Posted at 01:43 AM

April 29, 2006

Slowly drowning in the twenty-four hour news cycle

[Thought Mechanics] I opt for turning to the past, since it has all been said before. Here are a few quotes from the 2000 Presidential debates.

Posted at 01:48 AM

News from Centcom: What extremists say

Posted at 01:43 AM

April 27, 2006

Andrea Batista Schlesinger: I've got a surprise visit for ya.

[The Huffington Post] I am sick of these surprise visits. President Bush "surprised" the troops on Thanksgiving and "surprised" Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan.

Posted at 01:45 AM

Mickey makes an unannounced trip to Disneyland

[OK Now] Well the same goes for any major official, including Bush and Blair. Ever since those missiles damn near missed old Wolfowitz' hotel room, these guys have to sneak into town under cover of darkness and slip out the backdoor after the photo op.

Posted at 01:42 AM

April 25, 2006

Families United Chatting Up Irag Recovery

[Spark It Up!!!] Families United will host an online chat Tuesday, April 25 at 12:30 pm/ET with Command Sergeant Major David Murphy for the Gulf Region Division of the Army Corp of Engineers. This is a team of voluntary civilian professionals who work alongside military personnel to help in the reconstruction of Iraq to a viable and stable democracy.

Posted at 01:45 AM

Egypt Ignores Islamic Threat The Gets Hit With Terrorism Tragedy

[ Voteswagon] Egypt thought they could not address the radical Islamic movement growing in their country but their fatal mistake cost tens to hundreds of innocent lives and shame on the Arab community for tolerating this kind of action in any form. Arab communities try to walk the thin line of crying that they are being oppressed and stereotyped well also not speaking out in regards to the terrorism they are being grouped in with.

Posted at 01:42 AM

April 23, 2006

Former CIA Head of European Division to Speak to 60 Minutes

[The Great Society] Drumheller, who retired last year, says the White House ignored crucial information from a high and credible source. The source was Iraq’s foreign minister, Naji Sabri, with whom U.S. spies had made a deal.

Posted at 01:41 AM

It Ain’t Easy Bein’ A Jumpin’ Jihadi These Days

[Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler] (SPEW ALERT! Remember, before you ever click on any link to Iowahawk, make damned sure that you have no liquid refreshments with 2 parsecs of your keyboard!)

Posted at 01:39 AM

April 21, 2006

Coup and counter-coup: The struggle for Iraq

[Israpundit] The speculation is that Allawi will use the armed forces to seize power and topple the stubborn Jaafari, who insists on staying in power (he was premier in the previous administration) although he has lost support of everybody around him, including the Americans, the British, the Sunnis, the Kurds, the seculars and some of the Shi’ites in his own United Iraqi Alliance (UIA). His only remaining supporters are the Da’wa Party, which he heads, and the rebel-cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Posted at 01:44 AM

(Un)Surprising Plame Case Development

[Bujutsu Blogger] Apparently, special prosecutor Fitzgerald already knows the name of who outed Valerie Plame's identity, according to Robert Novak. The thing is, this person is not being charged with anything at all, since there was no crime actually committed.

Posted at 01:39 AM

April 19, 2006

Luckovich wins the Pulitzer for Iraq, Katrina cartoons

[Blog and Tan] Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution whose work is syndicated to over 150 newspapers and websites, won his second...

Posted at 01:54 AM

Today’s Quotes: Yes, But Your Decisions Are Always Wrong

[Grouchy’s Liberaltopia] “Reflecting on that time, The American Heritage Dictionary (Houghton Mifflin Company, 1983) left us this definition of the form of government the German democracy had become through Hitler’s close alliance with the largest German corporations and his policy of using war as a tool to keep power: ‘fas-cism (fbsh’iz’em) n. A system of government that exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business leadership, together with belligerent nationalism.’”

Posted at 01:43 AM

April 17, 2006

99.9 percent of retired generals apparently have n...

[bloggedy blog: the personal weblog of Andrew Careaga -- author, part-time youth minister and aging punk wannabe] 99.9 percent of retired generals apparently have no beef with Donald Rumsfeld Or if they do, they haven't spoken out about the job Rummy's doing...

Posted at 01:40 AM

Rumsfeld potentially liable for torture

[Yellow Pages] "Human Rights Watch urges the United States to name a special prosecutor to investigate the culpability of Rumsfeld and others in the al-Qahtani case. "'The question at this point is not whether Secretary Rumsfeld should resign, it's whether he should be indicted', said Joanne Mariner, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Program director at Human Rights Watch.

Posted at 01:38 AM

April 15, 2006

The ”˜Ruthless Little Bastard’ Who Won’t Go Away

[Grouchy’s Liberaltopia] Before, I was concerned that even if he were impeached, Bush might claim some illegal loophole to stay president, as he’s done with warrantless eavesdropping, torture and detaining U.S. citizens without due process. He would then, as commander-in-chief, order the U.S. military to keep him in office, making our government a military junta.

Posted at 01:43 AM

Yep Rummy is managing the SNAFU just fine.

[ok,Ok, OK ALREADY] Yeah but if Rummy was doing as good as GW says he was, this would NOT occur. A large Iraqi police convoy was ambushed Thursday night by insurgents just north of Baghdad after being refused permission to stay overnight on an American military base, an Iraqi police commander said today.

Posted at 01:39 AM

April 13, 2006

I Don’t Think So

[ Firedoglake - Firedoglake weblog] I love Arianna and as I said yesterday, I’m sympathetic with her and others who want to embrace all converts to the "this war is a bad idea" camp. But...

Posted at 01:40 AM

Why Not Say It In Early 2003?

[IntoxiNation] On Monday, former Secretary of State Colin Powell told me that he and his department’s top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but that the president followed the misleading advice of Vice President Dick Cheney and the CIA in making the claim. Now he tells us.

