Kudos to Jake Tapper for pointing out that Mazen Asbahi, the coordinator for Muslim affairs of the Obama campaign until he stepped down after 10 days, did nothing that Karen Hughes did not do. This resignation is in some ways a fallout of the witch hunt against American Muslims conducted by the Department of Justice […]
Archives for August 2008
Parliament Adjourns with No Provincial Election Law; Arab Tribes Threaten Violence
The Iraqi parliament proved unable to pass a provincial elections law on Wednesday despite a marathon 4-hour extraordinary session. They adjourned for the rest of the month. The sticking point was finding an acceptable formula for holding the elections in the mixed province of Kirkuk, which is being fought over by Kurds, Turkmen and Arabs. […]
The Scam of Energy Independence
John McCain keeps talking about making the US “energy independent.” Robert Bryce points out that it is impossible for the United States to be energy independent with current technology. McCain says nuclear energy can make the US independent of “foreign oil.” But the US imports 83% of the uranium it uses! By the way, if […]
Abdul-Ahad on Iraq’s Killing Fields
Ghaith Abdul-Ahad of the Guardian on Iraq’s killing fields:
Iraq Withdrawal Time Horizon= 2011?
Worldmeets.us translated an article today from the Iraqi newspaper al-Sabah saying that there has been a breakthrough in the negotiations between the al-Maliki government and the Bush administration on a status of forces agreement. The US would commit to withdraw most troops by 2010-2011 assuming ground conditions permitted. The US military would no longer be […]
Was Abu Nidal Forgery Aimed at Refuting Joe Wilson?
The LA Times summarizes the case made by journalist Ron Suskind that the Bush administration orchestrated the forging of a document by Iraqi defector and former intelligence chief Tahir Jalil Habbush. Habbush was allegedly paid $5 million and settled in Jordan because of his cooperation. The document, which alleged that 9/11 hijacker Muhammad Atta received […]
Abdul-Ahad: Baghdad is "Calmer" Because they Made it into Prison Cells
The Guardian’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad went back to Baghdad to see the effects of last year’s troop escalation (“surge”). He argues that the US military’s blast walls and forcible division of the city into isolated micro-neighborhoods are the cause of the reduction in deaths, not extra troops. The Real News provides a transcript.
Bush Suppressed Evidence Iraq Had no WMD
For critics of Ron Suskind’s revelations that Bush and Cheney suppressed evidence that Iraq had no WMD, check out the below: Tyler Drumheller from a 2006 “60 Minutes” interview. Or how about the column of Imad Khadduri, an actual, living breathing Iraqi nuclear scientist, who before the war condemned Bush administration charges on WMD as […]
John H. Brown on Bushian Propaganda
John H. Brown, who resigned in protest from the State Department in March of 2003, on the difference between public diplomacy and propaganda with regard to the Iraq War:
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