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Chalabi Meets With Sistani Un Can Be
Chalabi meets with Sistani: “UN can be Convinced” Ahmad Chalabi, a secular Shiite member of the Interim Governing Council, met for 90 minutes with Grand […]
Militias And Terrorism Terrorism And
Militias and Terrorism; Terrorism and Militias The news from Iraq in the New York Times focuses Monday on terrorism and militias. Edward Wong of the […]
Bush On Meet Press Bush I Expected To
Bush on MEET THE PRESS BUSH: I expected to find the weapons. Sitting behind this desk, making a very difficult decision of war and peace, […]
Candidates Discussed For 3 Man
Candidates Discussed for 3-Man Presidency Al-Qabas (Kuwait) reports that Iraqi sources close to the Interim Governing Council say that the IGC is now negotiating with […]
2 Us Soldiers Wounded Friday In
2 US Soldiers wounded Friday in Roadside Bombing AP says, “A roadside bomb exploded in Baghdad on Friday, wounding two U.S. soldiers. The explosion that […]
Imminent Threat And We Know Where They
‘Imminent Threat’ and ‘We know where they are’ becomes “Intent” (Cheney) I am so naive that I still read items like this with my jaw […]
John Hannah Allegedly Focus Of Plame
John Hannah Allegedly Focus of Plame Probe Richard Sale, respected intelligence reporter for UPI, has given credibility to a story that had been rumored for […]
Jaafari Of Al Dawa Calls For Shiite
Jaafari of al-Da`wa Calls for Shiite Unity Plan The London daily al-Hayat says today that after being roiled by divisions after the fall of Saddam, […]
Sadrists Occupy Provincial Hq In
Sadrists occupy Provincial HQ in Nasiriyah, force Resignation of some Members of Provincial Council Sat. 8:30 pm. Just checked my email and am getting some […]