The raid by a special forces operation on the governor’s HQ in Diyala province is being denounced as a rogue operation by the US military. Sunni figures have recently been targeted, raising suspicions that the Badr Corps paramilitary of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq was cleaning house, and suspected someone in the provincial government […]
Reuters/Zogby Poll: McCain Makes a Move, Takes 5-Point Lead Over Obama
Zogby News Release reprinted by permission at IC: Released: August 20, 2008 Reuters/Zogby Poll: McCain Makes a Move, Takes 5-Point Lead Over Obama Obama loses ground among Dems, women, Catholics & even younger voters UTICA, New York – As Russian tanks rolled into the Republic of Georgia and the presidential candidates met over the weekend […]
Afghanistan in Crisis
All hell seems to be breaking loose in Afghanistan, at a time when most Western observers are focusing on the Georgia crisis. Ten French troops killed by 100 guerrillas. An attack on US troops in Khost, then a bombing there. It is 1982 all over again only it is NATO being targeted now. AP has […]
Raid on Governor’s office in Diyala; Seniora to Baghdad; Dulaimi’s Son Arrested
Strange things happen in Iraq. On Tuesday, an unidentified Iraqi government security force, or at least people wearing such uniforms, attacked the Diyala provincial governor’s headquarters, killed his secretary, and arrested a member of the Diyala Provincial Assembly. The local police fought back, and four were wounded. The attacking unit is said to be a […]
Davidson: Privatizing Foreign Policy: The Road to Iran
Lawrence Davidson writes in a guest op-ed for IC: Americans’ penchant for paying little attention to their nation’s foreign policies has powerful and disastrous effects on national politics and policy-making. Here are two important implications: 1. Popular disinterest in foreign affairs means that the vast majority of Americans abrogate their say in foreign policy formulation […]
McCain’s Mansions and the Real Elitist
BraveNewFilms on McCain’s mansions and his elitism.
Cole in Salon: The Fall of Bush’s Man in Pakistan; Dawn: Bush was Last Holdout
My column is out in Salon.com: “The fall of Bush’s man in Pakistan:” (Despite Pervez Musharraf’s despotism and double-dealing with U.S. enemies, George W. Bush, John McCain and the GOP embraced him to the bitter end.) Excerpt: ‘ It is a measure of the Bush administration’s broken foreign policy that the departure of Pervez Musharraf, […]
Kirkuk a Powderkeg: NYT; Ramadi Bombing Targets Police
Kurdish control of Kirkuk creates a powder keg in Iraq, the NYT explains this morning: ‘ it demonstrates that despite a recent decline in violence, Iraq’s unsettled ethnic and regional discord could still upend directives emanating from Baghdad and destabilize large swaths of the country — or even set off a civil war. . . […]
Musharraf Resigns
Al-Jazeera International on the career of Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharraf, who just stepped down to avoid impeachment.
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