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Ted Kennedy on How America Got Mired in Iraq
Senator Ted Kennedy’s death Tuesday night has deprived the nation of one of the most insightful and committed progressive politicians the country had. Kennedy all […]
Congress Needs to Pass some Laws on controversial issues
The thing that concerns me most about the investigation of Central Intelligence Agency interrogators is that US law served as such a poor guide to […]
Shiite Fundamentalist Coalition Announced Al-Maliki Might Not win Second Term
Al-Zaman reports in Arabic that five major Shiite fundamentalist parties along with some other personalities and small parties have announced the National Iraqi Alliance, the […]
Regime Broadcasts Baathist Confession re: Bombings;
Wissam Ali Kadhem Ibrahim was put on television in Iraq confessing his role in last Wednesday’s bombings. The former Baathist official described an operation that […]
Silverman: Religion and Politics in Iraq: What Type of Sectarianism Really Exists?
Adam L. Silverman writes in a guest op-ed for IC The recent increase in political violence in Iraq has once again led to renewed discussions […]
Top Ten Differences Between Bush & Obama First 7 Months
Obama, unlike Bush: 1. Has no plans to invade any new oil countries.2. Knows who president of Pakistan is3. Knows how to safely consume pretzels4. […]
Obama’s Fate as much in the Balance as Afghan Presidential Candidates
The Financial Times argues that the final judgment on how upright the Afghan elections were matters enormously to the Obama administration. If the US public […]
Bush Admin. worse than our Nightmares
It was worse. Back in the bad old days of Bush’s corrupt gang, we on the left were pilloried for suggesting that the administration was […]
Afghanistan: 50 Dead on Election Day, with Low turnout in Some Districts
Violence that left some 50 dead, and a relatively low turnout in some provinces marred Afghanistan’s presidential election on Thursday. McClatchy reports that the largest […]