"The level of criminal operations has receded and is continuing to drop following the operation in Fallujah," Comical Allawi said on the state-owned Iraqiya television, in response to questions from viewers. "The cleansing in Fallujah of terrorist elements is...
Check out Flit on Yushchenko's skin problem. He quotes a dermatologist:"Viktor Yushchenko probably has one of two possible medical conditions that would account for his rapid facial changes. The diseases are scleromyxedema or cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. He needs a skin...
local to 9 express to 7 The 9/11 Commission Report, issued in July, recommends that the U.S. "should offer an example of moral leadership in the world, committed to treat people humanely, abide by the rule of law..." It notes that "it is a simple fact that American...
Some interesting information is coming out on the Palestinian elections in the wake of Marwan Barghouti withdrawing his bid for the PA presidency. Andrew Schamess has this intriguing bit:On Thursday, Barghouti made a suprise announcement that he would run an...
Forget Iraq (for a moment, anyway) - what is going on in Ukraine? Following the narrow victory (well, 3%, just like in the US election) of Viktor Yanukovich over challenger Viktor Yushchenko, the Yushchenko-ites have adorned themselves with bright orange garments and...
A report delivered by the Defense Science Board, an advisory committee to the US Defense Department, to the Office of the Secretary of Defense around the end of September has gotten very little media attention, maybe because, as Tom Shanker of the NYT writes,A harshly...
MOSUL, IRAQ: An Iraqi man stands next to three unidentified bodies with a yellow note placed in the mouth of one of the bodies accusing them of being Kurdish peshmerga fighters, in Mosul, 370 kms north of Baghdad, 21 November 2004. (UJAHED MOHAMMED/AFP/Getty Images)...
Zarqawi aide arrested in Mosul! Really! Just because Iraqi Minister of State Qassim Dawoud was full of merde when he announced the capture of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, doesn't mean he's always wrong. Right?Iraqi security adviser Kassim Daoud told a news conference Iraqi...
David Frum complains about CAIR's attempted suppression of his free speech. Maybe Frum would like to team up with Juan Cole to protest such tactics. Drop him a line and let's see: dfrum@aei.org Frum also writes the following:Speaking of free societies: The faking of...
Here are some interesting factoids gleaned from Iraq Pipeline Watch, a website run by the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security which bills itself as "the world's only non-profit public educational organization focusing on energy security." In 2003, starting...
