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[The Common Ills] Democracy Now: Michael Gordon, Bernard Trainor;... : "Cobra II," by co-authors Michael Gordon, the chief military correspondent for The New York Times, and retired Marine general Bernard Trainor, the book is based on interviews with a wide range of officials as well as a classified report based on interrogations of more than 110 Iraqi officials and officers and 600 Iraqi documents.

[Today in Iraq] DAILY WAR NEWS FOR THURSDAY, March 16, 2006 ... : Turkey, which hosted Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari on Tuesday, has been alarmed by the escalating violence between Iraqi Sunnis and Shi'ites and fears all-out civil war could plunge the wider region into turmoil. Turkish newspapers quoted Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda on Thursday as saying Gul had told him during talks last month in Ankara that the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq would greatly bolster Iran's influence.

[An Online News Magazine - Politics & Media - World & American - eTalkinghead] Rice Defends Iraq Policy in Australia,... : Rice Defends Iraq Policy in Australia, Encounters Protests - Voice of America Source: Google News - World Sydney Morning HeraldRice Defends Iraq Policy in Australia, Encounters Protests Voice of America - 59 minutes ago Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has thanked Australia for its role in Iraq and predicted that democracy-building there

[Today in Iraq] DAILY WAR NEWS FOR TUESDAY, March 14, 2006 ... : : With the US President George Bush's approval ratings hitting new lows with the bottom no where in sight, Iran about to open the first oil bourse priced in Euros on March 20th, 2006 in Teheran, the US Federal Reserve stopping to publish M3 figures (the most reliable indicator on the amount of dollars circulating in the world) only three days later from March 23, 2006 onward, the by-now-familiar pattern of bullying Iran into submission on its nuclear program well on the way, Britain saying that Iran is only months away from a nuke, US Vice President Dick Cheney and America's rep to the UNO John Bolton threatening Iran with all available means from AIPAC forum and the beleaguered Iranian ambassador retorting back with 'let the ball roll', I have distinct feeling of déjà vu.

[The Discerning Texan] Outrage: Reuters "subliminally" doctors Cheney... : Permalink | | Why turncoat conservatives' sudden cold feet on Iraq endangers us all When distinguished historian Victor Davis Hanson speaks, very important people--not least of which include both the President and Vice-President of the United States--listen carefully. As well they should. Dr. Hanson is well known as one of the most educated

[Eccentric Star: A Public Diplomacy Weblog] Gonzales Defends Detention Practices to UK... : "The U.S. abhors torture and categorically rejects its use," Gonzales said, adding that where appropriate the U.S. sought assurances from foreign governments before transporting detainees there, and did not transport anyone "to a country if we believe it more likely than not that the individual would be tortured."

[Red State Son] Denial: The hypocrisy of David Irving's conviction by an Austrian court for Holocaust denial at a moment when Western elitists are preening and pounding their chests about their devotion to "free speech" in the wake of the Danish cartoon controversy is so obvious, so bright, bursting in blue flame and flashing across the landscape eliminating the smallest shadow, that there's really not much to say. I've noticed a few bloggers, mostly rightwingers, take critical notice of this;

[The Road To Surfdom] The Sgt Schultz shuffle: We didn't know anything, there doesn't need to be an inquiry, we didn't know anything specific, I wasn't informed of anything specific, look at us! we launched an inquiry, we have given them all the information we have, as far as I'm aware we have given them all the information we had, I first knew about it when Volcker reported, I did happen to talk to him a month before he reported, it was just chit-chat, I will happily appear before the Cole inquiry and so will my ministers, I see no need to appear before the Cole inquiry.

[Peak Energy] Peak Fish ?: Canada's "Globe and Mail" has a report on the impact of overfishing that notes that the total world catch of fish is in decline (along with a number of other points that sound all too familiar - no action, more research required - where have i heard that line before ?).

[Mudville Gazette] Dawn Patrol: “The recruitment of volunteers to fight in Iraq against American soldiers cannot be considered under any point of view a terrorist activity.” These words, which would have been more fitting in the speech of a radical anti-war militant, were the core of the ruling with which a Milan Court of Appeals acquitted three men linked to Ansar al Islam (the motivation of the November 2005 ruling were made public only recently and excerpts from it can be found here).

[Dailywarnews.blogspot.com] Today in Iraq: But the main forces that drive the US to war will be the same as those that compelled the US, with British assistance, to attack Iraq: to replace an economically nationalist regime that has largely walled off the country from US and British capital, and is developing outside the self-serving parameters established by Washington. There will also be subsidiary factors, unique to Iran, which add or detract from these forces (e.g., the link between Iran and pro-Palestinian groups which threatens the viability of a country that acts as an enforcer in the Middle East on behalf of US interests.) If an attack comes, it will only be a military manifestation of an aggression already begun, one based now on the threat of the use of force, diplomatic pressure and the fomenting of internal subversion.

[Leveltendesign.com] Paris Riots, Iraq Al-Qaeda, Australia Terrorist Plot, Bush Defends ...: It now appears that the attacks in Jordan were carried out by Iraqi Al-Qaeda members. Right when it seemed that the Israel Palistinian conflict just might make some progress in lessening the violence in that region, the Iraq conflict has started to boil over to other countries.

[Finance.news.com.au] Minister defends sending AWB to Iraq | Business Breaking News ...: "Australia cannot supply Australian wheat to this Iraqi tender except from drawing on that national pool, so if the Australian Wheat Board has to be involved at some stage – and initially with the trade delegation it will be on, pursuing and attempting to answer the concerns in Iraqi Government.

[Iraqwar.mirror-world.ru] News from Iraq: War, politics, economy: News from Iraq: occupation and Iraqi resistance, information war and world politics, .Rice Defends Iraq Policy in Australia, Encounters Protests .

[Christianitytoday.com] War in Iraq - Christianity Today Magazine: In a closed door meeting late last year, the Iraqi Governing Council narrowly passed a resolution to use Sharia'ah, or Islamic law, in place of the family laws instituted under Saddam Hussein.

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