Posted at 01:38 AM

April 11, 2006

Tell The Media To Tell The Truth

[euphoricreality.net] Families United for Our Troops and Their Mission is a grassroots coalition of military families and Americans proud of the men and women in uniform and who are dedicated to honoring them. As we remember the third anniversary of Iraq’s liberation on April 9th, these families are delivering a message to members of the mainstream media asking them to tell both sides of the story when it comes to the War on Terror - including the incredible progress our troops are making.

Posted at 01:53 AM

The Coming War with Iran

[Grouchy’s Liberaltopia] Although the tide is changing, one of the enduring problems with getting Americans to wake up and see the Bush Administration for who they really are ”” global corporatists and religious theocrats trying to create an empire and using sophisticated media manipulation, fearmongering, and patriotic flag-waving to accomplish their goal ”” is the insistence by many that Bush just couldn’t be that bad. I’ve heard it expressed as “He’s too dumb to be that dangerous,” ignoring the death and destruction in Iraq, and “The Congress will stop him,” an innocence projected from a different time in U.S. history when we didn’t have one party and one ideology running the government.

Posted at 01:45 AM

April 09, 2006

Another Attack On A Shiite Target

[A Lie a Day] A car bomb has killed at least six people, most of them pilgrims, in a mainly Shia town south of Baghdad, Iraqi police say. The blast in Musayyib came as funerals were held in Baghdad for the 90 people killed when suicide bombers attacked an important Shia mosque in the city.

Posted at 01:40 AM

Bush and GOP: Screwing a Nation

[Life is Crap] Iraq, Katrina, NSA Spying Leak, Dubai Port Deal, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Halliburton, Patriot Act Undermining Constitutional Rights, Lack of Jobs, Corporate Cronyism, Torture, Terri Schiavo Posturing, Homeland Security Blunders are just a few of the many gifts that the GOP and Bush Administration have bestowed upon the American people.

Posted at 01:37 AM

April 07, 2006

Saddam Admits Execution Of 148 Men And Boys

[sugiero] The chief prosecutor, Jaafar al-Mousawi, is trying to establish that Saddam and seven co-defendants were responsible for the torture and executions of men and boys from the Shiite village of Dujail, where a small group of guerillas tried to kill Saddam in 1982.

Posted at 01:45 AM

Families United for our Troops and Their Mission

[Solomonia] Families United for our Troops and Their Mission is a grassroots coalition of families who are united in our steadfast support of our men and women in uniform fighting the War on Terror, and for ensuring our troops are allowed to finish their mission.

Posted at 01:43 AM

April 05, 2006

Endorsements: John Tasini for New York Senate.

[eternalhope.blog-city.com] « H » email linkToday, we are endorsing John Tasini for New York Senate to oppose Hillary Clinton in the Senate primary. Clinton has been a staunch and consistent supporter of the War in Iraq along with voting for the Patriot Act twice, an act that is a major threat to our Constitution and to who we are as Americans.

Posted at 02:03 AM

Bill Maher Has Fun With 'Fox Facts' Chyrons

[News Hounds: We watch FOX so you don't have to.] Even Bill Maher noticed the big push by Fox News to run 'Happy Iraqi' stories, especially last week. On his HBO Real Time Show on Friday, Maher showed an actual 'happy Iraqi' story with a picture of Bill Hemmer in Iraq and a chyron on the lower third of the picture reading:

Posted at 01:54 AM

April 03, 2006

A Clockwork Orange in the Banlieues

[Spartacus] The UK Sunday Times' Matthew Campbell has a horrifying account of the details emerging from the recent kidnap, torture and murder of a young jewish cell phone salesman in Paris:

Posted at 01:49 AM

When Generals Speak The Truth

[IntoxiNation] The former head of US Central Command had some great things to tell Tim Russert this morning. Now if anyone will listen it will be a first: (Video and transcript available at Think Progress)

Posted at 01:47 AM

Iraq Reviews > April 29, 2006

Slowly drowning in the twenty-four hour news cycle

News from Centcom: What extremists say

April 29, 2006

Slowly drowning in the twenty-four hour news cycle

News from Centcom: What extremists say

April 27, 2006

Andrea Batista Schlesinger: I've got a surprise visit for ya.

Mickey makes an unannounced trip to Disneyland

April 25, 2006

Families United Chatting Up Irag Recovery

Egypt Ignores Islamic Threat The Gets Hit With Terrorism Tragedy

April 23, 2006

Former CIA Head of European Division to Speak to 60 Minutes

It Ain’t Easy Bein’ A Jumpin’ Jihadi These Days

April 21, 2006

Coup and counter-coup: The struggle for Iraq

(Un)Surprising Plame Case Development

April 19, 2006

Luckovich wins the Pulitzer for Iraq, Katrina cartoons

Today’s Quotes: Yes, But Your Decisions Are Always Wrong

April 17, 2006

99.9 percent of retired generals apparently have n...

Rumsfeld potentially liable for torture

April 15, 2006

The ”˜Ruthless Little Bastard’ Who Won’t Go Away

Yep Rummy is managing the SNAFU just fine.

April 13, 2006

I Don’t Think So

Why Not Say It In Early 2003?

April 11, 2006

Tell The Media To Tell The Truth

The Coming War with Iran

April 09, 2006

Another Attack On A Shiite Target

Bush and GOP: Screwing a Nation

April 07, 2006

Saddam Admits Execution Of 148 Men And Boys

Families United for our Troops and Their Mission

April 05, 2006

Endorsements: John Tasini for New York Senate.

Bill Maher Has Fun With 'Fox Facts' Chyrons

April 03, 2006

A Clockwork Orange in the Banlieues

When Generals Speak The Truth

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