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Bombings Kill 12 in Iraq; Iran, Iraq aim at $5 bn. in Trade; Iran sees no Need for Negotiations with US on Iraq
After attacks on Shiite pilgrims killed 20 on Wednesday, Thursday saw another violent day in Iraq, with bombings in Mosul, a gas cylinder explosion in […]
Taliban Attack on Kabul Ministries Kills 20, Wounds 57; Obama Weighs more Troops
A coordinated attack in Kabul on two government offices that involved the detonation of two big bombs, killed 20 and wounded 57. The assault shook […]
Right Wing Sweeps Israel; Racialist Avigdor Lieberman Kingmaker Two State Solution Dead, Challenge to Obama
The outcome of the Israeli election has sounded the death knell for the two-state solution. There are not 61 votes for it in the new […]
OSC: Ahmadinejad to Obama: To Fight Terrorism, Partner with Iran; Put Israeli Leadership on Trial
The USG Open Source Center translates Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech offering talks with the United States. ‘Ahmadinezhad Tells US If You Truly Want To […]
Cohen: Why I am a Green, not a Democrat
Mitchel Cohen writes in a guest op-ed for IC: All it takes is dragging myself to one local Democratic Party meeting, even one hosted by […]
Dilemma for Obama in Mideast; Israeli Elections too Close to Call; Far Right Parties Ascendent
Reuters says that Israel’s elections on Tuesday are too close to call. Binyamin Netanyahu of the far right Likud Party had been the front runner, […]
The Culprit Discovered: Chuck Todd Says we Consumers Caused the Crisis with our Spending!
Chuck Todd thinks that the Great Crash of 2008-2009 was caused by consumer spending??? What the hell? ‘OBMAMA: All right, Chuck Todd. Where’s Chuck? Question: […]
State of the Internet: Top Technorati Searches, Feb. 9, 2009
Here is Technorati.com’s list of the top 15 searches in blogs by users of its site. It is the oddest assemblage things and at first […]
Could Khatami be Iran’s Obama?
You have an economy in shambles, increasing international isolation, the danger of further wars, an unpopular millenarian president who thinks God put him in office […]