Children continue to be affected by airstrikes and the disruption of essential services, with 37 children reported killed since Jan. 1
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5 Years, 5 Lies: Cole in Salon
My fortnightly column for Salon.com is now up, commemorating the 5th anniversary of Bush’s invasion of Iraq: “Five years of Iraq lies:” How President Bush […]
Obama, Race and the Dynamism of America
I listened to Senator Barack Obama’s speech on race issues as a resident of the Detroit area. Barack Obama was talking about something very personal […]
Obama: "A More Perfect Union"
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama“A More Perfect Union”Constitution CenterPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania First the video, then the text of the speech, below: “We the people, in order […]
52 Killed in Karbala Bombing; Bombing in Karrada Wounds 8; Cheney and McCain in Baghdad
A massive bomb in the Shiite holy city of Karbala killed 52 persons and wounded 75 on Monday according to AFP. Shiites’ feelings are raw […]
Missile Strikes Kill 20 In Pakistan; Parliament Convenes amid Tensions with Musharraf; 110 Arrested in Connection with Bombing of FBI Agents
The Pakistani parliament convened on Monday for the first time since the February 18 elections, with the Pakistan People’s Party and the Muslim League-N and […]
Cole and Clemons on the Middle East: Bloggingheads
See my discussion at bloggingheads.tv of contemporary Middle East issues with Steve Clemons of the Washington Note blog.
US Soldier Killed; US Second to Eurozone;
I can still remember, as a child, the other children on the playground boasting that the US was the greatest country in the world, and […]
Reflections on Petraeus’s Comments On lack of Political Progress
General David Petraeus is quoted in WaPo as saying that no one, American or Iraqi, thinks that there has been sufficient political progress in light […]
Bomber Kills 18, Wounds 64; Archbishop Found Dead; Mahdi Army at Kut Shells US Base
A suicide bomber in a BMW killed 18 Iraqis in Baghdad on Thursday and wounded 64. With regard to yet another tragedy on Thursday, The […]
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